FlowersNew Varieties For 2011

Argyranthemum ‘Flutterby™ Yellow’

Ecke Ranch

•Large 3-inch showy yellow daisy

•Mounded upright vigorous plants

•Great as a tall background plant

•Performs in full to part sun

•Blooms throughout the hot summer

•Annual hardy to zone 10

•Argyranthemum frutescens

Begonia ‘Beaucoup Red’•Performs in full sun for northern

regions, late afternoon shade for

southern regions, and partial shade

for all regions

•Large 2” flowers displayed above

the plant foliage create an

impressive basket of color

•Begonia x hybrida

Green Fuse Botanicals Inc.

Begonia ‘Cocktail Tequila’•New intoxicating pink color

•8 to 10 inches tall

•Blooms late spring to frost

•Sun or shade

•Heat, wind, rain tolerant

•Container, basket, low edging

•Annual

•Begonia semperflorensErnst Benary of America Inc.

Begonia ‘Fairyland’•Attractive compact fibrous begonia

•1-inch blooms are consistently double

•Adds season long color to combination

pots, as a patio specimen, or as a low

edging in landscape plantings

•Grow in sun or shade

•Heat, drought and rain tolerant

•Begonia semperflorensFloranova Ltd.

Begonia ‘Gryphon’•Superb tropical like foliage

•Showy silver & green leaves

•Prefers shade

•Grows up to 24 inches tall

•Mixed or solo container

•Medium divider to tall

background plant

•Bring indoors before frost

•Begonia hybrida

PanAmerican Seed Co.

Begonia ‘Illumination Golden Picotee’

•Full mounded habit before it trails

•Fully double bicolor apricot blooms

•Large blooms 3.5 to 4.5 inches

•Creates a waterfall of color from

early spring through fall

•Sun or shade

•Container or basket

•Begonia tuberhybridaErnst Benary of America Inc.

Begonia ‘New Star Red’•Most flower power of any tuberous

red begonia on the market

•Ruffled 3 to 4 inch fully double

blooms cover the plant

•Grows less than 10 inches tall

•Sun or shade

•Hanging basket or container

•Begonia tuberhybrida

Ernst Benary of America Inc.

Begonia ‘Nightlife Blush’•Rich pink edged 1.5 inch bicolor blooms

with bright white center

•Dark bronze leaves

•Compact plants shorter than 10 inches

•Sun or shade

•Low edging, basket or container

•Blooms early spring through summer

•Begonia semperflorens

Ernst Benary of America Inc.

Calibrachoa ‘MiniFamous™ Double Pink Evol.’

•Full double flowers, early and rich free

flowering at the same time

•Great trailing and branching habit

•Fits any format from baskets to mixed

containers of any kind

•Compact easy to grow annual for full to

part sun

•Calibrachoa hybridSelecta First Class

Canna ‘Tropical™ Bronze Scarlet’•Dramatic bronze foliage

•Stunning scarlet red spikes

•Dwarf plants 24 inches tall

•Full sun, warm and humid

•Medium to tall divider plant,

container or as a pond edging

•Blooms summer to frost

•Annual

•Canna generalisAmerican Takii, Inc.

Carex ‘Zora’•Butterscotch colored foliage

compliments many colors

•Dense upright arching habit

•Soft fine texture adds dramatic

movement to containers,

baskets or landscape beds

•Full to part sun

•Perennial hardy to zone 6

•Carex comansErnst Benary of America Inc.

Celosia ‘Smart Look Romantica’•Traffic stopper in a mixed

container or eye catching bed

•10-12 inch plumes mature from

soft pink to a fiery rose

•Full sun annual

•Blooms late spring to frost

•Pollinator friendly

•Celosia plumosaErnst Benary of America Inc.

Dianthus ‘Diabunda™ Purple Picotee’•Striking color combination

provides a beautiful low border

in early spring

•Cold tolerant

•Full sun

•Annual hardy to zone 5

•Pollinator friendly

•Dianthus x barbatusSyngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Dianthus ‘Diana Lavender Picotee’

•Combines earliness and a

dwarf plant habit with showy

flowers

•Very free flowering

•Unique bicolor

•Pollinator friendly

•Dianthus x barbatus

Hem Zaden B.V.

Dianthus ‘Telstar™ Burgundy’ F1

•Vibrant red blooms

•Delicate fragrance

•Upright plants 10 inches tall

•Full sun

•Cold tolerant

•Annual hardy to zone 6

•Resistance to Phytophthora

•Dianthus barbatus x chinensisAmerican Takii, Inc.

Foxglove ‘Mountains Mixed’Gorgeous mixture of upward

facing flowers & sturdy stems

Hardy biennial for zones 4-8

Excellent for borders or

cottage style gardens

Full sun or part shade

36-56 inches tall

Digitalis purpureaThompson & Morgan

Gaillardia ‘Arizona Apricot’ AAS 2011 Winner

•Unique rich apricot color

•Upright 12-inch tall plant is covered with

stunning 3-3.5 inch blooms

•Cold, heat, wind, rain & drought tolerant

•Grow in full sun container or landscape

•USDA zones 2-10, heavy blooms first year

•Blooms late spring to frost

•Gaillardia x grandiflora

Ernst Benary of America Inc.

Gaillardia ‘Punch Bowl’ F1

•Splashy pink and lavender blooms

with frilly white edges

•Lights up a border or container

with dazzling color

•3-4 inch bicolor blooms cover plant

•Hardy upright plant 16 inches tall

•Heat and drought tolerant

•Full sun annual

•Blooms June through September

•Gaillardia aristata

The Cook’s Garden

Geranium ‘Caliente® Pink’•New class of geraniums which is a

cross of Ivy and Zonal geraniums

•Bred for heat tolerance and vibrant

colors

•Brilliant pink blooms contrast

strikingly with dark green foliage

•Mounded upright plant

•Blooms late spring to frost

•Container, hanging basket, garden

•Pelargonium interspecfic

Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Geranium ‘Caliente® Orange’•Free flowering variety performs well

in containers and beds

•New class of geraniums which is a

cross of Ivy and Zonal geraniums

•Bred for heat tolerance and color

•Full sun annual

•Expect vibrant scarlet blooms from

late spring to frost

•Pelargonium interspecfic

Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Geranium ‘Calliope® Scarlet Fire’•Expect great performance in

containers, baskets and garden beds

•New class of geraniums which is a

cross of Ivy and Zonal geraniums

•Bred for heat tolerance and vibrant

colors

•Brilliant scarlet blooms late spring

to frost

•Pelargonium interspecfic

Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith seeds

Geranium ‘Fusion® Flame’•New interspecific geranium with a

unique bright flower color

•Mounded, compact trailing habit

excellent for combination planters and

hanging baskets

•Sun or part sun

•Pelargonium peltatum x hortorumEcke Ranch

Gerbera ‘Floriline Maxie Eyecatcher Red’

•Red/white is a unique bicolor for

potted type gerbera

•Enjoy this potted beauty indoors or in

mixed patio containers

•Large flowers 3 to 4.5 inches

•Annual for partial sun location

•Blooms late spring though fall

•Gerbera jamesoniiNorthern Innovators Inc.

Gerbera ‘Garvinea Linsey®’•New gerbera for garden & terrace

•Perennial hardy to zone 7

•Long stemmed 2-inch flowers can be

enjoyed in cut flower arrangements

•Continual bloomer provides color from

early spring to frost

•High resistance to pests & diseases

•Grow in full to part sun

•Gerbera hybridaNorthern Innovators Inc.

Gerbera ‘Jaguar™ Fire Dark Center’•Great gift item, tabletop

garden, or in patio container

•Annual hardy to zone 11

•Grow in full sun

•Shades of fire blooms with a

dark eye will provide delight

from summer to frost

•Gerbera jamesonii

Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Gerbera ‘Landscape Saratoga’•Perennial hardy to zone 10

•Huge 4 to 5-inch blooms will fill your

garden, patio container or cut flower

arrangement

•Abundant flowering from late spring to

autumn

•High resistance to pests & diseases

•Grow in part sun

•Gerbera hybridaNorthern Innovators

Hellebore ‘Gold Collection® Pink Frost’•Elegant, burgundy and white buds open

to pink flowers that age to a burgundy

red

•Great groundcover for a woodland

garden

•Deer and disease resistant

•Perennial hardy to zone 5

•Grow in part sun or shady border

•Cold, rain and frost tolerant

•Helleborus x ballardiae

Skagit Gardens

Melampodium ‘Casino Light Yellow’•Annual hardy to zone 7

•Very vigorous knee-high plants

•Daisy like 1.25-inch flowers cover the

plant summer to frost

•Thrives in hot and humid conditions

•Medium height garden divider and

containers

•Melampodium paludosum

American Takii, Inc.

Morning Glory ‘Split Second’•Stunning peony flower form with huge

powderpuff 2-inch double blooms

•Blend of softest pastel to deep rosy-pink,

with no two flowers looking just alike! 

• Container, hanging basket, or ground

cover

•Full sun annual blooms summer to frost

•Ipomoea purpureaGeo. W. Park Seed Co., Inc.

Ornamental Corn ‘Field of Dreams’

•Highly variegated green and white foliage

with touches of rose

•Exciting new accent for large combination

pots and landscape

•Grow in sun or shade

•Plants can reach four to five feet tall

•Attractive corn ears have dark kernels

that can be popped

•Zea mays

Floranova Ltd.

Ornamental Kale ‘Glamour Red’ F1 AAS 2011 Winner

•Unique shiny leaves are an excellent

breeding achievement

•Waxless quality intensifies the color

•Leaf coloring begins when nights fall

below 55 degrees for about 2 weeks

•Fringed leaf flower is 10-12 inches

•Full sun annual

•Brassica oleraceaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Pansy ‘Dynamite Blue Jeans’•Large flowering pansy known for

outstanding garden performance

•2-inch blooms in multiple blue tones

•Spring and fall blooming annual

•Full to part-sun container, hanging

basket and ground cover

•Cold, rain, frost tolerant

•Viola x wittrockiana

Sakata Seed America Inc.

Pansy ‘Freefall’•Plants are covered with 1.5-inch flowers

• ‘Freefall’ begins as a low mounding

plant that develops into a full spreading

cascading habit as it grows

•Covers an area with fewer plants per

square yard or fewer per basket or pot

•Early flowering biennial for sun or shade

•Viola sp.Floranova Ltd.

Pansy ‘Iona Heavenly Blue’ F1

•Large flowering pansy known for

outstanding garden performance

•Early, very compact and free flowering

•2-inch blooms in multiple blue tones

•Performs well in spring and fall

•Full to part-sun annual for containers,

hanging baskets or groundcover

•Cold, rain, frost tolerant

•Viola x wittrockianaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Pansy ‘Plentifall Lavender Blue’•Spreads and trails vigorously

•Perfect “spiller” for containers

or groundcover

•2.5-inch lavender and blue

bicolor blooms

•Biennial hardy to zone 5

•Bred for overwintering

•Viola wittrockianaPanAmerican Seed Co.

Pansy ‘Plentifall Purple Wing’•Spreads and trails vigorously

•Perfect “spiller” for

containers or groundcover

•2.5-inch purple and white

bicolor blooms

•Biennial hardy to zone 5

•Full sun to part sun

•Viola wittrockianaPanAmerican Seed Co.

Pansy ‘Plentifall White’•Spreads and trails vigorously

•Perfect “spiller” for containers

basket, or as a low edging

•2.5-inch white blooms from spring

to fall

•Biennial hardy to zone 5

•Holds up in rain and chilly weather,

excellent overwintering

•Full to partial sun

•Viola wittrockiana

PanAmerican Seed Co.

Petunia ‘Easy Wave Neon Rose’

•Grow beautiful containers and

beds fast with Easy Wave

•Same great spreading habit

as Wave, but with more height

•Plant any sunny place you

want loads of bold color

•Blooms early spring to frost

•Petunia hybridaPanAmerican Seed Co.

Petunia Fusables™ Multi-PelletsPetunias ‘Sophistica™’ and ‘Dreams Midnight’

•New seed technology that combines

varieties determined to grow well

together and complement each other

•Grow petunia blends that are perfect

for combination planters and baskets

•Petunia seeds are blended together

into pellets easy to sow and grow

•Petunia x hybridaHarris Seeds

Petunia ‘Limbo Pink Morn’•Easy-to-grow

•Natural dwarf petunia does

not stretch or get “leggy”

•Longer garden shelf life

•Pollinator friendly

•Petunia hybrida

Hem Zaden B.V.

Petunia ‘Limbo Salmon Morn’•Easy-to-grow

•Natural dwarf petunia does

not stretch or get “leggy”

•Longer garden shelf life

•Pollinator friendly

•Petunia hybrida

Hem Zaden B.V.

Petunia ‘Opera Supreme Raspberry Ice’ F1

•Very floriferous with a low,

spreading habit

•Abundance of closely spaced

blooms

•One plant covers 3.5 to 4 feet

•Less day length sensitivity

•Hanging baskets, containers, or

as ground cover

•Pollinator friendly

•Petunia hybridaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Petunia ‘Ramblin™ Sugar Plum’

•Deep tri-color jewel-tones

atop mounding/trailing plants

•Great for pots, hanging

baskets or spilling over a

retaining wall

•Sunny annual hardy to zone 8

•Pollinator friendly

•Petunia x hybridaSyngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Rose ‘Boogie Woogie’•Well rounded compact habit

•2.5-inch bright reddish-orange

blooms with yellow reverse are

mildly fragrant

•Easy to grow, low maintenance

•Disease resistant

•Enjoyable indoors, extraordinary

outdoors!

•Perennial hardy to zone 5

•Rosa, miniature roseGreenheart Farms

Rose ‘Pink Flamenco’•Bushy mounded habit

•Pink blooms are mildly fragrant

•Up to 24 inches tall

•Easy to grow, low maintenance

•Excellent specimen, foundation or

border plant

•Needs a minimum 6 hours of full

sun

•Perennial hardy to zone 5

•Rosa, miniature roseGreenheart Farms

Salvia ‘Summer Jewel Red’ AAS 2011 Winner

•Rated “superior” for its early and

generous flower blossoms from

spring to autumn.

•Each dwarf and densely branching

plant remains a tidy 20 inches tall

•Ideal for full sun borders, containers,

and mixed beds

•Perfect for the bird lover’s garden

•Salvia coccineaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Scabiosa ‘Fama Deep Blue’•Darkest blue flowering scabiosa on

the market

•Giant, 4-5" deep blue blooms 

•Perennial hardy USDA zones 3-7 and

heat tolerant to AHS heat zones 8-3

•Strong stems make this a favorite for

cut flower arrangements

•Scabiosa caucasicaErnst Benary of America Inc.

Sunflower ‘Coconut Ice’ F1

•Extraordinary new white sunflower

•Flowers with coconut brown centers

are 4 to 8 inches across

•Dynamic addition to cut flower

arrangements or as an everlasting

•Stands 5 to 6 feet tall

•Pollinator friendly

•Helianthus annuusBurpee/The Cook’s Garden

Sunflower ‘Frilly’ F1

•Uproariously striking sunflower

loaded with a crowd of 6-inch

flower heads on 6-foot stems

•Unique ragged narrow-stranded

rays with curved inverted

secondary petals

•Flowers long and prolifically

•Stunning in bouquets

•Helianthus annuus

Cook’s Garden

Sunflower ‘Goldie’•Goldie produces showy double

flowering heads of bright yellow

• Easy to grow and establish

• Multi heading plants grow up to

5-6 feet

•Excellent for tall borders 

•Pollinator friendly

•Annual hardy to zone 5

•Helianthus annuus

Terra Organics

Verbena ‘Costa del Sol® Pink’•New series that makes a spectacular

showing in the garden

•Good resistance to powdery mildew

helps all summer garden performance

•Trailing, mounded habit is ideal for

containers, baskets, and low edging

•Full and part sun

•Annual hardy to zone 11

•Verbena hybrid 

Ecke Ranch

Verbena ‘Lanai® Bright Eye’•Unique flower color, exposed

to the sun the pink turns to

white with a deep pink eye

•Works well in combinations

•Full sun annual blooms late

spring to frost

•Trailing habit ideal for

container, hanging basket

•Verbena hybrid

Syngenta Flowers/Goldsmith Seeds

Viola ‘Floral Power® Gold Purple Wing’ F1

•Abundance of round-shaped

thick petaled 2-inch blooms

•Compact, yet vigorous plants

•Attracts bees and butterflies

•Container or edging

•Decorate salads or desserts with

this edible ornamental

•Annual hardy to zone 7

•Viola cornutaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Viola ‘Floral Power® Lilac Rose White Centre’ F1

•Abundance of thick petaled

2-inch bi-color blooms

•Compact, yet vigorous plants

•Blooms spring and fall

•Container or edging

•Decorate salads or desserts

with this edible ornamental

•Annual hardy to zone 7

•Viola cornutaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Viola ‘Floral Power® Yellow Blotch Red Wing’ F1

•Ideal for early spring

•Red and yellow bi-color blooms

•Mounded, compact habit

•Annual hardy to zone 7

•Cold, rain, wind, & frost tolerant

•Full sun patio container or

cheerful garden edging

•Viola cornutaAmerican Takii, Inc.

Viola ‘Shangri-La Marina’ F1

AAS 2011 Winner•New color for Viola cornuta

•Early flowering, 70 days from

sowing seed to first flower

•Vigorous frost-tolerant biennial

•6-inch mounded plants

•Full sun patio baskets and pots

or low garden edging

•Bred by Tokita Seed Co., Ltd.PanAmerican Seed Co.

Viola ‘Sorbet Yellow Duet’ XP•All new color to Sorbet

•1-inch yellow and purple bicolor blooms

•Thrives in full or partial sun

•Remains compact in heat and cold making

it a standout performer in spring and fall

•Free-flowering plants have excellent

overwintering

•Biennial hardy to zone 5

•Viola cornutaPanAmerican Seed Co.

Zinnia ‘Art Deco’•Create stunning bouquets with this pink,

lavender and royal purple color combo

•Large 5-inch fully double blooms

•Striking 2-3 foot plants make a gorgeous

backdrop to shorter plants

•Fabulous in mass plantings

•Annual, will bloom summer to first frost

•Zinnia elegansBotanical Interests

Zinnia ‘Profusion Sunrise Mix’•Bright color combination perfect for

any garden or mixed container

•Blooms in abundance until first frost

in a sunny or part-sun location

•Thrives in cool and warm climates

•Tolerant of mildew & alternaria

•Zinnia x hybrida, Z. elegans, and Z

angustifolia

Sakata Seed America. Inc.

Zinnia ‘Queen Red Lime’

•Statuesque 24 to 30-inch garden height

•Unique lime green and mauve coloration

•Durable stems work well as cut flowers

•Perfect for distinctive beds and patios

•Annual, blooms late spring to fall

•Zinnia elegans

Ernst Benary of America Inc.

Harris Seeds

Zinnia ‘Zahara Double Fire’•This recent AAS Winner has proven garden

performance

•Highly basal-branching plants result in beautiful

well proportioned plants

•Consistently double and symmetrical scarlet-

orange flowers provide an amazing effect

•Highly dependable tolerances to leaf spot and

mildew diseases assure garden longevity

•Zinnia marylandica