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 PINK F1 •AAS 2014 National Flower Winner •Elegant yet tough plants with longlasting 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 BOTANICAL INTERESTS •Ocimum sanctum 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 starpatterned 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! Dummen group •Multi-species 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 BAILEY NURSERIES •Lagerstroemia indica 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 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 multicolor show all summer long •Perennial hardy in zones 5 to 10 •Hydrangea macrophylla BALL ORNAMENTALS IMPATIENS BOUNCE 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 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® 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 ® 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 ® 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 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 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 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 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 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® 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® 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® 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 freestanding shrub in colder regions •Prolific and reliable spring flowering BAILEY NURSERIES •Very resistant to fungal diseases 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, redcolored 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 SELECT SEEDS •Zinnia elegans