The Michigan Garden Plant Tour is in its seventh year, it is a coordinated open house of ornamental plant producers and Michigan State University. It is a terrific way to observe plant performance at different locations and evaluate plants grown in the ground and in containers. Each site showcases their specialties and new plant introductions. The tour runs for a two week period and we were able to visit two sites over the weekend.
These photos were a fraction of the varieties we viewed, it was super groovy. I have never been a huge fan of zinnias but some of the new bold reds and oranges are changing my mind. There must have been 20 different varieties of lobelia with delicate subtle differences in color and height. One particular coleus looked more like a venus fly trap than a coleus and there were plenty of begonias growing in full sun
. These were the flowers from one stop, C. Raker and Sons in Litchfield, MI. 
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