Excited to share the newest flowers and ornamentals for 2017. Our National Garden Bureau members bring you exciting, new flower and ornamental varieties for your home garden, containers, and patio pots.

1. Flowers & Ornamentals
New Varieties For 2017

2. Angelonia Archangel
Cherry Red
• Huge flowers
• Thrives in extreme heat,
humidity and drought
• Great for a “Thriller”
• Angelonia angustifolia
Ball Horticulture Company

3. Begonia
Megawatt
• Flowers continuously
late-spring through fall
• Striking flowers, sitting
above sturdy Stems for
superior show.
• Begonia interspecific
PanAmerican Seed

4. Begonia Funky™
Pink
• Unique "shredded" double
flowers, outstanding color
and texture
• Breakthrough in tuberous
begonia breeding!
• Begonia hybrida
Benary

5. Begonia Santa Barbra™
• Huge 2” (5 cm) flowers in
clean white for an elegant,
tropical look
• Outstanding weather and
drought tolerance
• Begonia hybrida
Benary

6. Begonia Topspin™
• Ideal for early spring
through summer seasons
• Great in containers or low
edging areas of your garden
under the shade
• Begonia semperflorens
Syngenta Flowers

7. Begonia Unbelievable
Miss Montreal
• Cold tolerant
• Classic beauty
• Compact mounding habit
•Self cleaning
• Begonia hybrida
Dümmen Orange

8. Bidens Bee Alive
• Excellent for attracting
pollinators
•Works great in
combinations
• Bidens Ferulifolia
Ball Floraplant

9. Calibrachoa Aloha
Nani Golden Girl
• Boldest gold on the market!
• Very well-behaved
• Featuring an absurd quantity
of oversized flowers in bold
colors
• Calibrachoa hybrida
Dümmen Orange

10. Calibrachoa Paradise Island
Fuseables® F1
• KaBloom™ Yellow, Denim
and Rose varieties come
together in an easy-to-sow,
easy-to-grow multi-seed
pellet
• Calibrachoa hybrida
Harris Seeds

11. Calla Pink Melody F1
• Produces large elegant
blooms of white brushed
with rose pink edges
• Exquisite cut flowers
too!
• Zantedeschia hybrida
Harris Seeds

12. Celosia Asian Garden
• Outstanding robust
branching habit
• Knee-high garden plants
• Pollinator magnet
• Celosia argentea
All-America Selections

13. Celosia Dracula
• Novelty celosia that shows
one dark-red flower atop
purple-bronze foliage
• Unusual shape and eye-
catching color adds drama
• Celosia cristata
PanAmerican Seed

14. Coleus French Quarter
• Its stunning colors and
patterns hold in either sun or
shade
• Premium variety that is very
late to never flowering
• Solenostemon
scutellarioides
Ball Horticulture Company

15. Coleus Pineapple Surprise
• An iridescent chartreuse with
deep burgundy hearts
splashed with green.
• Solenostemon scutellarioides
PanAmerican Seed

16. Coleus Fancy Feather Copper
• Long feathery multi-
colored leaves
• Beautiful range of colors
from copper and
persimmon to magenta
• Plectranthus hybrida
Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.

17. Coleus Main Street Michigan
Avenue
• Holds its color even under high
light conditions
• Performs equally well in sun or
shade
• Solenostemon scutellarioides
Dümmen Orange

18. Cosmos Cupcakes
• Fused petals form deep
cups
• A mix of semi-double and
single blooms
•Novel cosmos resemble fluted
cupcake wrappers
• Cosmos bipinnatus
Johnny’s Selected Seed
and Park Seed

19. Cosmos Xanthos
• The first true yellow cosmos!
• Early flowering with 2.5" soft
yellow blooms and a nice
compact, well-branched habit
• Cosmos bipinnatus
Harris Seeds

20. Daffodil Lemon Ice
• Large cupped narcissus
• Slightly fragrant
• 12-18” tall with 2-4” blooms
• Narcissus hybrid
Van Zyverden, Inc.

21. Daffodil Moonlight Sensation
• Very heavy flowering daffodil
with up to 5 stems per bulbs
and 2 to 4 florets per stem
• Provide a high focal impact
• Narcissus hybrid
Brent and Becky’s

22. Dahlia Fired Up
• Enormous, red-orange
flowers
• Blossoms have quelled and
twisted petals
•Dahlia pinnata
Longfield Gardens

23. Dahlia Magic Sunrise
• Bright, flamingo pink dahlia
with a glowing yellow center
•Months of beautiful bouquets
•Dahlia pinnata
Longfield Gardens

24. Dianthus Supra Pink F1
• Lacy edges and a spicy
fragrance, the plant
combines well with other
AAS winners
• May over winter
•Dianthus interspecific
All-America Selections

25. Gazania Enorma Series
• Bred for large flower size and
glossy dark green leaves
• A new series of Gazania in six
colors
•Gazania rigens
Hem Genetics

26. Geranium Calliope® Medium
• Tolerant for all types of
weather, it thrives in hot
sunny gardens and also
performs equally well in
partial-shady
• Pelargonium x
interspecific
Syngenta flowers

27. Geranium Calliope®
Medium Dark Red
• Outstanding flower color,
great branching
• Unmatched when compared
to regular zonal geraniums
•Pelargonium x interspecific
All-America Selections

28. Geranium Savannah
Cerise Sizzle
• Features dark foliage,
medium vigor
•Vibrant blooms atop well-
branched geranium foliage
• Pelargonium hortorum
Dümmen Orange

29. Hen and Chick Gold Nugget™
• Unique golden color with red picotee edges during cooler
temperatures. Bright green in summer.
•Great for rock
Gardens & ground
cover
• Sempervivum
tectorum
UpShoot LLC

30. Hydrangea Diamond Rouge™
• The reddest H. paniculata on the market
• Start white and progresses to pink, raspberry
red and finally wine red
• Hydrangea paniculata
Bailey Nurseries

31. Hydrangea Miss Saori
• Chelsea Flower Show “Plant of the Year”
• Vividly colored double petals have deep rose margins softening to
white in the middle
• Hydrangea
macrophylla
UpShoot LLC

32. Iris Eyecatcher
• A lovely little new bulbous
iris hybrid with multiple
colors
• It is great for forcing and
has a grape-like fragrance
• Iris reticulata hybrid
Brent and Becky’s

33. Lewisia Elise Ruby Red
• Flowers the whole
season long
• Due to its habit it is a
nice plant that will do
best in a container.
• Iris reticulata hybrid
Brent and Becky’s

34. Ligustrum Straight Talk™
• Perfect as a vertical accent in
tight spaces
• Flowers are white, followed
by black fruit
•Ligustrum vulgare
Bailey Nurseries

35. Lupinus Lupini
• A nice compact first year
flowering garden plant that
does not require cold to start
flowering.
• Lupinus polyphyllus
Floragran

36. Mandevilla Sun Parasol®
Apricot
• Offers a pastel option
•Centers have a darker
orange ring in the center
and soft peach petals
• Mandevilla hybrida
The Suntory Collection

37. Marigold Fireball
• Fireball flowers open red,
then turn to fiery bronze and
dark gold as they mature.
• Perfect for the patio in
containers
• Tagetes patula
PanAmerican Seed

38. New Guinea Impatiens
SunStanding Purple
• Impossibly bright purple
flowers over glossy green
and bronze foliage
• Naturally compact and
uniform
• Impatiens hybrida
Dümmen Orange

39. Nicotiana Flowering Tobacco
Garnet Gem®
• Starry red flowers are
trumpet shaped
• Flowers completely
covering the plant
• Nicotiana hybrida
Select Seeds

40. Ornamental Kale
Yokohama F1
•Very unique, extra-curly
fringed leaves.
• Slow to bolt—longer and
stronger performance in the
garden.
• Brassica oleracea
Sakata

41. Ornamental Purple Ornamental
Pepper Hot Pops Purple
• Produces colorful little round
pepper fruits that are
attractive, but not for eating.
• Start orange and mature to
purple
•Capsicum annuum
PanAmerican Seed

42. Pansy Cool Wave®
Pansy Morpho
• Deliver easy spreading color
in the ground
• Make excellent hanging
baskets for early spring.
• Viola wittrockiana
PanAmerican Seed

43. Penstemon Twizzle Coral
• Features elegant spikes of
delicate coral pink flowers.
• Pollinator friendly
• Outstanding garden
performance
• Penstemon barbatus
Van Hemert & Co.

44. Penstemon Twizzle Purple
• A natural and elegant
plant habit
• Strong upright stems
and long airy spikes
with graceful flowers
• Penstemon barbatus
All-America Selections

45. Pentas BeeBright™
• Great pollinator
attractor
• Vibrant color to
brighten your garden
• Pentas lanceolata
Syngenta Flowers

46. Pericallis Senetti®
Ruby Red
• Thrives in temperatures
as low as 38 degrees
• Bloom count can be as high
as 200 flowers
• Pericallis hybrida
The Suntory Collection

47. Petunia Amore™
Purple Hearts
• Heart shapes on
every flower, spreading
a message of love and
friendship
• It is a true novelty
•Petunia hybrida
Danziger

48. Petunia Amore™
Queen of Hearts
• Heart shapes on
every flower, spreading
a message of love and
friendship
• It is a true novelty
•Petunia hybrida
Danziger

49. Petunia Laura Bush Blend
• Bred for heat tolerance
and disease resistance
• Mix of magenta, purple,
pink, and white blooms
• Petunia x violacea
Botanical Interests

50. Petunia Success!®
Pink Vein
• Creates mounds of vibrant
color in your hanging baskets;
patio pots or garden beds
• Hold up in the rain or sun
and won't break open
•Petunia hybrida
Benary

51. Petunia Surfinia®Heartbeat
• More compact in its
growth but remains
mounding in habit
• Ideal for full sun or part
shade
• Petunia hybrida
The Suntory Collection

52. Petunia Sweetunia
Suzie Storm
• Subtly-veined deep plum
outlined with cheerful raspberry
flower
• Works well in containers and
hanging baskets
•Petunia hybrida
Dümmen Orange

53. Gerbera Revolution
Red Lemon
• Great gift plant or indoor
potted plant
• Daisy-like mid-size flowers
on compact stems with dark
green leaves
•Gerbera jamesonii
Kieft-Pro Seeds

54. Russian Sage Perovskia
Blue Steel
• Exceptionally long
blooming
• Aromatic, silvery foliage
that carries clouds of small
blue flowers on strong
silver stems
• Perovskia atriplicifolia
Kieft Seed

55. Snapdragon Candy Tops F1
• Are upright with sturdy stems
providing better garden appeal
• An abundance of blooms
•Plays well with others in mixed
containers
•Antirrhinum majus nanum
pumilum
Sakata

56. Snapdragon Snaptastic™
• This flower is more
resilient in the heat
• Stronger stems provide
support for less breakage
•Antirrhinum majus
Syngenta Flowers

57. Sunflower Early
Black Heart F1
• Stunning color
combination
• Medium 7-8 inch heads
• 100 % pollen less
• Helianthus annunus
Seeds By Design

58. Sweet Pea
Old Spice
• A great choice of an organic
Sweet Pea that will do well in
warmer climates
• Lathyrus odoratus
Terra Organics

59. Tulip World Peace
• Successfully re-
bloomed when planted
in large containers of
compost
• Bright 55 mph colors
on durable blooms
• Tulipa darwin hybrid
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs

60. Verbena EnduraScape™
Pink Bicolor
• Hardy in the hottest
days of Summer
• Can take the cold down
to low teens
•Verbena peruviana
All-America Selections

61. Viburnum Opening Day™
• Perfectly round, baseball size flowers that open with a tinge of
green and
mature to
pure white
• Viburnum
plicatum
Bailey Nurseries

62. Vinca Mega Bloom
Orchid Halo F1
• Easy to grow, large
flowers, vigorous plants
and heat tolerance.
• Catharanthus roesus
All-America Selections

63. Vinca Mega Bloom
Pink Halo F1
• Easy to grow, large
flowers, vigorous plants
and heat tolerance
• Catharanthus roesus
All-America Selections

64. Vinca Solar Avalanche
F1 Series
• Very floriferous, having
larger, rounded flowers
with overlapping petals
• A great "Spiller"
component
• Catharanthus roesus
Hem Genetics

65. Viola Corina Terracotta F1
• A unique blend of
apricot and orange with a
slight purple haze
• Extremely floriferous,
covering the plant in
flowers
• Viola cornuta
Hem Genetics

66. Zinnia California Giants Mix
• Organic Mix that contains
Cherry, Orange, Pink,
Scarlet, Yellow and White.
• Flowers are very large
and can become double
flowers
• Zinnia eleganz
Terra Organics

67. Zinnia Profusion Red
• New Red — the first true-
red zinnia
• Blooms which cover flower
continuously from spring
through frost
• The bright color does not
fade
• Zinnia hybrid
All-America Selections

68. Zinnia Queen Lime
with Blotch
•Special color green
with rose more to the
center
• Zinnia elegans
Floragran

69. Zinnia Queen Lime
with Blush
• Innovative and elegant
• Mostly double and
semi-double blooms
• Zinnia elegans
Johnny’s
Selected Seeds