Nov 2, 2016

DGA Honors Green Thumb Award Winners

Winners of the 2017 Green Thumb Awards were chosen by an independent panel of garden writers and editors. The winning products were selected based on their uniqueness, technological innovation, ability to solve a gardening problem or provide a gardening opportunity, and potential appeal to gardeners.

The five best new products in the tools, supplies and accessories category that won 2017 Green Thumb Awards are:

• Root Slayer, Beaty Fertilizer

• Happy Leaf LED V2 Grow Light, Happy Leaf LED
  
• All Purpose Plant Food, Natural Start by GreenView
  
• Kitchen Garden Kit, Botanical Interests 
• Plant-A-Bar, Gardener’s Supply Co.
  

The five best new plant varieties that won 2017 Green Thumb Awards are:

• ‘Purple Pillar’ Rose of Sharon, Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs
• ‘Invincebelle Ruby’ hydrangea, Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs
• Hesperaloe parviflora ‘Coral Glow’, High Country Gardens
• Four O’Clock ‘Orange Crush’, Select Seeds Co.
• Calendula ‘Snow Princess’, Select Seeds Co. For more information, visit www.directgardeningassociation.com.