‘Golden Fluorite’ is a great choice for dim-lit spaces. It is an easy-care plant with golden-chartreuse leaves marked in light green and veined in rich, ruby red. You can use it as a standalone specimen plant or combine it with ‘Neon’ Pothos and Dracaena marginata ‘Magenta.’
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Aglaonema ‘Magical Stardust’ (Costa Farms)
‘Magical Stardust’ has rich red variegation that makes it a great plant for fall sales and holidays.
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Aglaonema ‘Mini Silver Queen’ (Costa Farms)
'Mini Silver Queen' is an upgrade to ‘Silver Queen.’ It is more compact and has smaller leaves. It will hold up to a wide variety of conditions, including inconsistent watering, low humidity, and low, medium, and bright light.
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Aglaonema ‘Rainforest Sunset’ (Costa Farms)
‘Rainforest Sunset’ has a glowing-red mid-rim flanked by marbling of cream, olive green, strawberry pink, and a rich forest green. It’s easy to grow and has a long shelf life at retail and in the home environment, even when subjected to low light and inconsistent watering.
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Aglaonema ‘White Caps’ (Costa Farms)
‘White Caps’ features rich green leaves abundantly marked with cream and white variegation. It is tolerant of low light and can be used alone or paired with other Aglaonema varieties.
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Aglaonema ‘Wizard’s Wand’ (Costa Farms)
‘Wizard’s Wand’ features long, narrow mid-green foliage mottled with darker green shades, making it a great plant to use for added texture in a container. This is one of the first commercially available Aglaonema with linear leaves that are this narrow.
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Anthurium andreanum ‘Livium’
This is the next generation of anthuriums with natural outlines and patterns on the spadix that give it a unique striped appearance. The plant is suitable for 5- and 6-inch pots. The flowers are medium-sized and the predominant color is red. ‘Livium’ has a good shelf life at retail.
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Calathea ‘Network Galaxy’ (Costa Farms)
‘Network’ is a patented calathea with a unique green-on-green veination pattern. It has a tolerance for low light.
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Clusia rosea (Deroose Plants)
This is an easy care, hardy houseplant with stiff, leathery, dark olive-green leaves arranged in opposite pairs.
Joyful Jasper is a rhizomatous hybrid begonia with rich red leaves that stand out in shady spots in the landscape. It reaches 6 to 18 inches high and wide and can be grown in the ground or in containers. It is hardy to Zone 8 and is heat and drought tolerant and has no inclination for disease or insect issues.
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Dracaena ‘White Aspen’ (Costa Farms)
‘White Aspen’ has mid-green leaves highlighted with creamy white edges. It maintains its crisp, clean look at retail.
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Guzmania ‘Arya’ (Deroose Plants)
‘Arya’ has compact, wide leaves with a large intense red bloom that stays clean and colorful. It is best suited for 4-inch pots.
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Guzmania ‘Ruffa’ (Deroose Plants)
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Hollywood Hibiscus ‘Rico Suave’ (J. Berry Nursery)
The vivid, large, fancy flowers on compact habits make Rico Suave a good fit for containers to decorate the patio, porch, deck, or pool area. Rico Suave is a disease- and pest-resistant selection with tri-color blooms that are golden yellow with a burgundy center and rimmed in magenta.
‘Mitebuster Red’ is a compact, upright, bush mandevilla bred by Suntory Flowers that is naturally resistant to mites. Sturdy plants have strong stems that don’t break at the base, and plants have an abundance of bright-red blooms. Mitebuster is also naturally resistant to leaf spot.
Garden White is a companion plant to Garden Crimson. The Sun Parasol bedding plant mandevilla line is bred for 4-inch pots. The Garden Series of mandevilla has strong branching with low breaks, which makes them well-suited for the landscape and containers.
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Peperomia ‘San Marino’ (Deroose Plants)
‘San Marino’ is a new selection from Europe. The lower leaves have a unique red color.
These orchids are grown in 5-inch pots and are carefully trained to bloom with the flowers following each other like a waterfall. They are available mostly in large whites, but also in large pinks and purples and in an assortment of ceramic creations.
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Phalaenopsis ‘Stellenbosch’ (Anthura)
‘Stellenbosch’ has spikes full of flowers. This orchid has deep-purple flowers and a plant height of around 27 inches, which makes it suitable for high-end sales.
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Pilea peperomioides (ForeMost Co.)
This Pilea has an irregular shape and a beautiful silhouette, making it a unique houseplant for minimalistic and modern design. It is pet friendly.
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Shrub Rose ‘Sunrosa Yellow Delight’ (Sun-Fire Nurseries/Suntory Flowers
Sunrosa roses offer a long flowering period as well as heat tolerance, combined with high disease resistance. Plants are hardy to Zone 5. Yellow Delight is the sixth color in the Sunrosa line.
The hibiscus varieties you’ve come to enjoy for the landscape are now available in hanging baskets. ‘Calypso Fire’ has a unique trailing habit that works well for blooms cascading over the edge of hanging baskets and containers.
Tradewinds hibiscus feature abundant flowers and reduced bud drop compared to earlier varieties. Finished product form is labor saving and frees up growing area for other products or at peak times.
Growers and suppliers at the show say the tropical and foliage plant market is booming right now, thanks to increased interest by Millennials and others attracted by the plants’ design merits, as well as their mental health benefits and air-purifying properties. Sales are up for indoor plants, as well as for use in landscaping in warmer areas.
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There were some exciting, first-of-their-kind introductions at the show, including Suntory Flowers‘ ‘Mitebuster Red’ Mandevilla, an upright, shrub variety that is resistant to mites, and Anthura’sAnthurium andreanum ‘Livium,’ with its striped blooms. Cascading Phalaenopsis orchids were also trending at the show. With their unique look, they made for an eye-catching bloom when mixed with foliage plants in high-end arrangements.
Scan the photo gallery above for plants featured in the Exhibitor Showcase at TPIE 2019.