15 New Plants and Products for Landscape Growers
Members of The Garden Center Group presented Cool Product Awards at The Landscape Show 2018, which took place in early October in Orlando, FL, to 14 companies representing 15 award-winning landscape products. The Garden Center Group’s Danny Summers led the product search and presented the awards Exhibitor Showcase on the show floor. Products were selected by garden retailers and landscape professionals in search of the best new products, both live goods and hard goods, for their business. The awards were a joint presentation by Florida Nursery Growers & Landscape Association and The Garden Center Group.
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Alocasia ‘Sumo’ (Agri-Starts)
A new hybrid from Agristarts, ‘Sumo’ is an appropriately named large, aggressive grower with deep-green color and burgundy veins on backside. The photo (right) shows a two-year-old plant.
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Terracotta Herb Box (Atlantic Pottery)
This new design from Atlantic Pottery borrows from traditional herb/strawberry planters for narrow depth settings to feature plants in the top as well as in side pockets on front.
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Zombia antillarum ‘Zombie’ Palm (Botanics Wholesale)
The thatched leaf stems of 'Zombie' palm from Botanics Wholesale are lined with long, vicious spines that are said to be used as voodoo doll needles. This unusual, dryland palm is clump-forming and native to the Caribbean island of Hispañola.
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Bromeliad vriesea ospinae gruberii ‘Ice’ (Bullis Bromeliads)
This new spineless variety from Bullis Bromeliads features beautiful, multi-colored green and creamy-white leaves and can produce a yellow spike when in bloom.
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Folding Bamboo Teepee (Eastern Star Trading)
The Folding Bamboo Teepee features a new creative folding design for easy installation and storage. It is available in 4, 5, and 6-foot heights.
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Solar Flame Torches (Encore Landscape Lighting)
This is a new black solar-powered landscape light that mimics a torch flame. It has a 23¾-inch height and comes with a stake and surface mount.
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Cordyline fruticosa ‘Singapore Twist’ (Excelsa Gardens)
As this cordyline from Excelsa Gardens grows, it develops woody-like stalks, while forming large, colorful, fan-shaped foliage.
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Coconut Broom & Whisk (FibreDust, LLC)
Handmade by villagers in Sri Lanka for FibreDust, this is made from all-coconut palm material with a hardwood handle. Works well on uneven surfaces.
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Alocasia lutea (Greendale Nursery)
Alocasia lutea from Greendale Nursery offers low-maintenance and vibrant, contrasting, bright-yellow stems and veins. Grow it in filtered light, and it can reach a height of more than 5 feet with leaves up to 3 feet wide.
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Spice Plant Collection (Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery)
Retailers who sell herbs and tropical fruit should also consider spice plants. Hopkins now offer a collection of spice plants in allspice, bay rum, bay leaf, cinnamon, black pepper, tumeric and ginger. They are available in either 1- or 3-gallon sizes.
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Southern Living Plant Collection Variegated Podocarpus ‘Roman’ (Plant Development Services, Inc.)
This variegated beauty sports white to light-green new growth for a tough shrub that is low maintenance. It is deer and pest resistant, heat tolerant, and has an upright habit.
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Southern Living Plant Collection Ficus caria Fig ‘Little Miss Figgy’ (Plant Development Services, Inc.)
‘Little Miss Figgy’ has a dwarf, compact habit that is more cold hardy than comparable figs, yet bears large and prolific fruits spring and fall. It features dark, deeply-lobbed leaves and deep-burgundy fruit with a sweet center.
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Citrus in Hanging Baskets (Record Buck Farms)
This is a selection of citrus from Record Buck Farms that is now available in hanging baskets.
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New St. Augustine Grass Scotts ‘ProVista’ (Scotts Miracle-Gro ProVista)
New breeding has created a breakthrough in new turf varieties that are slower growing (up to 50% slower) and are now resistant to glyphosate spraying. ProVista is now available in multiple grasses for both northern and southern areas.
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Hardy Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Head Over Heals’ Series (Star Roses & Plants)
New breeding by the University of Georgia has produced interspecific crosses of red and burgundy foliage from Star Roses & Plants with neat round habit. It is a perfect heat and humidity plant. The dark burgundy is named ‘Passion’ and the soft pink is ‘Blush’.
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Alocasia ‘Sumo’ (Agri-Starts)
Terracotta Herb Box (Atlantic Pottery)
Zombia antillarum ‘Zombie’ Palm (Botanics Wholesale)
Bromeliad vriesea ospinae gruberii ‘Ice’ (Bullis Bromeliads)
Folding Bamboo Teepee (Eastern Star Trading)
Solar Flame Torches (Encore Landscape Lighting)
Cordyline fruticosa ‘Singapore Twist’ (Excelsa Gardens)
Coconut Broom & Whisk (FibreDust, LLC)
Alocasia lutea (Greendale Nursery)
Spice Plant Collection (Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery)
Southern Living Plant Collection Variegated Podocarpus ‘Roman’ (Plant Development Services, Inc.)
Southern Living Plant Collection Ficus caria Fig ‘Little Miss Figgy’ (Plant Development Services, Inc.)
Citrus in Hanging Baskets (Record Buck Farms)
New St. Augustine Grass Scotts ‘ProVista’ (Scotts Miracle-Gro ProVista)
Hardy Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Head Over Heals’ Series (Star Roses & Plants)
Check out the slideshow above for a list of companies and their products receiving recognition.
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Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and editor of Greenhouse Grower Technology. See all author stories here.