Flowers
New Varieties For 2013
AGASTACHE ‘ASTELLO INDIGO’
•Perennial zone 8
•Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner
•Deep indigo 3-inch spikes
•Fragrant blooms from late spring to frost
•Long flowering, disease-resistant, hardy
•Highly versatile - patio pots, containers,
borders, landscape “en masse” plantings
•Agastache hybrida
Van Hemert & Co. Seeds
ANGELONIA ‘SERENITA MIX’
•Adds height and interest to
flowerbed borders and containers
•Long-lasting fresh colors
•Very little maintenance
•Deer and rabbit resistant
•Angelonia angustifolia
PanAmerican Seed
BEGONIA ‘IKON BRONZE’ F1
•Vigorous spreading/mounding habit
ideal for containers, baskets and beds
•Thrives in sunny or shady spots
•Tolerates high heat and humidity
•Self-cleaning no deadheading needed
•Begonia x hybrida
Floranova Ltd.
BEGONIA ‘MILLION KISSES
HONEYMOON’
•Vigorous trailing begonia perfect for
large-size hanging baskets
•Large light yellow blooms brighten up
the shade!
•Easy to grow - little maintenance
keeps it blooming summer through fall
•Begonia boliviensis
Ball Ingenuity
BEGONIA ‘SANTA CRUZ SUNSET’
•Tough-as-nails plant can tolerate
extreme weather conditions
•Perfect for landscapes, hanging
baskets or containers
•Full, lush looking plant is loaded with
flowers all season long
•Begonia boliviensis
Ernst Benary Seed Growers, Ltd.
BEGONIA ‘SPARKS WILL FLY’
•Dazzling tangerine flowers shoot out
from bronze foliage
•Great choice for shady garden areas
•Maintenance free for easy gardening
•Blooms early spring until frost
•Begonia hybrida
Burpee Home Gardens
BIDENS ‘HAWAIIAN FLARE
ORANGE DROP’
•First non-yellow Bidens ever
registered in the US and Europe
•Continuously blooming
•Care-free plants are self cleaning
•Great for containers or baskets
•Bidens ferulifolia
Florexpo, S.A.
BUDDLEIA ‘FLUTTERBY LAVENDER’
•Fragrant flowering bush attracts all
pollinators to your garden
•Adds color to landscape borders and
large containers summer until frost
•Hardy to USDA zone 5
•Buddleia hybrid
Ball Ornamentals
CALENDULA ‘COSTA MIXED’
•Ideal companion for pansy and viola
in spring and fall
•Prefers cool sunny spots in garden
beds or containers
•Add edible petals to brighten salads
•2 to 3-inch blooms attract pollinators
•Calendula officinalis
Floranova Ltd.
CALIBRACHOA ‘MINIFAMOUS
DOUBLE ROSE CHAI’
•True double flowers add upscale look
•Trailing habit ideal for hanging
baskets, low edging, or containers
•Annual blooms late spring to frost
•Self-cleaning, no deadheading needed
•Calibrachoa cultivars
Selecta Klemm GmBH
CAMPANULA ‘MILAN’
•Large bell shaped flowers
•Available in either lilac or blue
•Annual - flowers all summer
•Compact, medium height container
plant or as a houseplant
•Campanula medium
American Takii, Inc.
CANNA ‘SOUTH PACIFIC SCARLET’ F1
2013 AAS WINNER
•Award winning first F1 canna from seed
adds a tropical touch to your garden
•Floriferous bloomer with showy 4-inch
scarlet flowers all summer long
•Robust flower-laden 4-5 foot tall
specimen plant or tall focal point
•Canna generalis
American Takii, Inc.
CELOSIA ‘INTENZ’
•Vibrant color on spiky blooms adds
texture to mixed containers
•Versatile plant for patio pots,
landscapes, or as a pot plant indoors
•Low-maintenance plant with high
appeal, performs great in full-sun
•Celosia caracus
Ball Ingenuity
COSMOS ‘RUBENZA’
•Unique color for Cosmos with dark ruby
red flowers maturing to deep rose
•Gorgeous in flower beds and borders
•Height 24-32” tall with a 14-20” spread
•Performs well in heat, rain and wind
•Attracts helpful bees and butterflies
•Cosmos bipinnatus
Harris Seeds
DIANTHUS ‘DASH’
•Stylish and elegant, adds fragrance to
containers and flower beds
•More compact habit with long, strong
straight stems great for cutting gardens
•Loves cool-season weather with cold
and frost tolerance
•Dianthus barbatus
PanAmerican Seed
DIANTHUS ‘DIANA PICOTEE
MIXTURE’
•Forms masses of large blooms on a
low growing plant
•Mix of three unique ‘Diana Picotee’
colors: Crimson, Scarlet and Lavender
•Excellent as a low edging or medium
height divider in the garden
•Dianthus chinensis
Hem Genetics BV
DIANTHUS ‘EVERLAST’
•Enjoy more days of vibrant color
•Flushes early in spring, blooms late
into summer, and flushes again in fall
•Zone 4 cold hardy annual with the
hardiness of a perennial
•Dianthus interspecific
Selecta Klemm GmBH
DIANTHUS ‘RAINBOW LOVELINESS’
•Beautiful perennial heirloom with
unique lacy flower petals
•Sweet intoxicating fragrance
•Heavily fringed flowers in white, pink,
lilac, and rose, some bi-colored or with
contrasting eyes or rings
•Dianthus hybridus
Botanical Interests
DIANTHUS ‘SUPRA SALMON’
•New interspecific hybrid with a dwarf
and strong branching plant habit
•Exceptionally good garden performer
blooms summer to frost
•Cold, heat, drought, rain, frost, and
wind tolerant bushy upright plants
•Dianthus interspecific hybrid
Hem Zaden-Hem Genetics
ECHINACEA ‘CHEYENNE SPIRIT’
2013 AAS WINNER
•Award winning stunning first-year
flowering sturdy perennial
•Delightful mix of colors from rich
purple, red, orange tones to lighter
yellows and creams and white
•Mid-summer through fall bloomer
•Echinacea hybrida
Kieft Seed
ECHINACEA
‘SOMBRERO LEMON YELLOW’
•Perennial with proven hardiness to
Zone 5 blooms late spring and summer
•Compact plant with good branching
•Adds bright color to cottage, perennial
and butterfly gardens
•Echinacea purpurea
Darwin Perennials
GERANIUM ‘CALLIOPE BURGUNDY’
•Vigorous mounding habit ideal for
baskets, large pots and landscape beds
•Large semi-double flowers with
stunning color late spring and summer
•Blooms in full sun or part shade
•A true heat lover
•Pelargonium interspecific
Syngenta Flowers
GERANIUM ‘CALLIOPE HOT PINK’
•Extremely well-branched, vigorous
mounding habit
•Hanging baskets, large pots, and in
landscapes as a medium height divider
•Large semi-double flowers bloom in
sun or part-shade locations
•Pelargonium interspecific
Syngenta Flowers
GERANIUM ‘DIVAS PETTICOAT’
•Horizon ‘Divas’ have real Wow! factor
•Subtle but striking bicolor flowers are
blush white with rosy red
•Perfect for bright sunny locations
•Deadheading will keep it looking
clean and encourage more flowering
•Pelargonium x hortorum
Floranova Ltd.
GERANIUM ‘GRAND IDOL PINK’
•Great climbing, trailing variety for
hanging baskets, window boxes, patio
pots, and as a ground cover on hillsides
•It will also climb on your fence
•In southern parts of USA, this annual
stays in flower the whole year
•Large 3- to 4-inch blooms
Fides Oro North America
•Pelargonium ivy
GERANIUM ‘GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
DEEP ROSE’
•Vibrant colored large double
flowering umbrels of 4-6 inches
•New series of ivies specifically bred
for heat tolerance
•Blooms early spring through fall
•Pelargonium peltatum
Dummen USA Inc.
GERANIUM ‘NANO SALMON’
•Natural dwarf geranium which does
not stretch
•Profusion of large salmon flowers
with attractive dark leaves
•Use in containers or as a low edging
•Stays compact summer to frost
•Pelargonium zonale
Hem Genetics BV
GERANIUM ‘PINTO PREMIUM WHITE TO
ROSE’ F1 2013 AAS WINNER
•Must-have addition to the Pinto series
•Petals mature from white to rose-pink
•Numerous long lasting 5-inch blooms
•Blooms summer to frost
• Pelargonium hortorum
Syngenta Flowers
GERANIUM ‘SALMON FRILLS’
•Large salmon blooms with a white
edge are very free flowering
•Medium green foliage with a dark zone
•Good garden performance in cool
weather and in heat and humidity
•Performs well in full sun to part shade
•Pelargonium x hortorum
Paul Ecke Ranch
GERBERA ‘CARTWHEEL GLOWING
EMBER’
•Distinctive flower form and bigger
upright, bushy plant habit
•Blooms from early spring through fall
in sun to part-sun garden location
•Rich red/orange 4 to 5-inch blooms
•Excellent as cut flower or house plant
Syngenta Flowers
•Gerbera jamesonii hybrida
GERBERA ‘ROYAL BICOLOR RED’
•Exciting addition to the ‘Royal’ series
•Primarily vibrant red with a ring of
white at the center of the flower
•Upright plants bloom continuously
•Garden container or houseplant
•Gerbera jamesonii
American Takii, Inc.
GERBERA ‘ROYAL PRINCE BICOLOR
RED SHADES’
•Stylish blooms with shades of red
highlighted by an inner ring of white
•A non-stop bloomer with a color show
that doesn’t quit
•Compact plant to be enjoyed as a
houseplant or to brighten up a patio
•Gerbera jamesonii
American Takii, Inc.
GERBERA ‘ROYAL PRINCE
NEON VIOLET’
•Color so vivid it practically pulsates
•Large brilliantly colored flowers that
rise just above the plant
•Superior blooming habit producing a
constant supply of new blooms
•Sunny container or houseplant
•Gerbera jamesonii
American Takii, Inc.
GERBERA ‘ROYAL PRINCE RED’
•Jewel-like red flowers continue to
greet you week after week
•Compact plant for sunny containers
or as a houseplant
•Ideal hostess gift or something to lift
your spirits
•Deadheading recommended
American Takii, Inc.
•Gerbera jamesonii
HELIOMERIS ‘SUNSPLASH’
•Native plant from American prairies
•Winter-hardy USDA Zone 4 perennial
•Free-flowering all summer long
•Luminous bicolor of white and yellow
•Pollinator friendly 10-inch tall plants
•Heliomeris multiflora
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
IMPATIENS ‘PATCHWORK
COSMIC ORANGE’
• Vibrant tri-color “cosmic” colored
blooms shimmer in the shade
•Brightens shady garden spaces with
non-stop flowers from spring to frost
•Gorgeous colorful low-maintenance
hanging baskets, containers or edgings
•Impatiens walleriana
Sakata Seed Corporation
IMPATIENS ‘SUNPATIENS COMPACT
ELECTRIC ORANGE’
•Can grow up to 36 inches in height
and width in full to partial sun
•Takes the heat and humidity and keeps
on blooming
•Dense plants are covered with blooms
from spring through a few light frosts
•Impatiens x hybrid hort
Sakata Seed corporation
ORNAMENTAL PEPPER ‘CUBANA’
•Large vibrantly colored oval shaped
peppers are held above compact plants
•Trendy, stylish and colorful
•Available in several colors: deep
orange, light orange, red, yellow,
multicolor orange and multicolor red
•Excellent in containers or as houseplant
American Takii, Inc.
•Capsicum annuum
OSTEOSPERMUM
‘MARGARITA SUPREME LILAC’
•Blooms from early spring until frost
•Stands out for its large flowers and
higher vigor than market comparisons
•Great for patio planters, garden beds
and as a divider
•Osteospermum ecklonis
Fides Oro North America
OSTEOSPERMUM
‘MARGARITA SUPREME WHITE’
•A stand-out for its larger flowers and
higher vigor than comparisons
•Blooms early spring until frost
•Full sun to partial sun garden location
•Annual hardy to zone 10
•Osteospermum ecklonis
Fides Oro North America
PANSY ‘COOL WAVE YELLOW’
•Easy care and vibrant color in spring
and fall
•Plants will overwinter through Zone 5
and be the first pop of color in Spring
•Spreads and trails over containers and
hanging baskets and as a ground cover
•Viola wittrockiana
PanAmerican Seed
PANSY ‘WONDERFALL
PURPLE WITH FACE’
•Large pansy flowers
•Extremely trailing and floriferous
•Unique “spills” for containers and
hanging baskets
•Vigorous, well-branching habit
•Pansy wittrockiana hybrida
Syngenta Flowers
PETCHOA ‘SUPERCAL VIOLET’
•Petchoa is a wonderful combination of
petunia and calibrachoa traits
•Large 3” uniquely colored blooms are
sure to brighten up a porch or patio
•Plants hold up very well in all types of
weather including the heat!
•Performs well early spring through fall
Sakata Seed corporation
•Petchoa hybrid
PETUNIA PICOBELLA
‘CASCADE RED’
•Loaded with dainty flowers that top
highly-branched, spreading plants
•Extra-early flowering, even under
short days
•Containers and hanging baskets
•Pollinator friendly
•Petunia hybrida milliflora
Syngenta Flowers
PETUNIA ‘SHOCK WAVE
DEEP PURPLE’
•Vibrant, deep purple blooms bring high
impact to your patio pots and baskets
•Mounded, spreading plants keep classy
appearance through heat, rain, wind
and light frosts
•Height 7-10 inches, 30-36” spread
•Petunia hybrida
Harris Seeds
PETUNIA ‘SOPHISTICA LIME GREEN’
•Bring a zing of lime to your garden with
these big, splashy 3-4” blooms
•Excellent specimen plant for gardens,
baskets and containers
•Upright 10-15” tall with 10-12” spread
•Plant will tolerate heat
•Petunia hybrida
Harris Seeds
PETUNIA ‘TRELLIS PINK’
•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
•Blooms summer to frost
•Petunia x hybrida
Grimes Horticulture, Inc.
PETUNIA ‘TRILOGY’
•Unique dome shape and flower
power will wow you
•Excellent performer in containers, in
baskets and in the garden
•Will spread up to 30-36 inches when
planted in the ground
•Petunia x hybrida
American Takii, Inc.
SALVIA ‘LIGHTHOUSE PURPLE’
•Deep purple spikes with dark corollas
•Statuesque 3 foot tall upright plant
•Showy in the garden bed or container
•High impact, color drenched plant
•Easy to grow heat-tolerant plant
•Salvia splendens
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
SNAP DRAGON ‘CANDY SHOWERS’
•New series of trailing snapdragon
available in 5 bright colors
•Great choice for hanging baskets or
containers in the spring or fall
•Pollinator friendly full sun annual
•Antirrhinum majus namum pendula
Sakata Seed Corporation
STREPTOCARPUS ‘CAPE COOL’
•Available in 4 colors
•Thrives in a warm shaded area, inside
the house or outside in the garden
•Much more compact habit and smaller
leaves than older varieties
•Less susceptible to diseases
•Streptocarpus x hybridus
Floranova Ltd.
SWEET PEA ‘VILLA ROMA’
•Dwarf bush type sweet pea
•Sweet scented blooms
•Flowers abundantly
•Ideal for container gardening
•Attracts all pollinators
•Lathyrus odoratus
Hem Genetics BV
SUNFLOWER ‘SOLAR FLARE’
•Attention getting Burpee prize winner
•Dazzling flame type sunflower will
keep your vases ablaze with color
•Showy 6-inch blooms
•5-6 foot tall pollinator friendly plant
•Requires a sunny garden spot
•Helianthus annuus
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
SUNFLOWER ‘ZOHAR’ F1
•Vibrant golden yellow-orange petals
surround the rich dark chocolate center
•Enjoy as a cut flower or to add height
in sunny garden beds and containers
•Bright 5-inch blooms attract butterflies
•Tall sturdy plants are wind tolerant
•Helianthus annuus
Genesis Seeds Ltd.
VERBENA ‘LANAI CANDY CANE’
•Striking candy cane colored flowers
with a distinctive star pattern
•Available in a wide color assortment
•“Best in Class” garden performance
•Exceptional powdery mildew resistance
•Verbena hybrida
Syngenta Flowers
VIOLA ‘FLORAL POWER RED’
•Withstands temperatures down to 14°F
•Vibrant, prolific bloomer
•Enjoy cheery red color in spring and fall
containers and gardens
•Edible ornamental
•Viola cornuta
American Takii, Inc.
VIOLA ‘FLORAL POWER
SKY BLUE BLOTCH’
•Amazing blue color must be seen in
person to believe
•Ideal for early spring and late fall as it
withstands temperatures down to 14◦F
•Edible ornamental
•Viola cornuta
American Takii, Inc.
WALLFLOWER ‘SUGAR RUSH’ F1
•Something new to grow alongside
pansies and violas in fall and spring
•Survives the winter down to zone 5
•Available in yellow, primrose and
purple bicolor, plus a mix with red
•Sweetly scented blooms
•Cheiranthus cheiri
Floranova Ltd.
ZINNIA ‘PROFUSION DOUBLE DEEP
SALMON’ 2013 AAS WINNER
•Unique salmon double flower
•Attractive compact plants 8-14” tall
•Abundant long lasting 2.8 inch blooms
•Fresh appearance without deadheading
•Disease resistance to powdery mildew
•Zinnia hybrida
Sakata Seed corporation
ZINNIA ‘PROFUSION DOUBLE HOT
CHERRY’ 2013 AAS WINNER
•Vivid deep rose double flower
•Petals hold color better and longer
•Blooms from late spring through fall
•Perfect as low or medium height divider
•Disease resistance to powdery mildew
•Zinnia hybrida
Sakata Seed Corporation