CBMGA Field Trip to Overton Field Trials

Please pre-register for meal count: Email or Phone (903) 834-6191

Gardeners, professional landscape managers and seed company representatives will learn which landscape plants do well under East Texas conditions to meet the needs of commercial seed companies, local nursery managers and gardening enthusiasts.

There is no cost to attend or for the barbecue lunch. The field day will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. at the center’s North Farm site, 10746 Farm-to-Market Road 3053, about four miles north of the center.

The field trial beds cover about 1 acre and are visible from the road. The center headquarters are about 2 miles north of downtown Overton on Farm-to-Market Road 3053. For driving directions to the center or the North Farm site, go to http://flowers.tamu.edu/field-day/ or call 903-834-6191.

The field day will feature everything from geraniums to petunias to verbena to begonias in outdoor plots, Pemberton said. Vegetable varieties will also be on display.

The trials include some of the standards of previous tests, including both old and new varieties of vincas, ornamental peppers and sweet potatoes, trailing petunias, verbenas, dahlias, coleus and cannas, Pemberton said. This year, an increased number of rapid-blooming perennial varieties, such as coreopsis, shasta daisies, gerberas, dianthus, phlox and salvias, which are billed as having the potential of blooming the first year from seeds or sets, will be on display.

Please make your own travel arrangements to carpool with someone who is going that lives near you or to drive yourself.
If you will be attending as part of CBMGA, please wear your shirt and plan to arrive in Overton no later than 8:30AM.