Horticulture professor patents new plants
This article originally appeared on CAHNR Newsroom. By Kim Colavito Markesich Since 1988, Mark Brand, professor of horticulture in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, has been involved in plant breeding yielding over thirty-eight plant introductions and twenty patented plants for the University. Each new cultivar takes at least ten to fifteen years […]
Dark Star, a smaller form of purple leaf sand cherry, is one of Mark Brand’s new patented plants. Copy Link
Since 1988, Mark Brand, professor of horticulture in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, has been involved in plant breeding yielding over thirty-eight plant introductions and twenty patented plants for the University. Each new cultivar takes at least ten to fifteen years to bring to market, while the patents help fund research at the College.
The best new trees and shrubs of 2021
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
The new compact-sized Petite Knock Out rose can be grown as a standard, left, or in pots, right, as well as in the ground.
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A miniature version of the popular Knock Out rose, a super-short clematis that can be used as a groundcover, and three new dark-leafed shrubs are among the best new trees and shrubs debuting in the 2021 growing season.
Growers, local garden centers, and other plant experts picked the following for our annual January four-part, best-new-plants series.
Today’s best new trees and shrubs of 2021 is the final installment of this year’s series.