Blooming potted plants are perfect gift items, and they put the finishing touch on any style of home decor. So when new varieties come on the market, growers and retailers alike take note of plants they know are going to make consumers happy.
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Alstroemeria 'Inca Mystic'
Alstroemeria ‘Inca Mystic’ is a brand new variety bred by Konst Alstroemeria, introduced by Flamingo Holland. This unique bicolor produces full and uniform coloring to create an impressive finished product.
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Azalea 'Keepsake Romance'
Azalea ‘Keepsake Romance’ is a florist-quality azalea from Aris Horticulture breeding that can be enjoyed either indoors or on a patio. Lovely, two-tone, pink blooms are 3 to 3 ½ inches. Available from Keepsake Plants, Romance is suitable for year-round production and finished plants will last up to five weeks with proper care.
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Begonia Be Adore Series
Be Adore is a new begonia series from HilverdaKooij that consists of five beautiful colors, from red to bicolored. The green foliage contrasts nicely with the bright colors, and the plant continues to grow and flower throughout the summer. Be Adore is not hardy. When winter makes its appearance, plants must be kept inside.
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Calla 'Morning Sun'
Exceptional color paired with large bloom size and long shelf life make Calla ‘Morning Sun,’ a bright orange calla from Flamingo Holland, perfect for production from spring through fall.
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Cyclamen Allure Series
The Allure F1 hybrid cyclamen series from Sakata is a great choice of intermediate cyclamen for growers, with 15 colors and one mix in the series. It offers very uniform flowering and blooms open for an explosion of color. It’s also well-suited for phased growing.
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Gerbera 'Bengal Rose with Eye'
The new Bengal gerbera series from Syngenta Flowers is a bigger, more vigorous version of the best-selling Jaguar. With large, showy flowers, this series is perfect for 6-inch, gallon or larger pots, and it features six classic colors, including orange, rose and white.
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Gerbera 'Flori Line Pink Splash'
The gerbera ‘FloriLine Pink Splash Mix’ from Florist Holland is one of the new calendar colors of the FloriLine series, known for its bright colors and extraordinary two-tones. From Valentine’s through Mother’s Day, Pink Splash has you covered.
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Gerbera 'Garvinea Lydia'
Gerbera ‘Garvinea Lydia’ adds a stunning bright pink color to the original Garvinea series from Florist Holland. As with all garvineas, this robust and bee-friendly variety can be produced at relatively low temperatures, without intervention of pesticides or growth regulators.
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Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Spice'
Gerbera ‘Garvinea Sweet Spice’ from Florist Holland pops up super-sized flowers in a hot pink color, for instant fun and persuasiveness at point of sale. The robust Sweet Spice garden plants will start to flower in spring, coming into their own during the summer and flowering into autumn.
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Hibiscus 'Saba Wind'
Hibiscus ‘TradeWinds Saba Wind’ is a tropical hibiscus from Aris Horticulture breeding that features large, 5 ½-inch, two-toned lavender blooms with a pink throat, available from Keepsake Plants. It offers a compact habit, glossy foliage and large, abundant blooms for the patio or landscape.
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Hibiscus 'TahitiWind'
Hibiscus ‘TradeWinds Tahiti Wind’ is a tropical hibiscus from Aris Horticulture breeding that features 5-inch, butterscotch-yellow flowers with a smaller red throat. Available from Keepsake Plants, it features a compact habit, glossy foliage and large, abundant blooms, and It performs well as both a patio pot or in the landscape.
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Hydrangea 'Chique'
Hydrangea ‘Chique’ is a florist-quality hydrangea from Keepsake Plants for the patio or indoors. It features a blush-pink mophead with a distinct, dark pink picotee edge. Plants are short and compact with mega flower power.
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Hydrangea 'Vanilla Sky'
Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Sky’ is a compact plant with large, mophead-type blooms in a creamy white color, ‘Vanilla Sky’ is a florist-quality hydrangea from Keepsake Plants for in-home décor or on a patio.
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Kalanchoe 'Cupcake'
Kalanchoe ‘Cupcake’ is a super cute new succulent that will be a great impulse item. ‘Cupcake’ is easy to grow and long-lived. High light and low water are the keys to success with this novelty that is going to be the must-have new addition to the Sunny Succulent line from Hort Couture for 2016.
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Lily 'Magny Cours'
Lily ‘Magny Cours’ is a brand new Oriental Lily variety from Flamingo Holland, with a striking red color and full, dark-green foliage. It is naturally compact and has minimal lower leaf loss, making it ideal for pot production.
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Medinilla 'Dolce Vita'
Double-flowered medinilla ‘Dolce Vita’ from Ball Seed has blooms that stop consumers in their tracks. The unique and attractive plants provide a long window of color. Great as a flowering houseplant, its flowers last more than three months, gently cascading over container edges.
If you’re like us and you can’t wait until the 2015 California Spring Trials to see some of the new genetics that will be hitting the market in 2016, you’re in luck. We contacted the breeders who will be displaying their new varieties in California in April, and they gave us a sneak peek. Check out the slideshow to see some of the new blooming potted plants making their debut to the trade this spring.
And whether you make the trip or not, you can virtually hit the California Spring Trials trail with the editors of Greenhouse Grower in April. Editor Laura Drotleff and Group Editor Carol Miller, together with Dr. Allan Armitage, will visit every stop to bring you the latest varieties and breaking news. Subscribe to Greenhouse Grower‘s Benchrunner eNewsletter to make sure you get our daily updates while in California, April 11-17. In addition to our popular slideshows, full of photos and descriptions of the most exciting new varieties, we’ll also provide the latest news and industry insider perspectives on new introductions.
01516 New Blooming Potted Plants You'll See At The 2015 California Spring Trials
March 17, 2015 
