Flower power is alive and well in East Texas.
Even after a two-year recession, the bedding-plant industry in East Texas has not showed down. Neither has the introduction of new varieties, says Dr. Brent Pemberton, Texas AgriLife Research horticulturist, who has conducted bedding-plant trials at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton since 1994.
The East Texas Horticultural Field Day, set for June 23, will allow the public to view the results of the trials.
The 2011 field day will include a look at 400 bedding-plant entries, everything from petunias to verbena, and ornamental sweet potatoes will be on display in outdoor plots, says Pemberton.
The field day will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the center's North Farm site. The tour will continue at the site until about 10:30 a.m., and move to the Overton center's headquarters building, where a demonstration garden is located. A free lunch will be served at about 11:45 a.m. Indoor presentations will follow at 1 p.m., and the program will include by about 3 p.m.
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