Fleuroselect Awards 1999 No Gold Medals have been awarded by Fleuroselect for the year 2000, so there will be no Golds for the Millennium. They say that whilst many excellent entries were received, none was considered to be so stunning or such a significant advance in flower breeding as to deserve a Gold Medal &endash; and having seen the trials last year I can only agree. However, Fleuroselect have awarded their Quality Mark to twenty-seven newcomers. These have been judged to be significantly better than similar existing varieties but not so outstanding as to deserve a Gold Medal. One or two of these varieties will be found in current catalogues, most will not be available until the catalogues for the year 2000 appear towards the end of 1999. The 1999 Fleuroselect Quality Mark introductions are: Ageratum houstonianum 'Purple Fields' Anthirrninum majus 'Crown Light Mauve' Armeria pseudarmeria 'Joystick Red Shades' Armeria pseudarmeria 'Joystick White' Begonia semperflorens 'Queen White' Callistephus chinesis 'Mignon' Catharanthus 'First Kiss Ruby' Cirsium 'Birdsong Pink' Cirsium 'Birdsong Rose' Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange' Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Yellow' Diascia cordifolia 'Apricot Queen' Eschscholzia californica 'Inferno' Helianthus annuus 'Soraya' Linum 'Blue Dress' Lobelia speciosa 'Compliment Violet' Lobularia maritima 'Professional New Lemon' Mirabilis jalapa 'Red Glow' Penstemon 'Glacier' Phlox 'Ethnie Velvet' Phlox 'Promise Scarlet' Salvia splendens 'Fire and Ice' Salvia splendens 'Pharaoh Burgundy' Salvia splendens 'Salmon Bicolor' Trapaeolum nanum 'Alaska Salmon' Verbena speciosa 'Moon River' Verbena x hybrida 'Obsession Lilac' Fleuroselect ©copyright 1999 Graham Rice. All Rights Reserved. All Images Digitally Watermarked.