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Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery Launch FlameProof(TM) Plants, Tested and Trialed at the Dallas Arboretum
For the second Summer, Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery locations will carry 13 plants from the Dallas Arboretum's FlameProofTM Plants program that is directed by Jimmy Turner.
FORT WORTH, TX, June 18, 2011 /Home and Garden PR News/ -- Each year the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens tests more than 4,000 plants at the Dallas Arboretum Trial Gardens. Those that perform the best receive the FlameProof Plant Award. Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery offer many of these plants to gardeners who are looking for plants that survive and thrive in the Texas heat. This year all garden centers will carry a new plant each week for 13 consecutive weeks. The plants are:
'Sparkler' Cleome
'Fern Leaf' Lavender
'Dragon Wing' Begonia
'Double Zahara' Zinnia
'Gryphon' Begonia
'Las Vegas' Gomphrena
'Wendy's Wish' Salvia
'Butterfly' Penta
'Paniculata John Fanick' Phlox
'Lucky Sunrise Rose' Lantana
'Fireworks' Pennisetum
'Tropical Rose' Canna
'Luna' Hibiscus
"We are very excited to carry this line of plants tested, trialed and approved by our friends at the Dallas Arboretum. These plants really deliver, and we are sure gardeners will be pleased with their performance in our mighty Texas summer," Kimberly Bird, vice president of retail marketing, said.
To learn more about FlameProof Plants, visit www.calloways.com/flame-proof-plants.
Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery is a 19-store garden center chain serving the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston markets. The company strives to make gardening fun, easy and successful for customers by offering expert advice from Texas Certified Nursery Professionals; store environments that are educational and easy to shop; weekly gardening clinics that serve both novice and expert gardeners; displays and instructions to aid gardeners with design and color development in their yards; and a product selection of the best plant varieties available. For more information, visit www.calloways.com.
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Kimberly Bird
Calloway's Nursery
Calloway's Marketing
4200 Airport Freeway, Ste. 200
Fort Worth, Texas
United States 76117
Voice: 817-222-1122
Fax: 817-302-0031
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