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New AAS Winners for Your 2020 Garden!

26 August, 2019
The Proof Is In the Plant - All-America Selections
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“The Proof is in the Plants”

All-America Selections, North America’s oldest and most well-known non-profit plant trialing organization is thrilled to announce the first winners for 2020 including two entries from the Herbaceous Perennial Trial.

Each of the following new AAS Winners was trialed throughout North America by professional, independent, volunteer judges who grew the entries next to comparisons that are considered best-in-class. Only those entries that performed better than the comparisons are granted the AAS award designation.

Perennials that have been trialed for three winters WILL perform in your garden!

Echinacea Sombrero® Baja Burgundy AAS 2020 Herbaceous Perennial Winner
Echinacea Sombrero Baja Burgundy
Rudbeckia x American Gold Rush - AAS Herbaceous Perennial Winner

Sombrero® Baja Burgundy will add a bold accent to sunny gardens with its vibrant, deep violet-red blossoms. The beautiful flower color is without equal among coneflowers and is perfect for cut flowers. After being trialed over three tough winters, the  AAS Judges noted this standout’s  hardiness, sturdy branching, and floriferous blooming habit. Birds and pollinators certainly flock to this deer-resistant beauty making it a dual-purpose plant. Gardeners will enjoy prolific blooms from mid-summer until first frost.

American Gold Rush Rudbeckia ’s bright, golden-yellow flowers with black centers and arched petals is a gorgeous addition to any garden. This compact, upright domed-shaped black-eyed Susan beauty has narrow 2-inch wide hairy foliage bred for its resistance to Septoria leaf spot. This hybrid shows no signs of the fungus even in wet, humid conditions. Blooming from July to September, with some color up until frost, this cultivar has smaller foliage and shorter height compared to other rudbeckia varieties. Incredibly easy to grow and pollinators love it. Destined to be the new rudbeckia staple for gardens and landscapes!

Three Tomatoes for all Tastes!

Tomato Celano - 2020 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner
Tomato Early Resilience - 2020 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner
Tomato Galahad - 2020 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner

Celano (left) is a patio type grape tomato with a strong bushy habit. It is best grown with some support, such as a tomato cage. This semi-determinate hybrid tomato is an early producer of sweet oblong fruits weighing about 0.6 oz. each. Plants grow to 40” in height and spread to 24” and have excellent late blight tolerance. In comparing it to other grape tomatoes on the market, one judge summed it up by saying “(Celano) is sweeter, the texture is better, the color is deeper, the plants are healthier, and the yield is phenomenal.” Prova Celano oggi!

Early Resilience (center) is a rounded Roma tomato with a deep red interior color, uniform maturity and good quality flesh for canning and cooking. Determinate, bushy plants can be staked but it is not necessary. The AAS Judges noted that this variety was very resistant to Blossom End rot, resulting in a high yield and less fruit loss. Similar great taste as the comparisons but a much healthier plant and fruits. (See long list of disease resistance below) Overall, this is an excellent variety that would be a home canner’s dream. This could very well replace some of the other Roma varieties as a new standard in the arena, or maybe “colosseum” of Roma tomatoes!

Yes Sir! Galahad (right) is a brave new tomato variety that has a high level of Late Blight resistance because both parents are resistant. In this case, one plus one equals a very strong two! Galahad is a high-yielding, great tasting tomato that grows on a strong sturdy plant. Judges agreed that the sweet, meaty flavor is better than that of the comparison varieties and boasts of being crack resistant. Broad shoulders (just like Sir Galahad?) and large, clean fruits grow on a highly productive, disease-resistant plant. Certainly, a variety you’ll want to use in your battle for tomato greatness.

Signals and Dances are Great Variety Names!

Cucumber Green Light - 2020 Edible-Vegetable AAS Winner
Watermelon Mambo - 2020 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner

Green Light cucumber: this little beauty is an excellent mini cucumber, said many of the AAS Judges. The yield was higher than the comparison varieties with more attractive fruit, earlier maturity and superior eating quality. “I would absolutely grow this in my home garden” commented one judge. Grow Green Light on stakes or poles for a productive, easy-to-harvest vertical garden that will yield 40 or more spineless fruits per plant. Pick the fruits when they’re small, between 3-4” long, and you’ll be rewarded with great tasting cucumbers, even without peeling. Succession plantings will ensure a summer-long harvest.

Summertime means melon time and Mambo watermelon will grow and yield well even in cool cloudy conditions! Gardeners who plant Mambo will enjoy multiple, perfectly round melons with a beautiful dark green rind and deep red flesh. The sweet crisp flesh is extremely tasty and holds well (doesn’t overripen) if you can’t harvest them right away. Each 9” fruit will weigh about 11 pounds at maturity, which is only 75 days from transplant. A smaller seed cavity means you almost get the look of a seedless melon but the superior taste of a seeded melon. The AAS Judges agree this is one of the easiest watermelons they’ve grown because of high seed germination and vigorously healthy vines.

Enjoy these newest of the new AAS Winners. For ordering information, click on each Winner link or go to the “Buy AAS Winners” page.

Stay tuned for more AAS Winners coming this winter!

“This post is provided as an education/inspirational service of All-America Selections. Please credit and link to All-America Selections when using all or parts of this article.”

AAS Winners for your garden

2 comments

  • Judith Kaplan Reply 01/01/2021 at 8:36 PM

    where can I buy these?many locations do not have pot o peno etc.

    • All-America Selections Reply 01/04/2021 at 7:21 AM

      Judith, sometimes when an AAS Winner is so new, it takes a few months for the seeds and plants to make it to the garden retailers. Once we have notice of online retailers that carry this winner, we will put links under the Where To Buy button on the Winner’s page. We did find that Park Seed has the seeds already on their site and available for purchase – https://parkseed.com/pot-a-peno-pepper-seeds/p/52445-PK-P1/
      Thank you for your interest.

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