GreatPlants 2023 Plants of the Year Chosen
The GreatPlants winners have been chosen! Thank you for voting to help select the 2023 GreatPlants of the Year!
The 2023 Plants of the Year are voted on three years in advance so the winners can be grown or ordered in due time. If you are looking for some tough plants to include in your landscapes, then do consider all the recommendations provided on the GreatPlants cumulative list. View a complete listing of all the past GreatPlants of the Year winners since 1998 at https://plantnebraska.org/ plants/greatplants.html.
The 2023 plant recommendations are for anyone new to gardening, experienced gardeners or landscape professionals in Nebraska or the Great Plains. The major goal of the GreatPlants program is to increase the diversity of ornamental plants available for landscape use in the Great Plains through the Plant of the Year promotion program!
2023 GREATPLANTS OF THE YEAR
Tree of the Year - SHINGLE OAK, Quercus imbricaria Conifer of the Year - ‘VANDERWOLF’ LIMBER PINE, Pinus flexilis Shrub of the Year - BIRCHLEAF SPIREA, Spirea betulifolia Perennial of the Year - NARROWLEAF IRONWEED, Vernonia lettermanii
For more information contact, Bob Henrickson, Horticulture Program Coordinator at the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum -
Phone: 402-472-7855
Email: rhenrickson2@unl.edu