Spotlight
Common Name: Aster Blue Autumn
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Aster x 'Blue Autumn'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Hundreds of deep blue daisylike flowers with yellow eyes provide much needed color to fall gardens. Mildew resistant, dark green foliage has a compact mounding habit. Attracts butterflies to borders and is also great in containers. Reaches 12-20" tall and 16-20" wide. PPAF
Common Name: Astilbe August Light
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Astilbe x arendsii 'August Light'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Red tinted foliage in the spring changes to medium green and is topped with tall, slender spikes of scarlet red buds opening to reddish pink flowers in mid to late summer. One of the last red astilbes to bloom. Reaches 28" tall and 15-24" wide. Use in containers, borders and mass plantings.
Common Name: Astilbe Perkeo
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Astilbe x crispa 'Perkeo'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Long lasting, narrow plumes of rosy pink flowers during midsummer contrast with deeply dissected, fernlike, crinkly dark green foliage. Foliage forms a low mat and turns a pleasing bronze in fall. A diminutive specimen that grows just 6-8" tall and 8-10" wide.
Common Name: Astrantia Roma
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Astrantia major 'Roma'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 10
Description: Rosy red flowers that resemble pincushions top silvery pink bracts on this long blooming selection, which makes excellent cut flowers. The clump-forming habit has deeply lobed, bright green leaves and reaches 24-36" high and 24" wide. PP11,470
Common Name: Barren Strawberry
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Waldsteinia ternata
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: A dense mat of shiny, wedge-shaped green leaves that resemble those of a strawberry. Low maintenance, covers large or small areas and is not considered invasive. Studded by yellow flowers in the spring, grows 4-6" tall and should be planted 6-10" apart. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Armageddon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Armegeddon'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 10
Description: Light pink standards create a ravishing color foil to its luscious plum falls. A band of pink intensifies the ruffled edges of the falls and heightens the chromatic contrast. Vivid shrimp beards add an extra dose of excitement. 34" tall, use in borders, mass plantings and as a specimen.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Before the Storm
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Before the Storm'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 10
Description: Regarded as one of the darkest irises, 'Before the Storm' has very dark purple, almost black, wide flaring falls. It is smooth and silky looking and slightly fragrant. Reaches 36" tall, use in mass plantings, borders, or as a specimen.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Breakers
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Breakers'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 10
Description: Reblooming variety with ruffling medium blue flowers. Well-branched stems produce 8-10 buds each, grows to 37" tall. Use in borders, mass plantings and as cut flowers.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Dusky Challenger
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Dusky Challenger'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 10
Description: Absolutely huge, silky, rich purple flowers with impeccable ruffling. The excellently branched stems carry up to 13 buds. Grows 39" tall, great choice for borders, mass plantings and cut flowers.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Saturday Night Live
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Saturday Night Live'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10
Description: Huge ruby red flowers bloom heavily in the summer with a velvety texture and beautiful evergreen foliage. Reaches height of 37" and width of 18-24". Excellent cut flower, also works well in mass plantings.
Common Name: Bearded Iris Swingtown
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Swingtown'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 10
Description: A fragrant selection with deep purple-red flowers and purple beards. Impeccable form and very sturdy, branched stems bear 7-9 buds each. Grows to 36" high and 18-24" wide, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Use as specimen, or in border or mass planting.
Common Name: Bellflower Clustered Bellefleur Blue
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Campanula glomerata 'Bellefleur Blue'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Numerous, deep blue, bell-shaped flowers bloom in early summer just above the foliage. Forms a compact mound, reaches 8" high and wide. Great summer color for accents, borders, rock gardens and containers.
Common Name: Brass Buttons Platt's Black
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Leptinella squallida 'Platt's Black'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Delicate, fernlike, chocolate brown leaves grow just 2" long and 1/2" wide. Summer brings the striking contrast of tiny golden "brass button" flowers. Excellent groundcover for around stepping stones or pavers, as it handles light foot traffic. Spreads 12' wide. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Camellia Boulevard Double Salmon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Camellia sasanqua 'Sayaka'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9
Description: Double flowers are a lovely salmon pink color blooms in spring and winter. Grows to 10 feet high and 5 feet wide, mounded habit. PPAF
Common Name: Camellia Boulevard Rose Pink
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Camellia sasanqua 'Caroline'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: Soft rose pink flowers bloom spring and winter. Mounded habit, grows up to 10 feet high and 5 feet wide. PPAF
Common Name: Columbine Clementine White
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine White'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: These stunning white flowers resemble a clematis blossom. Double upward facing spurless flowers sit atop matte blue-green foliage. Reaches 12-18" high and wide. Ideal planted in clumps in the mixed border, containers and large patio pots, attracts butterflies.
Common Name: Coneflower Big Sky Sunset
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Echinacea x 'Sunset'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Large and fragrant flowers have bright, electric orange petals surrounding a reddish brown central cone. The rose-scented blooms are attractive to butterflies. Part of the 'Big Sky' series, excellent for cutting, also in borders and containers. Reaches 24-30" high and 18-24" wide. PP16,424
Common Name: Coneflower Bravado
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea 'Bravado'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Bravado holds its extra wide petals out flat, offering up color from late spring until the cold fall weather sets in. The blooms are 4 to 5 inches wide, their hue varying from light cotton candy pink to deep magenta-tinged rose, with golden brown cones. This fast growing plant reaches 3 feet high and attracts butterflies great for borders and cut flowers.
Common Name: Coneflower Kim's Mop Head
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Mop Head'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A white flowered version of Kim's Knee High with drooping pure white ray flowers with greenish yellow center cones. Coarsely-toothed, dark green leaves on a compact habit that reaches just 12-18" tall and 8-12" wide. Flowers attract butterflies and dried flower heads attract birds. Good fresh cut or dried flower, also in borders and beds. PP13,560
Common Name: Coral Bells Blackout
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Heuchera x 'Blackout'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: A tight, compact mound of nearly jet black, very glossy leaves with rounded lobes. Plants are dense and layered, reaching 6" high and spreading to 14" wide, with 10" scapes of cream, bell-shaped flowers. Looks great as an edging or in containers. PPAF
Common Name: Coral Bells Miracle
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Heuchera villosa 'Miracle'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Foliage emerges chartreuse in spring with red splotches in the center and matures by summer to deep red, retaining a bright edge all season. Plant has a clump-forming habit and reaches 8-10" high and 8-12" wide, with light pink flowers on scapes up to 18" tall. Use this color changing plant as edging, in containers, or in mass plantings. PPAF
Common Name: Cordyline Dark Star
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Cordyline australis 'Dark Star'
Hardiness Zone: 9 - 10
Description: A sport of 'Red Star' with very dark reddish bronze straplike leaves that are darker and more narrow. Great in containers for a tropical look. Can reach 20 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide.
Common Name: Cordyline Purple Sensation
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Cordyline australis 'Purple Sensation'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: An exciting new cultivar of Cordyline that exhibits a multi-branching habit as a young plant and grows 3-4 feet high and 3 feet wide. The glossy red foliage and rich pink mid-rib combination offers consumers a unique and colorful plant for architectural plantings or combination containers.
Common Name: Crapemyrtle Arapaho
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Arapaho'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Upright and spreading tree or shrub with beautiful bark, true red summer blooms and glossy, maroon tinged foliage with brilliant fall color. Plant in groups, as a hedge or small street tree. Grows to 20' tall and 10' wide in 10 years.
Common Name: Dahlia Gallery Cobra
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dahlia x 'Gallery Cobra'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: Lots of large, clear orange flowers with red centers cover a compact, well-branched plant with beautiful, dark green leaves. Plant reaches 18" high and 12-18" wide. An excellent choice for containers, as cut flowers and in the landscape. PP12,286
Common Name: Dahlia Gallery Leonardo
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dahlia x 'Gallery Leonardo'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: Warm blend of peachy-apricot and salmon petals surrounding a sunny yellow center, covering well-branched, compact plants of contrasting dark green, deeply serrated foliage. The result of many years of breeding common border dahlias with low-growing species dahlias, it is perfect for the front of borders or containers. Grows 12-14" high, and spreads 12-24" wide. PP10,498
Common Name: Dahlia Gallery Rembrandt
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dahlia x 'Gallery Rembrandt'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: A compact, well-branched dahlia with lustrous, dark green foliage that produces 1-2" flowers all season long. Fully double, rosy pink blooms with lighter, silvery centers. Ideal for cutting, containers and small gardens. Grows 14-20" high and 16-22" wide. PP10,496
Common Name: Daylily Always Afternoon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Always Afternoon'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: A popular, award-winning variety with rich lavender-mauve blooms with a purple eyezone around a yellow throat. Ruffled edges and excellent blue green foliage. Grows 18-22" high and 18-24" wide. An early season bloomer, and also a repeat bloomer.
Common Name: Daylily Baby Betsy
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Baby Betsy'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Fragrant, 2 1/2 inch, dark pink flowers with pale pink pinstripes on the edges of tipped petals and a green throat. Flowers held on 18" scapes. Early to mid season bloom, reblooming variety.
Common Name: Daylily Bertie Ferris
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Bertie Ferris'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Early blooming dwarf with loads of 2 1/2" creamy orange ruffled blooms. Great for a front of the border burst of color, also works great in planted in mass. Grows 20" high and 18-24" wide.
Common Name: Daylily Chicago Knobby
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Chicago Knobby'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Pinkish purple, ruffled, 6" flowers have a deeper plum center and a gold throat. Flowers are produced from July to August. Reaches 22" high, great in borders and mass plantings.
Common Name: Daylily Cosmopolitan
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Cosmopolitan'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A nice compact grower with lots of 2-1/2" dark rose flowers. Starts early season and is a rebloomer reaches 18" high.
Common Name: Daylily Custard Candy
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Custard Candy'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A lovely daylily with re-curved, ruffled custard yellow petals. Each petal has a bold maroon eye and a green throat, and is edged with gold. A beautiful display of color early to midseason, this variety also reblooms. Grows 24" high, spreads 18-24" wide.
Common Name: Daylily Fragrant Returns
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Fragrant Retuns'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: This sport of the very popular 'Happy Returns' comes with a strong, fresh fragrance and all the best traits of 'Happy Returns', including repeat bloom, on lemon yellow flowers. Grows 18" tall and blooms from May to September. Its smaller size works well in containers, also a good choice for borders.
Common Name: Daylily Janice Brown
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Janice Brown'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Baby pink ruffled petals with a large raspberry pink band and green throat. Deep green foliage, plant reaches 18-20 inches high and wide. Great choice for borders, mass plantings, containers and as cut flowers.
Common Name: Daylily Siloam Little Girl
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Siloam Little Girl'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Ruffled, shrimp pink flowers with a rose red eyezone and a chartreuse throat. Reaches 18" high, blooms midseason.
Common Name: Daylily Siloam Tiny Mite
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Siloam Tiny Mite'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Small, 2 1/2" golden yellow lily flowers with a burgundy eye and yellow throat on erect stems above clumps of grass-like green foliage. Reaches 20" tall and 18" wide. Popular in perennial borders and mass plantings.
Common Name: Daylily Wisest of Wizards
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Wisest of Wizards'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Heavily ruffled, soft ivory bloom with a tint of pink and a small eye of light rose surrounding a green throat. Well branched, reaches 26" tall.
Common Name: Daylily Yellow Lollipop
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis x 'Yellow Lollipop'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Beautiful, golden yellow, 3" yellow blooms, reminiscent of Stella D'Oro, but blooms are larger and lighter. Yellow Lollipop blooms early through midsummer, while Stella D'Oro is resting. Reaches 10-12" high and 1-2' wide. Wonderful in mass plantings.
Common Name: Delphinum Black Knight
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Delphinium elatum 'Black Knight'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 7
Description: Black Knight is a Pacific Giant Hybrid, valued for its exceptional height and very deep blue flower color. Spikes of rich, dark-purple blooms with black inner sepals rise above distinctively cut, deep green leaves in early summer. Reaches up to 8 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
Common Name: Dianthus Apple Slice
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dianthus x 'Apple Slice'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Intricately patterned, deep velvety red, 1-1/2" fragrant double blossoms have pale pink to white blotches in the center of each petal with a matching narrow picotee edge. They are presented on 10" tall wiry stems above a grassy mound of blue-green, grassy foliage that spreads 12" wide. A 'Fruit Punch' series dianthus. PPAF
Common Name: Dianthus Black Cherry Wild
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dianthus x 'Black Cherry Wild'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Double, deep velvety red fragrant flowers with a very narrow picotee white edge. Blooms from late spring to early fall, and has very attractive gray grasslike foliage which often stays attractive through most of the winter. Grows 6" high and 8" wide, part of the 'Fruit Punch' series of dianthus. PPAF
Common Name: Dianthus Coconut Punch
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dianthus x 'Coconut Punch'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Prolific bloomer with fluffy looking, fragrant double blooms with contrasting shades of red and white. The flowers open deep red with large white blotches in the center as the flowers mature, the white blotches expand and the red color lightens, leaving a wine colored ring around each petal. Gray-green foliage forms a grassy looking clump that is just the right size for the front of the flower border or in combination containers. A 'Fruit Punch' series dianthus. Grows 12" high and wide. PPAF
Common Name: Dianthus Dragon Fruit
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dianthus x 'Dragon Fruit'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Fragrant, bright pink, ruffled flowers with magenta markings around the center and edge of the petals. The double flowers top the gray-green, grassy foliage in June. Grows 8" high and 12" wide. This is part of the 'Fruit Punch' series of dianthus. PPAF
Common Name: Dianthus Pomegranate Kiss
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Dianthus x 'Pomegranate Kiss'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Blue-green, grassy foliage contrasts beautifully with deep velvety red, fragrant, double blooms. Petals are irregularly splashed and streaked with rose pink and have a matching sharply serrated, rose pink edge. Use this short 'Fruit Punch' selection to line sunny pathways or in rock gardens. Reaches just 6" high and 8" wide. PPAF
Common Name: English Daisy Galaxy Mix
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Bellis perennis 'Galaxy'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 10
Description: Huge quantities of large, 2 inch, quilled, semi-double red, pink and white flowers with yellow centers. They are terrific in containers or at the front of borders. Grows 4-6" high and 6-8" wide.
Common Name: Euonymus Wolong Ghost
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Wolong Ghost'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Narrow, lustrous dark green leaves are veined in silver for a perfect contrast. Grows slower than most of the wintercreeper varieties and will not become invasive. Reaches 6-12" high and 24" wide and is part of the Forever & Ever® Groundcover line.
Common Name: Foxglove Goldcrest
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Digitalis x 'Waldigone'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Intriguing peachy yellow blooms are marked with maroon-red spots atop strong, 18" dark green lance shaped leaves. Great for cutting, containers and borders, attracts hummingbirds and blooms continuously from midsummer to early fall. PPAF
Common Name: Gardenia Golden Magic
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Gardenia jasminoides 'Golden Magic'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 11
Description: Golden Magic has almost double, pure white, fragrant flowers that age to deep golden yellow. Plants grow 3 feet tall by 2 feet wide.
Common Name: Grass Fountain Fireworks
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum rubrum 'Fireworks'
Hardiness Zone: 9 - 10
Description: Showy, upright growing grass to 4 feet tall with leaf blades that are variegated with vertical bands of white, green and burgundy. A vigorous growth habit and showy, pale purple-red plumes from early summer until frost. Grows well in containers and in the garden. PP18,504
Common Name: Grass Fountain PennStripe
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Pennisetum alopecuroides 'PennStripe'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A new hardy variegated fountain grass. Same size and habit as Pennisetum 'Hameln', but with a bright-white, vertical stripe on the foliage. Reaches 2-3 feet high. PPAF
Common Name: Grass Northern Sea Oats River Mist
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Upright stalks adorned by bright green and white striped bamboolike foliage. Late summer and early fall brings the oats that can provide interest well into the winter as they dry out. A clumping grass its tendency to reseed makes it an ideal choice for mass plantings its variegated foliage stands out in containers as well. Grows 30-36" tall x 24-36" wide.
Common Name: Grass Reed Eldorado
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Eldorado'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Eldorado has unusual gold variegated foliage-the narrow green leaves have a bright gold center which radiates out in the sunlight. Attractive tan wheat-like seeds appear in early summer and persist all season. Grows 48-60" high and 18-24" wide. PP16,486
Common Name: Hens & Chicks Jade Rose
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sempervivum x 'Jade Rose'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Valued for the deep flush of rosy red coloration on the inside of the succulent leaves. Small white hairs add additional interest. Grows 1-3" high and 4-5" wide. Ideal for rock gardens, between cracks of pathways or sidewalks, and in containers. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Hens & Chicks Red Heart
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sempervivum x 'Red Heart'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Red Heart is prized for its succulent foliage washed with deep, ruby red leaves surrounded by a green base. Grows 1-2" high, space 3-5" apart. Great for use along pathways or in rock gardens, also works well in containers. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Hens & Chicks Red Rubin
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sempervivum x 'Red Rubin'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Emerald green succulent leaves with deep red tips forming open rosettes. Mounding habit, grows 4-6" high and 8" wide multiplies freely. Exciting interest in rock gardens and stone wall crevices. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Hibiscus Jazzberry Jam
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hibiscus moscheutos 'Jazzberry Jam'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Fabulous 9" wide, deep magenta flowers with a red eye and ruffled, overlapping petals. Compact (4-5' high and 6-7' wide) and upright, this makes an excellent specimen and flowers midsummer to fall. PPAF
Common Name: Hibiscus Peppermint Schnapps
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hibiscus moscheutos 'Peppermint Schnapps'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Giant hot pink blooms shot with deep pink splashes of color and a red eye cover this hardy hibiscus in early and late summer. Bright green foliage adds fantastic bold texture to mixed borders. Reaches 40-48" tall and 24-36" wide. PP18,939
Common Name: Hollyhock Queeny Purple
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Alcea rosea 'Queeny Purple'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 7
Description: This All America Selection award winner has the distinction of being not only the shortest Hollyhock but also the only pure purple variety. Fully double, rich purple flowers reach 3-4" wide, and flowers prolifically over a long season. The dwarf plants are 2-3' high and 12-24" wide and don't require staking.
Common Name: Hosta American Halo
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'American Halo'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: A large clump of intense blue-green leaves with a very wide, slightly rippled cream margin. The margins start out creamy yellow and age to creamy white. 24 inch high, pure white flower scapes appear in late spring. Grows 2 feet high and 5-6 feet wide.
Common Name: Hosta Ann Kulpa
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Ann Kulpa'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Thick, lightly cupped, heart-shaped leaves have a deep green to medium green margin with yellow centers that turn creamy white. Pale lavender, bell-shaped flowers on 28" ivory scapes in midsummer. Grows 20" high and 24" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Atlantis
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Atlantis'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: This spectacular, large mounding plant has long, dark green leaves with a wide, ruffled yellow margin. Grows to 2 feet tall and 5 feet wide, and has pale lavender flowers midsummer. PP17,093
Common Name: Hosta Barbara Ann
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hosta sieboldiana 'Barbara Ann'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: This large hosta forms a stunning clump of thick, corrugated, blue-green leaves with a broad, cream margin that lightens to white. White flowers bloom in mid season. Habit is fairly upright and mounded, reaching 20" high and 3-4' wide.
Common Name: Hosta Blazing Saddles
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Blazing Saddles'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Large hosta with heart-shaped dark-green leaves edged with broad cream-white margins. Lavender flowers appear midspring. Reaches 18" high and 40" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Carolina Sunshine
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Carolina Sunshine'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: A vigorous grower that creates a stunning clump of very glossy, dark green leaves with butterscotch yellow borders that hold all season. Lavender flowers on 20" scapes in midsummer. Reaches 14" high and 20" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Fantasy Island
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Fantasy Island'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Pointed leaves have a yellow center that lightens to cream and a dark green edge, with chartreuse in between. Vibrant, pinkish red, 16 inch scapes carry lavender flowers in midsummer. Grows 8" high and 20" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Fragrant Dream
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Fragrant Dream'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Medium green center has a 1/4" wide, creamy yellow margin that turns to white by midsummer. A sport of 'Fragrant Bouquet' with much darker foliage. Fragrant, near-white flowers appear on 30" scapes in late summer. Mature size is 26" high and 48-60" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Great Escape
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Great Escape'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Intense blue leaves are surrounded by a fantastic, wide margin that starts out creamy but quickly turns to white. Excellent substance, good vigor, and long lasting color. Lavender flowers midsummer. Reaching 14-18 inches high and 18-24 inches wide. PP19,003
Common Name: Hosta Herifu
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Herifu'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Narrow, lance-shaped green leaves are 5'' long with a white margin. Dense mounding habit for edging or groundcover. Morning sun intensifies the crisp colors. Blooms are purple striped and 20" long. Grows 8" tall and 20" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Little Treasure
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Little Treasure'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Very wide, blue-green margins surround the creamy white center of the small, pointed leaves. Lavender flowers are held on cream scapes which compliment the clump in early to midsummer. This hosta displays excellent vigor and is easy to grow. Grows 6" high and 11" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Mayan Moon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Mayan Moon'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Considered one of the best of the August Moon mutations, this bears large, intensely corrugated, heart-shaped leaves that measure 7" long and 6" wide. The leaves are medium green with a bright gold edge. The plant grows to 24" high and 36" wide, and white flowers bloom on 30" tall scapes in summer.
Common Name: Hosta Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Pineapple Upside Down Cake'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Long wavy leaves emerge pure green, then the center quickly brightens to a brilliant white-gold, while the edge becomes a narrow, black-green border. This is truly a unique, stunning hosta that will stop you in your tracks. In late summer, the 4' wide clumps are topped with lavender flowers on 28" tall scapes. PPAF
Common Name: Hosta Regal Supreme
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Regal Supreme'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Stunning new sport from Krossa Regal with frosty blue-green leaves contrast exquisitely with the very wide, creamy white border. Plant has a broad, inverted triangle form topped with lavender flowers in midsummer. Grows 10-18" tall and 22" wide. PP19,818
Common Name: Hosta Sleeping Beauty
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Sleeping Beauty'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A sport of Hosta Halcyon with pointed, frosty, blue-green leaves set off by a lovely cream margin. Good thick leaves for slug resistance and pale lavender flowers midsummer. Medium mound size at maturity, reaching 14-16" high and 20" wide.
Common Name: Hosta Summer Breeze
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hosta x 'Summer Breeze'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A showy hosta with rounded, heart-shaped leaves, dark green in the center with a very wide yellow margin. Pale lavender flowers on 30" scapes in late summer. Reaches 30" high and 50" wide.
Common Name: Ice plant Mesa Verde
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Delosperma cooperi 'Kelaidis'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Iridescent salmon-pink blooms top 2" tall, shiny, deep green, succulent-like foliage that will spread to 18" wide at maturity. PP13,876
Common Name: Indian Hawthorne Raja
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Raphiolepis indica 'Raja'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: A compact, low-growing, evergreen shrub that reaches 2' tall and 2 1/2' wide. Pink flowers and a dense, rounded habit performs well in containers.
Common Name: Iris Golden Variegated
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Iris pallida 'Aureo Variegata'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Wide green and gold striped spears of foliage hold up most of the year. Very attractive with full, ruffled, lavender-blue flowers. Grows 24-30" high and 12-18" wide. Use in containers, borders and as cut flowers.
Common Name: Ivy Green Ripple
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hedera helix 'Green Ripple'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Vigorous evergreen climber that has strong green leaves with cream veins and wavy margins, turning purplish red in winter. Fan-shaped leaves have 3 to 5" long, forward pointing lobes. Use as a groundcover or for climbing walls, reaches 20-90 feet long.
Common Name: Jasmine Asian Summer Sunset
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Trachelospermum asiatica
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9
Description: Easy to grow and versatile, Summer Sunset offers a wide array of colors in shades of orange, red, green and white.
Common Name: Jasmine Tricolor
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Trachelosperum jasminoides 'Tricolor'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: Fabulous variegation-new growth emerges hot pink, turns to white splashed on green, then becomes red in the fall. Fragrant tiny white flowers in the summer. This creeping plant grows 4" high and spreads 12" wide. Excellent foliage contrast as a groundcover, also works in containers. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Lantana Bandana™ Trailing Gold
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Lantana camera 'Bant Tragold'
Hardiness Zone: 9 - 10
Description: Vibrant golden yellow tones and a dense trailing habit make this variety ideal for basket and landscape applications. Blooms midseason, grows 20-26" high and 24-32" wide. PPAF
Common Name: Lavender Bella Purple
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lavendula stoechas 'Belpur'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Slender, upright silvery green stems topped with oval spikes of densely clustered dark purple flowers with showy plumes of bright purple bracts. The wonderfully aromatic flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. Plant has a compact, rounded habit. Use in sunny containers and perennial borders, also for dried arrangements and potpourri. A Bella™ variety of lavender. PP16,861
Common Name: Lavender Bella Rose
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lavendula stoechas 'Belros'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This Bella™ variety of lavender has a compact, rounded habit and offers lots of rosy pink-lavender petals atop fat layered buds. Highly fragrant and blooms over a long period of time, first in late spring and summer and then again in autumn. Drought resistant and perfect for containers and hot sunny borders. Grows 2-3 feet high and wide. PP16,691
Common Name: Lavender Silver Anouk
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lavandula stoechas 'Silver Anouk'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 10
Description: As the name suggests, the foliage is a distinctive silvery grey compared to other French Lavender varieties. 'Silver Anouk' has a compact, upright, freely branching habit and grows 24-36" high and 18-24" wide. It has large dark violet flowers and blooms spring through fall. PP20,068
Common Name: Lily Asiatic Tango Lady Like
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lilium asiatica 'Tango Ladylike'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Large, upward-facing pink flowers with broad golden centers bloom from early to midsummer. The upright stems are lined with glossy green, narrow, lance-shaped leaves. The strong stems make them ideal for cut flowers, they also are great in containers and planted in small groups in perennial borders. Reaches 14-18" tall and 12" wide.
Common Name: Lily Asiatic Tiny Orange Sensation
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lilium asiatic 'Tiny Orange Sensation'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Striking orange flowers with a maroon pattern. Compact size-reaches 14-16" high-makes it an excellent choice in containers and as cut flowers, also works in border and mass plantings. PPAF
Common Name: Lily Asiatic Tiny Padhye
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lilium asiatic 'Tiny Padhye'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Spectacular color! White flowers with burgundy brush marks on a compact plant that grows 16-18" tall. Looks great in containers and as a cut flower, also a good choice in the border or planted in mass.
Common Name: Lily Asiatic Tiny Sensation
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lilium asiatic 'Tiny Sensation'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Nice compact plant with gorgeous yellow flowers with a very exotic-looking maroon pattern. Blooms May and June, reaches 18-24" tall. Perfect in the garden and in containers. PP17,617
Common Name: Lily LA Hybrid Serrada
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Lilium x 'Serrada'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Light lemon yellow flowers are open faced and reach 38" tall. Flowers June through July. Ideal in containers, mass plantings and as cut flowers.
Common Name: Lily LA Hybrid Triumphator
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lilium x 'Triumphator'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: Trumpet shaped white flowers with a sharply contrasting magenta center. They are wonderfully fragrant with a sweet, bubblegum scent and bloom on tall but very sturdy stems with dark green foliage. Grows to 36" tall.
Common Name: Lithodora Star
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Lithodora diffusa 'Star'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Unusual blue star-shaped flowers with a brilliant white edge. A spreading habit with small, wooly green-gray leaves. Reaches 6-12 inches high and wide, best suited for rock gardens, containers, and in mass plantings as groundcovers. PP10,096
Common Name: Mukdenia Karasuba
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Mukdenia rossii 'Karasuba'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: This Chinese native features large, green, fan-shaped leaves which change with the seasons. As summer heat sets in, the leaves develop red edges which make their way inward, becoming fire red by fall. A lush and colorful choice for groundcovers and containers, reaches 8-12" high and 12-15" wide.
Common Name: New Zealand Flax Bronze Baby
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phormium tenax 'Bronze Baby'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: Dramatic reddish bronze foliage produces swordlike leaves that grow into a fan pattern and makes them a good choice for a garden focal point they are also a great choice for container plantings. Cool weather will intensify foliage. Once established, some will produce branched clusters of tubular bronze-red flowers in late spring or early summer that will be twice the height of the foliage. Grows to about 2' tall and 2-3' wide.
Common Name: New Zealand Flax Jack Spratt
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phormium tenax 'Jack Spratt'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: Jack Spratt is an excellent dwarf variety that rapidly forms a dense low clump with many small fans. Burgundy-bronze swordlike leaves are sometimes are twisted. Reaches 12-18" high and wide. Useful for edging, mass plantings and textural accents.
Common Name: New Zealand Flax Surfer Green
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phormium tenax 'Surfer Green'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 10
Description: Bold, dark green leaves with a pronounced margin of bronze-brown reach 12-18" high and wide. A dwarf, clumping form with many fans leaves are upright and slightly twisted. The colorful foliage makes it a great contrast or accent plant.
Common Name: Phlox Cosmopolitan
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phlox paniculata 'Cosmopolitan'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Hot pink, overlapping petals around a fire red eye make this dwarf Phlox stand out! Foliage is a healthy, dark green with compact stems. Reaches 15 inches tall.
Common Name: Phlox Creeping White Delight
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phlox subulata 'White Delight'
Hardiness Zone: 2 - 8
Description: White Delight has large, pure white flowers that blanket the foliage in late spring. A dense evergreen mat of needlelike, dark green leaves remains throughout the rest of summer, fall and into the winter months. Reaches 2-6" high and spreads 12-18" wide.
Common Name: Phlox Pina Colada
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phlox paniculata 'Pina Colada'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Overlapping pure white flower petals give this dwarf phlox a huge appeal. Dark green, mildew resistant foliage. Reaches 15" high. Attracts bees and butterflies, works well in containers.
Common Name: Phlox Watermelon Punch
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Phlox paniculata 'Watermelon Punch'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Salmon-pink petals around a large white eye and healthy dark green foliage really make this one stand out. Reaching 15 inches tall and 12 inches wide, these are excellent in mass plantings, in the border, as a cut flower, and in containers.
Common Name: Photinia Cracklin™ Red
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Photinia x 'Parred'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: Bright, cherry red new growth with an upright growth habit reaching 5-6 feet high and 6 feet wide. Great as a tall screening hedge. PPAF
Common Name: Photinia Fireball™
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Photinia x 'Parbri'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Description: This new variety has intense red new growth and dark green mature foliage. It has a rounded, compact habit and grows 3-4' high and 4-5' wide. It is perfect for colorful, low-growing foundation plantings. PPAF
Common Name: Potentilla Creeping
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Potentilla verna 'Nana'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: This fast growing ground cover has dainty, bright green leaves that complement the golden yellow spring flowers. Spreads rapidly by runners to form a dense ground cover, spreads 12-14" wide and 2-6" high. Great for rock gardens, as a ground cover and between paving stones.
Common Name: Pratia County Park
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Pratia pedunculata 'County Park'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Vivid, tiny, azure blue, star-shaped flowers on a carpet of deep green 1'' foliage. Excellent, long-blooming groundcover that can withstand moderate foot traffic. Grows 1-2" high and 6-12" wide. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Primrose Vial's
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Primrose vialii
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 7
Description: Tall spikes bursting with deep red buds shoot up in spring from a rosette of large silvery green foliage. The lavender flowers open from the bottom and attract butterflies. Reaches 12-18" high and 12" wide. Stunning in containers and as cut flowers, also works well in borders.
Common Name: Princess Lily Felicia®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Alstroemeria x hybrida 'Zapricia'
Hardiness Zone: 8 - 11
Description: Flowers are lime yellow and reach 10-14" tall. Long bloomer from late spring to fall if old stems are plucked. Outstanding container plant. Full sun to part shade. PPAF
Common Name: Pussytoes Common
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Antennaria dioica
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: This low, creeping plant has white fuzzy foliage that grows only about an inch high, with pinkish white flowers on stalks rising 6-12" high. Spreads 8-12" wide. Use in rock gardens or at the front of flower beds, does not tolerate foot traffic. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Raspberry Anne
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rubus x 'Anne'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: An extra large, pale yellow variety that pairs wonderfully with Heritage. Its excellent size, appearance and sweet flavor makes it a fine choice for a fall bearing golden type. Grows 4-6 feet high and 4 feet wide. PP10,411
Common Name: Raspberry Autumn Britten
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rubus x 'Autumn Britten'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: This is an early everbearing red raspberry with very large, very firm flavorful red berries. It is both cold hardy and tolerant to heat, reaching 3-4 feet high and wide. PPAF
Common Name: Rockcress Axcent Lilac
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Aubrieta hybrida 'Axcent Lilac'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Axcent offers larger blooms over a longer period, longer shelf life, better disease tolerance and greater heat tolerance than other varieties. Plants display a naturally compact habit for a tidy bench display. this variety has beautiful lilac flowers. Reaches 8" high and wide.
Common Name: Rose All Ablaze™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKsamsou'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Showy clusters of big cherry red ruffled flowers with over 35 petals per bloom. A climbing variety that has a slight spicy fragrance, and can reach a height of 8-12 1/2 feet. Blooms on new and old wood, and repeats readily. Pure green foliage. PP13,107
Common Name: Rose Benjamin Britten
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'AUSencart'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A David Austin rose with strong salmon-pink flowers that age to a strong shade of pure pink that contrasts nicely with the green leaves. Deeply cupped flowers gradually develop into an open, slightly cupped rosette with an intensely fruit fragrance. The vigorous, upright habit reaches 4' tall and 3' wide, and can be trained as a climber in milder climates.
Common Name: Rose Brass Band
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'JACcof'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Delicate yellow buds that open to deep apricot and peach blooms with up to 40 softly ruffled petals per flower. This floribunda is an All American Rose Selection winner with a moderate damask fragrance. Reaches 36-40" tall on a spreading plant with dark glossy green foliage. PP9,171
Common Name: Rose Candy Land
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKrosopela'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Large, hybrid tea-shaped rosy pink blooms spun with creamy pale yellow. Blossoms are carried in huge clusters on a very showy climbing variety that reaches 10-12' tall and has lush, glossy apple green foliage. Blooms in flushes throughout the season, and has a moderate apple fragrance. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Carefree Celebration
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'Radral'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: This large shrub rose stands apart in the landscape with a unique, rich orange color that is strongest in hot, humid climates. Featuring cuplike blooms, matte medium green foliage and very good disease resistance. Reaches 4 1/2 feet tall and wide. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Ch-Ching™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKyesir'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A sport of Strike it Rich with the same vigorous and bushy habit, but with clear, long-lasting lemon yellow flowers. A grandiflora with very deep red new shoots and dark green, semi-glossy foliage that sets off the abundant bloom clusters. Flowers have a strong, sweet, spicy and fruity fragrance. Reaches 5 1/2-6 1/2 feet tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Chihuly®
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKscemala'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Named after famous glass artist Dale Chihuly, this multi-colored rose has an ever-changing array of colors from subtle apricot-yellow to dazzling orange and deep red. A floribunda with a mild tea fragrance and double flowers, it reaches 40-48" tall with a bushy habit and glossy, dark green leaves. PP15,076
Common Name: Rose Cinco de Mayo™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKcobeju'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This All American Rose Selection award winner beautifully combines smoky lavender and rusty orange-red into an appealing shade thats blends well with any other color in the garden. The abundant flowers have a moderate sweet apple fragrance. A floribunda variety that has glossy green foliage on a rounded habit that reaches 3-4' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Classic Orange Miniature Tree
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'Classic Orange'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Vivid orange blossoms have up to 20 petals and a mild fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. This miniature rose reaches 16-24" high and has good disease resistance.
Common Name: Rose Dream Come True™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKdocpot'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: An All American Rose Selection award winner with shapely yellow blooms edged in bright pink with a mild tea fragrance. Each eye-catching flower blushes to ruby, giving a multi-colored display. A very floriferous grandiflora with an upright, bushy habit and matte, dark green foliage. Grows 5 1/2-6 1/2' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Drop Dead Red™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKcharlie'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Intense, velvety dark red double blooms stand out against dark green glossy foliage on this floribunda variety. Blooms have a mild tea fragrance and 30 petals per flower, and bloom in flushes throughout the season. The habit is upright and bushy, and reaches 30-35" high. Can be used in containers, as a cut flower, and in the garden. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Easy Does It™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HARpageant'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Mango-orange, peachy pink & apricot fruit-scented blooms are accented by glossy green leaves. This 2010 All American Rose Selection winner is a floribunda with large, double, ruffled blooms and a disease resistant, vigorous, rounded and bushy habit that reaches 3-4' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Falling in Love™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKmoomar
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Warm, soft pink classically formed flowers with a cream reverse and strong rose and fruit fragrance make this hybrid tea variety attractive as either a cut flower or a garden variety. The bushy, attractive plant has sturdy stems to hold the long-lasting cut blooms and large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage that looks great in the garden, reaching a height of 4-4 1/2 feet. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Firefighter®
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'ORAdal'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A big, long-stemmed, dusky velvet red hybrid tea rose that provided lots of large formal blooms. Flowers have 40-45 petals, and a very intense old rose fragrance. Clean green leaves on an upright, bushy habit that reaches 5-6' high. Each plant sold will contribute toward the 'Remember Me' fund's effort to honor the victims of 9/11.
Common Name: Rose Gentle Giant™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKregoyelo'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Huge, vibrant pink blooms with an inner glow of golden yellow have a classic form and moderate fruity fragrance. A hybrid tea variety with large, matte, light green leaves that perfectly compliment the radiant pink blooms. Long stems make it perfect for cutting. Reaches a height of 4-6' tall on an upright to slightly spreading habit. PP18,536
Common Name: Rose Jacob's Robe™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKausboy'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Similar to the popular climber Joseph's Coat, but more vigor, disease resistance and hardiness. Multi-colored double flowers with blushing yellow, pink & red tones. It is floriferous, re-blooming readily in the very first year, and has a moderate spicy fragrance and glossy deep green foliage. Reaches 10-12' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Lasting Love®
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'ADHarman'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Big, showy dusky red and dark pink double blooms have a strong, rich pure rose fragrance. A hybrid tea with very glossy foliage and burgundy red new growth. An upright habit grows 31-39" tall.
Common Name: Rose Little Chap Miniature Tree
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'KORverlandus'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: This variety is covered with a multitude of small, fully double, bright pink blooms all season long. Glossy, dark green foliage grows to 12" high and 24" wide. Works well in small gardens and pots.
Common Name: Rose Moonstone™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKcryland'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Huge, fully double pearly white blooms finely edged with pink. A hybrid tea with a mild tea rose fragrance. Large dark green leaves on an upright habit that reaches 4-6' tall. PP11,384
Common Name: Rose Neptune
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKhilpurnil'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Big lavender blooms tinged with a touch of purple. A hybrid tea with a strong sweet rose fragrance and abundant, very large, fully double flowers. Large glossy green leaves on an upright, bushy plant habit that grows 4-5' tall. PP16,614
Common Name: Rose Night Owl™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKpurosot'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A climbing rose with dark wine-purple petals and bright yellow stamens. Clusters of showy, sweetly clove-scented blossoms hold the dramatic deep claret color all season and flower repeatedly the first season. Grayish green leaves, a very vigorous grower that climbs 8-10' tall. PP18,740
Common Name: Rose Our Little Secret Miniature Tree
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'UMSasecret'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This little beauty has creamy petals with vivid dark pink edges. Flowers have up to 20 petals with a light fragrance and are noted for good disease resistance. Dark, leathery foliage grows 16-24" high on a compact, upright habit.
Common Name: Rose Over the Moon™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'ORAclelon'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A hybrid tea rose with large, classical form apricot blooms and a moderate fruity fragrance. Deep-apricot buds spiral open to soft caramel tones that glow against the lush green leaves. A rounded, bushy and vigorous habit, reaches about 4' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Pearly Gates™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKmeyer'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Gorgeous, pure pastel pink, big well-formed flowers saturated with sweet spicy fragrance. This free-flowering climbing variety blooms on new and old wood, a little later in spring than other varieties, and reaches 10-12' tall.
Common Name: Rose Pink Promise
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'COI05R211'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: The official rose of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, this exquisite hybrid tea combines shades of soft pink on high-centered, perfectly formed large blooms. With long, elegant stems perfect for cutting, these lightly fruit-scented flowers are enhanced by lush dark green foliage. Plant has good disease resistance on an upright habit that reaches 5' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Pumpkin Patch™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKmongros'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A grandiflora rose with a moderate fruity fragrance, shiny green leaves, and a rich caramel-orange color reminiscent of pumpkins. Buttery copper buds open to clusters of fragrant brownish orange flowers on a rounded, bushy habit. Reaches 30-35" tall.
Common Name: Rose Rock & Roll™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKgobnez'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Big creamy buds unfurl to reveal a different pattern of striped burgundy, red and white. Deep green leaves on a full bushy plant that reaches 30" tall. This grandiflora also has a strong rose and fruit fragrance. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Sky's the Limit™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKprimsoul'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Reblooming well in the very first season, this buttery yellow climber has a slight fruity fragrance and clusters of ruffled petals. Very hardy and full of clean green leaves, it establishes quickly and grows 10-12' tall. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Smooth Angel®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADangel'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Highly fragrant rich cream rose with glowing apricot yellow center. Blooms are hybrid tea, single blossoms with a strong fragrance. Spreading habit, slightly glossy dark green foliage, grows 36" tall and 36" wide. This thornless variety is part of the Smooth Touch™ line of roses. PP6,146
Common Name: Rose Smooth Ballerina®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADbal'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Pastel pink flowers lightly striped with white are set off by dark green thornless foliage and a glorious fragrance. A rapidly reblooming floribunda rose with clusters of 3-6 flowers grows to approximately 47 inches. A Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP15,907
Common Name: Rose Smooth Buttercup®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADcup'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A beautiful compact thornless floribunda which will produce plentiful clusters of bright yellow flowers with a light, sweet fragrance. Grows to around 40 inches and quickly sets new clusters of flowers. A Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP16,014
Common Name: Rose Smooth Delight®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADdel'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: The glossy, leathery, dark green foliage provides the perfect backdrop for the large soft shell pink flowers. Growing to about 40 inches, these buds open gradually to reveal a glowing soft apricot center with a sweet rose fragrance. This thornless variety is a Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP15,907
Common Name: Rose Smooth Lady®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADlady'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Smooth Lady produces a soft salmon pink flower with a delightful sweet fragrance set off by nice glossy foliage. A very good garden variety which will grow to approximately 5-1/2 feet in height. A Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP6,147
Common Name: Rose Smooth Moonlight®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADmoo'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A richly fragrant thornless rose. Glossy dark green foliage provides an attractive backdrop to the pink tipped buds that open to a soft mauve flower with a darker mauve edge. Growing to about 40" and is quick to repeat flower. A Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP15,667
Common Name: Rose Smooth Prince®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADprince'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Glowing cerise pink flowers on thornless stems are perfect for cut flower arrangements. A quick repeat bloomer with vibrant, well-formed flowers. This compact Smooth Touch™ Rose has shiny dark green foliage and will grow approximately 51 inches. PP7,706
Common Name: Rose Smooth Queen®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADque'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This thornless variety has lovely soft apricot buds, opening to reveal stunning blooms with reflex petals, fading to cream with soft pink edges. It has a pleasantly light fruity fragrance, flowers continuously and is a good choice for cut flowers. This Smooth Touch™ variety grows to 36" tall and 20" wide. PP17,482
Common Name: Rose Smooth Satin®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADsatin'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Smooth Satin is a magnificent blend of apricot, coral and soft pink colors that vary according to the season. This hybrid tea style rose has a delightful perfume and blooms appear singly and in clusters set off by a rich green foliage. A repeat flowering thornless climber, growing to 9 feet. A Smooth Touch™ Rose. PP8,910
Common Name: Rose Smooth Velvet®
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'HADvelvet'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Very full, blood red flowers growing among lush deep green foliage. This lovely, thornless rose (a Smooth Touch™ Rose) will grow to over 6 feet high and is ideal as a large shrub also grows well on a trellis. PP6,152
Common Name: Rose Soaring Spirits™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKbecfoj'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Huge clusters of showy pink, yellow and cream swirled blooms. Glossy bright green leaves and nearly lime-green new growth set this vigorous climber apart from any other rose. The blooms repeat readily on new and old wood. Named to honor the victims of 9/11 and contribute toward the 'Remember Me' garden fund. Reaches 8-12' tall. PP18,033
Common Name: Rose Sophy's Rose
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'AUSlot'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Vibrant deep pink to light red flowers have petals that start small at the center, and increase in size to the outer petals, which are quite large. This David Austin rose has rather flat, rosette shaped flowers with a tea fragrance and repeats well through the season. Habit is bushy and upright, reaching 36" tall and 30" wide. Use in beds and near the front of borders. PP11,422
Common Name: Rose Strike it Rich®
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKbepmey'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This All American Rose Selection winner has a spicy fragrance and loads of yellow-orange blooms with long gold buds touched with pink. This grandiflora boasts natural disease resistance and a vigorous habit that reaches 5 1/2-6 1/2 feet tall. Very dark green leaves and unusual red stems set off the many showy clusters of double blossoms. PP19,144
Common Name: Rose Summer Love™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKhocamito'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Luminous soft yellow flowers are large and full, with 30-35 petals and a mild sweet fragrance. A hybrid tea with very large, double and formal blooms. The bushy upright habit has lots of large, matte kelly green leaves and reached a height of about 4 feet. PPAF
Common Name: Rose Tahitian Sunset
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'JACgodde'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: An All American Rose Selection award winner with blossoms that start from high-centered, orange-yellow buds and open fully to a peachy apricot-pink with yellow highlights. A hybrid tea with a delightful licorice scent and semi-glossy foliage. Has an upright, vigorous, well-branched habit with good disease resistance reaches 5' tall. PP19,004
Common Name: Rose Tamora
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'AUStamora'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A David Austin rose with unique, soft apricot-yellow flowers and a compact, bushy habit. The large, very full, double, cupped flowers have a remarkable myrrh fragrance. They reach about 3 feet high and wide and are suitable for rose beds or borders.
Common Name: Rose The Endeavor
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'AUSdisco'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: A bicolor David Austin rose that is salmon-pink with a yellow reverse. The monstrous blossoms have a moderate, spicy fragrance and are set off by large, dark gray-green leaves. Reaches 5' tall, and is floriferous enough to be a successful climber in milder climates.
Common Name: Rose We Salute You™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKvoosun'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: Long pointed buds open to orange tones as the flowers open the outer petals wash to warm pink, giving two distinct colors-orange on the inside and pink on the outside. Big open blossoms with a moderate spicy fragrance are carried on long stems with glossy, very deep green leaves. A hybrid tea that reaches 4-5' tall with an upright, bushy habit. PP18,770
Common Name: Rose Wild Blue Yonder™
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Rosa x 'WEKisosblip'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This All American Rose Selection award winner has clusters of ruffled ruby red-purple blossoms with distinct lavender 'eyes'. The camellialike form has a strong citrus blossom and rose fragrance. The upright, bushy habit has semi-glossy, deep green foliage and reached 4-5' tall. PP18,554
Common Name: Russian Sage Lacey Blue
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Lisslitt'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: A beautiful, compact variety that features spikes of silver-blue buds, which deepen to dark violet-blue in July and August. Silvery green, deeply indented, scented foliage, grows 12-18" high and 24-36" wide. Use in borders, containers and in the landscape. PPAF
Common Name: Salvia Ultra Violet
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Salvia x 'Ultra Violet'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: An abundance of intense, iridescent deep purple flowers entice hummingbirds. The rich, dark green, finely cut aromatic foliage keeps deer away. Plant has a compact, rounded habit reaches 18-20" tall and 24-28" wide in 3 years. Adds vibrant color in beds, borders and containers. PPAF
Common Name: Saxifraga Touran White
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Saxifraga arendsii 'Tourna White'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 7
Description: The Touran series have bigger flowers and a taller, more upright form than other varieties. Touran White has an excellent growth habit with deep green foliage, and grows 4-6" high and 6-12" tall. Blooms late spring and early summer with white flowers. PPAF
Common Name: Saxifraga Touran™ Neon Rose
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Saxifraga arendsii 'Touran Scarlet'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 7
Description: Vibrant, huge rose flowers are stunning against the rich green leaves. Flowers appear in early spring and have a long bloom time. Excellent compact foliage and is heat tolerant. Reaches 3-6" high and 4-8" wide.
Common Name: Saxifraga Touran™ Scarlet
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Saxifraga arendsii 'Touran Neon Rose'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 7
Description: Rich green leaves accent the large scarlet flowers of this compact shrub. Growing 3-6" high and 4-8" wide, it is heat tolerant and blooms longer than other varieties.
Common Name: Sedum Carpet Collection
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sedum x 'Angelina' 'Red Carpet' 'Kamschaticum'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: A combination of Angelina (golden yellow foliage and yellow flowers), Red Carpet (bronze-green to deep red foliage and red flowers) and Kamschaticum (rich green foliage with vivid yellow flowers) sedum. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Sedum John Creech
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Sedum spurium 'John Creech'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Sedum 'John Creech' has semi-evergreen, small, emerald green leaves with serrated edges, growing in a whorl around the stem. It creeps to form a dense mat of succulent foliage with beautiful purple-pink to rose flowers in mid to late summer. Rugged and tolerant of some foot traffic, it is well suited for path edges, between stepping stones, in rock gardens, and as a groundcover. Grows to 2" tall and spreads 9-12" wide.
Common Name: Sedum Moonlight Serenade
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Sedum x 'Moonlight Serenade'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: A strong and vigorous variety, with red flowers maturing to red with yellow highlights. Reaches 16-18" high. PPAF
Common Name: Sedum Munstead Dark Red
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Sedum telephium 'Munstead Dark Red'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: Deep green foliage tinted with dark purple. Flowers are deep purplish red, up to 5 inches wide, and appear in late summer and early fall. It is showy over a long season! Excellent grown in the rock garden, in containers, between stepping stones or in wall niches. Grows 12-18" high and 18-24" wide.
Common Name: Sedum Ogon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: This tiny-leaved spreading ground cover is noted for its bright gold foliage. It typically forms a dense mat growing to only 2" high and creeping to 12" wide or more. Individual rounded leaves are only 1/4" wide. Tiny, star-like, yellow-green flowers appear in summer. Use in rock gardens, flagstone paths, along rock walls or to spill over container edges.
Common Name: Sedum Pacific
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sedum divergens
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 9
Description: This fine rock garden plant works well as a low groundcover. Shiny, round green leaves blush with age, and yellow star-shaped flowers appear in the summer. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover that grows 2" high and 4-6" wide.
Common Name: Sedum Pathway Collection
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Sedum x 'Blue Spruce' 'Ogon' 'John Creech'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8
Description: A combination of Blue Spruce (blue foliage with yellow flowers), Ogon (bright yellow round foliage with yellow flowers) and John Creech (scalloped green leaves with pink flowers) sedum. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Shasta Daisy Ice Star
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Leucanthemum x superbum 'Ice Star'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: This new variety is truly the star of the show, with its fully double, white blossoms that bloom abundantly on strong, sturdy stems throughout summer. The flowers contrast nicely with the deep green foliage. Grows 24-30" tall and 18-20" wide, with a compact, upright habit. Use as accent in border or as a cut flower, attracts butterflies.
Common Name: Speedwell High Five
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Veronica spicata 'High Five'
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: An abundance of long violet-blue tapered flower spikes from July through August tower over the rich green foliage. Narrow, lance-shaped, toothed, deep green leaves on a compact, clump-forming habit. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. Can be used as an accent perennial, cut flower or massed in borders. Reaches 24-36" high and 12-24" wide. PP16,415
Common Name: Speedwell Total Eclipse
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Veronica x 'Total Eclipse'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Beautiful spikes of indigo flowers with violet overtones rise above the foliage from early to midsummer. A dwarf variety with glossy, fine-textured, narrow leaves and an upright spreading habit, reaches just 12" high and wide. Excellent for cutting, edging, in front of borders and containers.
Common Name: Speedwell Whitley's
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Veronica whitleyi
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
Description: This Forever & Ever® Groundcover variety features a dense mat of feathery grayish green foliage that grows 2-4" high and spreads 12-24" wide. In spring, it is covered with tiny sapphire blue flowers. Great choice for rock gardens or edging.
Common Name: Spurge Ascot Rainbow
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9
Description: Cream, lime, and green flower bracts in spring blend with foliage that displays tones of cream, green and blue with stunning shades of red, pink, and orange in cooler months. One of the major benefits of this selection is extreme tolerance to heat and dryness. Grows 20" tall and wide use in borders and containers. PPAF
Common Name: St. Johnswort Ignite Red
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hypericum androsaemum 'Seifire'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: This rust resistant and compact (2 to 3 feet tall and wide) shrub series has golden yellow flowers in summer followed by bright red fall fruit. Great in foundations, borders, mixed containers and as an accent. PPAF
Common Name: St. Johnswort Ignite Scarlet
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hypericum androsaemum 'Seiball'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Compact shrub that is deer and rust resistant, grows 2-3 feet high and wide. Yellow flowers in late summer are followed by scarlet fruits in fall for seasonal interest. Good choice on border or as accent, also in mixed container. PPAF
Common Name: St. Johnswort Ignite Scarlet Red
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Hypericum androsaemum 'Seiball'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: Yellow flowers bloom in July and August, followed by scarlet-red fruits in the fall, making for excellent displays in multiple seasons. Compact growth habit, reached 2-3 feet high and wide. Deer and rust resistant, works well in landscape and large mixed containers. PPAF
Common Name: Thyme Pink Chintz
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: A very low grower, excellent for planting between pavers and flagstone. Small, fuzzy, aromatic gray-green leaves and profuse pink flowers beginning in early spring. Mat-forming, spreads 24" wide. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Torch Lily Early Hybrids
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Kniphofia x 'Early Hybrids'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
Description: The flower scopes are red at the tips, orange in the middle, and pale yellow at the bottom. They are absolutely striking in the garden and make an outstanding focal point when in bloom from early to late summer. Great border plant and an excellent cut flower. Reach 3-4' high and 2' wide.
Common Name: Torch Lily Fire Dance
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Kniphofia hirsuta 'Fire Dance'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9
Description: Bright coral-red and yellow tubular flower spikes early through late summer top a low-growing, thick clump of narrow, arching, blue-green foliage. Flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The plant grows to 20" tall and wide, and its small size is best suited to smaller gardens as well as containers.
Common Name: Torch Lily Peachy Cheeks
Year of Introduction: 2008
Botanical Name: Kniphofia x 'Peachy Cheeks'
Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9
Description: Fantastic dwarf, almost grass-like foliage topped with a profusion of delicate, peach blushed, soft yellow 'pokers' aging to cream. Great for mass planting at the front of the border and containers. Compact, rounded habit, grows 24" high and 10" wide. PPAF
Common Name: Vinca Minor Double Bowles
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Vinca minor 'Double Bowles'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: This sport of 'Bowles' has 2-3 extra petals in the flower, which is a lighter shade of violet. Clumping growth habit with yellow-green spring foliage maturing to lustrous green. Grows 3-6" tall and 10-15' wide in 5 years. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover.
Common Name: Vinca Minor Merlot
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Vinca minor 'Merlot'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Burgundy flowers with dark green foliage. A creeping, trailing groundcover that eventually grows 8" high and spreads up to 10 feet wide. A Forever & Ever® Groundcover
Common Name: Vinca Minor Sunny Skies
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Vinca minor 'Sunny Skies'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Attractive smooth, irregularly variegated foliage with varying shades of golden yellow-green and dark green. Upright, mounding and trailing growth habit, grows up to 8" high and spreads 24" wide. Attractive bright violet-blue flowers during mid-spring. PP13,466
Common Name: Vinca Minor White
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Vinca minor 'Alba'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: An evergreen trailing vine, with glossy leaves slightly smaller than common Vinca. It is covered with large showy white flowers from April through June, also blooms sporadically summer through frost. The clean white flowers brighten up the darkest areas and establish quickly. Reaches 2 to 6 inches high and 2 to 3 feet wide.
Common Name: Wallflower Variegatum
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Erysimum linifolium 'Variegatum'
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 8
Description: Dwarf evergreen with cream variegated lance-shaped leaves and dense heads of bright and colorful lilac flowers which last for weeks. Ideal for containers, borders and beds, this plant also attracts butterflies. Reaches 12-18" high and wide.
Common Name: Yarrow Wooly Lemon
Year of Introduction: 2009
Botanical Name: Achillea tomentosa 'Lemon'
Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8
Description: Clear lemon yellow flowers appear in early summer over 6-inch tall foliage that's covered in soft, silvery hairs. Excellent in rock gardens, filling in between cracks or spilling over walls. The low-growing, fuzzy green mat combined with sunshine yellow flowers creates an eye-catching combination! Grows 8-12" high and spreads quickly to 18" wide.