As you know all too well, plant sales often start strong in the spring, level out in the summer, and peter out in the fall. With only a few months to make enough money to keep the lights on and some extra to spare, smart companies are always on the lookout for sales extenders.
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Caryopteris 'Beyond Midnight Bluebeard' (Proven Winners/Four Star Greenhouse)
Caryopteris ‘Beyond Midnight Bluebeard’ is dark and dreamy, with rich blue flowers that bloom in late summer and early fall. It has extremely dark and glossy foliage. Beyond Midnight works well in the sun, requires minimal water, and grows 24 to 30 inches. It is hardy in Zones 5 to 9.
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Bracteantha Cottage Series Mix (Westflowers)
The Cottage series of bracteantha has reinvented the class with new, heat-tolerant, disease-resistant genetics. Uniform colors offer growers a fantastic alternative to chrysanthemums with papery flowers that are perfect for fall and bloom profusely for the consumer from purchase to the first hard frost. Growers are choosing to bring in cuttings of Cottage in the summer to finish large mixed containers of the four colors in the series with a grass or another fall accent in the center.
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Calendula 'Power Daisy' (Kientzler)
Calendula ‘Power Daisy’ is bred by Tim Kerley and is a daylength-neutral interspecific. It is tolerant of heat and resistant to mildew. ‘Power Daisy’ is a great alternative for fall because it tolerates the cooler temperatures. It can be grown one plant per gallon or three per 8-inch pot.
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Chrysanthemum Milton Series (Syngenta Flowers)
Milton pot mums are a new family developed to make growing single color and combination pot mums easier. The plants are strong to allow for easy packing and shipping. The Milton Family has large flowers and unique colors that create eye-catching seasonal programs. Colors in the series include Pink, Dark Pink, Pink Bicolor, Bronze Bicolor, and Orange.
The new Stephany garden mum family is a natural season family for the end of fall. It is available in Yellow and Bronze. This decorative series is compact with round, full habits. Plant this series in mid to late season to obtain full plant size.
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Dahlia ‘Painter Sunfire’ (PlantHaven)
Sunfire has large, warm-yellow blooms splashed and painted with red. Upright flowers sit well above the foliage. Plants have a long blooming period from summer to fall. They have a strong, compact habit; staking is not required.
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Dendranthema ‘Dainty Pink Igloo’ (Blooms of Bressingham)
‘Dainty Pink Igloo’ tops out at 8 to 12 inches with 1-inch, pink button flowers. The Igloo Series are tough, hardy perennial mums to Zone 5. No pinch is necessary. They produce nearly spherical pots from a single cutting.
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Dendranthema ‘Harvest Igloo’ (Blooms of Bressingham)
‘Harvest Igloo’ has the rich bronze, quintessential fall color in a decorative flower. It will get 10 to 14 inches tall. The Igloo Series is full of tough, hardy perennial mums to Zone 5. No pinch is necessary. They produce nearly spherical pots from a single cutting.
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Dendranthema ‘Sundance Igloo’ (Blooms of Bressingham)
Dendranthema ‘Sundance Igloo’ boasts super bright-yellow daisy flowers with yellow centers and grows 10 to 14 inches tall. The Igloo Series is full of tough, hardy perennial mums to Zone 5. No pinch is necessary. They produce nearly spherical pots from a single cutting.
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Echinacea Conetto Series (Cultivaris)
This superb annual series of coneflower is easy for growers to schedule. No vernalization is required. Go from a liner to a flowering 6-inch pot in 12 weeks. Grow outdoors potted in May for late summer and early autumn sales. Keep fertility levels high for continual flowering. Plants are hardy in Zone 8.
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Heliopsis 'Sole d' Oro' (Kientzler)
Heliopsis is well suited for fall production and sales in gallon containers. ‘Sole d’ Oro’ can be grown compact and will flower without the need for vernalization and in long-day conditions. Flowering is natural starting in June but can be delayed to fall with adjusted scheduling. ‘Sole d’ Oro’ is hardy in Zones 3 to 9.
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Nemesia Seventh Heaven Mix (Floranova)
Featuring the first bicolor of its kind from seed, Seventh Heaven Series brings the performance of vegetative varieties into an easier-to-handle seed format. It has denser and better branched foliage and larger flowers than other seed varieties. Selected colors also have the added benefit of a very sweet fragrance. Colors in the series include Blue, Pink, White, and Bicolor.
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Prunella Deville Series (Cultivaris)
The Deville Series has excellent autumn flowering selections of this easy-to-grow perennial. Plants flower best in late summer as days shorten and into autumn. They lend themselves to mixed combos or quart pots. They are hardy to Zone 4.
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Sedum Rocky and Painted Pebble Series (Kientzler)
The Rocky and Painted Pebble series of sedum are bred to be compact and long flowering. Grow them in either 4- or 6-inch containers. They flower from the beginning of July to early August. Plants are drought tolerant and hardy to Zone 3.
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Sedum telephium ‘Chocolate Cherry’ (Cultivaris)
‘Chocolate Cherry’ is a beautiful, new, disease-resistant, dark-leaved sedum with a well-branched habit and cherry-red flowers. There is no need for vernalization. Pot plants in late spring/early summer for a fast finish in the fall. ‘Chocolate Cherry’ is hardy in Zone 5.
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Tagetes Proud Mari Series (Sakata Ornamentals)
The new Proud Mari marigold series has fully double flowers that have a uniform height and bloom time across all three vibrant colors. Plus, their thick, sturdy stems provide the extra support needed to withstand shipping stress and hold up beautifully at retail and in the garden.
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Caryopteris 'Beyond Midnight Bluebeard' (Proven Winners/Four Star Greenhouse)
Plants that put on a show from first frost long into fall and offer the color options consumers want for their gardens go a long way toward extending sales further into the season and can maintain your sales momentum going strong. Check out these 16 new blooming varieties, both traditional favorites and new alternatives, for your fall crop selection.
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015Keep The Sales Coming With 16 New Blooming Varieties For Fall
June 20, 2016 
