This unique form of snake plant resembling a whale fin was featured in both a mottled light/dark green as well as a variegated stripe. AroidGreenhouses.com

A second award was presented to Aroid for this selection of ZZ Plant which exhibited the largest amount of variegation our judges have seen.

Designed by Don Murray and Shibu Varughese, this is a new addition to Birdplanter’s designs of fun new alternative to the hanging basket. The Rooster follows their original Parrot design from last year. Available in two bright colors, the kit has bird body, beak, and tail feathers plus a hanging chain. The combination of bright, fun look and sturdy design was a real hit with the retail judges. BirdPlanter.com

This newly patented selection of Dracaena has a very dramatic color effect, with bright-yellow foliage and thin, green vertical bands. It has a wide range of light tolerance. Availability for grower-retailers will likely be spring 2021. CapriFarms.com

This selection of Aglaonema caught the judges’ eyes immediately, appearing to be almost on fire. The red is beyond words. This Southeast Asian native is one of the reddest colorful aglaonema ever found. Its green highlights make the colors pop even more. SRA offers thick, well-branched growth habit. Availability of this new selection will most likely be in 2021. CostaFarms.com

This selection of ZZ Plant features extremely dark-green, almost black at times, foliage. DeRoosePlants.com

This new collection of fun mini gardens is a flashback to the 1960s, when a bug van, beetle, and scooters were all the rage. Available in several colors of each design, these are fun for kids of all ages. http://EvesGardenInc.com

This selection of Alocasia has extreme levels of variegation with wonderful contrasts of both dark-green and creamy yellow, producing an eye-catching color. ExcelsaGardens.com

Flori-Design continues to show the judges creativity. This time it is in a specially designed multi-level wine bottle design. The top half lifts off to allow for watering. Flori-Design.com

A second award was given to Flori-Design for its lighted Mini Garden designed as a lantern. It features a battery-powered light in the top and a carry handle.

This new series caught the judges’ eyes at TPIE, just as they did to another group at Cultivate’19 winning the Retailers’ Choice Awards there. This series features crazy shapes and colors and currently includes four different combinations: Twisted, Gnarly, To the Max, and Tubular. They are exciting new genetics from Thailand (hence the fun name). Availability is scheduled for 2021. Foremostco.com

This selection of Golden Plume features a glossy, deep-green foliage with a large number of soft, yellow blooms. It was an easy winner of the judges’ votes. It can be easy to get this compact plant to rebloom with some light pruning. IslandTropicalFoliage.com

We have seen kokedama-like products before, made from a number of products and methods, but Kazumi Garden has brought the authentic Japanese methods to the U.S. Kokedama is a Japanese technique that means “ball of moss.” Kokedamas are potless and the moss holds the humidity longer than a pot. Inside of the moss is soil, Japanese substrates, and organic vitamins. In addition, judges were attracted to the creative color twine Kazumi Garden is adding to its Kokedamas. They come in a number of sizes, colors, and plant types. KazumiGarden.com

LiveTrends introduced several new collections at TPIE 2020, and the TrendSetter Collection garnered judges’ support the most. It is a combination of fun colors and sizes and min-collections within TrendSetter itself. One group is a complex method of producing a tie-dye look n containers. Another group features classic comic-based graphics. All groups are host to a variety of plants. LiveTrendsDesign.com

While Morning Dew’s booth was loaded with cool plants, this Peacock Fern (also known as Rainbow Moss) in a hanging basket was a huge hit. The delicate foliage shows a peacock-like blueish color if the light is at the right angles. Some sources report this fine-leaf fern to hardy to Zone 6, although Morning Dew did not confirm this. MorningDewTropical.com

Fiddle-:Leaf Figs are one of the most popular tropical plants today, and this selection being grown by Railroad Nursery features one of the most upright habit we have seen. It has the typical leaf size and color, but as you can see, leaves point upward and reportedly maintain a very upright stature. Judges recognized it to be a more polite selection of this customer favorite. RailroadNursery.com

This new collection provides a soothing feeling with a combination of sizes, shapes, and plant varieties, all in a hand-turned terra cotta clay. During the awards presentation, The Urban Jungle shared its ideas for this collection as being one to help bring a sense of calmness at the end of a hectic day. TheUrbanJungle.com