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New Annuals New Perennials> New Rose Tree & Shrubs>
New Annual Varieties at America’s Best Flowers for 2009
17N Alternanthea Burgundy Threaded - dark painted leaves Party Time - green & pink leaves 15N Ageratum Tycoon Blue Field’s Blue 3 Alstroemeria Letizia red 12N Bacopa (baskets) Taifun Blue - colored bacopa Scopia Pink Ring Gulliver White - huge blooms 1 Begonia – Bellfire - red leaf w/coral flowers Bonfire - green leaf 2/red/orange flowers 12N Begonia Gumdrops Cherry Blossoms Lady Carol Lady Francis 13N Begonia – wax Bada Boom series - bigger flowers & leaves 12N Begonia – hybrid wax Big Red - huge plants and flowers Big Rose 1 Begonia Solenia Apricot, Yellow and Velvet Red 5 Begonia Rex Mini Metal Flake - gorgeous colored leaves 5 Canna Pretoria - variegated leaves, orange flowers 18N Sun Coleus Many new varieties including Sedona Dark Chocolate Color Blaze 5 Dahlias Melody series – large flowering for patio pots 2 Diascia Darla series in 10” baskets 1 Dracaena marginate Colorama - bright red & green leaves 18S Hibiscus acetosela Haight Ashbury – tie-dyed color 5 Mandevilla now in yellow 17N Oxalis Molten Lava 5 Papyrus King Tut – 4-6 tall, great for containers 20N Pilotus large pink flower spikes - full sun 19N Supertunias Raspberry Blast Blue veined Purple Velvet 15N Snapdragon luminaire Harvest red, trailing Deep purple, trailing Sugar plum, trailing 5 Thunbergia Grandiflora blue Tomatoes 10 new heirloom varieties Rhubarb Crimson Red now in #2 nursery pots
Achillea Summer Berries yarrow -- fruity colors Alcea Queeny Purple hollyhocks -- short, quick to bloom Belamcanda Hello Yellow blackberry lily, a bright accent Bletilla Chinese ground orchid for woodland areas Ceratostigma Leadwort groundcover Clematis Many new varieties in blue, white and bicolors Coreopsis Big Bang Red Shift tickseed Crocosmia Lucifer -- flaming orange flower spikes Geranium Hocus Pocus cranesbill -- new with dark leaves Delosperma Red Mountain ice plant – rosy flowers, tough plant Delphinium Black Eyed Angels – white with dark center Pink Punch – brilliant splash of color Royal Aspirations – deep, dark purple Dianthus Spooky Mix – fringy textured Pinks Echinacea New varieties in a range of colors: Prairie Splendor, Fatal Attraction, Fragrant Angel, Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Merlot, Pink Double Delight, Tomato Soup Grasses Gold Bar miscanthus – more stripy than Zebra grass Hemerocallis Stella in Red daylily – New red re-bloomer Heuchera New bright and shimmery varieties: Brownies, Cinnabar Silver, Georgia Peach, Peach Flambe, Southern Comfort, Velvet Night Hibiscus Luna Red, White & Pink Swirl Pink Elephant – red-eyed pink flowers up to a foot wide Hosta New & Unusual standouts: Cherry Berry, Corn Muffins, Sugar & Spice, Summer Lovin, and Earth Angel –2009 Hosta Society Hosta of the Year Leucanthemum Goldrush daisy – giant 4” double yellow fluffy flowers Monarda Pink Lace bee balm – compact with lipstick pink blooms Phlox Tasty new shades: Bubblegum Pink, Coral Crème Drop, Cotton Candy, Grape Lollipop, Peppermint Twist, David’s Lavender Tradescantia Sunshine Charm spiderwort – petite with mauve flowers Veronica Darwin’s Blue – compact grower with blue/purple spikes
Roses Carefree Spirit – 2009 All American Rose Society (AARS) award winning shrub rose Cinco de Mayo – AARS 2009 floribunda winner, orange red, very floriferous Kashmir – velvety red blooms on a shrub rose Pink Promise – 2009 AARS Hybrid Tea winner,& official rose of the American Breast Cancer Foundation Sweet Fragrance --apricot flowers with a delightful scent Sunny Knock Out – long awaited yellow re-blooming addition to the Knock Out family of shrub roses
Double weeping Higan cherry – early flowering Japanese ornamental for a gorgeous specimen Double Flowering Plum – a profusion of pink spring double petalled flowers
Shrubs Boxwood -- Chicagoland Green & Mont Bruno Butterfly Bush Attraction -- has the reddest blooms yet Clethra Vanilla Spice – creamy, fragrant mid-season flower spikes Diervilla Honeysuckle Cool Splash – nifty variegated leaves with yellow flowers Weigela – Ghost has dark red flowers among buttery yellow leaves, Shining Sensation’s glossy burgundy foliage and pink flowers are sure to shine in your landscape
Hydrangeas Cityline Series: Berlin, Mars, Rio – large flowered long- lasting blooms on compact plants Incrediball – Humongous white blooms Mystical Ruby – Glowing red mop-heads on a compact growing shrub Twist-n-Shout – re-blooming pink lace-cap to complement your Endless Summer White Diamonds – glistening white conical flower heads
Trees
Apple Honeygold – crisp, juicy & sweet yellow fruit, a cross between Macoun and Yellow Delicious, good pollinator for Honeycrisp, semi-dwarf
Cherry Evans Bali – deep, dark red 1” fruit are much sweeter than most sour cherry types,good for baking & fresh eating, self-fruitful
Peach Redhaven – firm, fine flavored, freestone peach, a favorite for canning or eating fresh Reliance – the hardiest yellow-fleshed freestone available
Pear Parker – large, yellow bronze fruits, tender and juicy, upright, vigorous grower Summercrisp – one of the hardiest, sweet and crisp fruit, keeps well when harvested in mid August
Grapes Edelweiss – vigorous green-white dessert and wine grape Frontenac – verry hardy red wine grape Himrod – hardiest of the white seedless,excellent yellow- gold table grape
Rhubarb Crimson Red – two foot long stems, not stringy,the perfect sweet-tart combination for pies and sauces
Currant Red Lake – clusters of dark red fruit, cold-hardy, very productive and vigorous
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