FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Many who garden in Colorado have heard the words “Plant Select®” thrown around when they’re at the nursery or while talking with a friend who gardens, but don’t necessarily know what that means. We looked into the program and share a bit about how it came to be.
Ross Shrigley is with Colorado State University and manages the Plant Select® program as well as the Trial Gardens on campus.
He explains Plant Select® is a plant development and promotion program tailored to the Rocky Mountain region. It’s different from other plant promotion programs because it’s a nonprofit. It’s regionally focused and it’s a collaboration between Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado State University and industry professionals.
Shrigley said it achieves a few things for the program that we don’t see in most plant promotion programs, notably the mission-driven program exists to improve gardens in our region. It allows …