100+ NEW from 2014 Spring Trials

1. 2014 Spring Trials
Highlights

2. Something for everyone.
This year’s California Spring Trials featured many
companies and hundreds of new varieties – all fueled
by innovation. All designed to inspire.
No matter what you are looking for, there’s most likely
at least one great new plant for you. And if it’s
marketing ideas you want, look no further.
From industry firsts to critical upgrades in all
categories from annuals and perennials to
ornamentals and holiday potted plants, here’s the
best from the 2014 Spring Trials.

3. Ball
FloraPlant

4. Ball
FloraPlant
OSTEOSPERMUM
BLUE EYED BEAUTY
 AMAZING Bicolor
 Perfect for endcaps
 Early-season impulse

5. Ball
FloraPlant
CALIBRACHOA CONGA
Strawberry Burst
Blush
Orange
Lemon
 Compact for pot-tight programs
 No pinch or PGRs
 Stick it and forget it!

6. Ball
FloraPlant
VERBENA ENDURASCAPE
EIGHT COLORS!
 Best landscape verbena!
 Hardy to the LOW TEENS!
 Stays in flower to 100 degrees!
*Formerly Enduro

7. Ball
FloraPlant
MIXMASTERS
TWELVE colorful new combos!
 All sourced from one farm
 Perfectly balanced recipes

8. Ball
FloraPlant
LOBELIA TIDEPOOL
Blue
Dark Blue
Lavender
White
 Best Lobelia for baskets!
 Compact in the greenhouse
 Spreading in the garden

9. Ball
FloraPlant
COLEOSAURUS
 Full sun coleus
 Great landscape performer
 Everyone loves the name!

10. Selecta

11. Selecta
BOUNCE & BIG BOUNCE
Interspecific Impatiens
Key colors!
(Bounce = 5 Big Bounce = 6)
 SHADE. Thrives in shade and sun!
 GARDEN. Bounces back after wilt!
 CONFIDENCE. IDM Resistant!
Bounce
Height: 14-20 in.
Spread: 14-20 in.
Big Bounce
Height: 20-30 in.
Spread: 20-36 in.

12. Selecta

13. Selecta
CALIBRACHOA
MINIFAMOUS DOUBLE
Purple
Chiffon
 Most colors of any double!
 Double Purple is a MUST HAVE!

14. Selecta
TRIXI
12 NEW COMBOS!
 Trialed & Tested from greenhouse to
garden
 Order by Trixi Name!

15. Burpee
Home
Gardens

16. Burpee
Home
Gardens
18 New Culinary Herbs available from Florexpo!
(Basil, Lemon Balm, Mint, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage,
Tarragon, Thyme and more.)

17. Burpee
Home
Gardens
BASIL
Emerald Frills & Ruby Frills
 Easy-to-grow Vegetative Basil
 4-inch to Gallon

18. Burpee
Home
Gardens
SMALL SPACE VEGGIES
Tomato Sweetheart of the Patio
Tomato ‘Super Sauce’
Pepper Tangerine Dream
Cucumber Cutecumber

19. Burpee
Home
Gardens
MARQUEE COLLECTION
COLEUS
Blonde Bombshell
Box Office Bronze
Red Carpet
Superstar colors & unique leaf forms
steal the spotlight!

20. PanAmerican
Seed

21. PanAmerican
Seed
EASY WAVE VELOURS
Red Velour
Burgundy Velour
Berry Velour
Deep, distinctive, designer colors
Free POP and tons of marketing
support!

22. PanAmerican
Seed
COOL WAVE PANSIES
Blueberry Swirl
Sunshine ‘N Wine
Mixture Improved
Sunshine ‘N Wine named by
Southern Living readers!
Tons of marketing support for The
Best Pansy Ever!

23. PanAmerican
Seed
CALIBRACHOA KABLOOM
The FIRST Calibrachoa from seed!
 Core color options
 Ideal premium container input
 Supplied as pelleted seed
AND… CRAVE SUNSET! The first intro
in a future collection…

24. PanAmerican
Seed
THINK OUTSIDE THE PACK!
Premium mixed combos
made from SEED
NEW Fuseables mixes – the only
combo program from a single pellet!
Wave Medleys – Multi-color magic in
one pot! (POP Available)

25. PanAmerican
Seed
SNAPDRAGON SNAPSHOT
Sunset
 Great pack product
 Excellent landscape performance
 Awesome Fall color!

26. PanAmerican
Seed
EUPHORBIA GLITZ
First seed annual E. graminea!
 Perfect no-pinch habit
 Seed in the bag!

27. PanAmerican
Seed
HEIRLOM MARRIAGES
Two heirlooms crossed to create a
better tomato!
Genuwine - slicer
Big Brandy - beefsteak
Perfect Flame – saladette
Higher yielding, earlier maturing,
with all the great flavor!

28. PanAmerican
Seed
HANDPICKED VEGETABLES
Unique veggies for hobby gardeners
and fresh market farmers!
Eggplant Patio Baby
Butternut Squash Honeynut

29. Kieft Seed

30. Kieft Seed
LOBELIA STARSHIP
Scarlet
 F1 Seed Lobelia
 Amazing uniformity
 Tons of flower power!
Zone 6-10

31. Kieft Seed
LOBELIA VULCAN
Red
 Pro-quality alternative to
Queen Victoria!
 Controlled habit
 Striking bronze foliage
Zone 6-10

32. Kieft Seed
COREOPSIS SUN UP
Flowers WEEKS earlier than others!
 Faster turns, better margins
 Brightest, cleanest flowers
 Naturally compact
Zone 4-9

33. Kieft Seed
IBERIS WHITEOUT
Better-looking = sell through!
 No pinch
 Reblooms!
Zone 3-8

34. Kieft Seed
PERENNIAL COMBOS
First-year flowering perennials!
 Stand out from the crowd
 Solid Summer performance
 Fresh color palettes

35. Ball Ingenuity

36. Ball Ingenuity
CANNA CANNOVA
Red Shades
Rose
Yellow
Bronze Leaf Red
 First SEED F1 Series
 Works in 4” to Gallons
 Ideal for cart programs

37. Ball Ingenuity
JURASSIC REX BEGIONIA
5 Color Series!
 Bold colors and patterns
 For DEEP shade
 Super uniform, fast to finish

38. Ball Ingenuity
SUMMER ROMANCE
COLLECTION
Mandevilla & Dipladenia
 Double Pink Mandevilla!
 UNIQUE Vining Yellow!
 Bush Pink, Red and White!

39. Darwin
Perennials

40. Darwin
Perennials
DIGITALIS FOXLIGHT
Plum Gold
Rose Ivory
Ruby Glow
Bolder flower colors + 20% lower input costs =
Higher retail margins + better sell-through!
Zone 7-10

41. Darwin
Perennials
ERYSIMUM CHEERS
Lemon Yellow
Mighty Mauve
 More flowers!
 Richer colors!
 Better habits!
Zone 6-10

42. Darwin
Perennials
ALYSSUM GOLDEN SPRING
 Yellow for Early Spring
 Frost/freeze tolerant
 Takes the heat, too!
More Mature
Zone 4-9

43. Darwin
Perennials
GAURA
Little Janie
Compact Bicolor
Whiskers Deep Rose
Contrasting colors
Long filaments
Zone 6-10

44. Darwin
Perennials
SALVIA
Blue Marvel
 Largest flowers of any s. nemerosa!
 No PGRs needed
 Cut back & reflush if not sold
Zone 4-9

45. Ball
Ornamentals

46. Ball
Ornamentals
HYDRANGEA
L.A. DREAMIN’
Blue, pink and everything in
between!
 No aluminum sulfate or special
fertilizer needed!
 Rebloomer
 Branded pot and tag
Zone 5-10

47. Morel
Cyclamen

48. Morel
Cyclamen
HALIOS SELECT
Curly Mix Flame
Fantasia Magenta Silverleaf
Fantasia Purple Silverleaf
 Curly is fringed
 Fantasias are extra-long
lasting bicolors!

49. Morel
Cyclamen
METIS
Pure White Silverleaf
 Strong, mini plants
 Dark foliage with
silver mottling
 Great retail appeal!

50. Suntory

51. Suntory
PETUNIA SURFINIA SUMO
Bold Lilac
Pink
Plum
 Vigorous and mounding
 Designed for large containers,
baskets and landscapes
 Bold bloom color

52. Suntory
DIPLADENIA SUNDENIA
Coral
Red
White
Large “Mandevilla” blooms with the
controlled habit of a Dipladenia!

53. Cohen

54. Cohen
TORELUS
Torenia x Mimulus
EIGHT colors!

55. Cohen
PETUNIA HAPPY
• Magic Blue w/ Green
Blue/Purple & Green Edge
• Dark Caramel Star
Yellow, Mocha & Purple

56. GroLink

57. GroLink
JASODA GARDEN MUMS
SIX varieties!
 Late-season varieties when grown
under a natural season program
 No pinch required

58. Dummen

59. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
CANNA CANNASOL
NINE color series!
 Compact habit
 Long bloom time

60. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
VERBENA WICKED
Cool Blue
 Hot new color!
 One of six “twister” types from
Dummen

61. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
GERANIUM BIG EZEE
FOUR color Zonal series!
Large umbels
Vigorous habit
Great outdoor performance

62. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
PETUNIA SWEETUNIA
Moonlight Bay
 Yellow edges
 Black/purple throat

63. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
LOBULARIA YOLO
THREE color series
 YOLO = You Only Live Once!
 Compact habit

64. Dummen -
Red Fox &
Bartels
BEGONIA LUCKY STRIKE
Larger flowers than others on the
market!

65. Fides

66. Fides
DAHLIA DAHLINOVA
HYPNOTICA
Sangria
Beautiful yellow & orange bicolor!

67. Danziger

68. Danziger
PETUNIA
Salmon Ray
More true orange
than salmon!

69. Danziger
PETUNIA CASCADIA
Autumn Mystery
Mocha, yellow &
purple blend!

70. Danziger
BACOPA SCOPIA
Double Indigo
*Same as PW
Snowstorm Blue Bubbles

71. Proven
Winners

72. Proven
Winners
CUPHEA VERMILLIONAIRE
 Well branched & mounding
 Deep orange bloom!
 Not susceptible to Edema

73. Proven
Winners
CLEOME
Pequena Rosalita
A more compact version
of Senorita Rosalita!

74. Proven
Winners
LOBULARIA
Dark Knight
 Dark purple blooms
 No seed set; continuous
blooming

75. Syngenta

76. Syngenta
DAHLIA GRANDAHLIA
SEVEN color series!
 Includes two bicolors
 Designed for 6” and up

77. Syngenta
GAZANIA BIG KISS
Red
Yellow
 Big blooms!
 Big plants!
 Great container item

78. Syngenta
GERANIUM PINTO
PREMIUM
Lavender Rose
 Improved earliness
 Less stretch at retail
 Bench runs

79. Syngenta
IMPATIENS FLORIFIC
Sweet Orange
 New Guinea series from seed
 2014 AAS Winner!
 Unique salmon-orange bicolor
 Bronze-green foliage

80. Syngenta
TOMATO CARMELLO
 High yielding
 French-type slicer
 Great sugar-acid balance

81. Floranova

82. Floranova
BEGONIA BOSSANOVA
Mix
Orange
Red
Rose
White
 Great vigor
 Strong branching, long-flowering
 Baskets, containers and borders!

83. Floranova
TOMATO RAPUNZEL
 Magnificent, long trusses
 40 bright red, small fruits on each
 Indeterminate

84. Floranova
PETUNIA ESPRESSO FRAPPE
Rose
Ruby
 Frilly edges attract attention
 Colors stand out at retail

85. Takii

86. Takii
AGASTACHE ARIZONA
Mix
Sandstone
Sun
Sunset
 Compact & uniform
 Drought-tolerant
 Extremely floriferous

87. Takii
PETUNIA
African Sunset
 2014 AAS Winner!
 Rich orange color
 Holds color all season

88. Takii
SUNFLOWER SUNRICH
Limoncello
 Cut flower
 White-yellow with dark center
 10-14 days earlier than Sunbright

89. Sakata

90. Sakata
SUNPATIENS SPREADING
THREE new colors
SUNPATIENS COMPACT
TWO new colors (including Royal
Magenta)
And FULL MARKETING SUPPORT!

91. Sakata
SUPERCAL
THREE new colors
(including Grape)

92. Sakata
PETUNIA
Pink Radiance
*Was PW
Cotton Candy
(Available at Oro Farms & Danziger)

93. Sakata
ASTER BONITA SERIES
SIX colors!
 Cut flower or potted plant!
 Button-type flowers
 Fusarium tolerant

94. Sakata
CARNATION CAN
Rose
(Categorized as an Annual)
 Fragrant!
 Large flowers
 Also makes a great cut flower

95. Sakata
PEPPER SPICY SLICE
 Extra-large jalapenos
 Perfect to cut into rings!
 Highly prolific

96. Sakata
PANSY MAGESTIC GIANTS II
Clear Purple
Clear White
New clear colors join Clear Yellow!

97. Sakata
PRIMULA DANESSA
TEN colors!
 2-3 weeks earlier
 Heat-tolerant!

98. Sakata
SNAPDRAGON
CANDY SHOWERS
Mix
White
 First-ever trailing series
 Now SEVEN colors!

99. Sakata
SUNFLOWER VINCENT
Choice Dark Eye
Fresh Light Eye
 Cut flower
 Daylength neutral
 Extra ring of petals!

100. Sakata
VIOLA COLORMAX
Berry Pie
Lemon Splash
Popcorn
 Flower size like
“small pansies”
 Excellent weather &
heat tolerance

101. Benary

102. Benary
BEGONIA BIG
Pink Green Leaf
 Large flowers
 Landscape impact
 Early & well branched

103. Benary
VIOLA ADMIRE
Blackberry Mix
California Mix
Pink Surprise
 Early flowering
 Great for packs
 Fall or Spring use