Angelonia 'Archangel Dark Purple' (Ball FloraPlant)
Angelonia 'Archangel Dark Rose' (Ball FloraPlant)
Begonia 'Pegasus' (Proven Winners)
Calibrachoa ‘Superbells Cherry Red Improved’ (Proven Winners)
Canna Cannova Series (Ball Seed)
Canna 'Cannova Yellow' (Ball Seed)
Celosia 'Arrabona Red' (Proven Winners)
Coleus 'Coleosaurus' (Ball FloraPlant)
Coleus 'Kong Lime Sprite' (PanAmerican Seed)
Coreopsis Li'l Bang Series (Skagit Gardens)
Cuphea 'Vermillionaire' (Proven Winners)
Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Kieft Seed)
Echinacea 'Sombrero Adobe Orange' (Darwin Perennials)
Euphorbia 'Diamond Delight' (Proven Winners)
Impatiens Bounce and Big Bounce Series (Selecta)
Pennisetum 'Graceful Grasses Sky Rocket' (Proven Winners)
Petunia 'Easy Wave Berry Velour' (PanAmerican Seed)
Petunia 'Sanguna Radiant Blue' (Syngenta)
Petunia ‘Supertunia Black Cherry’ (Proven Winners)
Salvia 'Playin the Blues' (Proven Winners)
Greenhouse Grower asked trial managers to share which of the varieties they evaluated performed best. Twenty-one trial managers responded, providing their best performers from hundreds of new (or recently new) varieties. A number of cultivars appeared on top performer lists at least twice. One variety, Proven Winner’s ‘Vermillionaire’ cuphea and one series, Ball Seed’s canna Cannova series, were listed as Best of Show varieties at least three times. Here are some of the varieties from the 2014 field trial results that made the top performer lists at least twice.
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Janeen Wright is former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. . See all author stories here.