Flowers New Varieties For 2015

AGASTACHE ARIZONA™ SANDSTONE

• First year flowering, drought tolerant perennial hardy to zone 6 • Abundant flower spikes loaded with tubular shaped orange blooms • Perfect mass planted in dry sunny landscape beds or in large containers •

Agastache x hybrida

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

AGASTACHE ARIZONA™ SUN

• First year flowering, drought tolerant perennial hardy to zone 6 • Compact and uniform • 8-10 inches tall and wide • Extremely floriferous with little care •

Agastache x hybrida

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

AGASTACHE ARIZONA™ SUNSET

• First year flowering, drought tolerant perennial hardy to zone 6 • Plant 10 to 12 inches apart in a sunny, dry location • Attractive to all pollinators •

Agastache x hybrida

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

ANGELONIA SERENITA

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PINK F1

• AAS 2014 National Flower Winner • Elegant yet tough plants with long lasting color • Compact, shorter plant height 8-12” • Tolerant to heat and dry conditions • Performs best in full to part sun •

Angelonia angustifolia

Available at Harris Seeds

BARBERRY TOSCANA

 • Upright shrub with arching branches • 3-5 feet tall, 3-5 feet wide • Full sun perennial Zone 4 • Large showy foliage emerges red in spring with a fine bright yellow margin • Red darkens to burgundy in autumn •

Berberis thunbergii

BAILEY NURSERIES

BASIL HOLY

• Also known as Tulsi, this revered basil makes a delicious aromatic healthful tea • Steep the leaves for tea, then add the flowers to intensity the flavor • Leaves and flowers have a strong fruity, fragrance said to combat stress • Plants can be grown indoors •

Ocimum sanctum

BOTANICAL INTERESTS

CALIBRACHOA HULA SOFT PINK

• Massive mounds of 1” pink flowers with a vibrant magenta “hula-hoop” of color • Strong performer in sunny baskets and containers • Less than 10” tall, spreads 16” • Blooms late spring, summer to frost •

Calibrachoa hybrid

DUMMEN GROUP

CANNA CANNOVA YELLOW

• Excellent choice for tall backgrounds in your landscape or container “thriller” • Sun loving annual 30-48 inches tall blooms from late spring to late summer • Cannova series includes Bronze Scarlet, Red Shades and Rose •

Canna generalis

BALL HORTICULTURAL CO.

COLEUS MARQUEE BLONDE BOMBSHELL

• Shadowy patios to sun-blazed gardens • Easy care, excellent garden performance • Densely branched plants 18-24” tall • Late flowering variety • Lanceolate leaves add exciting texture •

Coleus scutellariodes

BURPEE HOME GARDENS

CONFETTI GLOSSY STRAWBERRY

• Confetti Garden combines a star patterned petunia, impressive red verbena and fragrant white alyssum • Hand selected to perform well together • Eye catching combination of red and white sure to be a showstopper!

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Multi-species

Dummen group

CRAPE MYRTLE MIDNIGHT MAGIC

 • Compact variety 4-6 feet tall and wide • Superb purple-maroon foliage • Dark pink flowers July-September • Full sun perennial to Zone 6 • Resistant to Cercospora leaf spot and powdery mildew •

Lagerstroemia indica

BAILEY NURSERIES

DAHLIA XXL SUNSET

• Boasts huge 4-inch bicolor blooms • Striking color pattern and colors • Strong and proven garden performer consistently received top marks in trials across the country • Blooms late spring to frost •

Dahlia grandiflora

DUMMEN GROUP

DIANTHUS DIANA CRIMSON PICOTEE IMPROVED

• Great choice for early spring gardens as well as fall - plants tolerate light freezes • Full sun to partial sun locations • Showy bi-color blooms dominate the vigorous low growing plants 8-10” tall • Excellent annual for mixed containers •

Dianthus chinensis

HEM GENETICS

DIGITALIS FOXLIGHT RUBY GLOW

• Great focal point all summer long in gardens and containers • Blooms face outward on tall spikes for better flower display • Perennial continues blooming all summer in sun or partial shade •

Digitalis hybrida

Ball/Darwin Perennials

DISTYLIUM LINEBACKER

 • Compact upright evergreen matures to an excellent screening and hedge plant • Reddish new growth matures to lustrous dark green • Full sun to moderate shade perennial Zone 7 with excellent disease resistance •

Distylium myricoides

BAILEY NURSERIES

EUPHORBIA GLITZ

• First Euphoria graminea from seed • Prolific flowering • Long lasting frothy displays • Tiny white flowers mix well with other annuals in baskets and containers • No pinching required •

Euphorbia graminea

Available at Harris Seeds

GERANIUM BIG EZEE RED

• Bred for the heat • Vigorous grower loaded with huge 3” bright red flowers • Perfect in mixed plantings, and also stands strong on its own • Blooms late spring to frost •

Pelargonium x hortorum

DUMMEN GROUP

GERANIUM NANO

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VIOLET F1

• New vibrant violet color to Nano series • Continuously produces large clusters of flowers abundantly all season • Compact habit ideal for containers and window boxes • Dark handsome petite foliage •

Pelargonium hortorum

HEM GENETICS

HYDRANGEA BLOOMSTRUCK

 • Big beautiful vivid rose-pink, violet or blue flower heads 3.5” to 5” across • Sturdy striking red stems hold blooms upright all summer long • Glossy dark green leaves with red petioles and red veins •

Hydrangea macrophylla

BAILEY NURSERIES

HYDRANGEA L.A. DREAMIN’

• Shows blue, pink and every color in between on the same plant • No need to add aluminum sulfate • Great reblooming power with a multi color show all summer long • Perennial hardy in zones 5 to 10 •

Hydrangea macrophylla

BALL ORNAMENTALS

IMPATIENS BOUNCE

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PINK FLAME PPAF ‘BALBOUFINK’

• Completely Downy Mildew resistant • Strong-performer for shade and sun gardens from spring through fall • Massive amount of stunning blooms • Shorter and compact habit is ideal for hanging baskets or patio pots •

Impatiens hybrida

BALL/SELECTA

IMPATIENS BOUNCE

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VIOLET

• All-new genetics of interspecific impatiens highly resistant to Downy Mildew • Strong-performer for sun and shade • Shorter and compact habit is ideal for hanging baskets or patio pots •

Impatiens hybrida

BALL/SELECTA

IMPATIENS NEW GUINEA DIVINE F1 MIXTURE

• Masses of large, luscious 2-inch blooms • Easy care plants for containers, baskets and shade landscapes • Well-branched plant habit • High resistance to Downy Mildew •

Impatiens hawkerii

Available at Harris Seeds

IMPATIENS SUNPATIENS

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COMPACT PINK

• Dense bushy upright beefy habit • 24”-36” tall and wide in the garden, 18”-24” tall in containers and baskets • Robust, sun-loving, heat-loving thrives in full sun or part shade • Non-stop color spring, summer and fall •

Impatiens hybrida

SAKATA AMERICA

IMPATIENS SUNPATIENS

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COMPACT ROYAL MAGENTA

• Dense bushy plant covered with flowers • Non-stop color spring, summer and fall • 24-36” tall and wide in the garden • 18-24” tall in containers and baskets • Robust, sun-loving, heat-loving thrives in full sun or part shade •

Impatiens hybrida

SAKATA AMERICA

IMPATIENS SUNPATIENS

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SPREADING SHELL PINK

• Truly unique genetic background delivers unsurpassed performance • Vigorous spreading plants keep their shape all summer • Thrives under high heat, rain and humidity in full sun as well as shade •

Impatiens x hybrida hort

SAKATA ORNAMENTALS

LOBELIA STARSHIP SCARLET

• Summer flowering perennial zones 6a-10b thrives in full to partial sun • Produces masses of showy flowers • Sturdy, bushy 20-24” plants ideal for containers or center of the border • Attracts hummingbirds and bees •

Lobelia x speciosa

BALL/KIEFT SEED

LOBULARIA YOLO WHITE

• Great heat tolerance makes it a wise choice from early spring until frost • Adds fragrance and clear white color to mixed plantings, containers and baskets • Gorgeous groundcover •

Lobularia maritima

DUMMEN GROUP

LUPINE AVALUNE MIX

• Sweetly scented mix of blue, pink, white and 2 bi-colors • Compact plants bloom in early spring with well-packed flower spikes • Prized border plant for full to part-sun gardens and mass plantings •

Lupinus hartwegii

VAN HEMERT & CO. SEEDS

MARIGOLD GARLAND ORANGE

• Very tall (28-60”) bushy habit • Immense double blooms 3.5- 4.5” • Long strong stems make excellent cut flowers • Wind tolerant flexible stems •

Tagetes erecta

AVAILABLE AT HARRIS SEEDS

ORNAMENTAL PEPPER CONGA

 • Dark purple foliage with purple peppers that mature to bright red • Full sun annual less than 10 inches tall • Great addition to combination planters • Fabulous houseplant •

Capsicum annuum

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

ORNAMENTAL CORN JAPONICA STRIPED MAIZE

• Beautiful ornamental 5-6 foot tall corn • Long, variegated leaves, dark purple tassels, burgundy-purple kernels • Cut and add to flower arrangements for unique greens and color • Widely space plants for better color •

Zea mays

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

ORNAMENTAL PEPPER MAMBO

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YELLOW RED

• Bright yellow peppers turn orange and mature to deep, rich red • Striking in a combination planter • Great paired with mums for fall • Needs sunny location, well drained soil •

Capsicum annuum

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

ORNAMENTAL PEPPER MAMBO

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PURPLE ORANGE

• Ideal for fall plantings and great for Halloween decorating • Dark purple fruit matures to brilliant orange • Annual 5-7” tall, 6-8” wide • Full sun, well drained soil •

Capsicum annuum

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

PANSY COOL WAVE SUNSHINE ’N WINE

• Most vigorous spreading pansy • Adds dramatic color to spring, late summer, and autumn patios & pots • Great in combos and as a groundcover • Biennial to Zone 5 with superior overwintering hardiness •

Viola wittrockiana

Ball Horticultural Co.

PERICALLIS SENETTI BLUE EYE

• Thrives in lower temperatures • Large, daisy-like flowers provide high-impact color in early spring • Senetti series spans 12 bright colors • Full sun to part shade annual • Cut plants back 50% for a fresh flush of blooms •

Pericallis hybrida

Suntory Flowers Ltd.

PETUNIA EASY WAVE

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VELOUR BURGUNDY

• Vigorous, mounding spreading habit • Prolific 2.5”-3” blooms cover the plants • Flowers have a special sheen that offers a three dimensional appearance • Full sun, frost tolerant annual •

Petunia hybrida

AVAILABLE AT HARRIS SEEDS

PETUNIA EASY WAVE

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VELOUR RED

• Spreading petunia with deep, dark texture and fashion-forward color • Perfect patio centerpiece display or trailing from hanging baskets • Give it sun and feed it regularly for lush vigorous blooms through the summer •

Petunia hybrida

Ball Horticultural Co.

PETUNIA OPERA SUPREME

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RED

• Trailing petunia spreads 3.5-4 feet • Covered with flowers from plant center to the very tips of each stem • Plants are so loaded with blooms virtually no foliage is visible •

Petunia hybrida

AMERICAN TAKII, INC.

PETUNIA SUPERCAL

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GRAPE

• Best characteristics of petunias and calibrachoas in one exceptional series • Superior garden performance • Large blooms with unique vibrant color • Better heat and cold tolerance •

Petchoa hybrid

SAKATA AMERICA

PETUNIA SUPERCAL

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SALMON GLOW

• Excellent heat tolerance & weather recovery • Foliage is not sticky so spent flowers drop easily from the plant • Plants 12” tall & 15” wide are ideal for sunny baskets and containers •

Petchoa hybrid

SAKATA AMERICA

PETUNIA SURFINIA

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SUMO PINK

• Super-sized vegetative petunias • Big and bold vigorous Sumo series also includes Plum and Bold Lilac • Very full, vigorous mounding habit • Perfect for large containers, baskets and landscape beds •

Petunia hybrida

SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD.

PETUNIA TRILOGY RED F1

• Stunningly rich vibrant red • Unique compact dome-shaped habit • Plants cover and recover themselves in upright non-fading blooms • Flower beds, baskets and containers • Bounces back quickly after a rain •

Petunia x atkinsiana

TAKII & CO. LTD.

PRIMULA DANESSA

• Market’s earliest flowering acaulis!

• Diminutive 2-3 inch plant blooms in early spring • Maintains a compact habit • Can also be enjoyed as a houseplant • Danessa is available in 9 colors •

Primula acaulis

Sakata America

ROSE ABOVE AND BEYOND

 • New large-flowered climber is a rose for colder climates – perennial USDA zone 3 • Clusters of 5 or more buds open to apricot semi-double to double flowers • Dependable climber or large free standing shrub in colder regions • Prolific and reliable spring flowering • Very resistant to fungal diseases BAILEY NURSERIES

ROSE BEVERLY

• Fragrance with perfume of citrus, peach, pear, plum, patchouli and myrtle • Perfectly formed, high-centered blooms • Hybrid tea - enchanting blend of pinks • Perennial Zone 5 hardy •

Rosa korpauvio

Greenheart farms, Inc.

SALVIA BLUE MARVEL

• Perennial Zones 4-10 • Largest flowers of all Salvia nemorosa • Re-blooms reliably • Upright, colorful spikes attract pollinators early spring through autumn • Prefers a sunny location, 6 hours of sun •

Salvia nemorosa

Ball/Darwin Perennials

SALVIA SUMMER JEWEL WHITE

• Dwarf sized compact plant has a prolific bloom count throughout the summer • Blooms almost two weeks earlier than other white salvias used as comparisons • Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love the larger flowers •

Salvia coccinea

Takii & Co. Ltd.

SCAEVOLA SURDIVA VARIEGATED BLUE

• First scaevola with variegated foliage • Extremely heat tolerant plant provides continuous color all summer • Tidy compact appearance and exceptional flower coverage •

Scaevola aemula

SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD.

SNAPDRAGON POTOMAC CUSTOM MIX

• Tall, strong, sturdy, clean stems • Long and well-defined spikes with outstanding colors and flower quality • Improved uniformity of bloom time • Makes great flower arrangements •

Antirrhinum majus

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

VERBENA ENDURASCAPE HOT PINK

• Tougher verbena - hardy in frost conditions and doesn’t cycle out of flower in the heat • Perennial great for hillsides, ground covers and retaining walls • Excellent powdery mildew resistance •

Verbena hybrida

BALL FLORAPLANT

VERBENA WICKED COOL BLUE

• Striking contrast between bright white and vivid blue • Perfect for adding interest to mixed plantings • Plays well with others • Blooms non-stop all summer •

Verbena hybrida

DUMMEN GROUP

VIOLA COLORMAX

• Giant flowers fill out containers with tremendous color in spring and fall • Perfect for pots, baskets and containers • Heat tolerant • Available in 10 eye-catching colors •

Viola hybrid

SAKATA AMERICA

VIOLA GEM™ LILAC ANTIQUE

• Blooms prolifically providing welcome color in late fall and early spring • Unique color for sunny containers, baskets and gardens • Cold, frost and rain tolerant annual •

Viola cornuta

American Takii, Inc.

VIOLA CORINA BLACK F1

• Novelty black-flowered viola 6-8” tall spreading 10-12” wide • Very frost tolerant so ideal for early spring and fall plantings • More heat tolerant, so lasts longer into the warmer time of the year •

Viola cornuta

HEM GENETICS

VITEX DELTA BLUES

 • 8-10 foot tall Chaste Tree • Aromatic bluish-purple flowers in summer are followed by small, red colored fruits that persist into winter • Eye-catching highly fragrant foliage • Sun loving perennial zone 6-9 •

Vitex agnus-castus

BAILEY NURSERIES

ZINNIA CROUCHING TIGER

• Giant 3” blooms open single, then mature to fully double pompons • Looks terrific in the garden or in a vase • Vigorous, healthy 10”-24” tall annual • Compact, free-flowering, easy to grow •

Zinnia elegans

PARK SEED

ZINNIA SALSIANDO

• Superb mixture of Macarenia (scarlet flowers with gold tips) and Mazurkia (scarlet flowers tipped with cream) • Large 3” bi-color blooms attract bees and butterflies late spring through fall • Excellent for pick-your-own bouquets •

Zinnia elegans

Van Hemert & Co. Seeds

ZINNIA ZINDERELLA PEACH

• Shades of salmon, peach, pink and cream accented with a dark eye • Striking scabiosa-shaped blooms with full mounded tops • Excellent as cut flower, very easy to grow, and disease resistant • Fleuroselect Approved Novelty •

Zinnia elegans

SELECT SEEDS