25 New Blooming Potted Plants for Luxury Sales
Blooming potted plants are the ultimate luxury-sale items, with their flashy, color-infused blooms and complementary foliage. They’re perfect for gift-giving, decorating the house, or for livening up outdoor-living areas. Modern-day consumers want blooming potted plants that are different enough to attract the attention that mainstream offerings don’t, but that have one defining characteristic in common — no-thought maintenance to fit busy lifestyles. Blooming potted plants new to the market offer just that, and a whole lot more. Here are 25 new varieties for retail in 2018 to consider for your product mix.
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Begonia ‘Dancing Peacock’ (Terra Nova Nurseries)
‘Dancing Peacock’ boasts lush, bushy leaves embellished with blends of rose purple, silver, and olive-green. With its large, mounding habit and ability to quickly fill containers, this variety is well-suited for indoors and outdoors. It is hardy in Zones 8 to 11, with a foliage height to 24 inches and a foliage spread to 28 inches.
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Begonia ‘T Rex Stardust’ (Terra Nova Nurseries)
‘T Rex Stardust’ has an abundance of rich green, burgundy, and violet foliage. Containing wide, medium-large leaves speckled with small cream-colored dots, this versatile, shade-loving plant thrives both indoors and outdoors. It is hardy in Zones 9 to 11, with a foliage height to 24 inches and a foliage spread to 30 inches.
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Berries & Cream Sundayz Gerbera Mix (Florist)
This tasty, brand-new blend within the Sundayz outdoor gerbera series offers seven to 10 days longer shelf life than your average pot gerbera. The slow-aging double flowers bring long-lasting color with a mix of cherry, soft creams, and blushy pinks in the mix. With a unique variation in shades, the mix works well for creating eye-catching combinations for color bowls and planters.
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Calla 'Serrada Yellow' (Flamingo Holland)
'Serrada Yellow' has a high stem count and is medium to tall in height. It has a crop time of 10 to 11 weeks.
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Campanula Florentes Avida Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
The Florentes Avida Series of campanula was a new variety introduced during the 2017 California Spring Trials. In addition to breeding campanula for propagation, Schoneveld has focused on seed-propagated campanula. The result is the Florentes Avida Series. It is available in two colors: Blue (pictured) and White.
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Cosmo Pot Mum Trio (Dümmen Orange)
The Cosmo Pot Mum series is a brand new line comprised of Yellow, Purple, and White. All three cosmo cultivars are stable mutants from the same parent, making them uniform. Flawlessly matched vigor and response time make them a low-risk choice for any pot mum combination program. This trio is a good alternative to crops such as Easter lilies and African violets.
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Cyclamen ‘Allure Red Improved’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Sakata is proud to offer innovative cyclamen bred by Schoneveld. Allure is an intermediate cyclamen recommended for use in 4- to 5-inch containers. Allure is great as a pot and bedding plant and offers uniform flowering — blooms open in an explosion of color.
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Cyclamen ‘Halios White Silverleaf’ (Ch. Morel)
White Silverleaf has an abundance of ivory-white blooms and distinctive silvery foliage. It is an easy to grow, elegant plant with good volume and round, regular growth. White Silverleaf has an excellent lifespan in winter and is a great choice for Christmas sales. It has a Maxi flower size that works for 5½ to 8½-inch pots.
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Cyclamen ‘Micro Orchid’ and ‘Micro Red Improved’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Sakata is proud to offer innovative cyclamen bred by Schoneveld. Improved ‘Micro Orchid’ (left) and ‘Micro Red Improved’ (right) are genetically compact and work well for 2-inch pot production. They work well for special marketing programs.
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Cyclamen ‘Smartiz Fantasia’ (Ch. Morel)
The smallest mini cyclamen, Fantasia, is a new addition to the series that has a strong bi-color contrast and a compact habit. With an abundance of flowers, ‘Fantasia’ is a multi-purpose mini that works for very small pots (2½ to 4 inches) and has a long lifespan for the consumer.
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Cyclamen Super Serie Petticoat Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
Super Serie Petticoat is a cyclamen with a unique flower that is reminiscent of a billowing skirt. Petticoat works well in hanging baskets. The series is available in six colors: Dark Violet, Light with Eye, Neon Pink, Pure White, Dark Salmon Pink, and Wine Red (pictured).
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Exacum affine ‘Princess Deep Blue’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Exacum, or Persian Violet, is a low cost and fast production variety. It works well for summer production and has a good shelf life. ‘Princess Deep Blue’ is long-lasting for owners and has a sweet fragrance.
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Exacum affine ‘Princess White’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Exacum, or Persian Violet, is a low cost and fast production variety. It works well for summer production and has a good shelf life. ‘Princess White’ is long-lasting for owners and has a sweet fragrance.
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Gerbera ‘Majorette Pink Halo’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Gorgeous and bright, Pink Halo joins the Majorette series of gerbera. Known as one of the most uniform gerbera series ever, Majorette is great for quarts and larger containers with multiple plants. It is offered as Slick Coat seed for streamlined sowing and singulation.
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Giants Gerbera Series (Florist)
Giants, with their king-size flowers, are the newest addition to the Flori Line series. The plants are strong, voluminous, and vigorous, and they carry big and bombastic flowers in stunning colors. Their diameters measure up to 5½ inches.
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Hibiscus ‘Hollywood Bad Boy’ (J. Berry Nursery)
Hollywood Hibiscus have flower power from spring until frost and can be grown indoors or outdoors. This collection is named after Hollywood Characters. Bad Boy exhibits high bud and bloom counts and shows good disease resistance.
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Hibiscus ‘Hollywood Gold Digger’ (J. Berry Nursery)
Hollywood Hibiscus have flower power from spring until frost and can be grown indoors or outdoors. This collection is named after Hollywood Characters. Gold Digger exhibits high bud and bloom counts and shows good disease resistance.
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Hibiscus ‘Tradewinds Ivory Wind’ (Keepsake Plants)
The exotic blooms of Tradewinds tropical hibiscus Ivory Wind feature enticing dark-pink eyes and yellow buds that open to creamy-white, 4¾-inch blooms, with abundant flowering all season long. The compact plant habit of Ivory Wind works for containers or in the landscape.
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Kalanchoe Calanday Sublime Series (Dümmen Orange)
Introducing Calanday Sublime, a recently launched sub-series that’s focused on novel, single-flowering kalanchoes. Offerings in the series include DiscoDip, Isano, Piton, and Piton Pink.
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New Asiatic Lily Series (Flamingo Holland)
In addition to Flamingo Holland’s Matrix and Joy lines of Asiatic lilies are four new, exclusive colors: Strawberry Fields (pictured), Raspberry Blast, Pink Blossom, and Watermelon Punch. These new lilies have compact plant habits with bicolor blossoms. They are similar in habit and height to the Matrix line. Plants will flower in approximately 63 days.
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Ornamental Pepper ‘Acapulco Multicolor’ (PanAmerican Seed)
This unique assortment from Ex-Plant breeding offers a wide range of varieties with a shorter production time. Acapulco’s compact growth means no plant growth regulators are needed. The plant has a good retail shelf life and great performance outdoors, or grow it indoors as a potted plant.
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Ornamental Pepper ‘Harlequin’ (PanAmerican Seed)
'Harlequin' has small-size fruit in multicolor shades: Purple, Red, White, Yellow, and more. It makes a wonderful potted plant for indoor décor, or give it as a unique gift.
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Primula Galaxy Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
The Primula Touch Me series welcomes a new member to the family with galactic colors — Primula Galaxy. This plant has the same properties as Touch Me, a strong and compact plant structure and superb flower life. Galaxy is available in two colors: Magenta and Violet. -
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Streptocarpus Ladyslippers Series (Green Fuse Botanicals)
As part of the Green Fuse Botanicals Lifestyle Plant collection, the Ladyslippers series of streptocarpus will produce masses of continuous blooms. Since they are daylength neutral, Ladyslippers will bring bright, eye-catching flowers in low light indoors or on a shady spot on the front porch. Pictured: Deep Blue Vein
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Tuxedo Hydrangeas (Anthony Tesselaar Plants)
These free-flowering, mophead hydrangeas are compact with glossy, dark-purple leaves. They work well as a long-flowering houseplant, but can be planted outdoors in Zones 6 and above after they have finished blooming. There are three colors available in the series: Blush, Red (pictured), and Pink.
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Begonia ‘Dancing Peacock’ (Terra Nova Nurseries)
Begonia ‘T Rex Stardust’ (Terra Nova Nurseries)
Berries & Cream Sundayz Gerbera Mix (Florist)
Calla 'Serrada Yellow' (Flamingo Holland)
Campanula Florentes Avida Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
Cosmo Pot Mum Trio (Dümmen Orange)
Cyclamen ‘Allure Red Improved’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Cyclamen ‘Halios White Silverleaf’ (Ch. Morel)
Cyclamen ‘Micro Orchid’ and ‘Micro Red Improved’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Cyclamen ‘Smartiz Fantasia’ (Ch. Morel)
Cyclamen Super Serie Petticoat Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
Exacum affine ‘Princess Deep Blue’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Exacum affine ‘Princess White’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Gerbera ‘Majorette Pink Halo’ (Sakata Ornamentals)
Giants Gerbera Series (Florist)
Hibiscus ‘Hollywood Bad Boy’ (J. Berry Nursery)
Hibiscus ‘Hollywood Gold Digger’ (J. Berry Nursery)
Hibiscus ‘Tradewinds Ivory Wind’ (Keepsake Plants)
Kalanchoe Calanday Sublime Series (Dümmen Orange)
New Asiatic Lily Series (Flamingo Holland)
Ornamental Pepper ‘Acapulco Multicolor’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Ornamental Pepper ‘Harlequin’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Primula Galaxy Series (Schoneveld Breeding)
Streptocarpus Ladyslippers Series (Green Fuse Botanicals)
Tuxedo Hydrangeas (Anthony Tesselaar Plants)
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Janeen Wright is former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. . See all author stories here.