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New Varieties For 2014
BEGONIA ‘SANTA CRUZ SUNSET’ F1
•AGA Most Popular Flower winner 2012
•Fiery bright red-orange bell shaped
flowers cover the entire plant
•Thrives in full sun to shade locations
•Heat, drought and rain tolerant
•Plant 12-16” tall with a 16-20” spread
cascades over patio pots and baskets
•Begonia boliviensis
Harris Seeds
CALIBRACHOA ‘MINIFAMOUS DOUBLE
RED’
•Early-to-flower mini-petunia
•Eye-catching true double blooms
•Semi-trailing plant perfect “spiller”
for hanging baskets, patio containers
•Blooms spring through autumn
•Heat tolerant with low maintenance
•Calibrachoa hybrida
Selecta Klemm GmbH
CELOSIA ‘ARRABONA RED’
•Stunning new red-orange bloom color
•Tolerates drought, loves the heat
•Exceptionally long-flowering in full
sun borders and containers
•Great for tropical, subtropical and
continental climates
•Celosia plumosa
PanAmerican Seed
CELOSIA ‘TWISTED’
•Unique bold color adds drama to
sunny beds, containers and bouquets
•Good all-season garden performance
from early spring to fall
•Low maintenance
•Heat tolerant with continuous growth
•Celosia cristata
Ball Horticultural Co.
COLEUS ‘KONG JR.’
•Unique tri-color color combinations,
available in several colors
•Adds interest to shade garden beds
and containers
•Huge leaves create great plant
dimension
•Solenostemon scutellariodes
Ball Horticultural Co.
COLEUS ‘MIGHTY MOSAIC’
•Striking seed coleus with multicolored
foliage for mighty garden appeal
•Very late flowering variety meets
gardeners’ demand for longevity
•Great in the shade
•Tolerates sun under high humidity
•Solenostemon scutellariodes
PanAmerican Seed Co.
ORNAMENTAL CORN
‘JAPONICA STRIPED MAIZE’
•Beautiful ornamental corn from Japan
•Grows 5-6 feet tall
•Variegated striped leaves, dark purple
tassels, burgundy kernels
•Better color development when plants
are widely spaced 6-8 inches apart
•Zea spp
Terra Organics, LLC
CUPHEA ‘SRIRACHA VIOLET’
•New heat-loving series from seed
•Easy to grow in containers or in the
landscape as medium height divider
•Requires little-to-no maintenance
•Available in 3 vibrant colors – pink,
rose, and violet
•Cuphea llavea
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
GAURA ‘SPARKLE WHITE’
AAS 2014 WINNER
•Perennial with exceptionally long
period of bloom
•Perfect mass planted in sunny
landscape beds or in large containers
•Excellent heat tolerance and more
uniform flowering habit
•Gaura lindheimeri
Kieft Seeds
GERBERA ‘CARTWHEEL STRAWBERRY
TWIST’
•Large semi-double bi-color flowers
•Unique color combinations
•Blooms early spring to frost
•Adds attention getting color to
containers and hanging baskets
•Gerbera jamesonii
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
GERBERA GARVINEA
‘SWEET DREAMS’
•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Continuous outdoor flowering from early
spring until the first frost of fall
•Cold, heat, drought, rain & wind tolerant
•Vivid purple flowers can be picked for
small bouquets
•Gerbera hybrid
Florist Holland B.V.
GERBERA GARVINEA
‘SWEET GLOW’
•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Continuous outdoor flowering during 3
seasons - from early spring to first frost
•Rich and lush flowering plants are well
suited for pots or borders
•Large vivid orange 3-5” flowers
•Gerbera hybrid
Florist Holland B.V.
GERBERA GARVINEA
‘SWEET HONEY’
•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Robust garden plants flower from early
spring until the first frost of fall
•In mild climates it flowers year round
•Adds golden yellow to your garden
borders, terrace or balcony
•Gerbera hybrid
Florist Holland B.V.
GERBERA ‘KAROO’
•Patio gerberas look sensational in large
containers placed in part shade
•Voluminous plants carry a large amount
of long lasting, successive flowers
•You can pick the flowers to use as
indoor cut flowers
•Gerbera jamesonii
Florist Holland B.V.
GERBERA ‘SERENGETI’
•5-inch blooms provide an extravagant
WOW-effect on every porch or patio
•Added bonus: you can pick the flowers
to use as indoor cut flowers
•Patio gerberas are sensational in large
containers set in a partial sun location
•Gerbera jamesonii
Florist Holland B.V.
GERBERA ‘VOLCANOES’
•Patio Gerberas are sensational in large
containers on the porch, veranda or patio
•Sun to part shade location
•Flame colored 5-inch blooms from late
spring to the first frost
•Long lasting successive flowers
•Bushy medium height garden plant
•Gerbera jamesonii
Florist Holland B.V.
GOMPHRENA ‘PINBALL PURPLE’
•Unique flower form and intense color
make it perfect for mixed combinations
•Loaded with vibrant flowers from early
spring to frost
•'Pinball ‘ is also available in White or
Snow-tip Lavender
•Gomphrena hybrid
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
HEUCHERA ‘BLUSHING DAWN’
•Perennial hardy to zone 4
•Striking red and yellow foliage
•Delicate pink flowers offer contrast
•Full sun, partial sun or shade location
•Avoid soaking conditions
•Border plant, specimen or groundcover
•Heuchera hybrid
Florexpo, S. A.
HOLLYHOCK ‘SPRING CELEBRITIES
APRICOT’
•Stunning double-to semi-double
apricot colored flowers
•Dwarf plant reaches a maximum
height of just 32 inches tall
•Side shoots also produce flowers
•Full sun annual
•Alcea rosea annua
American Takii, Inc.
HOLLYHOCK
‘SPRING CELEBRITIES ROSE’
•Stunning double- to semi-double
rose colored flowers
•Side shoots also produce flowers
•Dwarf plant 32 inches is perfect as
the “thriller” in your containers
•Full sun annual
•Alcea rosea annua
American Takii, Inc.
IMPATIENS ‘SUNPATIENS COMPACT
HOT CORAL ’
•Robust, sun loving, heat-loving New
Guinea type impatiens
•Thrives in full sun or part shade
•Delivers non-stop color from spring
through hard frost
•Dense, bushy plants 16-32 inches tall
•Impatiens hybrida
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
IMPATIENS ‘SUNPATIENS COMPACT
RED’
•Robust, sun loving, heat-loving New
Guinea type impatiens
•Thrives in full sun or part shade
•Delivers continuous color from spring
through hard frost
•Unaffected by downy mildew
•Impatiens hybrida
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
IMPATIENS NEW GUINEA ‘FLORIFIC
RED’
•Large abundant blooms provide
superior coverage in pots or garden
•Disease resistant shade variety
•‘Florific’ is available in lavender, red,
white & violet
•Impatiens hawkeri
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
LAVENDER ‘SUPERBLUE’
•Perennial herb hardy to zone 4
•English lavender with excellent winter
hardiness that thrives in the landscape
•Free-flowering in the heat & humidity
•Excellent full sun garden performance
•Pleasant scent
•Lavandula angustifolia
Darwin Perennials
LOPHOSPERMUM
‘LOFOS COMPACT RED’
•Vining annual for full to partial sun
•Excellent hanging or climbing plant
•Vigorous, self cleaning plants will
bloom throughout the growing season
•Also available in ‘Compact White’
•Lophospermum lophospermum
Suntory Flowers Ltd.
MANDEVILLA ‘SUN PARASOL
RED EMPEROR’
•New premium mandevilla
•Large 3-5 inch striking red flowers
•Vigorous vines bloom all summer
•Full sun container or tall background
•Outstanding disease resistance
•Mandevilla hybrid
Suntory Flowers Ltd.
MARIGOLD ‘NARAI ORANGE’
•Extremely strong and stiff stems
•Bushy plants over 24 inches tall will
not fall over with heavy rain
•Many firm and large 4-inch flowers
very suitable for cut flower bouquets
•Unique deep orange color
•Tagetes erecta
Ameriseed Inc.
MARIGOLD ‘NARAI YELLOW’
•Bred under hot and humid conditions
•Bushy plants over 24 inches tall with
extremely strong and stiff stems
•Will not fall over with heavy rain
•4-inch unique light yellow cream color
blooms summer to frost
•Tagetes erecta
Ameriseed Inc.
MARIGOLD ‘PAGODA YELLOW’
•Largest flower size of 4-5 inches
•Blooms are firm, ball shaped with
strong stems
•Light yellow flowers contrast with
deep green foliage
•Bushy plants 10-24 inches tall
•Tagetes erecta
Ameriseed Inc.
MIX CONTAINER ‘KWIK KOMBOS
PLUM-TASTIC  MIX’
•Great combo of Lobelia ‘Techno® Heat
Violet,’ Petunia ‘Whispers™ Lavender
Eye’ & Verbena ‘Lanai® Deep Purple’
•Thrives in full sun planted containers
or landscape settings
•Developed to maintain balance for the
season
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
OSTEOSPERMUM ‘PASSION
PINK SHADES’
•Compact bushy habit–doesn’t get leggy
•Deep dusty pink to very pale pink
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis
American Takii, Inc.
OSTEOSPERMUM ‘PASSION ROSE’
•Compact bushy habit–doesn’t get leggy
•Plants produce many daisy-like flowers
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis
American Takii, Inc.
OSTEOSPERMUM ‘PASSION WHITE’
•Compact bushy habit–doesn’t get leggy
•Plants produce many daisy-like flowers
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis
American Takii, Inc.
PANSY ‘COOL WAVE
GOLDEN YELLOW’
•Easy care and vibrant color for
spring and fall gardens
•Overwinters through USDA zone 5
and is the first pop of color in spring
•Spreads and trails over containers
and hanging baskets
•Viola wittrockiana
PanAmerican Seed Co.
PENSTEMON ‘ARABESQUE RED’ F1
•AAS Regional Winner (Heartland,
Mountain/Southwest & West/Northwest
•Season-long repeat bloomer
•Superior garden vigor and flowering
•Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
•Perennial USDA Zone 6-9
•Penstemon hartwegii
Syngenta Flowers
PENTAS ‘STARCLUSTER ROSE’
•Rich, vibrant large flower clusters
attract bees and butterflies
•Coordinates well with other sun
loving annuals
•Garden height of 24 inches tall
•Continues to bloom in the heat and
humidity of summer
•Pentas lanceolata
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
PETUNIA ‘AFRICAN SUNSET’ F1
•Attractive “designer color” in
shades of orange flowers
•Multiflora petunia with a prolific
number of 2.5” blooms all season
•Mounded spreading 12” plants
spread up to 20 inches
•Petunia x hybrida
Takii & Co., Ltd.
PETUNIA ‘CHA-CHING CHERRY’
•Delightful bicolor striping of rich
wine, pink and cream
•Makes stunning hanging baskets
with wow appeal
•Trailing plant 10-16 inches tall shows
well in mixed containers
•Petunia hybrida
Ball FloraPlant
PETUNIA ‘FLASH MOB BLUERIFIC’
•A superstar morn-pattern that’s
great in containers
•Trails vigorously from hanging
baskets for show-off color
•Blooms spring through late summer
•10-16” tall with spread of 20-30”
•Petunia hybrida
Burpee Home Gardens
PETUNIA ‘SOPHISTICA BLACKBERRY’
F1
•Striking large velvety-black blooms
cover lush, upright 10-15” plants
•Plant on its own or contrast it with
‘Sophistica Lime Green’ (pictured) or
another bright, lighter colored petunia
•Conversation starter in containers,
hanging baskets, or garden beds
Harris Seeds
•Petunia hybrida
PETUNIA
‘SUPERTUNIA PICASSO IN PINK’
•Pink 3” blooms surrounded by a bright
green edge will add a striking focal
point in any garden or container
•More compact mounding habit
•Blooms early spring to frost
•Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
•Petunia hybrid
Proven Winners
PETUNIA ‘SURFINIA HEAVENLY BLUE’
•Plants 5-7 inches tall are covered with
gorgeous blooms that spill over the
edge and down the sides of containers
•Plants spread up to 8 feet in diameter
in full sun landscape plantings
•Blooms continuously from early spring
to fall
Suntory Flowers Ltd.
•Petunia hybrida
PETUNIA ‘TRELLIS PINK’
•Another great petunia improvement,
upright growing and aggressive
•Makes tons of flowers on plants that
lend themselves to trellis production
•The only petunia on the market that
can grow this way
•Petunia x hybrida
Grimes Horticulture, Inc.
PETUNIA ‘TRILOGY BLUE’ F1
•Gives gardens, containers and
hanging baskets a blast of color
•Plants cover themselves in flowers
and continue flowering all season with
minimal care
•Maintains a tidy, mounded appearance
•Petunia x hybrida
American Takii, Inc.
PETUNIA ‘TRILOGY
LAVENDER PINK’ F1
•Gives gardens, containers and hanging
baskets a blast of color
•Plants cover themselves in flowers and
continue flowering all season with
minimal care
•Maintains a tidy, mounded appearance
•Petunia x hybrida
American Takii, Inc.
ROSE ‘DEE-LISH’
•Deliciously fragrant Hybrid tea rose
•Upright bushy plants grow 6 feet tall
and bloom in flushes all season
•Foliage carries an award-winning
level of disease resistance
•Northern rose-lovers rejoice in this
zone 5 hardy perennial
•Rosa hybrida
Edmunds’ Roses
ROSE ‘FIJI’
•Robust, highly disease resistant, and
best of all, a blooming machine
•Produces incredible amounts of
bright cherry red hybrid tea blooms
•Compact 2½ foot size is perfect for
the front of a border or in a pot by
the patio easily accessed for cutting
•Rosa hybrida
Edmunds’ Roses
SNAPDRAGON ‘SNAPPY BURGUNDY
& WHITE’
•Plants stay low (8-10 inches) when
grown in containers
•Covered with attractive flowers from
early spring through late fall
•Frost tolerant ‘Snappy’ provides color
when other plants can freeze
•Antirrhinum majus
Hem Genetics BV
SNAPDRAGON ‘SNAPPY ORANGE &
YELLOW’
•Attractive bicolor flowers are borne
profusely on compact mounded plants
8-10” high and 12” wide
•Provides great summer color, in early
spring and fall, pair with pansies when
other annuals might freeze
•Antirrhinum majus
Hem Genetics BV
SNAPDRAGON ‘SNAPPY
RED & YELLOW’
•Striking bicolor flowers add great color
to containers, baskets, low edgings, or
as a groundcover
•Because of their frost tolerance, they
can be planted in early spring and late
fall, making a great paring with pansies
•Antirrhinum majus
Hem Genetics BV
SUNFLOWER ‘ELEGANCE’
•Smaller plants 20-30 inches tall with
big-time flower power
•Striking compact, low growing
•Fills vase after beautiful vase with
luminous, long-stemmed, brown-eyed
golden sunflowers
•Drought-resistant -- full sun
•Helianthus annuus
The Cook’s Garden
SUNFLOWER ‘SUNTASTIC YELLOW
WITH BLACK CENTER’ F1
•AAS Regional Winner (Great Lakes)
•Dwarf sunflower perfect as a cheery
long-blooming potted plant or adding a
burst of color to a sunny garden bed
•Up to twenty 5-6 inch flowers per plant
•Blooms less than 65 days after sowing
•Helianthus annuus
Clause S.A.
SUNFLOWER ‘MISS MARS’
•Uncommonly gorgeous sunflower!
•Flowers, leaves and stems are
suffused with dark-red-to-purple hues
•Merlot-colored ray petals transition
to a pretty pink
•Low growing, vigorously branching
flame-type 20-30” tall
•Helianthus annuus
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
SUNFLOWER ‘SHOCK O LAT’ HYBRID
•Bold golden-tipped mahogany blooms
up to 6 inches wide are pollen-free
•Very long-lasting flowers are excellent
for fresh & dried arrangements
•Bee and bird magnet ideal for annual
flower bed as well as vegetable garden
•Vigorous 6-foot sun-loving annual
•Helianthus annuus
Park Seed Co.
VERBENA ‘ENDURO PURPLE’
•Stays in flower longer in the heat
•Tolerates Powdery Mildew
•Hardy in the landscape to temps in low
teens for extended enjoyment summer
through fall
•Spreading, trailing plants 8-12” tall will
spread 18-24”
•Verbena hybrida
Ball FloraPlant
VERBENA ‘LANAI TWISTER RED’
•Unique red & white flower pattern
•8-12” plants with 2” blooms colorfully
fill containers and landscapes
•Tough in the garden – powers through
for summer long enjoyment
•New blooms flourish over older blooms
•Verbena hybrida
Syngenta Flowers Inc.
VIOLA ‘FLORAL POWER
PINK WITH YELLOW LIP’ F1
•Ideal for early spring
•Produces an abundance of roundshaped thick petaled blooms
•Compact, yet vigorous, plant
•Under 10 inches tall
•Cold, frost, rain, and wind tolerant
•Viola cornuta
American Takii, Inc.
VIOLA ‘GEM LAVENDER APRICOT’ F1
•Amazing flower power
•Strong over-wintering ability
•Exceptional heat tolerance - will last
through sudden bursts of warmth
that can occur in spring
•Attracts bees and butterflies
•Viola cornuta
American Takii, Inc.
ZINNIA ‘PROFUSION DOUBLE HOT
CHERRY’ AAS 2013 WINNER
•Recognized for holding its vibrant
cherry red color throughout the
season, its tight growth habit, and its
disease resistance
•Performs exceptionally well in
gardens, planters and landscapes
•Zinnia hybrida
Harris Seeds
ZINNIA ‘PROFUSION’ SERIES
•Carefree color all summer long
•Heat tolerant, free-flowering, and
self-cleaning
•Unmatchable disease resistance
•Medium height plants are well-suited
for containers or landscape plantings
•Zinnia hybrida
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
ZINNIA ‘SOLAR FLARE BLEND’
•Mix has large 3-inch, long-lasting
blooms great for cut flowers
•Plant in large containers or near the
middle or back of the border for bright
color from early summer until frost
•Easy to grow plants
•Zinnia elegans
Botanical Interests, Inc.
ZINNIA ‘ZAHARA SUNBURST’
•Lovely big blooms have a unique
orange & scarlet star pattern that gets
more pronounced as blooms mature
•Superior disease resistance assures
carefree, season-long shows
•Sun-loving, heat and drought tolerant
floriferous annual
•Zinnia marylandica
PanAmerican Seed Co.