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Petunia ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’
Ball FloraPlant

This year’s debut of ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ continues the pursuit of high-impact, novelty colored petunias that retailers crave and home gardeners adore. Its delightful bicolor striping of rich wines, pinks and creams offer a modern flower array for today’s decorative-minded gardener. ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ will keep registers ringing. As unique and special as it is, this petunia is still grower-friendly. Produce and time it right alongside other popular novelty petunias. ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ makes stunning hanging baskets with wow appeal, and it shows equally well in mixed containers.

Colors: Bicolor striping of wine, pink and cream
Uses: Hanging baskets and containers, mixed combos
Plant Habit: Mounded
Crop Time: 4- to 5-inch pots/quarts: 1 plant per pot, 5 to 7 weeks; 6-inch pots/gallons: 2 to 3 plants per pot, 6 to 8 weeks; 10- to 12-inch baskets: 4 to 5 plants per pot, 8 to 11 weeks.

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Petunia Red Fox ‘Sweetunia Johnny Flame’
Dümmen USA

The new ‘Sweetunia Johnny Flame’ by Red Fox is literally bursting with color. The blossoms are sure to steal the show in any garden or container with dramatic purple centers and pink edges. Easy to grow, its upright and mounded habit allows Johnny Flame to mix well in combinations. It responds well to general PGR applications and is day-length neutral for early, natural flowering.

Colors: Purple bicolor
Uses: Bedding plants, container, baskets, combinations
Plant Habit: Medium compact, semi-upright mounded
Crop Time: >4 to 6 weeks in a 4-inch, 8 to 12 weeks in a basket. Day-length neutral allows for production year round.

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Ipomoea Red Fox ‘FloraMia Nero’
Dümmen USA

This is no ordinary ipomea. This is a winning combination with dark purple foliage and prolific lavender blossoms. ‘FloraMia Nero’ is very compact and requires little or no growth regulators for control. It features a strong mounded habit and day-length neutral flowering. Flowers last 24 to 48 hours, but regenerate daily.

Colors: Lavender, dark foliage
Uses: Bedding plant, container, baskets
Plant Habit: Spreading, compact and mounding
Crop Time: 6 to 8 weeks in a 4-inch, 10 to 12 weeks in a basket

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Begonia RED FOX ‘Unstoppable Upright Fire’
Dümmen USA

This stunning new variety from Red Fox is a head-turner. The shocking orange blossoms glow against shiny black foliage and will add an immediate shimmer to any garden or container. Unstoppable begonias need long days and should be grown with a minimum of 14-hour day lengths. It is best to plant them later with lights and finish them under natural long days. They respond well to general PGR applications, moderate feed and moderate to full sun.

Colors: Bright red-orange
Uses: Bedding plant, container, baskets
Plant Habit: Upright, medium vigor
Crop Time: Should be planned for late spring to early summer sales, 8 to 10 weeks in a 4-inch, 10 to 14 weeks in a basket.

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Begonia Rex Shadow King Series
Green Fuse Botanicals Inc.

The Begonia Rex Shadow King series is part of Green Fuse Botanicals’ Lifestyle Plants collection that is targeted at contemporary consumers and can be grown as indoor, patio and outdoor plants. Shadow King varieties provide excellent color for shady locations, something always in demand. With its significantly more compact habit and great rosette branching, Shadow King is a marked improvement in plant habit over older Rex cultivars. This year, Green Fuse added four great “never-before” colors: Cool White, Green Pink Tips, Lava Red and Pink.

Colors: Cool White, Green Pink Tips, Moonlight, Lava Red, Pink, Rothko, Strawberry Lime
Uses: Indoor, patio and shady gardens
Plant Habit: 5-inch containers and larger
Crop Time: 14 weeks

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Calibrachoa ‘Superbells Pomegranate Punch’
Proven Winners

‘Superbells Pomegranate Punch’ brings the unique characteristic of a strong black eye into the Superbells series and combines it with a striking red background. A complicated series of crosses led to the black eye pattern and it is combined with excellent performance and disease resistance, as well as tolerance of a range of pH levels. The innovation in ‘Superbells Pomegranate Punch’ lies in the breeding, using both hybrid and species genetics to bring a new and innovative color pattern to this mainstay crop of calibrachoa. Bicolor flowers and innovations in flower pattern continue to drive consumer interest, as does its superior garden performance.

Colors: Scarlet and black
Uses: Hanging baskets and containers
Plant Habit: Mounding, trailing
Crop Time: 4- to 5-inches: 4 to 6 weeks; 6-inch and gallon: 5 to 7 weeks; 8-inch: 7 to 9 weeks; 10- to 12-inch: 10 to 12 weeks

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Antirrhinum Candy Showers Series
Sakata Seed America

Candy Showers is the first ever trailing snapdragon series from seed and comes in five vibrant colors. Beautiful as a stand-alone or as a mix in hanging baskets and containers, Candy Showers is sure to impress with its full trailing habit and gorgeous color. Damage during shipping is never a problem because Candy Showers has strong, durable stems that hold up well in transport and just as well in the garden. An excellent addition to fall trailing pansies, Candy Showers can be sold in fall or spring.

Colors: Deep Purple, Orange, Red, Rose, Yellow
Uses: Hanging baskets, mixed containers, groundcover
Plant Habit: Trailing habit is ideal for hanging baskets and mixed containers
Crop Time: 4-inch: 5 to 6 weeks from transplant; 6-inch: 7 to 8 weeks from transplant; 10- to 12-inch: 8 to 11 weeks from transplant

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Pentas Starcluster Series (Pentas lanceolata)
Syngenta Flowers — GoldFisch Vegetative

Starcluster represents another breeding breakthrough from Syngenta Flowers. Tetraploid genetics give the series unparalleled impact with large flower clusters, outstanding branching and strong stems. Starcluster is a GoldFisch Heat Lovers series, trialed for both container and in-ground performance to ensure retail performance and gardening success through summer heat and humidity. The series is a perfect fit for busy consumers: New flowers form over spent blooms, so no deadheading is required. Starcluster is best suited to gallon pots or larger, making the series a perfect complement to seed pentas programs.

Colors: Lavender, Red, Rose, White
Uses: Gallon pots and larger
Plant Habit: Upright, well-branched
Crop Time: Gallons (two plants per pot) and 10-inch baskets: 11 to 13 weeks; 12-inch containers (five plants per pot): 11 to 13 weeks.

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Cuphea llavea Sriracha Series
Syngenta Flowers — Goldsmith Seeds

Sriracha is an all-new, heat-loving series from seed that offers season-extending opportunities for growers and retailers. Available in three colors — Pink, Rose and Violet — Sriracha provides vibrant color from spring through the summer heat. Easy to program, Sriracha is a faster, cost-effective alternative to specialty vegetative varieties.

Compact, well-branched plants offer excellent series uniformity that’s suitable for quarts, six-inch or gallon containers. Its unique, premium quality and performance make Sriracha an exciting new item to add to your product offering.

Colors: Pink, Rose, Violet
Uses: Quarts, 6-inch containers and gallon pots
Plant Habit: Upright, well-branched
Crop Time: 3 to 4 weeks for a 288-cell tray; 4 to 5 weeks for a 128-cell tray

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Impatiens ‘Sunpatiens Compact Red’
Sakata

A new addition to the popular SunPatiens Compact series, ‘SunPatiens Compact Red’ is sure to add bold, eye-catching color to any retail display or garden. Compact Red has large, fire engine red flowers. It is vibrant in the landscape and has a compact semi-mounding habit. The Compact series is bred for smaller container production with the best habit for strong retail appeal. Just like all SunPatiens, Compact Red is completely immune to downy mildew. It grows beautifully in sun or shade, rain or shine, spring through fall.

Colors: Red
Uses: 4-inch, quart and gallon containers, mixed containers, beds, gardens, hanging baskets and window boxes
Plant Habit: Compact, semi-mounding
Crop Time: 6-inch: 7 to 8 weeks; 8-inch: 9 to 10 weeks; 10 to 12-inch: 10 to 12 weeks

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Petunia ‘Surfinia Heavenly Blue’
Suntory Flowers Ltd.

‘Surfinia Heavenly Blue’ represents the next generation of petunia breeding with the perfect marriage of color and habit. This variety is an upgrade to the popular ‘Surfinia Sky Blue.’ Plants are covered with gorgeous light-blue flowers. For nearly 25 years, the revolutionary Surfinia petunias have been known for fast, vigorous growth. Robust plants offer superb weather tolerance and disease resistance, withstanding heat, cold, wind and rain.

Colors: Light blue
Uses: Pots, hanging baskets, window boxes, landscapes
Plant Habit: Mounding, then trailing
Crop Time: Four to six weeks for a 4-inch pot with one liner and one pinch; seven to eight weeks for a 6-inch pot with one liner and two pinches; 10 to 12 weeks for a 10-inch hanging basket with three liners and two to three pinches

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