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CEMAP
CEMAP stands for Coordinated Educational and Marketing Assistance Program and it is an effort coordinated by the Texas A&M University Agriculture Program. CEMAP is designed to help consumers identify the best plants for Texas.
The program consists of a special team of Texas A&M horticulturists who are constantly searching for outstanding landscape plants specifically adapted to Texas. When they find something that they believe will fit into this category, they enter it into a rigorous testing program that includes trial beds at locations statewide. Trials are conducted for up to three years for an annual flower, and up to eight years for a new woody plant. No pesticides of any kind are ever applied to the test plants in order to assess their genetic capability to resist disease and insect problems. The Demonstration Gardens at the Fort Bend County Texas AgriLife Extension Service Office is a site for testing of these plants.
Once testing has been completed, the most outstanding plants, those which consistently delivered the highest levels of landscape and garden performance, coupled with the widest range of adaptation and the strongest pest resistance, are designated as Texas Superstars or as EarthKind Roses. They are then marketed through the media and through use of the Texas Superstars pot label. In addition to the testing of the plants, our office will aid in the distribution of information regarding these plants.
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