Proven Winners ColorChoice crowns 2020 Shrub Madness winner as the plant bracket competition descend to a closing curtain . Based on the NCAA basketball playoffs , the contest is populated with a wide variety of Proven Winners ColorChoice shrub , which compete throughout the month of March for the opportunity to be top National Champion .
Coming from a crowded field of operations of 64 contender , the challenger specialise to the Floral Four , then the last two after multiple rounds of vote . This year ’s Floral Four includedScentara PuraLilac , Double Take Scarletflowering Cydonia oblonga , Suñoritarose , andOso Easy Italian Icerose .
The last round of ballot found Oso Easy Italian Ice rose with a firm principal over contender Double Take Scarlet florescence quince , but the quince soldier on and steadily take in traction . In the final hours of competition it looked like the quince might make up lost ground , but the robust uprise pulled ahead and soundly defeated the quintessential quince bush , and was crowned the 2020 Shrub Madness National Champion .
Oso Easy Italian Ice rose looks and performs like the champion it is . tog the part , its orange buds open to soft scandalmongering prime that melt down into pinkish blushed margins , which are place off nicely by dreary green , glossy foliage . Flowers are semi - double , with 24 - 30 petals per flower . Self - cleaning , excellent disease - impedance , abundant blossom and a nice habit make it an prominent actor in landscape painting and home garden .
" Shrub Madness is the utter fomite to find out first - hand which shrubs are most interesting to gardeners this class ” , enjoin Spring Meadow PR specialist Natalie Carmolli , “ We hope that during this difficult time , the contest give people a luck to unwind and make plans for a season of replenishment , which is what gardening is all about . "
When require if the competition continues to bring in traction , creative marketing specialist Shannon Downey said , “ This has been a wonderful year for Shrub Madness . We set a new record with 7,159 people casting 384,535 votes ; near 100,000 more than last twelvemonth . ” She continued , “ Feedback designate these wildly engaged gardeners are inspire by the shrubs they saw , and our hope is they will meet their local garden centre to set up for pitch or cull up of their favorite salmagundi . These self-governing businesses need everyone ’s bread and butter now more than ever . ”
This year participant were once again pass on several opportunities to seduce samples of top - marking plants include the imposing loot “ Floral Four and Plant Geek Swag Bag . ”
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