2011 275-Plug New Variety Descriptions - Growing Colors

2011 New Variety Descriptions
Achillea Noblessa
Agastache cana Purple Pygmy [PJ]:
We have Thompson & Morgan to thank for this little beauty! Heavily loaded with
deep reddish-purple flowers in the first year on compact densely branched plants.
Purple Pygmy also sports richly aromatic foliage with a spicy licorice scent.
Butterflies & hummingbirds are very attracted to this variety.
Grows to 16”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 5.
Artemisia Frigida
Cheiranthus Charity Rose
Agastache Purple Pygmy
Artemisia Frigida [PG]:
Silver Mound-like foliage from seed! This Artemisia has soft feathery gray
fragrant foliage and thrives in arid conditions. It will send up flower spikes
with small purple flowers in early Summer. Frigida is not recommended for
hot, humid climates, since the feathery foliage may melt in the warm, wet
conditions. Grows to 12”. Full Sun. Zone 3.
Campanula Cochlearifolia Alpine Breeze Blue [PM]:
Part of a new series from Benary, this first year flowering Campanula boasts a
never-ending show of cool blue mini bells. Alpine Breeze Blue has a nice
compact mounding habit. Grows 4-6”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 6-7.
Campanula Divine Mix
Achillea Ptarmica Noblessa [PE]:
A truly noble first year flowering Achillea brought to us by Benary. Replacing ’The Pearl’,
‘Noblessa’ lives up to its name with bright white fully double blooms that rest atop deep
green foliage with a compact rounded habit. Noblessa will thrive in many soil conditions
with its easy-to-grow nature. This Achillea keeps its compact habit reaching only 12 inches.
Full Sun. Zone 3-9.
Cheiranthus (Erysimum) Charity Rose &
Charity Scarlet [PH]:
Two striking colors from the Charity series from Takii. These dwarf,
well-branched plants are great for container crops. Early to bloom in the
first year with a nice sweet fragrance. Rose is a rich deep purple-rose and
Scarlet is a unique rich copper. Grow 6-10”. Full Sun. Zone 6.
Campanula Alpine Breeze Blue
Campanula Persicifolia Divine Mix [31¢]:
A wonderful little Campanula from Takii. Divine Mix is a
compact-interspecific hybrid with extra branching power. It produces masses of
soft bell shaped flowers on stalks in shades of
pastel blue, lavender, and white. Grows 7-10”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 3.
Cheiranthus Charity Scarlet

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Clematis hybrida Helios Aztek [PH]:
A first year flowering hybrid involving tangutica, Helios is a robust vine
displaying large 3” lantern-like golden-yellow blooms with a silvery
edge. The blooms appear as early as 3 months after sowing and open
wide to stay for awhile. After blooming Spring-Fall, decorative silvery
seed heads appear. Grows to 6’. Full sun. Zone 4.
Clematis Helios Aztek
Delosperma Congestum (Yellow) [35¢]:
An abundant bloomer! Congestum displays numerous brilliant pure
yellow flowers with tangerine eyes and long over-lapping petals. Excellent
in rock gardens and a drought tolerant succulent.
Grows to 6”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Delosperma Congestum
Delphinium Elatum Dasante Blue F1 [37¢]:
Blooming in its first year, this compact Delphinium from PanAmerican Seed shows
vibrant true blue flower spikes with violet accents and white bees. Dasante Blue is
an easy-care cool season crop. Grows 28-34”. Full Sun. Zone 4-8.
Delphinium Dasante Blue
Barbarini Red Rose Bicolor
Dianthus barbatus Barbarini Purple Bicolor &
Red Rose Bicolor [PE]:
Two more unique bicolors in the Barbarini series from Syngenta.
Flowering in their first year, Barbarini have a compact and uniform
habit. A great burst of bright color in containers or in the
garden! Grows 8-10”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Barbarini Purple Bicolor
Carnation Chabaud
Striped & Picotee Mix
Dianthus Caryophyllus Carnation Chabaud Striped & Picotee Mix [PF]:
Bright, striking streaks of color splashed in many different combinations. This Carnation is a
wonderful mix of bicolors in shades of peach, pink, cream, orange, yellow, and some scarlet.
The fully double blooms have deeply fringed petals and rest atop strong sturdy stems.
Grows to 20”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Digitalis Purpurea Dalmation Purple [PL]:
A definite first year flowering Digitalis from Kieft; Dalmation Purple has rose
purple flowers with maroon spotted throats that are pronounced all the way
around sturdy stalks. The plant forms a compact rosette of downy green leaves
and is well-branched. Grows 30-40”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 5-9.
Digitalis Dalmation Purple
Digitalis Purpurea Primrose Carousel [PF]:
Thompson & Morgan bred this Digitalis. The multi-stemmed plants produce primrose
yellow speckled claret flowers that are borne all the way around the stem. Primrose
Carousel will flower in its first year. Grows to 30”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 4-8.
Digitalis Primrose Carousel

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Gaillardia Arizona
Red Shades
Echinacea Purpurea Pow Wow Wild Berry [30¢]:
2010 AAS Award Winner! This new Echinacea from PanAmerican Seed
boasts bright rosy berry colored flowers in masses in its first year. On compact
branching plants, Pow Wow puts more blooms on one plant than any other
seed Echinacea. Pow Wow will hold its color longer in the garden and bloom
continuously without dead-heading. Grows 20-24”. Full Sun. Zone 3.
Gaillardia Aristata Arizona Red Shades [PJ]:
A new first year flowering sister color to Arizona Sun from Benary. Red Shades
shows deep crimson blooms on short, compact plants uniform in size and habit.
Like its sister plant, Red Shades performs well all summer long, even in hot, dry
conditions. Grows 10-12”. Full Sun. Zone 2-10.
Geum Flora Plena Sunrise [PL]:
A first year flowering Geum from Thompson & Morgan. Flora Plena Sunrise
produces masses of large double golden-yellow flowers that stay around for a
long period. Grows to 20”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Echinacea Pow Wow
Wild Berry
Grass Lemon Flexuosus
Geum Flora Plena
Sunrise
Grass Lemon Cymbopogon Flexuosus (East Indian)[PF]:
Our 2nd type of Annual Lemon Grass is native to East India. The fibrous leaves
have a strong midrib, sharp edges, and purple bases. Lemon Grass is known for its
strong lemon scent and produces an oil which is used for flavoring foods, making
teas, and can be used for medicinal purposes. Not only is Lemon Grass useful for its
oil, it makes a great ornamental specimen as well! Grows 2-4’. Full Sun. Zone 9-11.
Grass Carex Phoenix Green [PO]:
A sturdy upright narrow-leaved sedge. Phoenix Green’s blades are green with a
slight orange edge, giving the effect of an orange tint to the whole plant. Heat
tolerant. Grows 20-24”. Full Sun. Zone 6.
Grass Juncus Twisted Arrows [37¢]:
A unique combination of Juncus Blue Arrows & Spiralis from PanAmerican Seed.
Straight spikes along with twisted corkscrew blades of blue-green
appear all in one plug. Grows 18-36”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 5-9.
Grass Phoenix Green
Grass Twisted Arrows
Grass Pennisetum Macrourum White Lancer [PP]:
A first year flowering landscape grass from Kieft. Producing tight white
pencil sized plumes on green-silver blades, this upright slender grass is
well suited for smaller spaces. White Lancer blooms in June-July and is
drought tolerant. Grows 20-30”. Full Sun. Zone 6-10.
Grass White Lancer

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Grass Zora
Grass Carex Comans Zora [PN]:
Bred by Benary, this bronze foliage grass is great for combination
plantings. Zora has a beautiful texture, compact habit and is easy to
care for. Grows to 14”. Full Sun. Zone 6.
Herb Basil Amethyst [PE]:
The darkest purple basil-almost black. Amethyst is the only purple,
Genovese-type Basil and has large, thick, down-turned leaves. Great
for pesto, but also stunning as an ornamental.
Grows to 18”. Annual.
Basil Aristotle
Basil Amethyst
Herb Basil Aristotle (Greek Basil) [PF]:
A nice pot/patio type Greek Basil, Aristotle has a densely branching habit
with tiny leaves that grow out into a uniform, almost perfect globe mound.
Extremely ornamental with its fine textured bright green leaves and fine
fragrance. Leaves are so fine textured they can be used whole. Easily
marketable as ornamental or edible. Grows 8-12”. Annual.
Penstemon Sunburst
Amethyst
Herb Lavandula Ellagance Snow [29¢]:
Another new color in the first year flowering series of Lavender from
Kieft. Snow is the only true pure white bloom from seed on gray-green
foliage. Plants uniformity and habit are unmatched. Long flowering.
Grows 12-14”. Full Sun. Zone 5-7.
Penstemon Mexicali Sunburst Amethyst [PM]:
From Jelitto. Producing heavy sprays of tubular purplish blue flowers
with white throats in the first year, Sunburst Amethyst has a branching
upright habit of bright green narrow leaves.
Grows to 20”. Sun/Part Sun. Zone 4-9.
Lavandula Ellagance Snow
Plumbago Auriculata Escapade Blue [44¢]:
PanAmerican Seed has given us a Plumbago that is more compact and better
branched than vegetative types, Escapade Blue is also easy to grow. A bushy
shrub with an arching habit, it is best suited to warm climates. In the first
year, plants will be filled with icy blue blooms from Spring-Fall.
Grows 12-18”. Sun/Part Sun. Annual.
Plumbago Escapade Blue
Rudbeckia Hirta Chocolate Orange [PK]:
This Rudbeckia boasts large, daisy blooms with broad dark chocolate
brown centers and vivid golden orange tips. Flowers sit atop strong
stems and are long-lasting. Grows to 18”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Rudbeckia Chocolate Orange

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Rudbeckia Hirta Moroccan Sun [PF]:
A whimsical mix of double and semi-double blooms in shades of bronze,
orange, yellow, and coppery red with a few stippled apricot bicolors
thrown in. A first year flowering Rudbeckia with wide array of colors for a
dramatic show. Grows 15-20”. Full Sun. Half-hardy Annual.
Salvia Baby Blue
Rudbeckia Moroccan Sun
Salvia Napifolia Baby Blue [PJ]:
Thompson & Morgan bred this first year flowering Salvia to have whorls of soft
lavender-blue flowers that loosely surround numerous fluffy spikes over neat
compact plants. Grows 12-16”. Full Sun. Zone 6-10.
Salvia New Dimension Blue
Salvia Nemorosa New Dimension Blue &
New Dimension Rose [PJ]:
An exciting new series from Kieft. New Dimension is said to be the best
seed rendition of vegetative types. This Salvia will bloom in the first year,
has a well branched habit and both colors are strong. Rose is the earliest
to bloom by 3 weeks. Grows 8-10”. Full Sun. Zone 5-7.
Salvia New Dimension Rose
Scabiosa Ritz Rose
Scabiosa Columbaria Blue Note [PP]:
A new, naturally compact, first year flowering Scabiosa from Kieft.
This Scabiosa has strong deep lilac blue flowers that appear over nice
dwarf, compact plants. Perfect for small pots.
Grows to 8”. Full Sun. Zone 5.
Scabiosa Blue Note
Scabiosa Japonica Ritz Rose [PM]:
New from Benary. In its first year, Ritz Rose produces cute, soft rose flowers
on very dwarf plants. It is early and uniform in flowering. Plants are well
branched and perfect in small pots. Grows 6-8”. Full Sun. Zone 5-7.