Plant Of The Year
Every October, GNPS members may nominate a plant they feel is deserving of being Plant of the Year for the upcoming year. Nominations are submitted online through the GNPS website. Besides being native to the state of Georgia and underutilized in landscaping, a good candidate for Plant of the Year will not demand growing conditions that are too difficult for most Georgia gardeners to achieve.
The nomination period closes when six (6) acceptable nominations have been received. Voting commences online and completes at the November GNPS General Meeting. If no clear winner emerges at the meeting, the GNPS Board of Directors holds a run-off election to determine the winner.
Plant of The Year
2025 Plant of the Year Nominations Open on October 7 at 7:00 p.m.
2025 POY nominations open at 7:00 p.m. sharp on Monday, October 7, 2024. The GNPS Plant of the Year (POY) program recognizes native plants that are of benefit to Georgia’s ecology and wildlife. If there’s a native plant that you love and think others will, too, please...
2024 Plant of the Year: Blue Mistflower
By Valerie Boss The GNPS 2024 Plant of the Year is blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), a native perennial wildflower with beautiful blue or purplish blossoms. A member of the Asteraceae family, the species can be found throughout the eastern US and parts of...
Vote for the GNPS 2024 Plant of the Year!
Each year, we celebrate one special native plant by selecting it as GNPS Plant of the Year (POY). The six nominated plants are featured below. POY online voting is EASY. Just go to the voting page*, click to make your selection, and press "Submit." (If you are not...
GNPS Plant of the Year 2024 Nominations Open October 9 at 7 p.m.
The GNPS Plant of the Year (POY) program recognizes native plants that are of benefit to Georgia’s ecology and wildlife. If you are a GNPS member and have a favorite native plant that you think others would love, please consider nominating it for our POY 2024. Traits...
2023 Plant of the Year: Spotted Beebalm
2023 Plant of the Year: Spotted beebalm Valerie Boss Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata) is a beautiful and hardy herb, and the GNPS welcomes it as our newest Plant of the Year. A member of the mint (Lamiaceae) family, its natural habitats are woodland margins, sand...