2021 CAST by McHutchison

2021 CAST by McHutchison

Vested in Your Success

HIGHLIGHTS

Welcome back to a new season of CAST.While the most notable change from years past was switching seasons from the California Spring Trials to a new Summer edition, it was still the same petal-packed event that we’ve all grown to love. In fact, the new time gave us some new looks into more summer performing crops that we don’t usually get to see. The breeding companies didn’t hold back on putting on a fantastic new show to bring our industry back together again. Our McHutchison team was anxious for this road trip and even more anxious now to spread the word on so many great varieties. As your brokerage company, this is our chance to select the best of the best that we saw over those five days touring the California coastline. These are the products and programs that our team found the most valuable to bring to you, our grower customer. We hope you’ll find growing these products as exciting as we did to discover them and look forward to assisting you in booking these and other future programs in the year to come!

Sincerely, Your McHutchison Team

AMERICAN TAKII TOP PICKS BY KEN DAY

ZINNIA PRECIOSA Striking large double flowers with very stable growth. With eight colors and three mixes, there is something for everyone.Well-branched and high disease resistance make it great for container plantings or landscape production.

DELPHINIUM JENNY’S PEARL

ZINNIA PRECIOSA

Nice flower size at 1.5-inches with a garden height of 20- to 25-inches. Jenny’s Pearl produces branched sprays of flowers and in addition to container and bedding use,

it can also be grown for cut flowers as it has excellent vase life. This series maintains a stable flower color even under high temperatures. Available in Blue and Pink. PETUNIA TRILOGY ™ SERIES F1 HYBRID A hybrid petunia bred to help the grower, retailer, and consumer. It requires less growth regulators, lasts longer on the retail shelf display and performs in the garden with minimal care. A multiflora petunia with a novel dome habit, the Trilogy ™ series flowers prolifically on compact spreading plants.With this series, you will experience uniformity across all colors, a controlled habit for less tangling, and less daylength sensitivity than other spreading petunias . SNAPDRAGON STATEMENT ™ SERIES The Statement ™ series features larger flowers compared to other dwarf- type snapdragons and has thick leaves for easy growing and shipping. Statement ™ has excellent basal branching and produces an abundance of large, brightly colored blooms. Available in five colors: Pink, Rose, Scarlet, White andYellow.

PETUNIA TRILOGY™ SERIES F1 HYBRID

DELPHINIUM JENNY’S PEARL

SNAPDRAGON STATEMENT ™ SERIES

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BEEKENKAMP TOP PICKS BY TIM MEYERS

BEGONIA DREAMS ® GARDEN MACAROUGE A Fleuroselect Best New Variety award winner, this series is a great selection for indoor or outdoor use! Excellent heat tolerance for gardens or containers, versatile for early-spring to late-summer production and sales. Compact growth habit and superb dark-green foliage. Outstanding color contrast with bronze-pink ombre effects.An excellent shade plant!

DAHLIA LABELLA ® MAGGIORE

This variety has large 5- to 6-inch bicolor, deep rose and white flowers with dark foliage and makes a striking plant for patio containers or in the garden. Best for sales in 8- to 10-inch premium container programs. Versatile for spring or summer production. Additionally, can be used for the cut-flower market. An all-around outstanding variety! FUCHSIA BELLA TRAILING SERIES Seven fantastic colors, all different enough to have in one program! Requires minimal PGRs and is less daylength sensitive than its competition. It is extremely floriferous and early blooming. This is not your mama’s fuchsia!

BEGONIA DREAMS ® GARDEN MACAROUGE

DAHLIA LABELLA ® ‘MAGGIORE’

FUCHSIA BELLA TRAILING SERIES

DARWIN PERENNIALS TOP PICKS BY DANNY BROOKS

HEUCHERA X HYBRIDA CARNIVAL SERIES Two new colors in the Carnival series are bringing more red tones to this popular series of heuchera. Carnival Cinnamon Stick has rich copper shades while Burgundy Blast brings a deeper burgundy-red option.They match the series with mounding habits that are 10- to 12-inches tall. Carnivals are great for gallon programs and they are hardy from Zone 4a.

HEUCHERA X HYBRIDA CARNIVAL SERIES

MONARDA DIDYMA BEE-MINE ™ SERIES Bee-Mine ™ expands their series by three with the new Lavender, Pink and Red varieties. They are highly uniform with first-year flowering – their height of 15- to 18-inches displays bright blooms in June to July. Bee-Mine ™ claims resistance to powdery mildew in gardens with a hardiness to Zone 4a. VERBENA CANADENSIS HOMESTEAD HOT PINK Homestead produces a carpet of color and works as a great groundcover with mildew resistance. Blooming from March to October in most areas, plants reach 4- to 6-inches in height.They are first-year flowering with a hardiness to Zone 7a.

MONARDA DIDYMA BEE-MINE ™ SERIES

VERBENA CANADENSIS HOMESTEAD HOT PINK

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DÜMMEN ORANGE ANNUALS TOP PICKS BY ALLISON PENNELL

PETTICOAT SERIES NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS The long-standing innovations of the Ecke Tamarinda and Dümmen Orange Petticoat series unite as the Petticoat series for 2022. A full spectrum of 21 vivid colors that all bloom within three days of one another, Petticoat delivers performance on the bench and in the garden. Dramatic novelties including

PETTICOAT SERIES NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS

Purple Star, Orange and Red plus four new solid colors for 2022, including the bold True Red, complement every palette. RAINBOW SERIES CALIBRACHOA The new color-changing series from Dümmen Orange bears the Aloha Classic habit and timing plus a kaleidoscope of color on every flower. The series has seven varieties and is daylength-neutral for early-season production with strong vigor. Cooler temperature and brighter light produce dramatic color—look for a great outdoor show once the crop leaves the greenhouse!

PETTICOAT SERIES NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS PURPLE STAR

CALIBRACHOA RAINBOW TIGER TAIL

CALIBRACHOA RAINBOW PINK PEPPERBERRY

DÜMMEN ORANGE ANNUALS TOP PICKS BY ALLISON PENNELL

BIG EEZE SERIES GERANIUM Dümmen Orange’s interspecific pelargonium is unique and unrivaled in class for flower size and ease of production. Big EEZE beats the competition with its huge umbels of color with a strong but controlled chassis to support the show. With the classic zoning, this series brings consumers a recognized friend with more flower power. Big EEZE boasts nine colors including two new ones–Coral and Sakura–a beautiful pink and white bicolor. PURPLE BIRD IMPROVED SCAEVOLA So much to love! The new Purple Bird Scaevola Improved is a no-fuss, full-color beauty that holds its own without growing leggy. With an upright-trailing habit, it won’t tangle with its neighbors. Purple Bird finishes beautifully without balding in the center and has vivid-blue flowers that develop all along the stems. Mix it up or monoculture–Purple Bird is a must-have in baskets and combinations!

BIG EEZE SERIES GERANIUM

BIG EEZE SERIES GERANIUM

PURPLE BIRD IMPROVED SCAEVOLA

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DÜMMEN ORANGE PERENNIALS TOP PICKS BY MELISSA MAIN

LAVANDULA STOECHAS LA

DIVA ™ BIG NIGHT New this year to the LA DIVA ™ line-up is LA DIVA ™ Big Night. Big Night is first-year flowering.The habit is compact but a full and upright mound. This Lavender boasts dark-purple wings, midnight-purple bracts amongst medium-gray fragrant foliage. Flower color becomes richer and deeper in cooler conditions and excellent heat and humidity

tolerance make LA DIVA ™ Big Night a strong performer with summer- long flowering, even in southern U.S. climates. In cooler hardiness zones, Big Night makes a striking addition to beds and containers as an annual! Zone 6.

LAVANDULA STOECHAS LA DIVA ™ BIG NIGHT

DÜMMEN ORANGE PERENNIALS TOP PICKS BY MELISSA MAIN

EUPATORIUM MACULATUM LITTLE-PYE

EUPATORIUM MACULATUM LITTLE-PYE In the growing menu of Dümmen Orange’s pollinator-friendly plants, Little-Pye feeds butterflies and bees without hoarding the garden! Little-Pye is an extremely compact form of the brawny native Joe PyeWeed that remains space-friendly at less than 36-inches in height. This late-summer bloomer continues to feed pollinators with deep-pink umbels long after many garden plants have grown tired, and produces a lovely fall foliage display for a double-bonus! Zone 3. PHLOX PANICULATA FLAME PRO SERIES Flame Pro unites the grower’s need for bench-run consistency and ease with uniform habit and rich color in patio containers and landscapes. Flame Pro boasts a medium-compact habit with strong structure and branching that yields large, vibrant umbels flowering late spring through frost. The series is fully programmable like an annual for reliable sale dates (12- to 14-weeks from unrooted cuttings). Combos and mixes of Phlox Flame Pro are stunning, simple, and sure to sell! Zone 3.

PHLOX PANICULATA FLAME PRO SERIES

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DÜMMEN ORANGE COMBOS TOP PICKS BY KEN DAY

CONFETTI GARDEN ® ENDURABLES What do you get when you mix big, radiant color with tough, nonstop performance? An Endurable dream team! Confetti Garden ® Endurable combos bring together a trifecta of performers in an unbeatable combination of beauty: Bloomtastic Calibrachoa + DuraBloom Petunia + Empress Sun Verbena. Dümmen Orange

CONFETTI GARDEN ® ENDURABLE CERISE

has designed and tested these combos using the most heat- and drought- tolerant varieties in class to create mixes that finish together and go the distance all summer long. CONFETTI GARDEN ® SPARKLE These Confetti Garden ® combinations reach for the stars. . . and DELIVER with trio mixes built around the captivating Surprise Sparkle series of Petunia with additional classes that shine together. The sparkle pattern and deep, vibrant colors of the Surprise Sparkle Petunia series create a dazzling focal point in combination with Calibrachoa and Verbena. For 2022, make sure to include Confetti Garden ® Sparkle Stars and Stripes in your combo program for Memorial Day and Independence Day observances, gifts, and celebrations. CONFETTI GARDEN ® 2.0! Dümmen Orange has reimagined the Confetti Garden ® program with a fresh, clean, sophisticated palette and feel that complements any plant color beautifully while upscaling the overall package for the consumer. Available in two sizes, trade gallon and true gallon, the new pot program also provides the grower with a coveted feature–flexibility in their go-to- market approach.Thanks to the production and graphics technologies atWestgate Products, Ltd., growers can purchase small, customizable batches up through high-volume runs featuring their UPC codes or other features they want on their packaging. For IGC growers and retailers seeking an upscale but affordable packaging program built to serve their unique needs, this option is unbeatable AND beautiful.

CONFETTI GARDEN ® PACKAGING

CONFETTI GARDEN ® DISPLAY

CONFETTI GARDEN ® STARS AND STRIPES GLORY

DÜMMEN ORANGE COMBOS TOP PICKS BY KEN DAY

POLLINATOR'S PARADISE

We loved the Pollinator’s Paradise program from Dümmen Orange for so many reasons. One, it takes on a strong retail trend of consumers demanding eco-positive products. Rather than just being natural or organic, this program gives consumers the

chance to invest in garden plants that

actually feed their native pollinators.The collection blends annuals and non- stop-flowering perennials

BETTER TOGETHER BIG EEZE GERANIUM WITH COLEUS GREAT FALLS

POLLINATOR'S PARADISE DISPLAY

together into recipes specifically designed for one pollinator at a time. This allows gardeners to learn about why specific flower shapes are designed for different pollinators, but also encourages multiple purchases if they’re looking to feed more than just one.The Pollinator’s Paradise program from Dümmen Orange now has 12 combinations specifically designed for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. BETTER TOGETHER The Better Together program looks to be the absolute easiest solution for growers to produce exciting combination planters and baskets with predictable uniformity across the board. It also gives retailers a program for sun, part sun, and shade.And for the consumer, it’s all made up of the most heat-tolerant genetics for all season performance.The basic idea is that growers can mix and match any Big EEZE Geranium, any I’Conia Begonia, or any Magnum New Guinea Impatiens with any of the Great Falls Coleus for the perfect balance of flower and foliage every single time. Definitely a home run for an easy combo program!

PETER VAN GROUW FROM DÜMMEN ORANGE PRESENTS THE NEW BETTER TOGETHER PROGRAM

BETTER TOGETHER NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS MAGNUM WHITE WITH COLEUS GREAT FALLS

BETTER TOGETHER BEGONIA I'CONIA MISS MIAMI WITH COLEUS GREAT FALLS

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DÜMMEN ORANGE BASEWELL ™ TOP PICKS BY KELLY UCHNEAT

Dümmen Orange Basewell ™ delivers a best-in-class production solution for growers, providing labor and input savings and a faster finish. Direct-stick programs of Basewell ™ Perennials from Dümmen Orange in quart or gallon finish containers finish faster with higher uniformity versus unrooted cuttings (URC). Additionally, Basewell ™ builds revenue back into your pocket by eliminating

the traditional labor, media and tray costs

required with rooting a URC and shifting that liner to the finish quart or gallon pot. Through rigorous evaluation and research, the Dümmen Orange Guatemala team continues to build a premium quality Basewell ™ Perennials program that you can count on. COATED BASEWELL Geranium growers can capture an advantage in 2022 with the NEWEST innovation in Basewell ™ technology. Thanks to a proprietary gel coating on the roots, Basewell ™ geraniums will lose the clip and gain an even higher level of bench performance and faster finish versus the previous Basewell ™ geraniums. The gel protects and fortifies the roots during transit, ensures a healthy root system on delivery, and degrades within three days of sticking. The near elimination of root stress results in a turgid plant that is ready for take-off and faster to sale! Customer results with the new gel-coated Basewell ™ geranium demonstrate a finish time in quarts that is reliably 4-weeks faster versus URCs, with a 15% cost savings. All Dümmen Orange Basewell ™ geraniums will ship FOB Ethiopia for 2022 for ease of ordering.

GERANIUM CUTTING WITH GEL COATING

PERENNIAL BASEWELL ™ CUTTING

DANZIGER TOP PICKS BY SCOTT SAUER

SUNSTRONG SERIES ERYSIMUM LINIFOLIUM The SunStrong series boasts a long-blooming show of color from early spring through July with autumn reblooming. The vivid SunStrong Orange is unique in class, and the series is hardy from Zone 6-9. STEFFI ™ SERIES GUARA LINDHEIMERI The compact, upright habit of the Steffi ™ series

powers through the heat of summer with

persistent blooms. These beauties are first-year flowering, and since vernalization offers no appreciable benefit, growers can enjoy ease of production. Zone 5-9.

SUNSTRONG ERYSIMUM SERIES

STEFFI ™ GUARA LINDHEIMERI

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GREENFUSE BOTANICALS TOP PICKS BY TIM MECHAM

PETUNIA BLANKET ‘SILVER SURPRISE’ Multi-colored blooms on a single plant, creating a “one plant” combo container. Vigorous grower resulting in one plug-per-pot production. Silver Surprise is 6- to 8-inches in height with an impressive 36-inch spread. Every garden needs a blanket to cover it in blooms!

PETUNIA BLANKET ‘SILVER SURPRISE’

BEGONIA REX BEWITCHED ™ ‘NIGHT OWL’

RUDBECKIA HIRTA DAKOTA ™ ‘DOUBLE GOLD’ This daylength neutral, spring blooming Rudbeckia is pure gold! Blooms are an impressive 5- to 7-inches across with fantastic leaf texture. Breeder claims the first truly hardy Rudbeckia hirta at Zone 5. HYDRANGEA GAME CHANGER ® Daylength neutral that requires zero chilling! The massive lace-cap flowers will bloom spring through frost. The pot crop performance adds additional sales opportunities to non-traditional Christmas and Easter genera. Zone 5. PORTULACA 24/7 ™ SERIES The 24/7 ™ series displays large 2- to 3-inch fully doubled flowers that stay open! Five outstanding colors of Fuchsia, Orange, Red,White, and Yellow are great for quarts through basket production. This series offers a nice garden height at 4- to 6-inches! BEGONIA REX BEWITCHED ™ ‘NIGHT OWL’ This latest addition to the Bewitched series, Night Owl is noted for its deep veins, cut leaves and crisp colors, and due to their vigorous growth patterns, finish times are wicked fast! This variety was a showstopper with the high color contrast and unique leaf patterns. Use in containers or the garden for year-long color. Finished height 12- to 18-inches.

HYDRANGEA GAME CHANGER ®

PORTULACA 24/7 ™ SERIES

RUDBECKIA HIRTA DAKOTA ™ ‘DOUBLE GOLD’

FLAMINGO HOLLAND TOP PICKS BY JIM SPISAK

GERANIUM CANTABRIGIENSE INTENSE 'Intense' has an intense pink flower color and blooms exuberantly. The flowers attract bees and butterflies and the green, fragrant foliage turns to red in the autumn.This strong grower is an excellent groundcover and can be used perfectly in the perennial border, for mass planting, in the rock garden and in containers on a balcony or terrace. Zone 5.

GERANIUM CANTABRIGIENSE GERANIUM

RUDBECKIA HIRTA SUNBECKIA SERIES

RUDBECKIA HIRTA SUNBECKIA SERIES The Sunbeckia from Sahin offers a broad range of 13 varieties of extremely large and unique flower colors. Well-branched with strong, sturdy stems, the series is great for a patio or in the garden with no pinching required. Zone 7. SPECIAL MENTION: SENECIO ‘ANGELWINGS’ If you’re looking for a TC source of AngelWings, Flamingo Holland is the #1 supplier of tissue culture in the industry.

SENECIO ‘ANGEL WINGS’

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HEM GENETICS TOP PICKS BY JIM SPISAK

PETUNIA LIMBO YELLOW LIME All Limbos are naturally dwarf grandiflora petunias, and since they don’t need PGRs, they deliver cost savings for growers.The bright- lime color of this variety holds up well without fading and creates a tight bunch of bright blooms that hold strong in the rain. DIANTHUS DIANA LAVENDER PICOTEE This striking large- flowered bicolor really

PETUNIA LIMBO YELLOW LIME

grabs the eye, with a violet center and lavender-pink fringe. It joins the Diana series, known for earliness and a compact plant habit, and is well suited for pack and pot production. CELOSIA ARRABONA RED While not new in 2022, Arrabona Red looked terrific at CAST, showing with strong stems and its striking orange-red color.The variety is compact and sturdy, making it a great choice for pot-to-pot production and easy shippability.

DIANTHUS DIANA LAVENDER PICOTEE

CELOSIA ARRABONA RED

HILVERDA FLORIST TOP PICKS BY DANNY BROOKS

PATIO GERBERA SERIES The Patio series of tissue-culture Gerbera for 2022 has two new introductions: Daintree and Hot Springs. Bred for outdoor performance with flowering from spring through frost, the series bears huge 6-inch flowers for an

impressive array of color–great for cut bouquets, too! Due to a robust, controlled habit, growers need only one liner for 6- to 8-inch containers with no PGR’s. SALVIA SPECIES SALGOON ® SERIES This pollinator magnet delivers extremely sturdy stems loaded with flowers to keep hummingbirds, bees and other friendly visitors plentiful in the garden. Salgoon ® is vigorous, and only one liner per 8-inch container is needed for ease of production.

PATIO GERBERA SERIES

SALVIA SPECIES SALGOON ® SERIES

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KIEFT SEED TOP PICKS BY TIM MECHAM

ECHINACEA PURPUREA ARTISAN F1 HYBRID SERIES Artisan is a uniform, true F1 hybrid series

with first-year flowering and a

pipeline of 6-7 new colors coming over the next 2-3 years. Formerly available only as a mix, Kieft will parse colors for individual availability, achieving bench-run uniformity across the series. Artisan requires short days

ECHINACEA PURPUREA ARTISAN F1 HYBRID SERIES

for bulking and programmability and the new amplified seed form results in faster germination for uniformity of stand and finish. Based on location, Artisan can flower throughout all four seasons. Zone 4. LOBELIA F1 STARSHIP ™ ‘ROSE’ F1 HYBRID Early flowering with tightly grouped foliage with no stretch. An absolute showstopper in the garden.There were sightings of multiple pollinators and hummingbirds at CAST 2021.The uniformity was a standout feature making it a perfect container for retail displays. For summer planting in beds, borders, and extended season beauty. LEUCANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM ‘WHITE LION’ F1 HYBRID A fabulous spring Shasta Daisy with a critical daylength of just 10 hours, this Leucanthemum does not need vernalization and has no risk of bacterial infection. Because of these two traits, the grower/retailer will have easy-to-ship plants for the bench or store. Zones 3-9.

LOBELIA F1 STARSHIP ™ ‘ROSE’ F1 HYBRID

LEUCANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM ‘WHITE LION’ F1 HYBRID

PAN AMERICAN SEED TOP PICKS BY JIM SPISAK

PETUNIA E3 EASYWAVE ®

The latest generation of theWave ® family requires one-half the PGR rate* versus standard EasyWave ® varieties. Reliably blooms across the series under 10-hour daylength for sale dates as early asWeek 5 in deep southern U.S. locations. The new generation E3 ( E arly | E fficient | E volution of Wave ® ) maintains a great trailing habit for baskets but now with even easier production.

PETUNIA E3 EASY WAVE ®

*Exception: E3 EasyWave ® Blue will require a PGR rate closer to the standard EasyWave series due to its greater vigor.

TOMATO MARZITO One of the HandPicked ™ vegetable lineup, Marzito bears mini Marzano- type tomatoes on a compact, determinate habit. This variety is perfect for the patio or “townie” garden where consumers want rich flavor for fresh eating in smaller spaces.

TOMATO MARZITO

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PLANTHAVEN TOP PICKS BY ALLISON PENNELL

SALVIA HUMMINGBIRD FALLS The most exciting plant at PlantHaven, a Dümmen Orange exclusive for URC for Fall 2021, Hummingbird Falls is the new hummingbird feeder! The first hanging basket salvia introduced to the market, this unique plant also has a mushroom/compact

habit, prolific dark-blue blooms that stand out against the luscious dark-green backdrop of foliage. Utilize for garden borders, landscapes, and container plantings. DAHLIA MYSTICWIZARD PlantHaven is bringing us another amazing Dahlia. MysticWizard’s dark, glossy leaves allow the magnetic and rich magenta jewel-toned flowers to pop.This dahlia has strong resistance to powdery mildew, is an excellent selection for the landscape for its striking display of prolific blooms with a height of 20- to 30-inches and a 16- to 30-inch spread.

SALVIA HUMMINGBIRD FALLS

DAHLIA MYSTIC WIZARD

PLANTHAVEN TOP PICKS BY ALLISON PENNELL

SEMPERVIVUM SUPERSEMPS ® This Sempervivum series is an amazing collection of hens and chicks. The large 8-inch single rosettes are ready in 20-weeks, from a plug to a full 4-inch in 6-weeks.The stunning array of colors deepen with cooler temperatures.There are five gorgeous plants for modern gardeners to choose from–or choose all five. HEDERA TROPICAL BLIZZARD A stunning new large-leafed, Algerian ivy with the most unique variegated leaves that transition from a beautiful gold to pure white with marbling and flecks of green in between.The bright pink-to-red stems pop through the foliage.Tropical Blizzard is an evergreen climber that thrives in well-drained soils and sun to full shade.

SEMPERVIVUM SUPERSEMPS ®

SEMPERVIVUM SUPERSEMPS ® ONYX

HEDERA TROPICAL BLIZZARD

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PACIFIC PLUG & LINER TOP PICKS BY SCOTT SAUER

DELPHINIUM DELGENIUS ™ SERIES No other Delphinium can beat the basal

branching, spike production, cold-

hardiness, and robust habit of Delgenius ™ . This series is first- year-flowering with low vernalization or bulking requirement and needs little PGR. Zone 3.

ECHIBECKIA SUMMERINA ™ SERIES The Summerina ™ series marries durable beauty with ease of production for unrivaled results. Summerina ™ is first-year-flowering and has a controlled, free-branching habit that benefits little from PGR or pinch. Summerina ™ has exceptional finish time in as little as 7-weeks in a gallon container and is a BIG show. Zone 7. LOMANDRA ARCTIC FROST ™ A stand-alone from the asparagus family displaying grass-like foliage, Lomandra Arctic Frost ™ bears evergreen variegated white-on-green foliage in temperatures above 28 º F for multi-season color and texture in full sun gardens and landscape masses. This variety is low- maintenance in landscapes, has no notable pest or disease issues, and tolerates dry landscapes well. Full garden size tops out at 3-ft. x 3-ft. for a nice, tidy mound. Zone 8.

DELPHINIUM DELGENIUS ™ SERIES

ECHIBECKIA SUMMERINA ™ SERIES

LOMANDRA ARCTIC FROST ™

SAHIN TOP PICKS BY MELISSA MAIN

NASTURTIUM ‘BABY ROSE’

A Fleuroselect Gold Medal and AASWinner, Nasturtium Baby Rose from Sahin by American Takii, may have baby-sized leaves and flowers, but she packs a BIG impression with vibrant rose- colored flowers that cover the whole plant. Baby Rose is a quick-turn crop with great branching that needs no PGR. This is an eye-catching stunner.

NASTURTIUM ‘BABY ROSE’

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SAKATA TOP PICKS BY KEN DAY

PETUNIA SUPERCAL ® PREMIUM

Four new colors with a uniform, attractive mounding habit. Nice heat tolerance with very stable color. Plays well in combinations. Try Sunset, PearlWhite and Yellow Sun. Also new this year, Purple Dawn. BEGONIA ‘VIKING EXPLORER’ Viking–the conquering garden performer. Discover high-impact

PETUNIA SUPERCAL ® PREMIUM

color with this all-weather begonia that has a unique trailing habit with flowers covering tops and sides. Early flowering and matches the Viking series. An abundance of extra-large flowers above glossy foliage makes for great retail appeal. All-weather resistant; great for containers, hanging baskets and mixed combos. ZINNIA PROFUSION The new Red Yellow Bicolor brings incredible uniformity that allows for bench-run sales in all colors. Extreme heat and drought tolerance makes for an excellent landscape performance. Disease resistance makes it easy to grow with longer flowering in the garden.

BEGONIA ‘VIKING EXPLORER’

ZINNIA PROFUSION

SCHONEVELD TOP PICKS BY ALLISON PENNELL

RANUNCULUS SPRINKLES Sprinkles has become an industry standard for Ranunculus with both Original and Dwarf types. Dwarf is naturally round and compact and doesn’t require PGR. Both series offer long flower displays of bright colors.

CYCLAMEN DJIX RED Truly unique in the world, Djix Red stays covered in flowers, giving a gorgeous display of saturated colors. The upside flowers bloom continuously and will make an eye-catching statement for Christmas andValentine’s Day sales. PRIMULA TOUCH ME The interest keeps growing for this excellent shoulder-season crop.With ten color offerings available,Touch Me covers a range of sizes from small to large and creates eye-catching combinations that play well together for high consumer appeal.

RANUNCULUS SPRINKLES

PRIMULA TOUCH ME

CYCLAMEN DJIX RED

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SELECTA ONE TOP PICKS BY DAVID NUCKOLLS

VERBENA BEATS ™ SERIES You’ll never miss a beat with the Beats ™ series of verbenas as they are uniform through all colors across the series.They offer ease of production with no PGRs and no pinching needed to produce great looking packs and 4.5-inch containers. They are 10 days earlier to flower compared to other series and offer a long season of blooms.

PETUNIA HEADLINER ™ SKY Sky petunias offer the widest

range of vigor available in a speckled flower type, including compact, medium, and large types. Cooler night temperatures bring the strongest pattern display and they keep their pattern across a wide selection of colors. KALANCHOE MANDALA ™ SERIES With the Mandala ™ series, you get an easy consumer-friendly flowering succulent that gives the growers ease of scheduling with consistent vigor, response time and uniformity that’s ideal for 4-inch and quart production.

VERBENA BEATS ™ SERIES

PETUNIA HEADLINER ™ SKY

KALANCHOE MANDALA ™ SERIES

SOUTHERN LIVING TOP PICK BY DANNY BROOKS

GAILLARDIA REALFLOR ® FANFARE SHOWTIME

GAILLARDIA REALFLOR ® FANFARE SHOWTIME Fanfare Showtime displays attractive yellow pinwheel flowers with a long bloom period from spring through

fall. The compact mounding growth habit and drought- tolerance, once established, make this sun-loving, floriferous Fanfare Showtime variety ideal for containers, beds, and borders. Also serves as a butterfly-attractor! Zone 5.

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SUNSET PLANT COLLECTION TOP PICK BY SCOTT SAUER

AGAPANTHUS EVER AMETHYST

Agapanthus Ever Amethyst is a new semi-dwarf variety with gorgeous amethyst- purple blossoms in spring that attract hummingbirds and butterflies and hold beautifully for a great cut flower. Mindful toWestern U.S. landscape needs, Sunset has vetted Ever Amethyst as very disease- and pest- resistant with longer blooming than traditional types and is very waterwise.

AGAPANTHUS EVER AMETHYST

SUNTORY TOP PICKS BY JIM SPISAK

MANDEVILLA SUN PARASOL ® Original Sunbeam is the radiant new yellow in the Sun Parasol ® Original group. Sun Parasol ® Original has the widest color range in Mandevilla genetics, and the series exhibits a full, compact habit perfect for bush presentation or training to trellis. The warm, sunny-yellow flower illuminates patios, entries, and focal points in the garden. Sunbeam is best for finishing in gallons or larger containers.

MANDEVILLA SUN PARASOL ®

PETUNIA SURFINIA ® XXL TAFFY PINK Surfinia ® XXL, the new petunia series from Suntory, boasts huge grandiflora-size blooms on a low-mounding standard Surfinia ® habit. XXL Taffy Pink has saturated pink blooms. Five colors in the XXL line will followTaffy Pink for future intro, are all daylength neutral, and are best in baskets, patio containers or borders. BRACTEANTHA GRANVIA ® GOLD Granvia ® Gold introduces another series with huge, rich golden blooms that are twice as large as others in class. Granvia ® Gold makes containers and combos beautiful for mid- to late-summer show, perfect for autumn combos and durable in cool conditions. Three more colors are on deck for introduction, so stay tuned!

BRACTEANTHA GRANVIA ® GOLD

PETUNIA SURFINIA ® XXL TAFFY PINK

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TERRA NOVA TOP PICKS BY MELISSA MAIN

HEUCHERA HYBRID NORTHERN EXPOSURE ™ SERIES An attractive, vigorous series with heavy blooms, NORTHERN EXPOSURE holds up well in heat and humidity, delivers high uniformity, and comes in four colors. NORTHERN EXPOSURE paints shade gardens with a rich palette. Zone 4-9.

BEGONIA T REX ™ STARDUST

T Rex Stardust displays large glossy foliage for a big pop of cosmic color and texture only found in rex begonias. It creates a focal point of layered tones and colors indoors as well.

HEUCHERA HYBRID NORTHERN EXPOSURE ™ SERIES

BEGONIA T REX ™ STARDUST

AGASTACHE HYBRID POQUITO SERIES

Poquito has a tidy habit and is a great performer in high heat and humidity. The series brings a spectrum of clear, strong orange, butter yellow, dark blue and lavender that feeds pollinators starting in early summer and continues through autumn and stays beautiful all season. Zone 5-10.

AGASTACHE HYBRID POQUITO SERIES

VIVERO TOP PICKS BY DANNY BROOKS

MANDEVILLA BELLA ® GRANDE SCARLET A velvety-red beauty, Grande Scarlet, finishes and holds beautifully in both patio containers and hanging baskets for continuous consumer pleasure all season. Grande Scarlet is free- flowering from spring through autumn with

non-stop blooming. Tolerant of both hot and cool temperatures, Grande Scarlet is a must-have for entries, patios, or as a focal point in the garden bed! Bred by Kientzler. CALIBRACHOA CANDY SHOP ™ SERIES Candy Shop’s unique brushwork pattern of bicolors shine in vibrant starburst patterns. The semi-trailing habit and early flowering create a perfect spring-through-frost riot of color for patio containers and baskets. And, just like your favorite sweets, Candy Shop ™ calibrachoas mix deliciously in-series combinations as well as with your other favorites! Bred byWesthoff. PETUNIA BIG DEAL ™ SERIES If durable, early, vigorous landscape and container color is a big deal for you and your customers,Vivero has your answer! The big, bold, bicolor patterns in the Big Deal ™ series flower among the earliest in class on upright spreading plants for a big show. Big Deal ™ are great for vivacious, large combinations and baskets and are perfect for the landscape. Bred byWesthoff.

MANDEVILLA BELLA ® GRANDE SCARLET

CALIBRACHOA CANDY SHOP ™ SERIES

PETUNIA BIG DEAL ™ SERIES

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FUN HOUSE ™ POTPOURRI HYBRID PETUNIA We call it the “55-mile- an-hour plant”! This is an eye-popping bicolor petunia that works well in a container as well as in the garden, with a refined, mounding habit. The throat bursts yellow graduating to orange and finishing rose-pink at the edge. The higher the light and cooler temperature, the more vibrant the colors.

ITSYWHITE HYBRID PETUNIA The profusion of petite, clear-white flowers do well in the heat with a low-mounding habit that mixes thoroughly in basket and container combinations while playing well with others. The heat tolerance of Itsy White creates a perfect alternative to bacopa with staying power.

FUN HOUSE ™ POTPOURRI HYBRID PETUNIA

ITSY WHITE HYBRID PETUNIA

SYNGENTA FLOWERS TOP PICKS BY TIM MECHAM

DEKKO ™ SORBET HYBRID PETUNIA This new Dekko ™ is an amazing addition to the series with a luscious, smooth, rainbow of delightful color. Plants are floriferous with medium-sized blooms that blanket landscapes. SANGUNA ® BANANA CANDY HYBRID PETUNIA The Sanguna ® series has a reliably mounding habit, and Banana Candy delivers a true yellow grandiflora bloom with a perfect plant form that holds up in the heat.

DEKKO ™ SORBET HYBRID PETUNIA

CALLIOPE ® LARGE DARK RED INTERSPECIFIC PELARGONIUM

The latest addition to the esteemed Calliope ® family marries the rich vivid Calliope ® Dark Red with equally deep bold foliage for striking depth of color. This variety is 20% more compact than Calliope ® Medium Dark Red and is a true breeding breakthrough.

• Use in larger baskets, patio containers and landscapes.

CALLIOPE ® LARGE DARK RED INTERSPECIFIC PELARGONIUM

SANGUNA ® BANANA CANDY HYBRID PETUNIA

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LOBELIA HOT+ ® With exceptional heat

tolerance, heavy basal branching and long flowering, the HOT+ ® series is also good for mixed containers. Offering a looser habit than the original HOT ® series, it plays better with other plants giving a strong display in baskets or containers. PETUNIA CRAZYTUNIA MAYAN SUNSET Photography cannot completely capture the orange on this petunia–you’ve got to see it in

person to appreciate this striking color. Westhoff is ahead of the curve, bringing back the orange petunia and this bright color will cover the plant and fill baskets fast. CENTAUREA CHROME FOUNTAIN This is an awesome accent plant and makes a strong thriller item for combinations with a tidy, upright habit. The silvery-white foliage is heat- loving and drought tolerant, making it a good choice for late summer displays.

PETUNIA CRAZYTUNIA MAYAN SUNSET

LOBELIA HOT+ ®

CENTAUREA CHROME FOUNTAIN

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