Costa's Top Field Trial Performers

New coleus, lantana and pentas were among the best performers by genus in the field trials this past summer at Costa Farms. Below, we present a list of the top-performing varieties by genus, as well as the best standalone performers in the trial.

Click the images to the right for a slideshow of a few top performers at Costa.

Top Genera

Coleus
- 'Redhead' and 'Henna' (Ball FloraPlant)
- 'Stained Glassworks Eruption' and 'Stained Glassworks Green Autry' (Ecke Ranch)

Begonia
- 'BIG Bronze Leaf Rose,' 'BIG Bronze Leaf Red' and 'BIG Green Leaf Red' (Benary)
- 'Emperor Pink,' 'Emperor Red' and 'Inferno Pink' (Sakata)

Lantana
- 'Landmark White' and 'Lucky Pot of Gold' (Ball FloraPlant)
- 'Lola,' 'Tropic Pineapple' and 'Tropic Pink Bird' (GroLink)
- 'Dallas Red,' 'Pink Bird' and 'Starfruit' (Dömmen)
- 'Bandana Trailing Gold,' 'Bandana Lemon Zest,' 'Bandana White,' 'Bandito Rose,' and 'Bandito Orange Sunrise' (Syngenta Flowers)

Gomphrena
- 'Las Vegas Purple,' 'Las Vegas Rose' and 'Las Vegas White' (Benary)

Pentas
- 'Graffiti Red Lace,' 'Kaleidoscope Deep Red' and 'Northern Lights Lavender' (Benary)
- 'Starla White,' 'Starla Red' and 'Starla Deep Rose' (Syngenta)

Scaevola
- 'Blue Print' (Ball FloraPlant)
- 'Scala Blue,' 'Scala White' and 'Blue Falls' (Dömmen)
- 'Surdiva White,' 'Surdiva Light Blue' and 'Surdiva Blue' (Suntory Flowers)
- 'Bombay White' and 'Bombay Dark Blue' (Syngenta)

Torenia
- New experimental varieties from PanAmerican Seed (Magenta, Rose, Violet, White and Yellow)
- 'Summer Wave Large Amethyst' and 'Summer Wave Large Blue' (Suntory)

Zinnia
- 'Double Zahara Cherry' and 'Double Zahara Fire' (Pan American Seed)
- Profusion (Sakata)

Stand-Alone Top Performers

- Begonia 'Gryphon' (PanAmerican Seed)
- Caladium 'Blushing Bride' and 'White Delight' (Classic Caladiums)
- Chrysocephalum 'Moxie Gold' (EuroAmerican)
- Cuphea 'Mellow Yellow' (GroLink)
- Cuphea 'Rico Red' (Syngenta)
- Curcuma 'Siam Summer,' 'Siam Shadow,' Siam Sparkling' and 'Siam Sitrone' (Foremost Co.)
- Dianella 'Indigo Bells' (Foremost Co.)
- Euphorbia 'Blush' (Ball FloraPlant)
- Excoercaria 'Jungle Fire' (Foremost Co.)
- Gerbera Garden Gerbera White, Orange, Carmine and Pink' (EuroAmerican Propagators)
- Juncus 'Fuseables Twisted Dart' (PanAmerican Seed)
- Hibiscus 'Cayman' (Aris Horticulture)
- Impatiens Sunpatiens series (Sakata)
- Lobularia 'Snow Princess' (EuroAmerican)
- Mandevilla SunParasol Giant Crimson, Giant White and Pretty Crimson' (Suntory)
- Mecardonia 'Gold Dust' (EuroAmerican)
- Pedilanthus 'Silver Star' (GroLink)
- Petchoa 'SuperCal Blue' (Sakata)
- Portulaca 'Duet Red N Yellow' (Sakata)
- Trachelospermum 'Summer Sunset' (Foremost Co.)