2010 New Annuals

Agastache Acapulco Series

A beautiful orange flowered selection with citrus-scented foliage. Continuous bloom on compact plants. Drought tolerant and deer resistant! The plant grows as wide as it is tall and is small enough to plant toward the front of the perennial border. It's also a great container plant.

Agave Collection

Assorted sizes, forms and colors of agave. From blue-green to olive green, with white or red edges, 4" to 18" and everything in between. Can be used as a house plant as well.

Ageratum Delft Blue

Two-toned flowers have white centers with light blue fringed petals. More heat tolerant, vigorous and uniform than seed ageratum. Plants are extremely free flowering and don't burn out in the heat and sun, offering exceptional garden performance. This two-toned flower provides a nice contrast in a mixed container but definitely has potential as a stand-alone crop in the landscape.

Alternanthera Purple Knight

Bold masses of dark metallic leaves on vigorous, fast growing, heat-loving plants - a great choice for mid-border hedges or instant spots of deep rich color.

Anagallis Angie Blue

This anagallis displays vivid deep blue almost purple.blooms on an upright plant habit. Angie has excellent heat tolerance so they work well in ground beds, containers, and combination plantings.

Angelonia Purple Stripe

Orchid like flowers are deep purple with bold white edges.These lush plants are heat and drought tolerant and hardy until frost.

Argyranthemum Reflections Pink

Single pink flowers with a darker pink ring and a brown eye. Good heat tolerance. Reflection Pink is great in patio planters or as a border plant. Extend the bloom time by deadheading spent flowers. Named Best Argyranthemum of 2008 in the trials at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Begonia Solenia

Solenia begonias are more tolerant of full sun than other begonias. Their succulent, glossy, dark green leaves show off the brightness of their flowers. Grow in mixed borders, containers or hanging baskets. In colder zones, all begonias can be brought indoors to overwinter.

Browalia Endless Illumination

This strong grower creates a bounty of 1-2 inch brilliant star-shaped flowers atop medium green foliage. Although Endless Illumination likes shade/part shade areas, they thrive in hot conditions and last late into the season. Endless Illumination boasts dark blue flowers with a white center. This is also a new Proven Selection for 2009.

Brunfelsia Lady Of The Night

Blooms in the evening with a delightful fragrance. The scent floats in the air like a gardenia but much softer. Ideal for placement near entry or in night garden.

Calla Hot Flashes

Hot pink flowers with a sparkling white throat and deep green sword- shaped leaves. They display 1½ to 2 inch blooms on very full and compact plants.

Cassia Popcorn Plant

Called Popcorn Cassia, because it smells like fresh cooked, buttered popcorn when you run your fingers through the leaves. It blooms beautiful large clusters of sunny yellow flowers. Fast growing, gorgeous foliage, luscious black buds & showy bright yellow flowers make this native legume of east Africa a valuable garden accent.

Coleus Redhead

Redhead displays bright true-red leaves. Well branched, late to flower and a must have color for any collection.

Cordyline Torbay Dazzler

Featuring a new exotic color, this cordyline, or spike, looks excellent in a pot or in the border. Long, graceful, green and creamy white leaves, often display a salmon-red vein at the base. It has a palm-like appearance with a trunk forming with age. Keep dry when kept inside over winter.

Cosmos Antiquity

Antiquity is a completely unique color in Cosmos. Flowers are rich burgundy on opening and change to an antique bronze-salmon when aging, creating an attractive, two-toned effect. Very early flowering and floriferous all summer. Excellent for borders or containers.

Croton

A colorful upright plant that has beautiful multi-color waxy leaves. The croton petra is a plant with beautiful red, yellow and green foliage. Depending on the amount of sunlight it receives, the shades of these colors vary. Easy to grow, drought tolerant and insect resistant. Keep your "Autumn Plant" away from cold drafts. Cold air will cause lower leaf drop as well as watering with cold water. Can grow to 5' after many years.

Cuphea Vienco Lavender

Cuphea Vienco is a very big flowering Cuphea with an upright growth and attractive pink flowers with violet marks. Blooms all summer.

Dahlia Fireworks

The first ever striped dahlia mixture featuring shocking combinations of fuchsia, tangerine, crimson, ivory, and cherry. It is sure to make an explosive statement.

Echavaria Red Glo

The grey-green leaves of Red Glo have a pinkish-red cast and a very wavy, bright red leaf margin that makes a dramatic statement. New leaves emerge lime green with a light pink margin. Single rosettes are most common. Very drought resistant. Bring indoors before frost.

Gaura Geyser Pink

Geyser develops a full-bodied plant with a compact habit that's free flowering until the first frost. Strong branching supports large, long-lasting blooms. Plant in full sun for best results. Tolerates drought, heat and humidity.

Gazania Big Kiss

Possibly the largest-flowered bedding gazania. The white and rose striped petals are simply stunning. Extra-large, 4½" flowers are held high above full, bushy plants. Flowers all summer in a sunny garden situation - in borders or in containers on the patio.

Hebe Pretty 'N Pink

A dwarf flowering variety with dark green foliage and deep burgundy tips on the younger foliage. Abundant pink flowers last a very long time. Drought hardy, excellent for pots.

Hibiscus Crown Of Bohemia

Double, golden yellow flowers with brilliant reddish-orange centers. Distinctive long stamens extend out from the center.

Hibiscus Fullmoon

A profusion of fully double, bright yellow blooms when placed in full sun and warm temperatures and given good drainage. Versatile plant for screening, background and containers.

Lobelia Super Star

A unique variety with a very semi-trailing habit and dark indigo blooms with a large white eye.

Lobularia Snow Princess

It is like alyssum on steroids, Snow Princess offers heat tolerance and extended season performance you won't find in normal alyssum. And unlike other alyssum, it will bloom through the summer without deadheading.

Mandevilla Double

Spectacular, delicate soft pink, fully double flowers are held in upright clusters and enhanced by large, deep green, glossy leaves. A lovely choice for trellis or arbor.

Maranta Red

Marantas (Prayer Plants) are spectacular and attractive foliage house plants. A low growing semi-vining plant. Each firey-colored leaf looks as if it has been hand painted.These beautiful plants are known for their ability to close their leaves at night.

Osteospermum Zion Copper Amethyst

Large, unique bi-color flowers feature bronze-tipped petals darkening to a deep purple center.

Passion Vine Lavender Lady

'Lavender Lady' has such remarkable violet-purple blooms it appears to be transluscent or nearly glow-in-the-dark. The gorgeous flowers adorn climbing stems that wind tendrils around support to reach 20-30' in one season.

Peperomia Ginny

Peperomia 'Rainbow' or 'Ginny' adds a splash of color to your garden. A tricolor variety, it is an easy houseplant or an excellent groundcover or container plant, and will tolerate sun or shade. Because of its color, it is an excellent compliment to pink or red flowering plants.

Petunia Pretty Much Picasso

Unique flowers sporting violet purple flowers edged in lime green. This vigorous plant is great for mixing in combination with other vigorous plants. The color is stable, meaning the color pattern will be the same on each plant produced. It thrives in the landscape or in mixed containers. Accent it with vigorous growers like Illusion Ipomoea or 'Snow Princess' Lobularia to make it pop.

Petunia Sophistica Lime Bicolor

New and unique colored petunia. Each large single flower is unique in color pattern.

Petunia Supercal Terra Cotta

A unique color, "Terra Cotta's" flowers are varying hues of yellow accented with strokes of amber, rose, dark-pink and orange. It is shorter growing and more floriferous than other Supercal's. It adapts well to containers and hanging baskets.

Pilea Pink Tricolor

Tiny rounded leaves of white, pink and green variegation are borne on succulent stems. An excellent choice for terrariums and dish gardens.

Rudbeckia Cappucino

Sumptuous dark coffee centers blend with warm shades of amber and ochre petals. This rudbeckia is as welcoming as a warm mug of cappuccino on a cool day. 2008 Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner.

Rudbeckia Denver Daisy

Large masses of extra large golden flowers adorned with rusty red rings cover the 'Denver Daisy' from late spring until first frost. Strong, dense flower stems ensure that the plants will not flop or fall over in adverse weather conditions.

Scaevola Diamond

Bicolor lilac and white, fan shaped flowers. Very heat and drought tolerant. Great for containers, baskets and landscape.

Scuttelaria Flame

The fiery orange and yellow flowers of Scooter Flame scutellaria will prove to be a delight to visiting hummingbirds. These have the common name skullcap, but this new hybrid will thrill you with its long, brilliantly colored, tubular flowers.

Snapdragon Twinny Peach

The first double flowering snapdragon. Is an All American Winner for 2010. Grows to a 12 inch mound. Good cut flower.

Sunflower Firecracker

Compact, branching plants produce masses of bright red and gold bicolor blooms. Excellent when used as a low hedge, or in borders or containers.

Zinnia Profusion Yellow

Bright and sunny 2" yellow blooms erupt all summer on super-vigorous dwarf plants.

Zinnia Starlight Rose

All American selection winner 2010. The full, bushy plants are covered with vibrant white flowers with stunning pink rose stripes, that make a marvelous statement in annual gardens and in containers.

Cauliflower Cheddar

Aptly named for its bright, cheddar orange-yellow color, this newcomer boasts of 25 times more beta carotene than regular cauliflower. Similar in taste to regular cauliflower with a more creamy texture, it is delicious raw or cooked. The color intensifies to vibrant citrus-orange when lightly steamed!

Cauliflower Graffiti

Plant produces very flavorful and large bright purple heads of cauliflower. The color is retained when cooked. Add color to your salads and gourmet dishes.

Cucumber Pearl

These crisp, plump ice-green to pure white Cukes add gourmet appeal to any plate, but their best quality is invisible--superior flavor! Appearing on very vigorous vines with good resistance to downy mildew, the fruit is abundant and simply delectable. No special care needed to achieve that pearly-white gleam!

Eggplant Gretel

2009 All-America Winner. Finger-size glossy white fruits are produced in clusters. Harvest when mini-size at 3 to 4 inches for the most tender skin, fewest seeds and sweetest flavor. The more you pick, the more the space-saving 3 foot tall plants produce. A pretty ornamental, too!

Kale Toscano

Italian heirloom variety. Unusual pebbly blue-green leaves. Very tender and flavorful leaves are edible as well as ornamental. Frost and snow improve its flavor.

Lettuce Mesclun Mix

Bon Vivant is a tasty mixture of non-bitter leaf lettuces with exciting flavors, colors, and textures that will excite your interest and taste for salads.

Onion Red Zeppelin

Beautiful, sweet, juicy sandwich onions. The bulbs are large, round and uniform with an attractive dark-red color and can be stored for a whopping 8 months.

Pak Choi Purple

Rich purple top leaves contrast nicely with the bright green inner stems of this striking new variety. An eye-catching color to enliven stir-fries or for sautéing whole with a little olive oil until just wilted.

Pepper Mohawk

An orange Bell Pepper on plants so compact they can be grown in containers. The slightly trailing habit lets the big bells spill over the sides of baskets and flowerpots.

Pumpkin Casper White

A novel white pumpkin with smooth white skin ideal for carving, painting and decorating. The thick orange flesh is sweet, making it perfect for baking or pies. Its slightly flattened fruit grows 8 to 10 inches high, weighing 10 to 12 pounds or more.

Pumpkin Jarrahdale

A New Zealand heirloom with a beautiful blue gray exterior and deep orange sweet flesh that is dry and stringless with a complex flavor perfect for breads and muffins. Very aromatic pumpkin - some says it smells like apples. Measure 10" x 12" and weigh about 9 pounds.

Tomato Black Cherry

Indeterminate. Black Cherry is a lovely cherry sized black tomato that produces huge clusters of dusky colored cherry tomatoes that look like lovely purple colored grapes. These little black tomatoes are filled with a rich, smoky flavor that make them delicious and truly unique due to their size.

Tomato Black Krim

Heirloom. Indeterminate. Medium-sized, 10-12 oz., very dark maroon beefsteak, with wonderfully rich flavor. Very heavy producer.

Tomato Green Zebra

Indeterminate. 2-inch round fruit ripens to a yellow-gold with dark-green zebra-like stripes. The flesh is lime-emerald in color that has an invigorating lemon-lime flavor. A great green tomato for brightening up salads and other tomato dishes.

Tomato Mortgage Lifter

Plant produces good yields of 1 to 2 lb beefsteak tomatoes. Tomatoes have a sweet rich flavor and turn deep pink when mature. This variety was developed in the 1930's by Mr. Byles of Logan, WV to help pay off his home mortgage. He was able to pay off his mortgage in 6 years by selling the tomato plants. He crossed a German Johnson, Beefsteak, and Italian & English varieties to come up with this unique variety. Excellent for slicing and salads.

Tomato Sweet Seedless

The world's first seedless tomato!. 8- to 10-ounce red, round, juicy tomatoes that are just a bit larger than baseballs. The perfect balance of flavor and sweetness, meat and gel, solid firmness and juiciness. And to top it off, the indeterminate plants have a full package of disease resistance to ensure plenty of healthy yields.