Azalea 'Keepsake Romance' (Aris Horticulture)
Azalea 'Keepsake Romance' is a florist-quality azalea to enjoy indoors or on a patio. The lovely two-tone pink blooms are 3- to 3.5-inches in size. Keepsake Romance is suitable for year-round production and finished plants last up to six weeks.
Caladium 'ArtfulHeartfire' (Four Star Greenhouse)
Artful Heartfire handles both full sun and full shade and offers a bright tropical accent with extreme heat tolerance. This well-branched, easy-care Proven Winners' beauty is not a heavy feeder and brings red and green highlights to any garden or container.
Calla Lily Combo Pot (Golden State Bulb)
The blushing edge of 'Crystal Blush' calla complements the deep red of 'Callafornia Red' calla. Grape Velvet’s purple adds a bold splash of color, creating a beautiful combination pot of jewel-toned calla lilies and lilac petunias. Callas are grown in 3.5-inch pots and then transferred to the final combo pot after the last Bonzi application. This allows for individual Bonzi treatments and for annuals to be planted in clean soil.
Petticoat Cyclamens (Schoneveld)
Petticoat cyclamens have an inverse flower form for better viewing from hanging baskets.
Veranda Cyclamens (Schoneveld)
Veranda cyclamens are specially bred for outdoor use. They add color to combination containers or landscape beds, and they have a long flower life.
Dahlia 'Peach Flamingo' (HGTV HOME Plant Collection)
'Peach Flamingo' dahlia displays many spiky flowers that stand tall on flamingo legs above dark, glossy foliage. This unique Plant Haven variety is a great option for gallon or larger production. Peach Flamingo is a vigorous, well-branching dahlia that matures to 18-inches tall with tonal flowers reaching 8 inches in diameter.
Dianthus 'Fascination Jade' (Plug Connection)
The Fascination carnation series for 4- to 4.5-inch pots is available in 11 varieties. Finish for holidays or anytime sales. Jade is a pale green variety with medium height and mid to late flowering.
Dianthus 'Romance Belleza' (Plug Connection)
The Romance Carnation series for 6- to 6.5-inch pots is available in 3 varieties. Finish for holidays or anytime sales. Belleza is a crimson red variety with nice, tall height and late flowering.
Geranium 'Glitterati Ice Queen' (Hort Couture)
Glitterati is a new series of interspecific geraniums with exceptional heat and sun tolerance and vigor. Use as a focal point in mixed containers, baskets and window boxes.
Gerbera 'Mega Revolution Red With Dark Eye' (Kieft Seed)
The gerbera Mega Revolution series has compact and uniform plants with short-stemmed, dark green leaves. Good for 4.5-inch/quart to 5-inch/11 to 13 cm programs. New colors include Red with Dark Eye and Bright Red with Light Eye.The gerbera Mega Revolution series has compact and uniform plants with short-stemmed, dark green leaves. Good for 4.5-inch/quart to 5-inch/11 to 13 cm programs. New colors include Red with Dark Eye and Bright Red with Light Eye.
Gerbera 'Revolution White With Light Eye' (Kieft Seed)
The gerbera Revolution series has large flowers and is great for larger planters. New colors include: Bright Red with Dark Eye, Orange with Light Eye and White with Light Eye
Hibiscus 'Curacao Wind' (Aris Horticulture)
Curacao Wind has large, 6-inch golden-yellow flowers with white-banded magenta throats and ruffled petals.
Hibiscus 'Saba Wind' (Aris Horticulture)
Saba Wind features large, 5.5-inch two-tone lavender flowers with pink throats.
Hydrangea 'Hokomano Everlasting Noblesse' (Plants Nouveau)
The crisp, celery-green flowers of 'Hokomano Everlasting Noblesse' are brightened by white centers with complementary purple eyes. As the blooms mature, the white is not as prominent, turning a more saturated green. This gift-to-garden treasure is perfectly colored for all spring holidays and can be taken home, enjoyed indoors for a month and then planted outside.
Primula 'Valentines Day' (Hort Couture)
'Valentine's Day' primula is bright red, frilly and fun, perfect for Valentine's Day sales or a great addition to spring collections.
Rosa 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' (David Austin Roses)
Roses make great gifts and can be planted in decorative patio containers for visual appeal, like this 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' rose in a terra-cotta pot.
Flowering potted plants are no longer just traditional annual varieties that one buys at the grocery store for a gift. The category is reshaping itself to include dwarf varieties, perennials, woody ornamentals and much more. Here are 16 of the newest varieties to hit the market.
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Janeen Wright is former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. . See all author stories here.