Aromagica™ Purple Heliotropium
If you’ve shied away from growing heliotrope in the past due to poor performance in production and in the garden, it’s time to take another look. Two key improvements make this new selection worth growing: incredible summer garden performance and a well-branched, layered habit. While others can look tired and sparse by midseason, Aromagica™ Purple heliotrope remains full and covered in large, fragrant, purple blossoms. They attract pollinating bees, butterflies and hummingbirds all summer long, especially with a little deadheading now and then. Expect the flower color to be most intense in high light conditions. This plant’s rugose, dark green foliage and fragrant blooms are typically not attractive to deer.
ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Chartreuse
ColeusExpanding on opportunities for smaller-scale sun and shade recipes, the new ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Chartreuse is a small but mighty coleus. Unlike some dwarf varieties that lack oomph, this selection displays excellent vigor. It forms a densely branched clump of feathery, textured, brilliant chartreuse leaves and presents beautifully in Grande™ and monoculture containers. No pinching or PGRs are needed to retain its neat shape. It grows slightly larger than ColorBlaze Mini Me Watermelon, with similar vigor and resistance to downy mildew. Mini Me varieties pair well with other medium vigor varieties and add a bright splash of color in tight spaces in the sun or shade.
Supertunia Tiara™ Petunia
Petunias this special deserve a royal welcome! Supertunia Tiara™ Pink and Blue bear captivating, saturated flowers that emanate a white luminescent glow from the center, drawing you in for a closer look. No deadheading is needed to bloom from spring to fall. In addition to gorgeous flowers, its outstanding genetics provide vigor that’s impressive for a novelty petunia. Combine it with other medium to high vigor plants in large hanging baskets and upright containers.
Stardiva® Scaevola
Stardiva® is the first-ever series of Scaevola aemula with star-shaped rather than fan-shaped flowers. Its petals form a perfect star formation, giving the blossoms a larger, fuller appearance. Pollinating bees quickly find the tiny white bullseye that rims the throat of each flower. These plants form a compact, densely mounded to semi-trailing mound and are extremely durable in the sun, heat, humidity, rain, drought and wind. Available in Blue, Pink and White.
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