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New cultivars
1 Sep, 2009 By: Landscape Management Staff Landscape ManagementLate-season color
Ball's Versa Coleus loves the sun — and the shade. With a spread of up to 22 in., this vigorous and well-branched plant displays multi-patterned foliage. It also has a late-flowering habit, adding interest to the landscape all season long. It's available in six colors and a mixture (heights vary by variety): burgundy to green, crimson gold, green halo, lime, rose to lime and watermelon. www.BallHort.com
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Copious color
Whorls of paper-thin, brilliantly colored petals fill each bloom of Jackson & Perkins' Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus 'Aviv'), which offers up to a dozen flowering stems from every bulb. Easy to grow in containers north of their hardiness range (Zones 8-10), the 4-in. blooms are fully double. The 15- to 20-in. stems hold up in gardens and vases. www.JacksonAndPerkins.com
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Hummingbird friendly
Among Novalis' 2010 Plants that Work collection is Weigela 'Rainbow Sensation,' an improved, compact and variegated variety with dense clusters of soft-pink and funnel-shaped blooms that attract hummingbirds. With compact, rounded foliage in green and yellow, the plant spreads 3 to 4 ft. and thrives in full sun in Zones 4-8. www.Novalis.com
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Cents-ability
Hardy to Zone 9, Terra Nova Nurseries' tiniest member of its Coreopsis series is a flower machine. Known as 'Little Penny,' this tickseed perennial features numerous, compact copper-colored daisy-like flowers that emerge freely over a low pincushion. It's ideal for containers, edging or mixed beds because it blooms continuously all summer, according to the company.
www.TerraNovaNurseries.com
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Sunny delight
SunPatiens is the new hybrid impatiens bred by Sakata. Featuring thick, showy petals, they tolerate full sun or shade and can be enjoyed in the garden from spring to first frost — even indoors as a flowering pot plant. The Compact Trial Collection includes blush pink, coral, deep rose, lilac, magenta, orange and white. The Spreading/Vigorous Trial Collection includes salmon, coral, lavender, magenta, orange, red and white. www.SunPatiens.com
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ANTHONY TESSELAAR PLANTS VARIETY FOCUS: FLOWER CARPET® AMBER
Flower Carpet® 'AMBER' is the third of the 'Next Generation' of Flower Carpet roses and a complete breakthrough in color for groundcover roses. This 'Next Generation' breeding provided, among other attributes, improved disease resistance along with heat and humidity tolerance. Earlier 'Next Generation' releases include Flower Carpet 'Scarlet' in 2007 and Flower Carpet 'Pink Supreme' in 2008. For more information on this and other Anthony Tesselaar Plants, go to www.tesselaar.com.
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