15 New Crops To Extend The Fall Season [Slideshow]
Try these varieties to extend sales and consumer interest into fall.
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Hypericum ‘Mocca’ (Bailey Nurseries)
Combine the classic, bright yellow spring flowers that are the hallmark of the species with the beautiful, warm, brown-red berries appearing just in time for the fall season and you have ‘Mocca.’ It is a perfect complement to the garden spring through fall, with berries that are perfectly suited for fall bouquets.
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Hypericum ‘Red Flame’ (Bailey Nurseries)
‘Red Flame’ hypericum boasts bright-yellow spring flowers that are followed by even brighter, long-lasting, fire-engine red berries to pair perfectly with autumn’s oranges, maroons and yellows. Its berries also show well against the dark green foliage in late summer to early fall.
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Celosia ‘Kelos Orange’ (Beekenkamp Plants)
‘Kelos Orange’ grows in natural-day length, which means there is no short day needed. It is heat tolerant and has great garden performance. The plant has an intense orange color and a massive plume.
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Lavender ‘Hidcote Blue’ (Benary)
This is a popular impulse item, but the germination rates can make production difficult. This year Benary is introducing ‘Hidcote Blue’ in ApeX seed, their seed technology program that yields the highest germ rates and improved emergence for optimal plug production.
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Viola Admire Series (Benary)
Admire violas have better branching for consistently more flowers at retail. Uniform timing across all 10 colors and consistent pack performance in both fall and spring mean you don’t have to cherry pick color.
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Leucanthemum ‘Real Charmer’ (PlantHaven)
‘Real Charmer’ offers large, decorative blooms with fancy, fringed central petals. The flower’s color ranges from cream to lemon with contrasting, deep-golden centers carried on very strong stems.
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Camellia ‘October Magic Ruby’ (Plants Nouveau)
This variety is a profuse bloomer with foliage and a growth habit similar to ‘October Magic Orchid.’ Small Christmas red, fully double blooms decorate the deep olive green. The super glossy foliage on this compact plant reaches 4 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
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Anemone ‘Pocahontas’ (Plants Nouveau)
‘Pocahontas’ quickly fills a 1- or 2-gallon pot and a garden border in a gentle, clumping fashion. The plant is covered in double, bubblegum-pink blooms from July to October, and the blooms are held upright on super-strong stems, making this the perfect perennial or gift plant. Fluffy, creamy-white, cotton-like seed heads extend the garden interest well into the late fall.
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Primula Danessa Series (Sakata Seed)
Danessa is the earliest-flowering acaulis series on the market. These compact plants require little to no PGRs for the highest density production. Danessa is bred for uniform plant habit, flower size and quality consistent across all nine colors in the series.
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Viola ColorMax Series (Sakata Seed)
ColorMax boasts larger flowers than standard violas and are very free-flowering. ColorMax positions beautifully in packs, pots, baskets and mixed containers. These violas are heat tolerant and thrive where standard violas suffer. ColorMax will pair nicely in a combo planter with ‘Peppermint’ Swiss chard.
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Coreopsis ‘Leading Lady’ (Dümmen/Bartels)
These ladies will spotlight any garden or container with large fluorescent-yellow flowers, uniform habit and non-stop summer color. Plus, growers will find they are day neutral, sterile, and mildew resistant. This series is sure to give an award-winning performance in any role.
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Perovskia ‘Rocketman’ (Walters Gardens)
From the Walters Gardens, Inc., hybridizing program comes a brand new perovskia named ‘Rocketman’ for its rocket-like, upright habit. Unlike the species, this new cultivar has a distinguished shape that looks neater in pots and landscapes. Aromatic, grey-green foliage is topped with large, fluffy, lavender-blue flowers beginning in midsummer.
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Pansy ‘Delta Premium Deep Blue’ (Syngenta Flowers)
The recently introduced ‘Delta Premium Deep Blue’ pansy has a blotch that is nearly impossible to spot. It features a modern, compact habit that is stretch resistant, finishes with fewer PGRs and holds well at retail.
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Pansy ‘Karma Blue Sun’ (Syngenta Flowers)
‘Karma Blue Sun’ pansy features deep purple wings with varying shades of blue and yellow and sits atop robust plants. Consistent with the entire Karma series, this variety is suited for fall and spring pansy production, and establishes quickly in the landscape for a beautiful setting.
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Calla ‘Morning Sun’ (Flamingo Holland)
The bright orange color of ‘Morning Sun’ is perfect for fall production, with large bloom size, high bloom count and a long shelf life for which Dutch tissue-culture callas are well-known.
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Hypericum ‘Mocca’ (Bailey Nurseries)
Hypericum ‘Red Flame’ (Bailey Nurseries)
Celosia ‘Kelos Orange’ (Beekenkamp Plants)
Lavender ‘Hidcote Blue’ (Benary)
Viola Admire Series (Benary)
Leucanthemum ‘Real Charmer’ (PlantHaven)
Camellia ‘October Magic Ruby’ (Plants Nouveau)
Anemone ‘Pocahontas’ (Plants Nouveau)
Primula Danessa Series (Sakata Seed)
Viola ColorMax Series (Sakata Seed)
Coreopsis ‘Leading Lady’ (Dümmen/Bartels)
Perovskia ‘Rocketman’ (Walters Gardens)
Pansy ‘Delta Premium Deep Blue’ (Syngenta Flowers)
Pansy ‘Karma Blue Sun’ (Syngenta Flowers)
Calla ‘Morning Sun’ (Flamingo Holland)