Flourish! With New VarietiesCommercial Flower Growers of Wisconsin – 2015 Fall Greenhouse Conference

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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.

Heat-loving Season Extenders

SolarPower Series IpomoeaGrowers: 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

SolarPower Series Ipomoea

Black Lime

SolarPower Series Ipomoea

Black Black

Little Zin HibiscusGrowers & 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.

Little Zin Hibiscus

Black & Bloom SalviaGrowers & 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.

Black & Bloom Salvia

Black & Blue NEW Black & Bloom

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.

Campfire Coleus

Flame Thrower Series ColeusWith 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

Flame Thrower Series Coleus

Chipotle Spiced Curry

Archangel™ Series AngeloniaNEW Light PinkNEW Orchid Pink

To complete the series, we added two winning colors to the biggest flowered Angelonia series on the market.

Light Pink

Orchid Pink

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

Cabaret® Series CalibrachoaNEW Light Pink ImprovedMost uniform Calibrachoa series on the market:Super-efficient and no-brainer for cali mixes!

Improved for flower coverage and more intense pink.

Cabaret® Series Calibrachoa

Light Pink Improved, Deep Blue and Deep Yellow

Sun Spun® Series PetuniaNEW PinkNEW Raspberry StarNEW Red ImprovedNEW SalmonGrowers & Retailers: More winners in the popular Sun Spun series.

Red is improved for habit, dark foliage and flower color.

Raspberry Star

Sun Spun® Series Petunia

Pink Red Improved Salmon

Sun Spun® Series Petunia

Salmon Red Improved

MixMasters

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

MixMastersNEW Berry Basket Petunia Sun Spun Burgundy Verbena Aztec

Burgundy Wink Calibrachoa Cabaret

White ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Circus Parade Bidens Sunbeam Lobelia Waterfall Blue Verbena Aztec Red VelvetRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Color Theory Petunia Sun Spun Blue Verbena Aztec Dark Red Calibrachoa Can-Can ApricotRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Comic Relief Petunia Sun Spun Yellow Lobelia Hot Springs

Lavender Pink Verbena Aztec

Violet ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Do You Lilac It? Petunia Sun Spun Silver Lobelia Hot Springs

Lavender Pink Verbena Aztec Blue VelvetRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall 

MixMastersNEW Eye Caramba Petunia Flash Mob Bluerific Verbena Aztec Violet Wink Calibrachoa Cabaret

White ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Fantasyland Petunia Flash Mob

Magentacular Calibrachoa Cabaret

Deep Yellow Verbena Aztec Blue VelvetRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Flower Child Petunia Sun Spun Burgundy Verbena Aztec White Lobelia Hot Springs Sky BlueRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Game On! Petunia Sun Spun Orange Lobelia Hot Springs

Lavender Pink Verbena Aztec Blue VelvetRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Heartland Petunia Sun Spun White Verbena Aztec Dark Red Lobelia Hot Springs Sky BlueRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Panorama Calibrachoa Cabaret

White Improved Calibrachoa Cabaret

Rose Improved Calibrachoa Cabaret

Purple ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Playdate Calibrachoa Cabaret

Deep Yellow Calibrachoa Cabaret

Rose Improved Calibrachoa Cabaret

Purple ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Pop Culture Petunia Sun Spun Yellow Verbena Aztec Dark Red Lobelia Hot Springs Sky BlueRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Summer Cottage Petunia Sun Spun Pink Calibrachoa Cabaret

White Improved Lobelia Hot Springs BlueRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall

MixMastersNEW Sweet Escape• Petunia Sun Spun Yellow• Verbena Aztec

Burgundy Wink• Calibrachoa Cabaret

Light Pink ImprovedRetail-ready: Early Spring to Fall 

Suntory

BIDENS BEEDANCERed Stripe

Pollinator plantUnique yellow/orange

stripingKeep an eye on vigor

Sakata

CELOSIA DRAGON’S BREATH

Ideal for early Spring + FallTons of blooms all season longUnique texture for any garden or

mixed combination

Serenita® Series F1 AngeloniaSky 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

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

BabyWing® Series F1 Begonia

Red Mixture

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

Kabloom Series F1 Calibrachoa

Deep Blue Deep Pink Red Yellow

Kong® Series Premium Shade ColeusScarlet 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

Kong® Series Premium Shade Coleus

NEW Kong Scarlet Improved Kong Scarlet

Jolt Series F1 Interspecific DianthusShocking 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

Jolt Series F1 Interspecific DianthusSeason-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.

Glamour EuphorbiaThe 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

Glamour Euphorbia

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Taishan® Series F1 African MarigoldOrange 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

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

Hot Pak Series Heat-Tolerant Extra-Dwarf Crested French MarigoldA 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

Cool Wave® F1 Spreading PansyThe 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

Matrix® Series F1 Extra-Large-Flowered PansyYour 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

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.

Easy Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia

Pink Passion Silver Yellow

Tidal Wave® Series F1 Spreading PetuniaRed Velour – ATTENTION IGCs!• Velvety color now in a large-format plant for big,

bold, 3D color!• 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

Tidal Wave® Series F1 Spreading Petunia

Super-size color for big spaces!• Extend your season with this

strong finisher.• Holds its excellent shrublike

shape.• Recommended packaging:

8-in./20-cm pots.

NEW Valiant Series F1 Vinca

Valiant vs. Cora & non-resistant F1 varietiesLeft to right: Titan, NEW Valiant, Cora, VItesse

Phytophthora Screening in Ruskin, Florida – July 2014

NEW Valiant Series F1 VincaValiant 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

NEW Valiant Series F1 Vinca

Apricot Burgundy

OrchidPunch

Lilac

Pure White

Double Zahara Series ZinniaThree variety additions all feature a tidier habit to make the overall series more uniform and feature higher petal counts.

YellowCherry Salmon Rose

Yellow

Double Zahara Series Zinnia

NEW Double Zahara Yellow ‘Double’ Profusion Yellow

HandPicked Collection Vegetables & Herbs

SimplySalad® Kale Storm MixtureHealthy, 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.

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.

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.

Sugar Rush F1 Cherry TomatoSuper-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.

Little Napoli F1 Roma/Paste TomatoGreat 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.

F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection TomatoHeirloom 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

F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection TomatoCherokee 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

F1 Heirloom Marriage™ Collection TomatoMarzinera: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

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Crave Sunset F1 CalibrachoaGrowers: The first novelty seed Calibrachoa – a real game-changer!

Retailers: Reliable supply means no sales interruptions in this popular class. A great mixer for Autumn.

Intenz Series CelosiaNEW Deep PurpleNEW Lipstick Growers: Deep new colours extend the popular Intenz series – can be grown just like Intenz Classic.

Retailers: Bold colours with long shelf life can be used at multiple times of the year.

Landscapers: Easy-to-grow plants – no deadheading, no fading!

Deep Purple

Lipstick

Intenz Series CelosiaIntenz Deep

PurpleIntenz Classic

Intenz Lipstick

Dolce Vita and Magnifica MedinillaGrowers: Exciting new premium pot plants are easy to schedule and finish.

Retailers: Unique pot plants attract attention and command a premium price point. Long bloom time equals value for consumer and retailer. Magnifica

Dolce Vita and Magnifica Medinilla

Dolce Vita

Pretty Flora Series Compact Growing Multiflora Petunia

NEW Pink PearlNEW Purple ImprovedNEW White ImprovedNEW Mixture Improved Growers: Tight bloom window makes same-time shipping a snap.

Retailers: Controlled habits make tidier baskets at retail.

Landscapers: Won’t outgrow beds or containers, won’t lodge late in season.

Pink Pearl

Pretty Flora Series Compact Growing Multiflora Petunia

Purple Improved White Improved Mixture Improved

Pretty Grand Series Compact Growing Petunia

NEW Violet Growers: Genetically better-branched plants stay manageable longer than traditional petunias.

Retailers: Stays tidier longer for increased sales opportunities.

Landscapers: Won’t lodge later in the season like traditional petunias.

Madness Series PetuniaNEW Pink Chiffon Growers: New soft pink holds its color quality in high light and warm night locations.

Retailers: Strongly branched and free flowering for excellent retail appeal.

Landscapers: Impressive in mass plantings right up until frost.

Also available: NEW Clear Madness Mix Improved and NEW Total Madness Mix Improved, both with NEW Pink Chiffon.

Limerick Series TrifoliumGrowers: Easy-to-grow, quick-finishing “spiller” mixes well with other plants.

Retailers: Perfect trailing habit adds a unique dimension to combos.

Landscapers: Low-maintenance plants for one less thing to worry about during busy seasons.

Jessica

Limerick Series Trifolium

Estelle Isabella

Ball Ingenuity

CANNA CANNOVARed Shades RoseYellowBronze Leaf Red

First SEED F1 SeriesWorks in 4” to Gallons Ideal for cart programs

Ball Ingenuity

JURASSIC REX BEGIONIA5 Color Series!

Bold colors and patternsFor DEEP shadeSuper uniform, fast to

finish

Flourish! With New VarietiesCommercial Flower Growers of Wisconsin – 2015 Fall Greenhouse Conference

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