National Green Centre - St. Louis, Missouri Presented by the Western Nursery & Landscape Association

The Sweet Melissa Fashion Show: the trendiest in horticulture

Sunday, January 9th; 1:00 pm; in the exhibit hall

Join Dr. Michael Dirr and others at the 2011 National Green Centre for the Sweet Melissa Fashion Show: the trendiest in horticulture.  The fashion show will showcase new plants as you've never seen them before - being carried down the runway by beautiful models with lights, music - the whole "shebang!"  The fashion show will benefit the Sweet Melissa Fund that helps lung transplant patients and their families.  

Including:

• Ball Horticultural Company's Petunia Black Velvet

• Bailey Nurseries' Bella Anna, new pink mophead Hydrangea arborescens (developed by Dr. Michael Dirr and Plant Introductions, Inc.)

• Greenleaf Nursery Company's The Rising Sun^TM Red Bud / developed by Jackson Nursery

• Merlot red bud / grown by Honey Creek Nursery developed by Dr. Dennis Werner, NC State / introduced by PlantHaven

• Ruby Falls red bud / grown by Honey Creek Nursery developed by Dr. Dennis Werner, NC State / introduced by PlantHaven