2016 National Garden Bureau's New Varieties - flowers and ornamentals

FlowersNew Varieties For 2016

BEGONIA BIG ROSE GREEN LEAF F1

Ernst Benary

•Huge flowers and naturally glossy foliage•Super easy to grow•Great in hanging baskets, containers and flower beds•Begonia benariensis

BEGONIA MARSHMALLOW

Selecta

•Abundant two-tone blooms•Flowers begin white/cream and mature to pink/rose hue•Begonia cultivars

BEGONIA NONSTOP™ JOY YELLOW F1

Ernst Benary

•Prefer full to partial shade•Naturally self-branching so it won’t break open or split in the rain or wind•Begonia tubehybrida

BEGONIA SAN FRANCISCO™ F1

Ernst Benary and Harris Seeds

•Lush bloomer perfect in hanging baskets or containers•High performing and easy to care for•Begonia boliviensis

BEGONIA UNBELIEVABLE FIRST KISS

Dummen Orange

•Deep rose, semi-double flowers with dark green, heavily serrated foliage•Thrives in the heat and performs well in both sun and shade•Begonia x hybrida

CALENDULA SIMPLICITY MIX

Florgran

•Yellow and Orange two color mix•Continues to flower even during rough weather periods•Calendula officinalis

CALIBRACHOA ALOHA BLUE SKY

Dummen Orange

•Flowers bloom deep blue and fade to lavender as they age•Thrives in heat and blooms all summer long tolerating wind, rain and cool temps•Calibrachoa x hybrida

CALIBRACHOA SUPERBELLS® HOLY MOLY!™

Proven Winners

•Unique pink and yellow bicolor blooms•Easy to grow and care for•Stays strong in heat and humidity and is cool tolerant•Calibrachoa hybrida

CELOSIA ARRABONA RED

PanAmerican Seed

•Striking red plumes last all summer long•Easy to care for, drought tolerant, heat-loving•Celosia plumosa

CELOSIA DRAGON’S BREATH

Sakata Ornamentals

•Unique green-red foliage and blazing red flowers•Heat, humidity and infrequent watering brings out even more red foliage and flowers •Celosia plumosa

COLEUS MAIN STREET GRANVILLE

Dummen Orange

•Colors range from pale chartreuse to pink to deep burgandy•Tough-as-nails in sun or shade•Solenostemon scuttelariodes

COMBINATION I LIKE IT HOT™!

Syngenta Flowers

•Bright colored heat tolerant mix•Multiple species

CONFETTI GARDEN® DENIM BLUES

Dummen Orange

•Verbena, petunia and calibrachoa in denim colors•Great for baskets, containers and landscapes•Multiple species

COSMOS CASANOVA

Floragran BV

•All season-long flowers•More compact than most cosmos•Cosmos bipinnatus

COSMOS XANTHOS

Van Hemert & Co.

•Unique, soft yellow color of cosmos•Early to flower and compact•Cosmos bipinnatus

DAHLIA MIRACLE PRINCESS

Longfield Gardens

•Sweet flavor, crisp texture•Can be harvested as a ‘mini’ at 4” or full size at 6-8”•Bassica oleracea

DIANTHUS DIANA LAVINDINA MIX F1

Hem Genetics

•Sweet flavor, crisp texture•Can be harvested as a ‘mini’ at 4” or full size at 6-8”•Bassica oleracea

ECHINACEA SOMBRERO BAJA BURGUNDY®

Darwin Perennials

•Bold burgundy color•Hardy to zone 4•Native to North America•Echinacea hybrida

FOXGLOVE DIGIPLEXIS™ ILLUMINATION® FLAME

American Garden Award

•Incredible new foxglove hybrid•Stunning summer-long display•Digiplexis hybrida

GERANIUM BROCADE CHERRY NIGHT

Available only as plants

•Excellent specimen or companion plant•Stunning dark leaves edged in green•Pelargonium hortorum

Dummen Orange

GERANIUM BROCADE FIRE

Available only as plants

•Bright green foliage sports fire red blooms•Easy to grow and weather tolerant•Pelargonium hortorum

Dummen Orange

GERANIUM SURVIVOR ROSE PINK

Dummen Orange

•Huge flower heads in striking pink•Survive through cold, heat, wind and rain•Pelargonium x hortorum

GERBERA REVOLUTION BICOLOR YELLOW ORANGE™

Kieft Seed

•Brilliant shades of yellow and orange•Great potted plant for gifts and indoors•Gerbera jamesonii

GERBERA BENGAL™ RED F1

Syngenta Flowers

•Bigger beefier blooms•Strong vigorous plants•Great indoors or out•Gerbera jamesonii

GLADIOLUS TRICOLORE

Longfield Gardens

•8-10 blooms per spike•Unique red, maroon and purple coloration•Grown from bulbs/corms•Gladiolus hybrida

HIBISCUS LITTLE ZIN

Ball FloraPlant

•Beautiful dark foliage offers contrast and texture to containers•Compact plant•Hibiscus acetosella

IMPATIENS SUNPATIENS SPREADING CLEAR ORANGE®

Sakata Ornamentals

•Three-season flower power•Robust sun-loving and heat-loving plants•Impatiens hybrida

IPOMOEA SPLIT SECOND

Floragran BV

•Easy to grow•Long blooming•Shades of pink•Ipomoea nil

LAGERSTROEMIA FIRST EDITIONS®

RUFFLED RED MAGIC™

Bailey Nurseries

•Carnation-like glowing red flowers•Foliage turns orange-red in fall•Lagerstroemia lagerstroemia

MARIGOLD, FRENCH CHICA

Hem Genetics

•Large flower size•Flower prolifically during hottest weather•Tagetes patula

OSTEOSPERMUM 4D YELLOW™

Selecta

•Flowers stay open 24/7•Great choice for containers, baskets and beds•Osteospermum

hybrida

PETUNIA EASY WAVE YELLOW®

Pan American Seed and Harris Seeds

•First yellow petunia in Easy Wave collection•Bloom freely all season•Also in Pink and Silver•Petunia hybrida

PETUNIA LIMBO *GP* BLUE VEINED™ F1

Hem Genetics

•Lavender blue flowers with dark blue veins•Bred to be compact and won’t get rangy•Petunia x hybrida

PETUNIA PICOBELLA™ CASCADE SKY BLUE F1

Syngenta Flowers

•Compact trailing plant covered with a carpet of tiny 2” blooms•Petunia milliflora

PETUNIA POTUNIA® BLUEBERRY MUFFIN

Dummen Orange

•Striking star-patterned flowers akin to a buttered blueberry muffin•Great mounded habit•Petunia x hybrida

PETUNIA SANGUNA® PATIO PINK MORN

Syngenta Flowers

•Distinct hot pink and white bi-color flowers•Fantastic in containers•Petunia hybrida

PETUNIA SANGUNA RADIANT BLUE

Syngenta Flowers

•Bicolor flower pattern•Graceful beauty for any garden or container•Petunia hybrida

PETUNIA SUPERCAL LIGHT YELLOW®

Sakata Seeds

•Large, vibrant yellow flowers•Ideal combination of petunia and calibrachoa•Petunia hybrida

SALVIA BLACK AND BLOOM

Ball FloraPlant

•Vibrant dark blue and black flowers all season•Thrives in heat, drought and humidity•Salvia guarantica

SALVIA GRANDSTAND RED™ F1

Green Fuse Botanicals

•Produces new flower spikes all season long•Performs well in all regions•Great in containers or to create height in landscapes•Salvia splendens

SALVIA SUMMER JEWEL LAVENDER F1

Takii & Co. Ltd.

•Very early bloomer continues through frost•Stays compact at just 18”•First lavender colored form of this type of salvia•Salvia coccinea

SCABIOSA FLUTTER DEEP BLUE™

Darwin Perennials

•Shorter stems and larger flowers than other scabiosa•Available in Deep Blue and Rose Pink•Scabiosa columbaria

SILENE RAY’S GOLDEN CAMPION

Select Seeds Company

•Outstanding OP perennial•Golden yellow to chartreuse foliage•Hot fuchsia flowers•Silene dioica

SNAPDRAGON NIGHT & DAY

Botanical Interests

•Tender perennial to zone 5•Robust and long-blooming•Also makes great cut flower•Antirrhinum majus var.

nanum

SPIREA FIRST EDITIONS®

PINK SPARKLER™ BIRCHLEAF

Bailey Nurseries

•Blooms in early summer with large pink flowers•Reblooms in fall with smaller flowers •Spiraea betulifolia

SUNFLOWER GOLDEN BEAR

Terra Organics

•Large 10’ plants•Single headed bright golden yellow triple flower•Helianthus annunus

SUNFLOWER HELIOS FLAME F1

Harris Seeds

•Attractive golden yellow and mahogany flowers•Perfect for garden or as cut flowers•Helianthus annuus

TRIFOLIUM LIMERICK ESTELLE

Ball Ingenuity

•Easy-to-grow•Works great in combinations•Available in 3 patterns•Trifolium repens

VERBENA LANAI® BLUE EYES

Syngenta Flowers

•Rare sky-blue flower color•Great for baskets, containers and as a ground cover•Verbena hybrida

VITEX FIRST EDITIONS ® BLUE PUFFBALL™

Bailey Nurseries

•True genetic dwarf vitex•Forms a perfect ball-shaped plant•Deep blue fragrant flowers•Vitex agnus-castus

ZINNIA ZINDERELLA PEACH

Johnny Selected Seeds

•Novelty scabiosa type blooms•Unique salmon color with dark eye•Zinnia elegans