Selected New Varieties 2019/2020

For additional new and existing varieties please see our new catalog.

See also our Selected 2018/2019 New Varieties.

Ageratum Aloha Blue (F1)

4" spreading 6" pot, 8 " spreading 8" gdn; Large ocean blue flower clusters stay low over deep green foliage. Early flowering, dense branching, lots of flower color, excellent vigor, durability & gdn preformance. For packs, pots,

bedding

Bacopa Pinktopia

6" spreading 20"; Baskets and Bedding. Pink flowers, mounded spreading habit. Easy culture, 8 weeks to bloom in 10" basket.

Basil Everleaf Emerald Towers

24" spreading 8" pot, 36" spreading 12" gdn; Unique tall towering columnar habit enables high yield in commerce thru efficient use of vertical space. Also makes a striking plant for retail in container or gdn. Dense branching

short internodes, deep shiny green foliage, traditional Genovese flavor.

Basil Newton

21" pot spreading 10", 30" gdn spreading16"; Genovese type, bright green crinkled leaves. Fast growing with quick crop, 7-10 weeks to 1st harvest. High resistance to fusarium. Very clean flavor, no licorice aftertaste. For fresh mkt, container, field or pot.

Begonia Viking XL Series

28" spreading 32" gallon, 34" spreading 36" gdn; Bold, massive color. Fast growing to fill large landscapes and big containers. Extra large plants and flowers. Red on Chocolate, 2019 AAS Winner, is outstanding for gleaming reddish-black leaves and deep red flowers.

Colors: Mix (listed colors), Pink on Green, Red on Chocolate (AAS 2019), Red on Green, Rose on Green.

Centaurea cyanus Baby Red

10" spreading 8"; compact plants covered in bright red flowers, an unusual shade for centaurea. Blooms from spring all summer weather permitting. For beds, containers.

Centaurea cyanus Jazzy Mix

36" spreading 8"; Highly contrasting bright mix of Blue, Lilac, Red, and White. Crested semidouble flowers, many bicolors created by both the central crest and others with contrasting petal edges. Good easy crop for

fieldgrown cutflower. Produces a ready-made mix for bouquets.

Chrysanthemum parthenium

Vegmo Snow Ball Extra P

28-36"; Snow white with light lemon ctr, full double pom-pom flowers about 1" diam. Tall strong stems. Fast crop, long shelf life, durable stems. For professional cutflower, high tunnel or ghs, or outside in summer.

Cosmos bipinnatus Sulphur

30-36"; Warm primrose yellow flowers with broad petals, a white ring at base of petals, and small golden eye. Good for borders, large containers, fieldgrown specialty cutflower.

Cosmos sulphureous Mandarin

10-12" spreading 6-8"; Intense orange blooms, highly double. Uniform mounded habit, dense branching for prolific color show all summer long in canopy of plant. For pots, bedding

Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) Bodestolz (F1)

28"; FYF. Strong stems carry 3" flower heads completely upright. Each plant produces several strong stems. Bodestolz series is six colors including Blue, Purple, Red, Burgundy, PurplePink Bicolor, SalmonWhiteEye. For

professional cutflower, fieldgrown or high tunnel.

Helianthus annuus Soleil Lemon (F1)

24" spreading 12"; Pollen free branching type. Lovely soft lemon yellow petals surround green-gold center. 4" diam. Petals are very numerous and overlap in 3-4 layers. Bushy knee-high plants produce numerous flowers in canopy. Very early with a long bloom season. For containers and bedding.

Tropaeolum Copper Wing

12" spreading 12"; Unusual copper orange flower color. Whirligig form blooms on upright stems held above small fresh green foliage. For spring bedding, pots, combo containers.

Leaucanthemum x superbum Madonna (F1)

8" spreading 8" pots, 10" spreading 12" in large container or gdn; FYF with no vern required. High uniformity of F1 Hybrid offers good option vs vegetative strains without the risk of bacterial diseases from cuttings. Excellent vigor and foliage. High % saleable plants,with much reduced % of under-size plants. 15% of petals may be lace-edged for unique look. Good for 4" up to large containers, for gdns and patios.

Panicum violaceum Green Drops

3 ft; A handsome annual grass. Produces large pendulous heads of green seeds which turn reddish purple in fall. Easy growing. For back of the border, large containers, fieldgrown cutflowers, fresh green or dried red.

Pansy Grandio Spring Series R (F1)

7" spreading 5"; Bred specifically for early spring production. More day neutral and uniformly earlier than other large flowered groups, with crop time of 10-11 weeks. Flowers 3-4" diam, in size range of the old Majestic & Super Majestic series. Habit and bloom time extremely uniform. For spring packs, 4", baskets.

Colors: Blotch Mix (7 colors).

Papaver Raspberry Ripple

10" spreading 8"; Unique bicolor, semidouble cup & saucer flowers with burgundy cup petals surrounded by broad, flat silvery white saucer petals, streaked & dappled in pink and red. For spring beds, pots, combo containers.

Pennisetum setaceum Fuzzy

18" container, 24" gdn; Feathery purplish bronze heads about 4" long on erect stems. Fine textured green foliage forms attractive dense tufts. Nice for landscaping, excellent material for vertical element in combo containers.

Tagetes filifolia Dropshot D

**Ornamental Herbal Edible**

8" pot, 14" spreading 14" gdn; Special herbal plant. Neat globe shaped plants with very finely divided, bright green ferny aromatic foliage. Leaves are sweet tasting with the aroma of licorice or anise. Easy to grow, makes a cute fragrant pot plant, with lots of branches and fine foliage that invites touching. Attractive in landscape from spring thru fall.

Thymus fragrantissimus

Orangelo Orange Thyme

**Ornamental Herbal Edible** 8" pot, 12" spreading 14" gdn; Very fragrant variety of French Thyme, whose traditional flavor is overlaid with the citrusy fragrance of Orangelo. Forms a ground-covering mat with tiny leaves, white stems and myriad blush white flowers in summer. Hardy evergreen perennial can provide beauty and fragrance yearlong. Useful in kitchen, and in landscape as a fragrant groundcover, tough enough for light traffic. Also

good choice for bowls and to cover and cascade in mixed bowls or combo planters.

Nemesia foetens

Pretty Please Blue Bicolor P (F1)

9" spreading 9"; Cool alternative to vegetative Nemesia. Fancy large bicolor flowers, compact densely branching habit. Neat plants with robust structure. For pots & packs.

Nemesia foetens

Pretty Please Pink Bicolor P (F1)

9" spreading 9"; Cool alternative to vegetative Nemesia. Fancy large bicolor flowers, compact densely branching habit. Neat plants with robust structure. For pots & pack

Calendula Cantaloupe

24" spreading 12"; Shades of apricot, pink and cream. Large double flowers with dark or yellow centers. Erect habit. Good for borders or planter. As specialty cutflowers, produces a very pretty pastel mix, a ready-made bouquet.

Dianthus x chinensis IQ Series (F1)

6" spreading 8" pot, 10" spreading 12" gdn; Compact habit with genetic short internodes needing little or no PGR, dense flower canopy, tidy in pots and packs and very early vs comparisons. Vigorous base branching, strong vigor, durable in gdn. For pots, bedding, combo containers.

Colors: Mix (9 colors), Purple, Purple Ice, Red, White.

Exacum Royal Dane Series P

5" spreading 10"; Easy adaptable pot crop with bright green foliage and numerous, durable ,sweetly fragrant 1" flowers across the canopy. Flat mounded habit fills pots quickly. Can be produced in 10-12 weeks from spring and summer sowings. Sell from spring to fall in pots ranging from 2.5" to 6".

Colors: Deep Blue, Deep Rose, Mix, White

Deep Blue

Deep Rose

White

Myosotis sylvatica (alpestris), Mon Amie Series

8" spreading 6" pot, 10" spreading 8" gdn; FYF, no vern needed. This trait allows marketing in bloom 3-6 months earlier than the biennial varieties and opens the possibility of fall sales without refrigerated prechill. Easy to mix with annual programs.

Colors: Blue, Mix (3 colors incl white), Pink.

Mon Amie Series

Gerbera ColorBloom Series C (F1)

5" spreading 7"; Improved series with eye-popping bicolors, greater uniformity in habit & timing, and up to 10 days earlier bloom. For premium quart container sales.

Colors: Bicolor Orange Yellow, Cherry with LIght Eye, Mix (5 colors), Yellow with Dark Eye.

ColorBloom Series

Campanula medium, Campanella Series P (F1)

9" spreading 9"; Large open bellflowers. Vigorous plants fill container or bed quickly. Blooms 1 week later than other series with better fill. Crop time 15-16 weeks.

Colors: Blue, Lavender, Mix, Pink.

Lavender

Pink

Celosia cristata, Concertina C

9" spreading 7"; Very large fan shaped flowers on neat tightly branched plants. Recommended for containers indoors and out. Colors are lush and vivid, adapted from professional florist types.

Colors: Mix, Pink, Purple, Red, Red Dark Leaf, Yellow.

Geranium, Nano Series C (F1)

5" spreading 6" pot, 9" spreading 9" gdn; Genetic dwarf breakthrough, no PGR required. Non-stretching habit, profuse & extra early bloom with large flowers. These traits translated to easy, profitable production and strong appeal at retail. Excellent for container and bedding, for growers large and small.

Colors: Mix (9 colors), Scarlet.

Kale, Garden Series

24" spreading 20"; Garden kales with intense colorful centers for dual use ornamental edible garden or containers. High nutrition and high eye appeal combined. Colors: Crimson, Ivory, Mix.

Crimson

Ivory

Mix

Pansy, Grandio Spring Series R (F1)

Colors: Blotch Mix (7 colors).

Blue with Blotch

Impatiens Beacon Series (F1)

**DMR - Downy Mildew Resistant.**

11" spreading 14"; Highly resistant to Impatiens Downy Mildew (P. obducens). Large 1.25-1.5" flowers. Habit, vigor, timing, flower size and colors are similar to the well known Super Elfin XP. Easy, fast filling color that now lasts all summer again.

Colors: Bright Red, Coral, Orange, Salmon, Select Mix, Violet Shades.

Lavandula stoechas Bandera

7" pot spreading 9", 10" gdn spreading 12"; FYF. A much improved Spanish Lavender. Compact quick-filling plant flowers heavily, nearly covering the plant at peak. Stays mounded and resists breaking open at late season. Uniform habit and timing, can be bench run. Durable, flowering throughout season and self cleaning, with strong secondary flushes. For garden containers, 4" pots up to gallons.

Colors: Deep Purple, Deep Rose, Mix, Pink, Purple.

Deep Purple

Deep Rose

Mix

Marigold American Coco Series Bobtailed (F1)

24" at looser spacing, 36" at tight spacing; Large vibrant flowers and strong stems. Uniform for earliness, stem length and full doubleness. Can be grown at tight spacing especially when disbuded. Coco Orange is very deep and intense. Crop in 12-15 weeks from sowing. Bred for professional cutflower growers, high tunnel or fieldgrown.

Colors: Deep Orange, Gold, Mix, Yellow.

Marigold American Big Duck Series D

**Gold is 2018 AAS National Winner, others are regional winners.**

12" spreading 10" pot, 18" spreading 15" gdn; Robust, densely branching kneehigh habit. Foliage stays fresh and deep green through all weathers. Keeps blooming on and on into summer with huge blooms reaching 4" diam when full grown. Blooms of younger plants or containers will be 3-4" in size. Extremely double, nearly spherical flowers. For gallons, combo containers, bold lasting color in bedding. Crop time 45-55 days from sowing.

Colors: Gold (AAS Winner), Mix, Orange (AAS), Yellow (AAS).

Gold (AAS Winner)

Yellow (AAS Winner)

Orange (AAS Winner)

Salvia Mojave Series

8"; Heat tolerant, big thick spikes. Glossy dark-green foliage. New spikes cover the old. Day-neutral and early.

Colors: Mix (5 Colors), Purple, Red (very deep red), Red Bicolor, Salmon, White.

Stock Matthiola Mathilda Series

32"; Group 2. Selectable. Excellent seed quality for selectable stock. Timing & stem length extra uniform. Professional cutflower, good for spring crop.

Colors: Blue, Lavender, Mix (listed colors), Pink, White, Yellow.

Zinnia Magna Series

36" spreading 12"; Large Dahlia-flowered full double blooms. Rich color range includes special bright green and a deep ruby red. For tall borders and specialty cutflowers in field or high tunnel.

Colors: Mix (8 colors), Pistachio (bright green), Ruby.

Pistachio

Ruby

Zinnia Holi Series

**Scarlet is 2019 AAS Winner.**

6" spreading 8" pot, 8" spreading 10" gdn; Extremely heat tolerant, born & bred in hot-humid tropical conditions. Large 3-3.5" full double Dahlia type flowers. Superbly branching erect plants plants. Foliage stayed green and clean all summer, showing no sign of bacterial disease. Sowing to bloom in 65-70 days. For bedding & containers.

Colors: Bright Pink, Mix, Orange, Scarlet (AAS Winner), White, Yellow.

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