Mar 28, 2016

Farwest New Varieties Deadline Set for March 31

The 2016 Farwest Show, Aug. 25-27, in Portland, Oregon, has issued the last call for entries for this year’s New Varieties Showcase. March 31 is the deadline for applicants to enter plants for the competition.

The New Varieties Showcase features the industry’s premier marketplace introductions for 2016 and 2017.

Eligible plants include trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses and bamboo, ground covers, wetland and aquatic plants, vines and bulbs. Breeders, licensors, and growers are invited to submit their best and brightest new plants available to the marketplace in 2016/17. All entries must be available for purchase and order from one or more of the exhibitors in this year’s Farwest Show.

A team of retailers, landscape designers, growers, and garden media/writers will evaluate the varieties for the Judge’s Choice Awards. Visitors to the Showcase will select their favorites for the People’s Choice Awards. Top picks and merit awards will be announced at the show. Entries will be evaluated for characteristics such as new color, better manners, increasingly compact shape, extended seasonal interest, and improved landscape and production performance.

For questions, contact Crystal Cady, at 503-582-2006. Complete details and entry submission form can be found at: http://farwestshow.com/nvs.shtml