The Detroit News.
Nothing pleases a gardener more than finding a great new plant for the garden.
A colorful plant that blooms for most of the growing season. And for those who garden on the cutting edge, a plant their friends have never seen. Gardening catalogues have long been the source of new and unusual varieties, but picking out the best of the best isn't easy. The Mail Order Gardening Association wants to help. Every year they ask an independent panel of garden writers and editors to select outstanding new plants to receive their Green Thumb Award.