2012 ngb new varieties-flowers

FlowersNew Varieties For 2012

AGASTACHE ‘SUMMER SUNSET’

Terra Nova Nurseries

•Perennial Zone 6, blooms all summer

•Warm, sunset-orange hues brighten

summer borders and containers

•Upright, compact habit

•Grow in full sun

•Loved by hummingbirds

•Heat and Drought tolerant

•Agastache hybrid

ALSTROEMERIA ‘BUTTERFLY HYBRIDS’

•Perennial Zone 5

•Grow in full to part sun beds and

containers

•Suitable for indoor houseplants

•Continues to flower all season in cooler

climates

•Bright bicolor rose blooms

•Alstroemeria var.

Pro-Veg Seeds

ANGELONIA ‘ARCHANGEL PURPLE’•Full sun annual

•Largest flowers of any Angelonia

•Perfect combination of delicate mini-

orchid looking flowers

•Tough as nails, heat and drought

tolerant

•Containers, low edging, water garden

•Blooms late spring through summer

•Angelonia angustifolia

PanAmerican Seed

ANGELONIA ‘SERENA BLUE’•Full sun annual

•Fresh color addition to Serena series

•Performs beautifully in both single and

mixed containers

•Mid-blue flower spikes are prolific

•Continues to flower all summer

•Complements red and yellow annuals

•Angelonia angustifolia

Harris seeds

Harris Seeds

BEGONIA ‘AMOUR’•Most vigorous trailing begonia

•Perfect for large patio pots and hanging

baskets

•Grows quickly and trails from any

container

•Dark foliage makes vivid red flowers

really pop

•Blooms late spring through fall

•Begonia boliviensisBall Horticultural Co.

BEGONIA ‘FAIRYLAND’

Floranova Ltd.

•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 semperflorens

BEGONIA ‘SANTA CRUZ SUNSET’•Annual for full to partial sun

•Super heat tolerant

•Fiery red-orange blooms cover the

plant from late spring until frost

•Well branched plant looks full and lush

in a pot or hanging basket or in a

garden with a rainbow of other colors

•Begonia boliviensisErnst Benary of America Inc.

BEGONIA ‘WHOPPER RED WITH BRONZE LEAF’

•Shade loving annual

•Huge mounded plant with shiny bronze foliage

•Large 3-inch red blooms

•Makes a bold statement in all garden settings,

containers and baskets

•Blooms late spring through fall

•Begonia hybrid

Ball Horticultural co.

CISTUS ‘MICKIE’•Full sun Perennial Zone 7

•Low, mounding habit hugs the ground

•Creates a colorful evergreen color spot

•Charming 1½ inch white flowers

punctuate flashy variegated foliage in

May and June

•Has survived some brutal winters

•Cistus x hybridus


COLEUS FUSEABLES ‘UNDER THE SUN’

•Annual for part sun to shade

•Great blend of ‘Versa Crimson Gold’

and ‘Versa Lime’ where the maroon red

and gold contrast with chartreuse

•Attractively fills out containers to

accent any patio or deck

•Blooms summer to frost

•Solenostemon scutellariodesHarris Seeds

COLEUS ‘WASABI’•Durable and rugged annual

•Brilliant trendy chartreuse color and

serrated leaves hold up in sun or shade

without fading or spotting

•Tall, bushy, mounded upright habit

•Perfect background for hot pinks and

intense purples in gardens and

containers

•Solenostemon scutellarioidesBall FloraPlant

COSMOS‘DOUBLE CLICK BICOLOR PINK’

•Full sun drought tolerant annual

•Very rare and unique – one of the few

double bicolor Cosmos varieties

•Showy pink and white double blooms

turn every cottage garden into paradise

•Free flowering, blooms all summer long

producing plenty of bouquets

•Cosmos bipinnatusW. Atlee Burpee Co.

CYCLAMEN ‘SWEETHEART SENSATION’

•Perennial Zone 4

•Vigorous, fast growing and hardy

•Hexagonal to octagonal leaves are

silver centered with a dark ring around

the edge

•Lovely large pink flowers on short

stalks from August to November

•Cyclamen hederifolium


DAHLIA ‘DAHLINOVA HYPNOTICA® CHERISH PINK’

•Annual for sun, partial sun or shade

•Large 3-5 inch pink bicolor blooms

•Excellent branching upright habit

•Long flowering from early spring to

frost with great garden performance

•Deadhead for added blooms

• Dahlia hybridFides North America

DAHLIA ‘XXL VERACRUZ’•Full sun annual for patio and garden

•Boasts dramatic 6-inch bicolor blooms

•Tremendous flowers grow on a plant that

doesn’t require staking or extra care

•Strong performer no matter where you

live – cold, heat, drought, rain and wind

tolerant

•Dahlia hybridDummen USA

ECHINACEA ‘ALOHA’•Full sun Perennial Zone 4

•Wide melon-yellow petals surround

orange cones on this summer to frost

bloomer

•Fragrant and elegant welcoming plant

•Use in mass for the border, in a mixed

bed or for a cut flower

•Echinacea hybrid


ECHINACEA‘DOUBLE SCOOP BUBBLE GUM’

•Full sun Perennial Zone 5

•Eye-catching double flower power

•Very hardy and branches well for years of

enjoyment

•Gardeners will love the clean foliage and

brilliantly colored blooms

•Available in Orangeberry and Raspberry

•Echinacea purpurea

Ball Horticultural Co.

ECHINACEA ‘SOMBRERO SALSA RED’•Full sun Perennial Zone 5

•Bright, rich color and long bloom time

•Excellent branching and sturdy stems

•Proven hardiness for years of enjoyment

•Drought tolerant and very floriferous

•Also available in ‘Hot Coral’ and ‘Sandy

Yellow’

•Echinacea purpureaBall Horticultural Co.

GAILLARDIA ‘RED SUN’


•Broad petaled “suns” of hot orange-red

float over the mounded foliage

•Blooms spring, summer and fall

•10 inches tall and 20 inches wide

•Multitude of uses: borders, containers,

mixed bed, mass.

•Gaillardia x grandiflora


GAILLARDIA ‘SUNDANCE RED’•Full sun to partial sun annual

•Deer resistant bushy compact plants

bloom from summer to fall

•Red, puffball blossoms held high above

the foliage create a blaze of color

•Ideal for containers, flower beds and

wildflower patches

•Long lasting cut flower

•Gaillardia pulchellaBotanical Interests

GERANIUM POP IDOLS® LILAC EYE’

•Annual for full to part sun containers,

hanging baskets or low edging

•Enjoy bright eyed lilac blooms from

summer to frost

•Small dark green leaves contrast nicely

with the bright colored blooms

•Compact upright plants

•Pop Idols series available in five colors

•Pelargonium zonaleFides North America

GERBERA ‘JAGUAR

TANGERINE DARK CENTER’•Full sun annual

•Huge 4-inch orange colored blooms

•Displays up to 5 blooms at once

•Expect color all season long with this

beauty

•Upright green plant perfect for garden

edging and containers

•Gerbera jamesoniiSyngenta Flowers

GEUM ‘FIRE STORM’•Full to part sun Perennial Zone 5

•Improved version of ‘Fireball’ with twice

the flower power and half the plant size

•Vigorous, compact and long blooming

•Easy to grow in almost any garden

•Attractive mounded habit

•Geum hybrid


HEUCHERA ‘APPLE CRISP’•Sun or shade Perennial Zone 4

•Tolerant of cold, heat, drought, rain, frost

•Blessed with seriously crisped green

leaves with a white veil

•Attractive combination of tight, compact

habit and short white flower stalks

•Tons of uses - container, low edging,

ground cover or houseplant

•Heuchera hybrid


HEUCHERELLA ‘SOLAR ECLIPSE’•Partial sun Perennial Zone 4

•Leaves of red brown bordered in

lime green

•Broadly scalloped leaf edges

•Vigorous mound of dense crowns

•Beautiful habit ideal for container,

low edging and ground cover

•Heucherella


HIBISCUS ‘MAHOGANY SPLENDOR’

•Full to part sun annual

•Attention grabbing beautiful maple-

leaved deep burgundy foliage

•Shiny tall plants glow in the sun

•Add beautiful color, texture and

height to your landscape

•Does well in very wet conditions

•Hibiscus acetosella

W. Atlee Burpee Co.

IMPATIENS ‘ACCENT PREMIUM RED’

•Shade annual hardy to Zone 11

•Bright red, large 2-inch blooms

provide instant color

•Blooms early spring to frost

•Strong garden performance

•Containers, hanging baskets, and

low edging

•Impatiens wallerianaSyngenta Flowers

IMPATIENS ‘SUNPATIENS® SPREADING CARMINE’

•Annual for full sun to shade

•Brightens your porch or patio from

spring through a light frost

•Outstanding in hot and humid

conditions – it takes the heat!

•Holds up well in wind and rain

•Impatiens x hybrid hortSakata Seed America, Inc.

IMPATIENS NEW GUINEA‘SUPER SONIC® ORANGE ICE’

•Annual for part sun to shade

•Ideal choice for busy home gardeners

•Full-bodied growth habit is well suited to

garden beds and large containers

•Huge flowers up to 3 inches across

provide a high-impact color show all

spring and summer

•Impatiens hawkeriiSyngenta Flowers

LEUCANTHEMUM ‘BRIDAL BOUQUET’


•Lightly ruffled, double, broad-petaled

white flowers are bright yellow when

they first emerge

•No unpleasant “Shasta smell”

•Butterflies and bees love them

•Leucanthemum x superbumTerra Nova Nurseries

LEYCESTERIA ‘JEALOUSY’•Annual for full and partial sun

•Big bushy shape over 24 inches tall

•Purple fruit appear in the fall and

attracts pheasants

•Pairs well with other vigorous plants in

large-size container and performs well

in wetlands

•Leycesteria formosaPanAmerican Seed

LINARIA ‘FANTASY APRICOT’

•Full to partial sun annual

•Flowers look like miniature snapdragons

•Ideal for mass color in the cool times of

the year - spring and fall

•Great color in mixed containers

•10 to 15” plants bloom in profusion

•Linaria maroccana

American Takii, Inc.

MARIGOLD ‘BONANZA DEEP ORANGE’

•Full sun annual

•Double crested flowers are the largest of

this type of French marigold

•Plants are excellent performers under a

wide range of conditions

•Fragrant blooms and foliage attract bees

•You’ll love its low maintenance appeal

•Tagetes patulaPanAmerican Seed

MARIGOLD ‘LOFTY LADY’ F1

•Full sun annual

•Towering 4 foot tall Thai marigold

•Explodes with dazzling yellow 4-inch

blooms on very long stems

•Ideal for vases, blooms impart

distinctively sweet marigold fragrance

•Tagetes erecta

W. Atlee Burpee Co.

NEPETA ‘PURPLE HAZE’•Full sun Perennial Zone 6

•Fabulous addition to rock gardens,

mixed beds, or ground cover on banks

•Versatile plant forms a silver mat with

purple blue flower spikes

•Plants bloom all season long without

maintenance - it never gets messy!

•Nepeta hybridTerra Nova Nurseries

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 maysFloranova Ltd.

ORNAMENTAL KALE ‘SONGBIRD’ F1

•Full sun annual

•Colorful rosettes of leaves look like a

large, exotic flower

•Adds color to fall and winter gardens

or containers when temperatures fall

below 55F to 60F degrees

•8-12 inch plants make great edging

•Brassica oleraceaAmerican Takii, Inc.

OSTEOSPERMUM ‘FIRE BURST’

Sakata Seed America Inc.


•This cape daisy offers an incredibly

unique color bloom to gardeners

•Rust colored blooms contain a hint

of purple with a dark eye

•Wonderful in containers

•Osteospermum hybrid

OSTEOSPERMUM ‘3D PINK’

Ball FloraPlant


•This osteo doesn’t close! It’s double

blooms stay open all day and night

for high-impact garden appeal

•Perfect for cool-season decorating

•3D available in pink, silver or purple

•Osteospermum ecklonis

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OSTEOSPERMUM ‘MARGARITA NANO’

Fides North America


•Provides continuous color to your

garden, containers and hanging baskets

•Create a stunning centerpiece by

grouping 5 plants in a low container

•Cold, rain and wind tolerant ground

cover or at the front of your flower beds

•Osteospermum ecklonis

PANSY ‘COLOSSUS FIRE’

Syngenta Flowers

•Full sun annual

•Huge, upward-facing blooms cover the

neat and tidy plants

•Bicolor flowers add pizzazz to gardens

•Great for spring and fall patio

containers and entryway displays

•Pansy wittrockiana

PANSY ‘COOL WAVE YELLOW’

PanAmerican Seed

•Annual proven hardy to Zone 5

•Easy spreading color spring and fall

•Incredibly unique cool-season baskets

trail up to 30 inches

•Quick, high-impact groundcover

spreads up to 24 inches

•Superior overwintering

•Viola x wittrockiana

PANSY ‘FREEFALL’

Floranova Ltd./Vegetalis

•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.

PANSY ‘IONA

FROSTY BLUE IMPROVED’ F1


•Full sun annual

•Blooms profusely giving gardens and

containers lots of color in the cool

season, both spring and fall

•Large flowers 3-3 1/2 inches are held

just above compact plants

•Edible ornamental

•Viola wittrockiana

PANSY ‘NATURE ROSE PICOTEE’ F1


•Full sun annual

•Nature series is widely touted for its

outstanding ability to bounce back

after rain and freezes

•Tidy, compact plants cover

themselves in upright facing blooms

giving solid cover wherever they are

planted

•Viola wittrockiana

PETCHOA SUPERCAL ‘PINK ICE’

Sakata Seed America, Inc.


•Offers gardeners the best of both

the calibrachoa and petunia worlds

•Strong, large blooms promise true

garden performance

•More tolerant of high pH, so less

prone to chlorosis and iron deficiency

•Holds up well in all types of weather

•Petchoa hybrid

PETUNIA ‘WHISPERS STAR ROSE’

Syngenta Flowers

•Full sun annual

•Star-patterned rose blooms explode

with color all season long

•Strong trailing habit perfect for

hanging baskets and combination

planters

•Exceptional cold and frost tolerance

•Petunia hybrida

PETUNIA ‘SHOCK WAVE CORAL CRUSH’

PanAmerican Seed

•Full sun annual

•Mounded, spreading plant is easy to

grow and maintain

•Bright, petite coral blooms with a

creamy throat for added interest

•Performs equally well in small spaces,

hanging baskets and containers

•Petunia x hybrida

SWEET PEA ‘SPANISH DANCER’

Thompson & Morgan

•Full sun annual hardy to Zone 5

•Delightfully scented flowers

averaging 4 blooms per stem

•Never-before-seen tricolor

snapdragon with unusual veining

•Ideal cut flower

•Climbing habit requires staking

•Lathyrus odoratus

TIARELLA ‘SUNSET RIDGE’


•Part sun to shade Perennial Zone 4

•Will please you with its vigor,

glossiness and beautifully marked

heart shaped leaves

•Trailing habit great for hanging basket,

ground cover, or low edging

•Small white blooms in early spring

•Tiarella hybrid

VERBENA ‘LANAI® TWISTER PINK’

Syngenta Flowers

•Annual for full sun

•Unique pink-and-white bicolor flower

heads contrast with rich green foliage

•A heat lover that thrives throughout

summer’s heat and humidity

•Ideal trailing habit for containers and

hanging baskets

•Deadhead for non-stop blooms

•Verbena hybrida

VIOLA ‘FLORAL POWER® PURPLE FACE’ F1


•Full sun annual

•Spring and fall bloomer

•Covers itself in blooms giving a solid

pop of color wherever it is planted

•Purple bicolor 1 to 1.5-inch blooms


•Viola cornuta

VIOLA ‘GEM FROSTY BLUE IMPROVED’ F1


•Full sun annual

•Amazing flower power

•Frosty blue color 1 to 1.5-inch blooms

•Strong over-wintering ability

•Exceptional heat tolerance

•Lasts through sudden bursts of warmth

that can occur in spring

•Viola cornuta

VIOLA ‘GEM SCARLET’ F1


•Full sun annual

•Brilliant red flowers add a blast of

color to fall, winter and spring

gardens and containers

•Attracts butterflies and bees


•Viola cornuta

VIOLA ‘SORBET DELFT BLUE’

PanAmerican Seed


•Blooms early and is free-flowering

•Gorgeous novelty color

•Makes excellent groundcover or cool-

season containers

•Plants remain compact in heat and cold

•Excellent overwintering ability

•Viola cornuta

2012 ngb new varieties-flowers

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