This document provides information on several plant varieties suitable for gardens and landscaping in different climates and conditions. It describes their key features such as flower colors, sizes and blooming periods, foliage characteristics, height and spread, sunlight and water requirements, and suitability for containers, borders or other uses. The plants highlighted include annuals, perennials, herbs and ornamental varieties suitable for landscapes, gardens and containers.

2. •AGA Most Popular Flower winner 2012
•Fiery bright red-orange bell shaped
flowers cover the entire plant
•Thrives in full sun to shade locations
•Heat, drought and rain tolerant
•Plant 12-16” tall with a 16-20” spread
cascades over patio pots and baskets
•Begonia boliviensis

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•Early-to-flower mini-petunia
•Eye-catching true double blooms
•Semi-trailing plant perfect “spiller”
for hanging baskets, patio containers
•Blooms spring through autumn
•Heat tolerant with low maintenance
•Calibrachoa hybrida

4. •Stunning new red-orange bloom color
•Tolerates drought, loves the heat
•Exceptionally long-flowering in full
sun borders and containers
•Great for tropical, subtropical and
continental climates
•Celosia plumosa

5. •Unique bold color adds drama to
sunny beds, containers and bouquets
•Good all-season garden performance
from early spring to fall
•Low maintenance
•Heat tolerant with continuous growth
•Celosia cristata

6. •Unique tri-color color combinations,
available in several colors
•Adds interest to shade garden beds
and containers
•Huge leaves create great plant
dimension
•Solenostemon scutellariodes

7. •Striking seed coleus with multicolored
foliage for mighty garden appeal
•Very late flowering variety meets
gardeners‟ demand for longevity
•Great in the shade
•Tolerates sun under high humidity
•Solenostemon scutellariodes

8. •Beautiful ornamental corn from Japan
•Grows 5-6 feet tall
•Variegated striped leaves, dark purple
tassels, burgundy kernels
•Better color development when plants
are widely spaced 6-8 inches apart
•Zea spp

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•New heat-loving series from seed
•Easy to grow in containers or in the
landscape as medium height divider
•Requires little-to-no maintenance
•Available in 3 vibrant colors – pink,
rose, and violet
•Cuphea llavea

10. •Perennial with exceptionally long
period of bloom
•Perfect mass planted in sunny
landscape beds or in large containers
•Excellent heat tolerance and more
uniform flowering habit
•Gaura lindheimeri

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•Large semi-double bi-color flowers
•Unique color combinations
•Blooms early spring to frost
•Adds attention getting color to
containers and hanging baskets
•Gerbera jamesonii

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•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Continuous outdoor flowering from early
spring until the first frost of fall
•Cold, heat, drought, rain & wind tolerant
•Vivid purple flowers can be picked for
small bouquets
•Gerbera hybrid

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•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Continuous outdoor flowering during 3
seasons - from early spring to first frost
•Rich and lush flowering plants are well
suited for pots or borders
•Large vivid orange 3-5” flowers
•Gerbera hybrid

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•Garvinea® is the first true garden gerbera
•Robust garden plants flower from early
spring until the first frost of fall
•In mild climates it flowers year round
•Adds golden yellow to your garden
borders, terrace or balcony
•Gerbera hybrid

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•Patio gerberas look sensational in large
containers placed in part shade
•Voluminous plants carry a large amount
of long lasting, successive flowers
•You can pick the flowers to use as
indoor cut flowers
•Gerbera jamesonii

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•5-inch blooms provide an extravagant
WOW-effect on every porch or patio
•Added bonus: you can pick the flowers
to use as indoor cut flowers
•Patio gerberas are sensational in large
containers set in a partial sun location
•Gerbera jamesonii

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•Patio Gerberas are sensational in large
containers on the porch, veranda or patio
•Sun to part shade location
•Flame colored 5-inch blooms from late
spring to the first frost
•Long lasting successive flowers
•Bushy medium height garden plant
•Gerbera jamesonii

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•Unique flower form and intense color
make it perfect for mixed combinations
•Loaded with vibrant flowers from early
spring to frost
•'Pinball ‘ is also available in White or
Snow-tip Lavender
•Gomphrena hybrid

19. •Perennial hardy to zone 4
•Striking red and yellow foliage
•Delicate pink flowers offer contrast
•Full sun, partial sun or shade location
•Avoid soaking conditions
•Border plant, specimen or groundcover
•Heuchera hybrid

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•Stunning double-to semi-double
apricot colored flowers
•Dwarf plant reaches a maximum
height of just 32 inches tall
•Side shoots also produce flowers
•Full sun annual
•Alcea rosea annua

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•Stunning double- to semi-double
rose colored flowers
•Side shoots also produce flowers
•Dwarf plant 32 inches is perfect as
the “thriller” in your containers
•Full sun annual
•Alcea rosea annua

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•Robust, sun loving, heat-loving New
Guinea type impatiens
•Thrives in full sun or part shade
•Delivers non-stop color from spring
through hard frost
•Dense, bushy plants 16-32 inches tall
•Impatiens hybrida

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•Robust, sun loving, heat-loving New
Guinea type impatiens
•Thrives in full sun or part shade
•Delivers continuous color from spring
through hard frost
•Unaffected by downy mildew
•Impatiens hybrida

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•Large abundant blooms provide
superior coverage in pots or garden
•Disease resistant shade variety
•„Florific‟ is available in lavender, red,
white & violet
•Impatiens hawkeri

25. •Perennial herb hardy to zone 4
•English lavender with excellent winter
hardiness that thrives in the landscape
•Free-flowering in the heat & humidity
•Excellent full sun garden performance
•Pleasant scent
•Lavandula angustifolia

26. •Vining annual for full to partial sun
•Excellent hanging or climbing plant
•Vigorous, self cleaning plants will
bloom throughout the growing season
•Also available in „Compact White‟
•Lophospermum lophospermum

27. •New premium mandevilla
•Large 3-5 inch striking red flowers
•Vigorous vines bloom all summer
•Full sun container or tall background
•Outstanding disease resistance
•Mandevilla hybrid

28. •Extremely strong and stiff stems
•Bushy plants over 24 inches tall will
not fall over with heavy rain
•Many firm and large 4-inch flowers
very suitable for cut flower bouquets
•Unique deep orange color
•Tagetes erecta

29. •Bred under hot and humid conditions
•Bushy plants over 24 inches tall with
extremely strong and stiff stems
•Will not fall over with heavy rain
•4-inch unique light yellow cream color
blooms summer to frost
•Tagetes erecta

30. •Largest flower size of 4-5 inches
•Blooms are firm, ball shaped with
strong stems
•Light yellow flowers contrast with
deep green foliage
•Bushy plants 10-24 inches tall
•Tagetes erecta

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•Great combo of Lobelia „Techno® Heat
Violet,‟ Petunia „Whispers™ Lavender
Eye‟ & Verbena „Lanai® Deep Purple‟
•Thrives in full sun planted containers
or landscape settings
•Developed to maintain balance for the
season

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•Compact bushy habit–doesn‟t get leggy
•Deep dusty pink to very pale pink
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis

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•Compact bushy habit–doesn‟t get leggy
•Plants produce many daisy-like flowers
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis

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•Compact bushy habit–doesn‟t get leggy
•Plants produce many daisy-like flowers
•Good heat tolerance makes a fabulous
transition plant from late summer to fall
and blooms until the first frost
•Flowers stay open under low light
•Osteospermum ecklonis

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•Easy care and vibrant color for
spring and fall gardens
•Overwinters through USDA zone 5
and is the first pop of color in spring
•Spreads and trails over containers
and hanging baskets
•Viola wittrockiana

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•Rich, vibrant large flower clusters
attract bees and butterflies
•Coordinates well with other sun
loving annuals
•Garden height of 24 inches tall
•Continues to bloom in the heat and
humidity of summer
•Pentas lanceolata

37. •Delightful bicolor striping of rich
wine, pink and cream
•Makes stunning hanging baskets
with wow appeal
•Trailing plant 10-16 inches tall shows
well in mixed containers
•Petunia hybrida

38. •A superstar morn-pattern that‟s
great in containers
•Trails vigorously from hanging
baskets for show-off color
•Blooms spring through late summer
•10-16” tall with spread of 20-30”
•Petunia hybrida

39. •Striking large velvety-black blooms
cover lush, upright 10-15” plants
•Plant on its own or contrast it with
„Sophistica Lime Green‟ (pictured) or
another bright, lighter colored petunia
•Conversation starter in containers,
hanging baskets, or garden beds
•Petunia hybrida

40. •Pink 3” blooms surrounded by a bright
green edge will add a striking focal
point in any garden or container
•More compact mounding habit
•Blooms early spring to frost
•Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
•Petunia hybrid

41. •Plants 5-7 inches tall are covered with
gorgeous blooms that spill over the
edge and down the sides of containers
•Plants spread up to 8 feet in diameter
in full sun landscape plantings
•Blooms continuously from early spring
to fall
•Petunia hybrida

42. •Another great petunia improvement,
upright growing and aggressive
•Makes tons of flowers on plants that
lend themselves to trellis production
•The only petunia on the market that
can grow this way
•Petunia x hybrida

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•Gives gardens, containers and
hanging baskets a blast of color
•Plants cover themselves in flowers
and continue flowering all season with
minimal care
•Maintains a tidy, mounded appearance
•Petunia x hybrida

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•Gives gardens, containers and hanging
baskets a blast of color
•Plants cover themselves in flowers and
continue flowering all season with
minimal care
•Maintains a tidy, mounded appearance
•Petunia x hybrida

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•Deliciously fragrant Hybrid tea rose
•Upright bushy plants grow 6 feet tall
and bloom in flushes all season
•Foliage carries an award-winning
level of disease resistance
•Northern rose-lovers rejoice in this
zone 5 hardy perennial
•Rosa hybrida

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•Robust, highly disease resistant, and
best of all, a blooming machine
•Produces incredible amounts of
bright cherry red hybrid tea blooms
•Compact 2½ foot size is perfect for
the front of a border or in a pot by
the patio easily accessed for cutting
•Rosa hybrida

47. •Plants stay low (8-10 inches) when
grown in containers
•Covered with attractive flowers from
early spring through late fall
•Frost tolerant „Snappy‟ provides color
when other plants can freeze
•Antirrhinum majus

48. •Attractive bicolor flowers are borne
profusely on compact mounded plants
8-10” high and 12” wide
•Provides great summer color, in early
spring and fall, pair with pansies when
other annuals might freeze
•Antirrhinum majus

49. •Striking bicolor flowers add great color
to containers, baskets, low edgings, or
as a groundcover
•Because of their frost tolerance, they
can be planted in early spring and late
fall, making a great paring with pansies
•Antirrhinum majus

50. •Smaller plants 20-30 inches tall with
big-time flower power
•Striking compact, low growing
•Fills vase after beautiful vase with
luminous, long-stemmed, brown-eyed
golden sunflowers
•Drought-resistant -- full sun
•Helianthus annuus

51. •Uncommonly gorgeous sunflower!
•Flowers, leaves and stems are
suffused with dark-red-to-purple hues
•Merlot-colored ray petals transition
to a pretty pink
•Low growing, vigorously branching
flame-type 20-30” tall
•Helianthus annuus

52. •Bold golden-tipped mahogany blooms
up to 6 inches wide are pollen-free
•Very long-lasting flowers are excellent
for fresh & dried arrangements
•Bee and bird magnet ideal for annual
flower bed as well as vegetable garden
•Vigorous 6-foot sun-loving annual
•Helianthus annuus

53. •Stays in flower longer in the heat
•Tolerates Powdery Mildew
•Hardy in the landscape to temps in low
teens for extended enjoyment summer
through fall
•Spreading, trailing plants 8-12” tall will
spread 18-24”
•Verbena hybrida

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•Unique red & white flower pattern
•8-12” plants with 2” blooms colorfully
fill containers and landscapes
•Tough in the garden – powers through
for summer long enjoyment
•New blooms flourish over older blooms
•Verbena hybrida

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•Ideal for early spring
•Produces an abundance of roundshaped thick petaled blooms
•Compact, yet vigorous, plant
•Under 10 inches tall
•Cold, frost, rain, and wind tolerant
•Viola cornuta

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•Amazing flower power
•Strong over-wintering ability
•Exceptional heat tolerance - will last
through sudden bursts of warmth
that can occur in spring
•Attracts bees and butterflies
•Viola cornuta

57. •Recognized for holding its vibrant
cherry red color throughout the
season, its tight growth habit, and its
disease resistance
•Performs exceptionally well in
gardens, planters and landscapes
•Zinnia hybrida

58. •Carefree color all summer long
•Heat tolerant, free-flowering, and
self-cleaning
•Unmatchable disease resistance
•Medium height plants are well-suited
for containers or landscape plantings
•Zinnia hybrida

59. •Mix has large 3-inch, long-lasting
blooms great for cut flowers
•Plant in large containers or near the
middle or back of the border for bright
color from early summer until frost
•Easy to grow plants
•Zinnia elegans

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•Lovely big blooms have a unique
orange & scarlet star pattern that gets
more pronounced as blooms mature
•Superior disease resistance assures
carefree, season-long shows
•Sun-loving, heat and drought tolerant
floriferous annual
•Zinnia marylandica