If you have gone complacent or perhaps even boring when it comes to scaevola, The Garden Guy is here to tell you it is time to crush the color combos. In the spirit of truth and candor, I must say the commercial guys are waking us up and thank goodness.
I realize there may be a generation or two that doesn’t even know the scaevola. This tough-as-nails summer persevering flower from Australia hasn’t gotten a lot of press lately. The lack of press isn’t because it has lost its credibility on the garden stage, but perhaps the sheer number of new varieties since it made its debut.
Scaevola exploded on the scene 25 years ago in 1997, when university trials were really getting started. A plant from Proven Winners named New Wonder Scaevola was chosen as Georgia Gold Medal, Mississippi Medallion and Louisiana Select award winners. Everything about this story is unique, speaking volumes about what had been an unknown plant.
