Blooming potted plants are the ideal gift for anyone, from a homesick college student to a spouse in need of some cheering up. With bright colors and long bloom times, they will perk up any corner in the home or office and they make great container plants for the outdoor patio. A popular trend is to combine blooming potted plants with foliage varieties and succulents in unique, decorative containers for a colorful focal point. The newest blooming potted plant varieties offer flower power, excellent vigor, and good uniformity. Check out these nine new introductions hitting the retail market in 2017.
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Gerbera Majorette Series (Sakata Ornamentals)
The new Majorette series offers compact plants loaded with buds and blooms. Each flower measures 3 to 4 inches across. Majorette is a uniform series that features an array of eight bright colors.
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Cyclamen Allure Series (Sakata Ornamentals)
Allure boasts abundant, uniform flowering — blooms open like an explosion of color. This intermediate cyclamen from Sakata is perfect for bench-run sales and a popular choice for growers and landscapers. It is available in stunning new colors including Neon Pink Fuji, Orchid, and Red Fuji.
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Kalanchoe ‘Calanday Bromo’ (Dümmen Orange)
Deep-coral pink is one of the trendiest colors currently used throughout art and design. That’s why the all-new Bromo, a single-flowering kalanchoe, is likely to be a hit with consumers in 2017. Featuring excellent branching and thriving in typical growing conditions, Bromo can be added to any grower’s kalanchoe program without changing a thing.
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Kalanchoe ‘Calandiva Rio’ (Dümmen Orange)
For consumers interested in a double orange, creamsicle-inspired kalanchoe, the all-new ‘Calandiva Rio’ is sure to excite their imagination. Sporting excellent flower power, a robust growth habit, and a predictable response to plant growth regulator applications, ‘Rio’ is an easy to manage crop with spectacular end results.
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Pot mum ‘Little Rock Festive’ (Dümmen Orange)
Novel and exciting, ‘Little Rock Festive’ is a new-for-2017 pot mum introduction. Wine-red petals, frosted with gold and atop a rounded mum architecture, give ‘Little Rock Festive’ great impact at retail and with the end consumer. Sturdy and low-maintenance, ‘Little Rock Festive’ is a no-brainer for any pot mum program.
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Primula ‘Sweet 16’ (Ball Ingenuity)
The breeders of ‘Sweet 16’ wanted to find something different from what was on the market. Primula ‘Sweet 16’ is a one-of-a-kind Primula acaulis mix, offering a fresh blend of pinks and whites. This large-flowered, early-to-bloom mix makes your bench covered with color. The plants are sure to catch the eye of the consumer in a pot plant program. ‘Sweet 16’ is distributed exclusively through Ball Seed.
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Revolution Gerbera Bicolors (Kieft Seed)
New bicolor gerberas in the Revolution series deliver quick crop times across all series and feature quality coated seed. Revolution gerberas are uniform and fully programmable for high-density production year-round. They offer a better second flush of flowers than other varieties, which assures a much longer bloom time for the consumer. They work best for 4½ to 5½ inch pots. The new bicolors (Red White, Red Lemon, Rose White, and Yellow Orange) create a unique look for today’s modern shopper.
‘Ladyslippers Grape Ice’ has a purple variegation against a clean-white background, creating a wonderful accent for the home. Grape Ice produces a multitude of smaller flowers on a compact plant.
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Streptocarpus ‘Ladyslippers Yellow Blue Eye’ (Green Fuse Botanicals)
Streptocarpus ‘Ladyslippers Yellow Blue Eye’ is a new Lifestyle plant introduction from Green Fuse Botanicals. Yellow-colored flowers are rare for streptocarpus. Ladyslippers can be successfully grown as an indoor houseplant, or it will create a unique shade container for outdoors.