Coleus
Coleus ‘Stained Glassworks Witch Doctor’ from Ecke Flower Fields is the newest addition to the full sun-tolerant Coleus Stained Glassworks line. They are easy to grow and provide consumers with a range of vivid color choices.
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Coreopsis
‘Corey Yellow’ coreopsis from Fischer USA features bold blooms with bright, golden-yellow flowers and unique dark red centers. ‘Corey Yellow’ is a strong, upright plant that produces extra-large flowers all summer long.
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Cuphea
Proven Winners’ new ‘Totally Tempted’ cuphea features bright crimson flowers that will provide constant spring and summer color. ‘Totally Tempted’ is humidity and drought tolerant, is oedema resistant and will reach a height of 6 to 12 inches in full sun. It is very heavy flowering with a tighter habit than other cupheas.
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Dahlia
The three new Goldalia dahlias from Fischer USA, Orange, Rose and Scarlet, offer outstanding wow appeal. These flowers are great for quick turns with their compact habit and excellent branching.
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Delphinium
Sahin’s Delphinium x cultorum ‘Centurion Lavender’ features wonderful, soft lavender with a lavender and white bee. It is the sixth color in the series, which also includes White, Sky Blue, Rose, Pink and Gentian Blue.
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Geranium
Geranium ‘Maestro Neon Pink’ from Ecke Geraniums-Oglevee Products is part of the medium vigor Maestro series that offers large blooms. ‘Maestro Neon Pink’ provides bright, electrifying splashes of color, creating consumer appeal and superb sell-through at retail.
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Geranium ‘Patriot Orange’ from Ecke Geraniums-Oglevee Products is a bold and exciting new color addition to the vigorous Patriot series, offering full-size plants with large blooms. Patriot works well in containers and ground beds with proven heat tolerance and landscape performance.
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Gerbera
Florist De Kwakel’s standard gerbera ‘Ecco’ is a warm red standard gerbera variety with a proper black center. It performs well in production and has good vase life.
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Standard gerbera ‘Entourage’ from Florist De Kwakel is a new bicolor variety. A nice contrasting orange-yellow gerbera with a black center, it has large flowers and excellent vase life. |
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Grasses, Sedges And Rushes
All of PanAmerican Seed’s Grasses of Fantastic Foliage can be sown, grown and sold together as a complete package. New varieties include juncus ‘Blue Arrows,’ juncus ‘Javelin,’ koeleria ‘Blue Sprite,’ stipa ‘Sirocco’ and stipa ‘Capriccio’.
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Sahin’s Natural Look Program is a new collection of grasses, sedges and rushes. They are heat tolerant and low maintenance. Some varieties include juncus ‘Spiralis,’ milium ‘Aureum,’ carex ‘Auburn’ and isolepis ‘Fibre Optics.’
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Hibiscus
Athens Select’s ‘Panama Bronze’ hibiscus grows to a hardy 4 feet tall and is equally wide. Foliage is deeply cut and beautiful, with the bronze color remaining stable through even the hottest days.
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Impatiens
Like the rest of the 17 Envoy colors, Bodger Seeds’ ‘Cherry Star’ is large-flowered and possesses excellent vigor. ‘Cherry Star’ is a great choice for 4-inch pots and larger, as well as baskets and landscapes.
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Ball FloraPlant’s Fiesta Olé double impatiens are easy and economical on the bench, with less stretch, fewer PGRs needed and use in pot-tight programs. New for 2008 is ‘Fiesta Olé Purple Stripe,’ which shows off eye-catching, purple and white bicolor blooms. |
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Proven Winners’ new Rockapulco series of double impatiens boasts bigger and brighter blooms. Available for 2008 will be Orchid, Appleblossom, Dark Orange, Purple, Red, Rose and White. Each is heat tolerant for extended spring and summer color.
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