Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management
Abstract
The annual flower trials were planted from 30 May through 2 June, 2000 in the Perennial Landscape and All America Selections
Display Garden of the Georgeson Botanical Garden (64°51/N,
147°52'W ). Fairbanks silt loam soil was fertilized with 10-20-20S (4 lbs per 100 sq feet; 195 g
per sq meter) on 28 May. With the exception of dahlias, all flowers were grown as seedling
transplants, and were hardened off outdoors for one week prior to transplanting. Tuberous roots of dahlias were planted in containers five weeks prior to transplanting and were hardened off
