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2007 Annual Report
 PHS Gold Medal Plants
The PHS Gold Medal Plant Award program promotes beautiful and reliable trees, shrubs, and vines that thrive in the Mid-Atlantic region. For a complete list of all Gold Medal plants, as well as plant descriptions and photographs, please visit www.goldmedalplants.com. Below are Gold Medal winners for 2007 and 2008:
2007
1 Cornus Venus™ (Hybrid Dogwood)
This small tree is an improved dogwood hybrid with superb resistance to anthracnose and powdery mildew.
2 Lagerstroemia indica ‘Whit III’ Pink Velour® (Crape Myrtle)
This cold-hardy pick has earned a place in northern gardens with magenta-pink flower clusters atop shiny burgundy foliage in mid-summer.
3 Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’ Tiger Eyes® (Staghorn Sumac)
Tiger Eyes starts out chartreuse in spring, turns bright yellow in summer, and blazes scarlet-orange in the fall.
2008
4 Buxus sempervirens ‘Dee Runk’ (Boxwood)
Deer resistant and pollution tolerant, this upright, conical evergreen boxwood adapts well to full sun and poor soils.
5 Carpinus japonica (Japanese Hornbeam)
This small, deciduous tree is characterized by a rounded, wide-spreading habit.
6 Cephalotaxus harringtonii ‘Duke Gardens’ (Plum Yew)
Unlike the common yew, this small, vase-shaped, spreading conifer with dark green needles is deer resistant.
7 Magnolia virginiana ‘Jim Wilson’ Moonglow®
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
With a long period of fragrant blossoms, Moonglow is pest- resistant, winter hardy (Zones 5 to 9), and versatile.
8 Metasequoia glypostroboides ‘Ogon’ (Yellow Dawn Redwood)
With bright-yellow needles, ‘Ogon’ has no pest or disease problems and tolerates soil types from dry to boggy and acid to alkaline.
PHS is grateful to the many individuals and organizations that help support the Gold Medal program. The Gold Medal Plant Award Committee, a volunteer panel of horticulturists, nursery owners, landscape professionals, and home growers, meets twice yearly to select new plants. The Chanticleer Foundation provides financial support for the program and highlights Gold Medal plants at Chanticleer … A Pleasure Garden in Wayne, PA. Staff and members of the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association help force and donate plants each year for the Gold Medal exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. ♦
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