Presentation from Ball University Manitoba - Sept. 22, 2015

1. Ball FloraPlant + PanAmerican Seed
New Variety Highlights
Ball University Manitoba – Sept. 22, 2015

2. GET THE INSIDE SCOOP
New varieties are the engine that drives excitement throughout
the industry!
As you can see, the past couple years have offered not just
something for everyone but tons of excitement for growers,
retailers, landscapers and home gardeners.

4. Heat-loving Season Extenders

5. SolarPower Series Ipomoea
Growers: Best matched Ipomoea series
on the market! Most efficient in
production.
Retailers: Three distinct colors. More
plants per rack with SolarPower’s tidy
habit.
Landscapers: Manageable habit is less
work and friendly to companion plants.
These also will not fade in the heat of
the Summer!
Red
Duayne’s
Pick!

6. SolarPower Series Ipomoea
Black Lime

7. SolarPower Series Ipomoea
Black Black

8. Little Zin Hibiscus
Growers & Retailers: Extend the
season – add this heat lover!
Landscapers: A third the size of
Mahogany Splendor, Little Zin gives
opportunity for additional
applications. Dramatic as a thriller
in mixed containers as well as mass
in-ground plantings.

9. Little Zin Hibiscus

10. Black & Bloom Salvia
Growers & Retailers: More impact
than Black & Blue with thicker leaf,
bigger bloom, darker stem!
Landscapers: Tough as nails -
thrives in heat, drought and
humidity. Desirable blue color
against the black stem stands out
in every landscape or container.
Duayne’s
Pick!

11. Black & Bloom Salvia
Black & Blue NEW Black & Bloom

12. Campfire Coleus
COLOR!
COLOR!
COLOR!
A MUST in the landscape for
proven performance like other
stars Redhead and Wasabi. For sun
and shade, late flowering, with
similar habit to Henna.
Duayne’s
Pick!

13. Campfire Coleus

14. Flame Thrower Series Coleus
With tons of texture and color,
Flame Thrower is so versatile!
Controlled habit makes for the
perfect coleus in mid-borders and
mixed containers.
You’re going to have fun with this
one!
Chili Pepper
Duayne’s
Pick!

15. Flame Thrower Series Coleus
Chipotle Spiced Curry

16. Archangel™ Series Angelonia
NEW Light Pink
NEW Orchid Pink
To complete the series, we added two
winning colors to the biggest flowered
Angelonia series on the market.
Light Pink
Orchid Pink

17. Criteria for a Real Series:
1. All varieties in the series flower
and can ship in the same week.
2. All share the same culture
recommendations and finish
with the same habit and vigor.
3. Most uniform series on the
market.
Real Series

18. Presto™ Series Zonal Geranium
NEW Dark Red Improved
Fantasia® Dark Red color on
Presto habit!

19. Presto™ Series Zonal Geranium
Presto in
production

20. Cabaret® Series Calibrachoa
NEW Light Pink Improved
Most uniform Calibrachoa series on
the market:
Super-efficient and no-brainer for
cali mixes!
Improved for flower coverage and
more intense pink.

21. Cabaret® Series Calibrachoa
Light Pink Improved, Deep Blue and Deep Yellow

22. Conga™ Series Calibrachoa
NEW Coral Kiss NEW Pink Kiss
NEW Rose Kiss NEW Sun Kiss
NEW Yellow
Growers: Naturally compact habit
for a pot-tight crop that’s a snap to
grow!
Retailers & Gardeners: Bold bicolor
is ideal for color bowls! Pink Kiss

23. Conga™ Series Calibrachoa
Coral Kiss Rose Kiss Sun Kiss Yellow

24. Conga™ Series Calibrachoa
Sun Kiss

25. Serenity™ Series Osteospermum
NEW Lavender Frost Improved
NEW Spring Day
Growers and Retailers: More solid-
performing options in the popular
Serenity series.
Spring Day’s blooms range from white to
pink on the top and are yellow on the
bottom! Even cuter when a few blooms
are closed early in the morning!
Spring Day
Lavender Frost Improved

26. Spring Day
Serenity™ Series Osteospermum

27. Sun Spun® Series Petunia
NEW Pink
NEW Raspberry Star
NEW Red Improved
NEW Salmon
Growers & Retailers: More winners
in the popular Sun Spun series.
Red is improved for habit, dark
foliage and flower color.
Raspberry Star

28. Sun Spun® Series Petunia
Pink Red Improved Salmon

29. Sun Spun® Series Petunia
Salmon Red Improved

30. MixMasters
15 colorful new
combos join the
innovative, flexible
combo series.

31. MixMasters
NEW Berry Basket
 Petunia Sun Spun Burgundy
 Verbena Aztec
Burgundy Wink
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
White Improved
Retail-ready: Early
Spring to Fall

32. MixMasters
NEW Circus Parade
 Bidens Sunbeam
 Lobelia Waterfall Blue
 Verbena Aztec Red Velvet
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

33. MixMasters
NEW Color Theory
 Petunia Sun Spun Blue
 Verbena Aztec Dark Red
 Calibrachoa Can-Can Apricot
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

34. MixMasters
NEW Comic Relief
 Petunia Sun Spun Yellow
 Lobelia Hot Springs
Lavender Pink
 Verbena Aztec
Violet Improved
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

35. MixMasters
NEW Do You Lilac It?
 Petunia Sun Spun Silver
 Lobelia Hot Springs
Lavender Pink
 Verbena Aztec Blue Velvet
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

36. MixMasters
NEW Eye Caramba
 Petunia Flash Mob Bluerific
 Verbena Aztec Violet Wink
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
White Improved
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

37. MixMasters
NEW Fantasyland
 Petunia Flash Mob
Magentacular
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Deep Yellow
 Verbena Aztec Blue Velvet
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

38. MixMasters
NEW Flower Child
 Petunia Sun Spun Burgundy
 Verbena Aztec White
 Lobelia Hot Springs Sky Blue
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

39. MixMasters
NEW Game On!
 Petunia Sun Spun Orange
 Lobelia Hot Springs
Lavender Pink
 Verbena Aztec Blue Velvet
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

40. MixMasters
NEW Heartland
 Petunia Sun Spun White
 Verbena Aztec Dark Red
 Lobelia Hot Springs Sky Blue
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

41. MixMasters
NEW Panorama
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
White Improved
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Rose Improved
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Purple Improved
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

42. MixMasters
NEW Playdate
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Deep Yellow
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Rose Improved
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
Purple Improved
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

43. MixMasters
NEW Pop Culture
 Petunia Sun Spun Yellow
 Verbena Aztec Dark Red
 Lobelia Hot Springs Sky Blue
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

44. MixMasters
NEW Summer Cottage
 Petunia Sun Spun Pink
 Calibrachoa Cabaret
White Improved
 Lobelia Hot Springs Blue
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

45. MixMasters
NEW Sweet Escape
• Petunia Sun Spun Yellow
• Verbena Aztec
Burgundy Wink
• Calibrachoa Cabaret
Light Pink Improved
Retail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

46. Suntory
BIDENS BEEDANCE
Red Stripe
 Pollinator plant
 Unique yellow/orange
striping
 Keep an eye on vigor
Duayne’s
Pick!

47. Sakata
CELOSIA DRAGON’S BREATH
 Ideal for early Spring + Fall
 Tons of blooms all season long
 Unique texture for any garden or
mixed combination
Duayne’s
Pick!

49. Serenita® Series F1 Angelonia
Sky Blue: Colour holds in high heat and
high light conditions.
Mixture Improved: Now includes Sky
Blue.
 Excellent solution where shorter, more
manageable material is needed.
 Great branching and fullness with no pinch.
 Perfect for consumers looking for water-wise,
heat-loving plants that won’t be ruined by
deer, rabbits.
Sky Blue
Mixture Improved

50. BabyWing® Series F1 Begonia
Bicolor: Special novelty colour –
along with the bicolour pattern,
there is a hint of orange that adds
an “orange glow” to each flower.
 Bullet-proof bedding plant!
Maintenance-free, season-long
performer is extremely heat tolerant
and handles stressful conditions well
for continuous colour in landscapes,
containers, baskets. Bicolor

51. BabyWing® Series F1 Begonia
Red Mixture

52. Kabloom Series F1 Calibrachoa
Kabloom is the first seed calibrachoa.
A game changer in the industry!
Seed gives growers Flexibility:
 Flexibility of input beyond liners or
URCs.
 Flexibility to receive product when
weather does not permit vegetative
shipments.
 Flexibility to manage staffing based
on site needs, not based on when
supplier ships vegetative cuttings or
URCs.
White

53. Kabloom Series F1 Calibrachoa
Deep Blue Deep Pink Red Yellow

54. Kong® Series Premium Shade Coleus
Scarlet Improved: Noticeable
improvement for better, more
consistent colour with no rose
centre. Later to flower for better
landscape show.
The king of coleus – extremely
large leaves and unique patterns
on well-branched plants.
Scarlet Improved

55. Kong® Series Premium Shade Coleus
NEW Kong Scarlet Improved Kong Scarlet

56. Jolt Series F1 Interspecific Dianthus
Shocking Summer Colour! Jolt is the
most heat-tolerant Interspecific Dianthus
you can grow and sell – great for
Summer landscape and premium choice
container programs.
EXP Pink: All-America Selections
Holdover for future introduction.
Cherry
EXP Pink
Duayne’s
Pick!

57. Jolt Series F1 Interspecific Dianthus
Season-long performer is highly durable –
stands up to hot Summer conditions and
continues to flower without setting seed.
Grower friendly: Well-branched plants are
easy to produce in premium containers
with less to no PGRs – compared with
Amazon.

58. Glamour Euphorbia
The first and only landscape
euphorbia from seed!
Vigorous, very resilient and durable
from the start.
Shines in landscapes, large
cityscape containers, combination
in-ground plantings, garden beds.
Suited to landscaper 1801s, quarts, 6-in./15-cm pots,
gallons. Not recommended for pack programs.
Glamour

59. Glamour Euphorbia
Santa Paula, California – October 2014

60. Divine Series F1 New Guinea Impatiens
Your best shade alternative: The
most colours…high resistance to
Impatiens Downy Mildew…perfect
for shade landscape premium
packs, 4-in./10-cm and quart pot
programs.
Pink Improved

61. Divine Series F1 New Guinea Impatiens
Violet Improved White

62. Taishan® Series F1 African Marigold
Orange Improved and Yellow Improved
join Gold for better-matched series.
Now more uniform across the colours for
timing than Antigua, plus slightly earlier
to flower and better double flower form.
Orange Improved
Yellow Improved

63. Taishan® Series F1 African Marigold
20% shorter peduncles and 15% thicker stems than the market leader means less stretch
on the bench, less breaking in shipping and at retail.
Better branching with more aggressive side branching = quicker fill and healthier look.
Larger double flowers tolerate overhead watering better and shed water well for less
waste, longer shelf life.
Orange Improved: Shorter plant for a matched series. Improved fully double flower form.
Darker orange colour.
Yellow Improved: Earlier for a matched series. Larger flower.

64. Taishan® Series F1 African Marigold
NEW Taishan Orange Improved is shorter with better double flower form than original Taishan Orange.
NEW Taishan Orange Improved is earlier to flower than Antigua Orange.
Antigua Orange Taishan Orange NEW Taishan Orange IPD

65. Hot Pak Series Heat-Tolerant Extra-Dwarf Crested
French Marigold
A first for French Marigolds! Hot
Pak stays compact and continues to
flower reliably in high
temperature/high humidity areas.
Specially bred and trialed in areas
of the world with high
temperatures – “Developed in the
heat for the heat.”
Mixture

66. Hot Pak Series Heat-Tolerant Extra-Dwarf Crested
French Marigold
Fire Flame Gold Harmony

67. Hot Pak Series Heat-Tolerant Extra-Dwarf Crested
French Marigold
Orange Spry Yellow

68. Hot Pak Series Heat-Tolerant Extra-Dwarf Crested
French Marigold
Hero Yellow NEW Hot Pak Yellow
August 2014, Florida

69. Cool Wave® F1 Spreading Pansy
The best pansy ever adds two great new colours!
Blue Skies: An important new mid-blue
introduction! Habit and vigour match Golden
Yellow. NOTE: Cool nights/low PGRs will deliver
the deepest colour. High temperatures/PGR use
show slightly lighter blue colour and broader
yellow eye. Small percentage of blooms show
dark purple cap.
Lemon Surprise: Lemon blooms produce some
genetic dark and light shading. The surprise…up
to 3% of the blooms show a purple cap.
Blue Skies
Lemon Surprise

70. Cool Wave® F1 Spreading Pansy
Crushes competitors in trailing and filling containers…Beats other
varieties hands down for vigour and overwintering.
Cool Wave for multi-season sales:
Spring: Grab early bird gardeners. Cool Wave pansies wake up
Spring gardens and baskets with easy spreading colour.
Autumn: A decorator’s dream – versatile, colourful, long-lasting!
Autumn plantings overwinter in the North.

71. Matrix® Series F1 Extra-Large-Flowered Pansy
Your best pansy option for longer days and
warmer growing.
Beaconsfield: Popular novelty colour joins
the series. Largest flowers of any
“beaconsfield.”
Solar Flare: Novelty variety in vivid fire
shades. Colour pattern varies by
temperature – blooms show more red in low
temperatures, more yellow in high.
Beaconsfield
Solar Flare

72. Matrix® Series F1 Extra-Large-Flowered Pansy
Unmatched in the market for uniformity of timing and plant habit.
Only Matrix has a tight bloom window that allows shipping of all
colours in the same week in Autumn.
Less handling + less waste + exceptional holding power = higher
profitability.
Well-suited to 606 jumbo packs, 1801s and 4-in./10-cm pots.

73. Easy Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Three new Easy Wave
colours, along with the
recent launch of the three
Velour varieties, give
growers and retailers
premium program sales
opportunities.
Duayne’s
Pick!

74. Easy Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Pink Passion Silver Yellow

75. Easy Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Pink Passion:
• Habit similar to Easy Wave Neon Rose.
• Consistently good in the garden.
• Times like Violet; 8 to 10 days earlier than Pink in Spring natural daylength conditions.
• 10 hours critical daylength.
• Good performance in the presence of Botrytis.
• Tolerant of cold growing situations.
Silver:
• Elegant colour similar to Tidal Wave Silver.
• Times like Easy Wave Berry Velour.
• 11 hours critical daylength.
• Dense, mounded habit.
• Especially well-suited to landscapes – holds exceptionally well.
• Exceptional performance in the presence of Botrytis.
• Tolerant of cold growing situations.

76. Shock Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Yellow:
• Compared with vegetative yellow petunias,
Shock Wave Yellow offers:
o More branching – without pinching
o Full plants
o Strong rooting
o Better performance
Shock Wave is the best for baskets!
• Start your Wave sales early.
• Excellent weather durability.
• Recommended packaging: 4-in./10-cm pot,
hanging basket, 306 premium pack with
branded pack handle.
Yellow

77. Tidal Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Red Velour – ATTENTION IGCs!
• Velvety colour now in a large-format plant for big,
bold, 3D colour!
• Fills big spaces and climbs along and over walls
and fences.
• Plant with NEW Glamour Euphorbia for high-
impact landscapes.
• Can be grown in gallons for landscape market.
Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner.
All-America Selections Holdover for future introduction.
EXP Red Velour

78. Tidal Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia
Super-size colour for big spaces!
• Extend your season with this
strong finisher.
• Holds its excellent shrublike
shape.
• Recommended packaging:
8-in./20-cm pots.

79. NEW Valiant Series F1 Vinca
Valiant vs. Cora & non-resistant F1 varieties
Left to right: Titan, NEW Valiant, Cora, VItesse
Phytophthora Screening in Ruskin, Florida – July 2014

80. NEW Valiant Series F1 Vinca
Valiant is a vigorous hybrid vinca that
survives in the landscape.
Gives growers and landscapers
another option where aerial
Phytophthora is a concern.
Valiant is more vigorous than Cora.
Apricot

81. NEW Valiant Series F1 Vinca
Apricot Burgundy
OrchidPunch
Lilac
Pure White

82. Double Zahara Series Zinnia
Three variety additions all feature a
tidier habit to make the overall series
more uniform and feature higher petal
counts.
Yellow
Cherry
Salmon Rose
Yellow

83. Double Zahara Series Zinnia
The only true double, disease-resistant zinnia series on the market.
Flowers are fully double with significantly more petals, while Double
Profusion is only semi-double. Double Zahara has larger blooms.
More colour show = bigger retail impact, greater sell-through, more
attractive beds and planters.
Superior all-season performance and durability in the landscape: disease
resistance, drought resistance, weather tolerance, low water needs, low
maintenance (low fertilizer, no deadheading needed).

84. Double Zahara Series Zinnia
NEW Double Zahara Yellow ‘Double’ Profusion Yellow

85. HandPicked Collection
Vegetables & Herbs

86. HandPicked Vegetable Collection
PanAmerican Seed has put together a novel, high-quality group of vegetables
and herbs well-suited for those who supply fresh market farmers and hobby
gardeners.
What sets HandPicked varieties apart:
• Fresh, home-grown flavour
• Exceptional fruit quality
• Earlier and longer harvests
• Loads of produce
• Unique shapes, sizes and colours
• Some with compact habits to fit smaller growing spaces
• Some with disease resistance

87. Dolce Fresca Sweet Italian Basil
Tidy, high-quality basil has a unique
bushy habit with shorter
internodes that looks good at
retail and in the garden or
container. More usable leaf yields.
Won’t get tall and leggy but still
delivers traditional basil leaf size
and flavour.
2015 All-America Selections
National Winner.

88. SimplySalad® Kale Storm Mixture
Healthy, high-demand “superfood” is now
available in SimplySalad!
First all-kale SimplySalad. Multi-Species Multi-
Pellets have assorted textures and colours,
including purple, green and blue.
Edible and ornamental – lasts longer in the
container than lettuce and won’t bolt. Can also
be planted in the ground for all-season
harvest.
Cool night temperatures bring out rich colours
in the foliage.

89. Cute Stuff Gold II F1 Sweet Mini-Bell Pepper
Now has disease resistance to
Bacterial Leaf Spot races 1 to 5.
Same great sweet taste, size and
shape as the original.

90. Chocolate Sprinkles F1 Cherry Tomato
First in this type with a disease-
resistance package: Fusarium Race 1,
Nematodes, Tobacco Mosaic Virus.
Unique fruit colour – red with dark
green overlay/striping for a
“chocolaty” appearance.
Very productive – more fruit with
better flavour than similar OP
varieties.

91. Sugar Rush F1 Cherry Tomato
Super-sweet – one of the highest
Brix ratings of this type.
Fast-maturing and extremely
productive all season, with long
trusses of elongated red fruit with
great crunch and texture.

92. Little Napoli F1 Roma/Paste Tomato
Great in containers – one of the
only patio-type romas available.
Disease resistance = better
gardening success.
Yields large amounts of tasty fruit
for such a small plant, so gardeners
can harvest enough at one time to
make a batch of salsa or sauce.
Duayne’s
Pick!

93. F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection Tomato
Heirloom Marriage varieties cross
two heirlooms to create a tomato
that is much higher yielding and
earlier maturing than their
heirloom parents, with all of the
same great flavour and less of the
fruit blemishes.
Cherokee Carbon

94. F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection Tomato
Cherokee Carbon:
Purple beefsteak tomato is a cross
of Cherokee Purple and Carbon.
Fruit has a well-balanced, full
bodied flavour with a unique
colour and “old-fashioned” shape.
Cherokee Carbon

95. F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection Tomato
Marzinera:
Red roma/paste tomato is a cross
of San Marzano and Cream
Sausage.
Large fruit set +
great traditional taste +
elongated fruit shape =
great cooking tomato
Marzinera

96. Ball FloraPlant + PanAmerican Seed
New Variety Highlights
Ball University Manitoba – Sept. 22, 2015
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