for 2015 - Harris Seeds

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New!
for 2015
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Appealing introductions are
ready to launch your new season!
Here’s what’s happening for 2015
The Harris Seeds team is very pleased to offer our 2014-2015 Ornamental
Growers’ Plug & Liner Catalog to get you started for the new season.
Inevitably the question of ‘What’s New?’ arises. These five pages of new
introductions will offer you a snapshot of the many new varieties that are
in this catalog. Details of specific programs can be found on the succeeding pages and order forms. And of course, please don’t hesitate to contact
us with any questions regarding the complete Harris Seeds Plug & Liner
program. We are dedicated to be partners in your success. Please see page
63 for our contact information. Happy growing!
A. Begonia Bossa Nova Series
This new series brings the benefits
of seed genetics to the expanding
boliviensis species of begonia. Four
separate colors and a mix offer opportunities for lush baskets and containers. Grown by: Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
B. Hydrangea Let’s Dance®
Blue Jangles
The Let’s Dance series continues to
expand and improve with the addition
of this new Proven Winners® Color
Choice® shrub. Large mophead flowers
in rich blue cover the compact plant
habit of this strong rebloomer.
Grown by: Four Star, Pleasant View.
C. Euphorbia Glitz
As the first seed produced E. graminea,
new Glitz offers you the same performance as its vegetative cousins, but
perhaps without some of the headaches. The fine airy habit and tiny
white flowers make a nice buoyant
basket or container and mixes well
with other annuals in combos.
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell.
D. Petunia Surfinia Sumo™
Sumo brings another new class of
petunia to the world renowned
Surfinia series from Suntory. The
vigorous mounding plant habit offers
beefy plants that are packed with
flowers and brilliant color, ideal for
extra-large planters and landscape
situations. Bring it on!
Grown by: Raker, Mast, Barone.
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E. Verbena Lanai® Premium
Twister Amethyst
Here’s the newest addition to the
award winning Lanai series. Plants are
covered in large bicolored white and
pale violet flowers, offering an outstanding show of color in baskets and
containers. Grown by: Raker, Gro 'n
Sell, Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
F. Petunia Supertunia®
Black Cherry
One of the richest red petunias we’ve
ever seen, Supertunia Black Cherry features unique burgundy red petals with a
black throat. Displaying the Supertunia
prolific flowering characteristic, the color
really pops in containers and baskets.
G. Calibrachoa KaBloom™ Series
Another ‘first from seed’ breeding
breakthrough, new KaBloom varieties
bring you all the benefits that seed
varieties offer compared to vegetatively
propagated calibrachoa – better disease tolerance, better branching, more
economical production. Five core colors
launch this fantastic new series!
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G.
H. Trixi® Cherry Kiss
This newest addition to the notable
Trixi multi-liners will have your
customers asking for more! Petunia
Famous Compact Electric Purple joins
up with Calibrachoa MiniFamous Light
Pink Eye and Verbena Blues Rose Eye
for an appealing blend of color and
texture. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection, Mast.
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New!
for 2015
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E. Eggplant Patio Baby
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A. Echinacea Secret Series
How can you not fall in love with this
outstanding Echinacea series? Sporting
double cones and contrasting ray petals, the varieties in this series offer
novel texture and color compared to
traditional Echinacea. Four varieties
available: Glow, Joy, Passion, Romance.
Hardy zones 4-9. Grown by: Raker.
B. Calibrachoa Callie™ Pink w/ Eye
Top selling Callie series brings an
outstanding pink into its midst. The
medium pink flowers each have a central dark ring and yellow eye that sets
off the bloom for eye-catching color.
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast,
Barone.
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C. Petunia Easy Wave
Velour Burgundy
Seed grown and gorgeous, a double
epidermis makes the flowers so soft and
velvety; you can feel them with your
eyes. Spectacular Velour Red and Velour
Berry join Velour Burgundy in this new
iteration of Easy Waves. Grown by:
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection,
Barone.
D. Heuchera Dolce®
Brazen Raisen™
Check out the near-black foliage and
maroon undersides of this new heuchera
from Proven Winners®. Plants form a
dense mounded habit with large, round
lobed leaves. Beautiful! Grown by:
Four Star, Pleasant View.
This new All-America Selections winning eggplant is garnering attention
for its scaled down size and the
ornamental quality of its flowers and
foliage. This edible is a visual feast
- just the right size for an apartment
or townhome dweller, a trend that's
still gaining momentum! Grown by:
Gro 'n Sell.
F. Impatiens Big Bounce™
Series
This new shade alternative to
I. Walleriana varieties offer the habit
and flower count, but is resistant to
downy mildew and thrives in both
sun and shade. Big Bounce offers a
vigorous plant habit that will easily
fill out landscapes and large containers. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
G. Fuchsia Petite Dancer
These tiny beauties offer early and
continuous flowering, making them
ideal for hanging baskets. Four varieties are available: Dark Eyes, Neon
& White, Red & White, and Rose &
Purple. Grown by: Mast.
H. Euphorbia Diamond Delight™
This double flowering Euphorbia
from Proven Winners® puts on quite
a show – all on its own, or mixed in
with other annuals. The tight growth
pattern and extra set of petals pack
in more color to a genus that’s
known for its open airy habit.
I. Tomato Rapunzel
This aptly named new cherry tomato
is both vigorous and prolific! Masses
of cherry-sized fruit are produced on
long racemes – so tasty looking and
just ripe for plucking and popping
into your mouth! Grown by:
Gro ‘n Sell.
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B.
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A. Bacopa Scopia®
Double Indigo
New!
for 2015
E. Digiplexis® Illumination
Flame
Danziger brings another double
flowering variety to their reputable Scopia series. New Double
Indigo joins Double Ballerina Pink
and Double Snowball that all offer
decorative large double flowers on
branched compact plants. Grown by:
Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
An intergeneric cross between
Digitalis and Isoplexis results in an
extraordinarily beautiful plant. This
variety, its companion Illumination
Raspberry, and Berry Canary are
achieving cult status with experienced
gardeners. Grown by Raker, Plug
Connection.
B. Petunia Premium Blue Star™
F. Vinca Jams ‘n Jellies
Blueberry
This new petunia has been a superstar no matter where we’ve seen it!
It caught our eye at the California
Spring trials, and it has performed
exceptionally well in our summer
outdoor trials. Vigorous, prolific and
colorful, Blue Star brings the best of
both blue and white to hanging baskets and containers. Grown by: Mast.
C. Lantana Luscious®
Marmalade
This new Proven Winners® lantana
issues two-toned flowers that begin
as a warm soft tangerine and matures
to a rich orange-yellow. The spreading mounded habit is perfect for
both landscapes and containers,
and minimal seed set translates to a
longer flowering plant. New Luscious
Bananarama joins Marmalade for
2015. Grown by: Four Star,
Pleasant View.
D. Calibrachoa MiniFamous®
Double Purple
The MiniFamous series offers the most
varieties in the double flowering class
of calibrachoa, and new Double Purple
is a perfect fit. It’s eye-catching shade
of purple is smack dab right in between
Double Blue and Double Amethyst.
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection, Mast, Barone.
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E.
New Blueberry joins its Blackberry sibling
to offer a unique color to this expanding
Vinca series. The large 1½-2” flowers
with overlapping petals are an attractive
purple-blue with a dark center and aren’t
likely to fade in high light. Grown by
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection.
G. Impatiens SunPatiens®
Compact Pink
Five new varieties lend even more
support to the popular SunPatiens®
series. Bred to thrive in full sun to
partial shade and withstand downy
mildew, SunPatiens bloom all summer
for non-stop color. See back cover for
more SunPatiens! Grown by all our
plug & liner suppliers.
H. Dahlia Dahlietta® Series
Consider this new Dahlia series for
quick turns on your greenhouse bench.
Flowering in as little as 7 weeks, you
can offer your customers pots and
containers in a wide range of attractive colors. Grown by: Gro ‘n Sell.
I. Alyssum Dark Knight™
This new alyssum for Proven Winners®
produces continuous masses of deep
purple flowers from planting right on
through to the fall. Early flowering and
vigorous, Purple Knight will be one of the
first flowering annuals you’ll customers
see in the spring! Grown by: Four Star,
Pleasant View.
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New!
for 2015
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B.
E. Petunia Supertunia®
Limoncello
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If you were a fan of Supertunia Citrus,
look to this new variety as a solid
replacement. Flowers are a slightly
softer yellow, with a highly improved
branching habit. Plus it can be grown
colder than Citrus – a real plus in terms
of energy costs. Grown by: Four Star,
Pleasant View.
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A. Petunia Sanguna®
Radiant Blue
The blue & white flower pattern of
this new Sanguna petunia has the
industry buzzing, and soon home
gardeners will be asking for it by
name. Striking blue/white flowers
proliferate on nicely mounded plants
that look great in both baskets and
containers. Grown by: Raker,
Gro ‘n Sell, Mast, Barone.
B. Caladium Artful™ Series
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This innovative Proven Winners®
series should expand the market of
this magnificent genus because the
Artful’s are heat tolerant and can be
grown in either full sun or shade!
Multiple stems fill out containers
beautifully with the brilliant colors
intensifying in direct sunlight.
C. Bracteantha Mohave™
Orange
Soft enough for spring, bright
enough for fall. Mohave’s superior
branching and mounding plant habit
holds up so well at retail and translates into gardens and outdoor containers for summer-long color. Grown
by: Mast.
D. Impatiens Bolero Series
This new series is a nice versatile
shade alternative to I. Walleriana
with tolerance to downy mildew. The
vigorous spreading habit of the series
offers you a number of marketing
venues: hanging baskets, containers,
combos and landscape. Grown by:
F. Dahlia Dalaya Devi
The Dalaya series was kicked off last
season with two colors. Three new
varieties in 2015 (Devi, Shiva and
Raja) help expand the series. Excellent
branching, an exceptional plant habit
and superior mildew tolerance offer
both retail sales appeal and outstanding
garden performance. Grown by:
G. Calibrachoa Superbells®
Strawberry Punch
The unique two-toned blossoms of soft
pink and rich dark red naturally draw
your eyes to this new calibrachoa from
the Proven Winners® group. Your customers can expect a nicely mounded
plant habit and masses of color
throughout the season. Grown by:
Four Star, Pleasant View.
H. Petchoa SuperCal® Grape
We’re a big fan of this new Petchoa
variety from Sakata. Not only does it
bring the extra performance we’ve come
to expect from a cross between petunia
and calibrachoa, the color is simply
outstanding – unusual, vibrant and nonfading. Add a fantastic habit and superb
weather tolerance, and you have a winner! Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
I. KwikKombos®
Simplify your spring season!
KwikKombos® offer gorgeous 3-in-1
designer blends that take the guesswork out of making beautiful, balanced
blends. Syngenta continues to add new
mixes to the selection such as The Red
Carpet Mix and Red Devotion Mix for
can’t-miss containers. See pg. 21-23
for more multi-liner ideas. Grown by:
Raker, Mast, Barone.
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New!
for 2015
A.
C.
E. Petunia Sweet Sunshine®
Provence
B.
A. Lobelia Magadi™
Electric Purple
Nicely mounded and flowing, this
new addition to the Magadi series is
perfect for gallon and patio container
sales. Plants are saturated in rich hot
violet flowers. Grown by: Gro ‘n Sell,
B. Verbena Superbena®
Royale Red
Proven Winners® Superbena Royale
verbena have the early compact
habit that make them ideal for
container sales. But plant new
Superbena Royale Red into gardens
or landscapes and watch the vigorous
spreading habit take off for a rich
color soaked display.
Grown by: Four Star, Pleasant View
C. Petunia African Sunset
The first seed produced orange petunia wins is an All-America Selections
award. Fantastic color and habit are
head turners. Offer this beauty for
gardens, hanging baskets and containers, and you’ll have happy customers!
Plug Connection.
D. Calibrachoa MiniFamous®
Neo Series
Meet the newest lineup in the
MiniFamous family! Neo varieties
deliver the uniform habit and flowering window that growers need, along
with consumer friendly superior outdoor performance all summer long.
New Sweet Sunshine Provence brings
that mid-blue color that’s so in vogue
right now. Durable fully double blossoms stand up to tough weather – a
real challenge for double petunias.
Sweet Sunshine Provence delivers!
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug
Connection.
F. Bacopa Snowstorm®
Blue Bubbles
The double blue flowers produce more
color coverage per plant and creates a
different texture in baskets and containers compared to single flowering
varieties. Part of the P. Allen Smith
Platinum Collection from Proven
Winners®. Grown by: Four Star,
Pleasant View.
D.
G. Petunia Headliner Series
This new series from Selecta brings
the best genetics of the former Fame
series, and more. Compact mounded
plants boast early flowering and
a dramatic color range. Look to
Headliners to fill baskets, containers
and combos. Grown by: Gro ‘n Sell,
E.
H. Angelonia Serenita Pink
This variety’s fantastic habit and
color won it an All-America Selections
award! Seed produced Serenita Pink
is significantly shorter than its vegetative cousins, requires little to no
PGR’s and needs no pinching to create
a nicely branched plant habit that is
chock full of flower spikes. The true
pink flower spikes are prolific and
long lasting! Grown by: Raker,
Gro 'n Sell.
I. Diascia Sundiascia®
Upright Blush White
Sundiascia® is a completely new form
of diascia that offers market benefits
along with a stunning show of color.
Tall stems display 3-inch flower spikes
boldly. This new shape also saves
growing and shipping space and
prevents breakage from the center.
Grown by: Raker, Barone.
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6 Vegetative
Petunias
Vegetative annuals continue to increase in market
share. While growing seed produced items either directly
from seed or plugs is generally more economical, the
trend has definitely shifted in the direction of vegetative
annuals, perennials and herbs. Vegetative products allow
you more creativity in your product line and merchandising. A good balance between both seed and vegetatively
produced products is the smart practice for most growers.
Pages 6-23 focus on vegetative varieties offered in our
liner program that are certain to add to your bottom line.
Petunias
SuperCal® Grape
Petunias are the leading vegetative annual - and no wonder! They are colorful, easy to grow,
prolific, self-cleaning, and with enough food and water, they’re fairly low maintenance. Petunias
look fantastic when grown singly in containers and baskets, yet they also make wonderful components in combo planters. Different colors and flower types give growers and consumers tons of
choices. Petunias are plentiful, opportunities are many!
Petchoa SuperCal® Series
Part petunia, part calibrachoa, SuperCals® bring you
the best traits of both genera. Fantastic flowering
and adaptability to both cool and warm environments have turned growers into SuperCal fans. Be
sure to check out new Grape and Salmon Glow, plus
an improved Cherry! Height: 12”, 10-12” spread.
Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection,
Mast.
Surfinia® Deep Red
Surfinia® Series
Consider the Surfinia® series the granddaddy of
vegetative petunias. Still a market leader, these
vigorous beauties have phenomenal garden and
container performance. Find more details about
Surfinias on pg. 11.
Ray™ Series
The naturally compact mounding habit and superior branching of this well-known series offers
growers and gardeners endless opportunities for
combos, gardens, landscapes and more! The series
blends innovative and traditional color, including
new Salmon Ray and Sunshine Ray. Height: 8-12”;
24-24” spread. Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
Double Wave™ Series
Combine the frilly flowers of a double petunia
with the height and spread of a typical spreading
petunia, and you have the Double Waves™. Very
popular for mixed containers and baskets. Height:
6-8”, 18-24” spread. Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Mast.
Sanguna® Series
New!
This semi-trailing series was bred for exceptional
branching and superb bloom coverage, from center
to tip throughout the plants’ life cycle. Color-packed
plants display proven performance in combo planters and in the landscape. Seven new varieties boost
the series, including the fantastic Radiant Blue.
Height: 8-14”; 18-24” spread. Grown by Raker,
Gro ‘n Sell, Mast, Barone.
Whispers™ Series
It’s no secret that Whispers™ offer some interesting unique flower patterns, making them popular at
retail. Early blooming medium size flowers cover a
semi-trailing habit. Height: 8-14”; 18-24” spread.
Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast, Barone.
Sanguna® Radiant Blue
Ray™ Salmon
New!
Double Wave™ Blue
Whispers™ Star Rose
Vegetative
Petunias
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Which is the #1 Petunia series of all?
Actually there are two that command the
market. Check out the Supertunia® series
from Proven Winners® on pg. 15, and the
Potunia Dark Red popular seed grown Wave Series on pgs.
24-25.
Sweet Sunshine Compact Lime
Fortunia® Series
This popular series boasts a long flowering period and better
tolerance to extreme weather conditions than some of its
counterparts. Plants are fast to flower on a vigorous mounded
plant habit. Height: 10-12”, 10-20” spread. Grown by Raker,
Cascadias™ Series
The Cascadias™ series has long been known for its large flowers that fill a vigorous, well-branched trailing habit. The wide
range of colors gives you countless options for baskets and
containers. Height: 8-18”, 36-48” spread. Grown by Raker,
Sweet Sunshine™ Series
Notable for offering unique colors in a double flowering series,
Sweet Sunshine™ varieties also have strong weather tolerance.
Their semi-trailing habit means a more contained habit than
standard spreading petunias. Height: 8-10”, 10-12” spread.
Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell.
Headliner Series NEW
A renaissance of the former Fame series, Headliners offer early
flowering large vibrant blooms with outstanding container and
outdoor performance Fourteen varieties kick off the series.
Height: 10-12”, 10-12” spread. Grown by Gro ‘n Sell, Plug
Connection, Mast.
‘Cute as a button’ miniature blooms almost fool you
into thinking this series is a Calibrachoa, but it’s
truly a petunia! Their vigorous spreading petunia
habits make these varieties perfect for both containers and garden beds. Height: 4-6”, 18-20” spread.
Grown by Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
Potunia Series
Named for its contained bubble-like rounded plant
habit, Potunia’s have created a quite the buzz as the
petunia to offer in pots, larger containers, and even
hanging baskets. Early to flower and easy to grow,
the series offers standard and novel colors. Height:
8-18”, 9-12” spread. Grown by Mast.
Crazytunia Series
Exciting flower colors and patterns are the foundation of this increasingly popular series. Jazzy names
like Black Mamba (solid black) and Kermit Rose (rose
w/lime green margin) accompany the innovative
varieties for a fun growing and gardening experience. Height: 10-12”, 10-12” spread. Grown by
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone.
Fortunia®
Purple Heart
Cascadias™ Indian Summer
Harris Seeds
Littletunia® Series
Littletunia®
Blue Vein
Headliner Rose White Vein
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Surfinia® Red
Double Wave™ Blue
Surfinia® Sky Blue
Double Wave™ Red
Surfinia® Deep Red
Cascadias Indian Summer
Double Wave™ Purple
Double Wave™ White
Crazytunia Star Jubilee
Double Wave™ Pink
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More petunia series
to consider!
Famous™- Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection, Mast
Glow™- Gro ‘n Sell, Mast
Marvel™- Gro ‘n Sell,
Mast
Peppy - Mast
Perfectunia™- Raker,
Plug Connection
Starlet™ – Gro ‘n Sell,
Mast
Surprise - Mast
Sweetunia® - Mast
Crazytunia Star Jubilee
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Vegetative
Geraniums
A traditional home garden decorating favorite, geraniums
bring bursts of color to just about any space they occupy.
It’s commonly accepted that vegetative geraniums offer
especially large, lush blooms that make a statement both
in gardens and containers. The geranium series highlighted on thes two pages represent the bestsellers currently
on the market.
Calliope® Series
Americana® Series
As an interspecific cross between a
zonal and an ivy geranium, Calliope
brings the best traits of both species to the final product. Huge
flower heads filled with semi-double
blooms fill the highly branched heat
and drought tolerant robust plants.
Calliope Dark Red is the hallmark of
the series, but also has other high
performance siblings such as Hot Pink
and Lavender Rose. Don't miss out on
offering Calliope to your customers they'll be happy with the results, and
so will you! Grown by: Raker,
This well-established series is Harris
Seeds top selling vegetative geranium
series. Americana varieties thrive in
high density production yet show better
garden performance than the competing
European varieties, and are well recognized for their performance and durability. Gardeners can count on this series
for endurance, as plants need little care
once established. Grown by: Raker,
Calliope® Dark Red
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Calliope® Dark Red
Americana® Rose Mega Splash
Rocky Mountain™ Dark Red
Americana® Dark Red
Patriot™ Bright Red
Americana® Rose Mega Splash
Calliope® Lavender Rose
Rocky Mountain™ Violet
Rocky Mountain™ Series
Count on strong, vigorous plants with the
Rocky Mountain™ series. Large, full size plants
produce big blooms and are very showy in
beds or large containers. They have superb
heat tolerance and outdoor performance,
making them an outstanding choice for landscaping. Grown by: Raker, Plug Connection,
Mast, Barone.
Americana® Dark Red
Americana® White
Rocky
Mountain™
Dark Red
Vegetative
Geraniums
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Caliente® Rose
Freestyle® Arctic Red
Patriot™ Bright Violet
Freestyle® Series
This market leading ivy geranium needs no pinching
to produce plenty of large blooms. The compact habit
is naturally branching and produces crisp, clean colors
that make attractive baskets, window boxes or combination plantings. The heat resistant plants are less
susceptible to oedema than other ivy type Geraniums.
Grown by: Raker, Mast, Barone.
Patriot™ Series
This flagship series is ideal for premium 4½” or
larger pots. The Patriots™ produce full, vigorous
plants with self-branching, mounding habits.
Their great heat and weather tolerance provide
solid performance in gardens and landscapes.
Grown by: Mast.
Caliente® Orange
Great Balls of Fire Burgundy Blaze
Elegance Crystal
Rose
Angel Eyes
Burgundy
Caliente® Lavender
Caliente® Series
Another series that demonstrates the effectiveness of a zonal/ivy cross, Caliente® varieties create
large, attractive shatter-resistant flowers. These
self-assured plants possess extreme heat tolerance,
allowing gardeners to enjoy carefree color all summer
long, even under extreme weather conditions. Grown
by: Raker, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone.
Specialty
Geraniums
Consider some distinctive 'specialty' type
geraniums to complement your
core zonal or ivy geranium program. Regal or Martha Washington
types create beautiful pots for
special holidays like Easter or Mother's Day. Scented
types like Lemon Fizz, Sweet Mimosa and Torento, or
the Pillar varieties also make good choices for novelty
sales. Grown by: Raker, Plug Connection, Barone.
More geraniums to consider!
ZONALS
Pillar – Plug Connection
Regal types - Raker, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone
Exotic types – Raker, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone
Scented types – Raker, Plug Connection, Barone
Fidelity – Raker, Plug Connection, Barone
Classic – Raker, Plug Connection, Barone
Darko – Plug Connection
Elanos – Plug Connection
Tango™ Rose Splash
Tango™ Series
Efficient Tangos™ are programmable for early-,
mid-, and late-season turns in the greenhouse.
The series offers a full color range that contrasts
nicely with the dark green foliage. Proven garden
performance and heat tolerance seal the deal with
this well-known series. Grown by: Raker, Mast,
Barone.
IVY TYPES
Blizzard – Raker, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone
Cascade – Raker, Mast, Barone
Contessa – Raker, Mast, Barone
Temprano – Raker, Plug Connection, Mast
Great Balls of Fire – Mast
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Calibrachoa
This well established high-demand annual creates lively, carefree
baskets and planters that are durable and bloom-filled all season
long. Plant habits range from mounding to trailing, with a vast
palette of colors. Create your own combo's with Calibrachoa or see
multi-liner opportunities on pages 21-23.
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MiniFamous® Vampire
Callie® Deep Yellow
MiniFamous® Dark Blue
Callie® Dark Blue
Million Bells® Terra Cotta
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Also Consider:
Crave - Raker, Gro 'n Sell
Celebration™– Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection
Early Bird - Gro 'n Sell
Lindura - Gro 'n Sell, Mast
Over Easy - Pleasant View
™
KaBloom !
Be sure to consider
™
this first seed produced
Calibrachoa! See plug
sections of Raker,
Gro 'n Sell.
MiniFamous® Vampire
MiniFamous® Series
Market leading MiniFamous® offers a
number of habits within the series to
suit your market: compact, trailing,
Neo (uniform habit and timing), and
doubles. Colors cover the palette from
bold vibrant hues to the softer pastels
that are just as appealing. You'll have
no trouble finding varieties in the
MiniFamous® series that will delight
your customers! Grown by: Raker, Gro
‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Mast.
Callie® Deep Yellow
Noa® Black Purple
Callie® Series
The color lineup of the Callie® series is
extensive, giving growers many color choices
that will best suit their marketplace. The
series was bred for strong root systems and
greater tolerance to soil pH, which allows
growers and gardeners to grow this enjoyable
genus more easily. The dense, semi-trailing
habit is well suited for baskets, containers and
combination planters. Look for certain outstanding Callie® colors in KwikKombo™ multiliners too! (See page 23). Grown by: Raker,
Gro ’n Sell, Plug Connection, Mast, Barone.
Noa® Series
Varieties in the Noa® series
are low-maintenance, easyto-grow, and consistent in
flowering, even under short
days. More vigorous than
Minifamous®, Noa® fills out
hanging baskets and large
containers easily and quickly.
A few ‘Oh my!’ colors such as
Black Purple are well worth
considering. Grown by: Gro ‘n
Sell, Mast.
Grower
Tips
CALIBRACHOA
1. Keep the media pH on
the acid side, between
5.5 and 5.8.
2. Fertilize well, with a
well-balanced fertilizer
including micronutrients
and slightly higher iron.
3. Keep media evenly moist,
but avoid overwatering.
4. Calibrachoa are recommended for container
use in areas where high
soil pH is a potential
problem.
Calipetite™ Series
Calipetite's make the compact varieties of the other
leading series look downright zealous! Each series has
their place - with the Calipetites think pots, window
boxes, or wherever you want the plants sweet, neat and
petite! The series' dwarf genetics eliminates the need
for PGR's, offering growers significant cost savings.
naturally compact and well-behaved, the Calipetites
are ideal for long lasting retail shelf appeal. Be sure to
note attractive new Calipetite Mid-Blue! Grown by:
Million Bells® Terra Cotta
Million Bells® Series
The ‘granddaddy of Calibrachoa, this flagship series was developed
by Suntory in Japan and released in the early 1990’s, and is still
going strong. Find more details about Million Bells on pg. 11.
Which is the #1 Calibrachoa series of all?
Check out Superbells® from Proven Winners® on pg. 16.
Annuals from Suntory
®
The Suntory® Story
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We think it’s a great story! Although Suntory is most renowned
in the worldwide hospitality business, in horticultrual circles they are
best known for their innovative breeding of vegetative annuals. Their
high class, high quantity breeding work still command a good portion of the market with familiar names like Surfinia® petunia, Million
Bells® calibrachoa, Tapien® verbena, and more! Suntory's philosophy
of innovation and independence has built a firm foundation for the
Suntory® Collection of outstanding annuals for you to grow and sell
in today's marketplace!
Petunia Surfinia® Sumo Pink
Calibrachoa Million Bells® Trailing Red
Calibrachoa Million Bells® Series
The Million Bells® series put Calibrachoa on the horticultural map, and sales are
still strong. The series features vigorous growth, profuse blooming, and demonstrated garden performance. Million Bells are easy to grow, and are self-cleaning
and resilient, bouncing right back after rain or drought. Three different habits
give you plenty of choices:
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•
•
Million Bells® Trailing – Low growing, trailing habit, height: 2-6”;
24-48” spread.
Million Bells® Mounding – Upright bushy, mounding habit,
height: 9-12”; up to 20” spread.
Million Bells® Bouquet – Upright bushy, compact habit,
height: 8-12”; up to 12” spread.
Petunia Surfinia® Patio Yellow
Calibrachoa Million Bells®
Terra Cotta
Petunia Surfinia® Series
This 'granddaddy' of vegetative petunias kicked off the vegetative annuals revolution and is still a major player 24 years later! Robust plants are fast growers and
profuse bloomers with superb weather tolerance and disease resistance. Five
different habits are highlighted below:
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•
•
Superfinia® Trailing – Vigorous, trailing habit, height: 5-7”; up to 8'
spread, single flowers.
Superfinia® Mounding – Mounding, upright habit, height: 12”; 12-18”
Superfinia® Double – Compact, mounding habit, height: 12-16”; 40-48”
spread, fantastic double flowers.
Superfinia® Bouquet – Mounding, compact habit, height: 8-12”; 12-15”
Superfinia Sumo NEW!– Vigorous, mounding habit, height: 18-20”; 3555” spread, single flowers.
Verbena
Tapien® Series
More
SUNTORY ANNUALS!
Temari® Series
Diascia Sundiascia®
Lophospermum Lofos®
Compact
Mandevilla Sun Parasol®
Scaevola Surdiva®
A dense flower packed habit and a 3 foot spread
spills over rocks and other garden decor, as
well as hanging baskets and containers for a
pleasing effect.
Long loved for its resistance to powdery mildew
Temari® offers lasting saturated color in pots
and hanging baskets.
Suntory varieties offered in this catalog are grown by Raker,
Gro 'n Sell, Plug Connection, Four Star, Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
Petunia Surfinia® Summer Double Rose
Verbena Tapien® Blue Violet
Petunia Surfinia® Heavenly Blue
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Annuals
More Popular Performers!
These outstanding vegetative annuals are not to be overlooked! Round
out your primary annual product lineup these popular high-performers.
You’ll see specific varieties or series mentioned below, but each genus
offers many more options to choose from. For a more complete listing,
please browse through each of our suppliers’ order forms, and online at
www.harrisseeds.com.
A. Verbena Lanai®
Popular Lanai® verbena offer non-stop color in the landscape and exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Lanai colors have a controlled trailing habit of 6-10” high
and 20-24” wide. Lanai Upright colors have an upright mounding habit of 8-12” high
and 12-14” wide. Grown by all our plug & liner suppliers.
B. Dahlia Dalina®
A.
Cheerful Dalina® varieties bring happiness to gardeners of all ages. Fully double
flowers and a thick branching habit create beautiful and versatile pots and combination planters. The series consists of Grande with moderate vigor and large flowers,
and Midi with a more compact habit and smaller flowers. Grown by: Four Star,
Pleasant View.
C. Fuchsia Dark Eyes
A classic among trailing Fuchsias, Dark Eyes still entices customers with its pendulous
double blooms of red and deep purple. You’ll find Fuchsia in many other colors and
habits on our suppliers’ order forms, (including the new Petite Dancer series!)
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Four Star, Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
D. Lobelia Techno® Heat
Lobelia gained market share because of heat tolerant vegetative varieties. The
Techno® Heat series typifies this advanced breeding, as they stand up to heat stress
far better than standard lobelia. They look splendid in their own baskets and also
help to create eye-catching, effortless combination planters. Grown by: Raker, Gro
‘n Sell, Mast, Barone.
E. Lantana Bandana®
This heat-loving series is a Lantana leader! Bandana® varieties thrive in high heat
and full sun, pumping out an amazing amount of vibrant color across a palette of
bold and bright hues and adding sizzle to both annual beds and containers! Note
Bandana ‘Landscape’ varieties replace the former trailing colors. Grown by: Raker,
Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
B.
C.
F. Bacopa Scopia® Gulliver
This in-demand Bacopa boasts large flowers that fully cover its nicely mounded plant
habit. The series’ Blue, White and Pink Heart varieties make great ‘spiller’ components for mixed baskets and containers. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast, Plug
Connection.
G. Impatiens Silhouette®
The Silhouette series from GoldFisch® produces elegant double blossoms and an
excellent full plant habit. Mounding 8 – 12” plants are early to flower and show
tremendous branching for a gorgeous overall show. Grown by Gro ‘n Sell, Mast,
Barone.
H. Begonia Solenia
D.
This Hiemalis type Begonia series is simply breathtaking! The vigorous mildew resistant plants are covered in lush blooms in tropical hues, making them standouts for
hanging baskets and containers. The Solenia’s are adaptable to high light and full
sun. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast, Barone.
E.
F.
LOOK FOR
KWIKKOMBO™
MULTI-LINERS OF
YOUR FAVORITE
GOLDFISCH®
VARIETIES!
A number of the
Lanai® verbena,
Bandana® lantana and
Techno® Heat lobelia
varieties are available
in easy-on-the-eyes,
easy to grow multiliner combinations!
See page 23
for details.
G.
H.
Vegetative
I. Torenia Moon® Series
Annuals
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The striking vivid flowers on this compact
Torenia series make it ideal for mixed containers and flower beds. Versatile Torenia grows
successfully in part sun or shade. Grown by:
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
J. Scaevola Bombay® Series
Bombay varieties offer long lasting
non-stop color all summer long! Offer
them in hanging baskets, container and
mixed combos, and you’re find these beauties
walking out the door. Scaevola is naturally
heat tolerant and thrives in bright sunny locations, thus they are widely adaptable across
most of the country. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n
Sell, Mast, Barone.
J.
I.
K. Dahlia Dahlinova
Hypnotica® Series
K.
Large flowers in a stunning array of colors are
produced on well-branched vigorous plants.
This series commands respect because of its
productivity and tolerance to rain and mildew.
Look to the Hypnotica’s for summer-long color
in both containers and gardens. Grown by:
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
L. Lophospermum Lofos®
Compact Series
Looking for a unique premium product to sell?
Try either of the two Lofos Compact varieties
from Suntory. Their controlled trailing habit
and tropical looking flowers make great hanging baskets, either on their own or combined
with other annuals. Grown by: Raker, Mast,
Barone.
L.
LUVIN’ THE SUN WITH SUNPATIENS®!
M. Impatiens Super Sonic® Series
This series offers award-winning landscape performance with its very large flowers and strong,
well-branched plant habit. These versatile plants
are recommended for all container sizes. Grown
by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Mast.
M.
Sun-loving SunPatiens varieties are proven
performers for containers and gardens. See back
cover for more details about these top-sellers!
Tropicals and Succulents
N. Colocasia
The Royal Hawaiian® series brings a lush tropical ambiance
to gardens and large containers. The series’ clumping habit
and large leaves support an interesting plant architecture
that will turn heads. Plant singly or use as a focal point in
large mixed planters. Grown by Raker, Mast.
O. Sedum
Commonly known as ‘Stonecrop’, this popular genus offers
endless possibilities for container programs. Gobs of varieties offer you opportunities to use sedum for texture, color,
and accent in combo planters. Grown by Plug Connection,
Raker, Gro ‘N Sell, Four Star, Pleasant View.
P. Mandevilla
N.
O.
Luscious open blooms cover vigorous vining plants for an
awesome tropical display of color. The SunParasol series
includes three types: Giant (huge blooms, vining, good for
trellising), Original (slightly more compact, slightly smaller
flower, most popular), and Pretty (more compact, bushier,
good for pots and baskets). Grown by Plug Connection.
Q. Succulent Assortments
Our succulent assortments take the guesswork out of picking
and choosing which succulent varieties to grow together, and
they help keep your costs manageable. Mixed trays of Echevaria, Delosperma, Sedum, Sempervivum, and mixed genera succulents are available. Please call our plug dept. for availability:
800-544-7938. Grown by Plug Connection, Pleasant View.
P.
Q.
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Foliage
Foliage, Foliage, and more Foliage!
Variations in color and texture unite!
Foliage is a fully established component in garden design with good reason. Foliage varieties lend calming
complements to color saturated gardens and containers, making them perfect as accent plants. Used in landscapes on its own, or as a component in combination plantings, foliage lends that final touch to garden artistry.
Consider any of the following top selling foliage classes when creating your season product line up.
● Ipomoea
Commonly known as Sweet Potato
Vine, these rambling foliage plants
are often used in combination planters where their foliar hue brings out
the color of their flowering companions. Most popular varieties are
Marguerite (chartreuse) and Blackie
(dark maroon), but there are tons
of other options. Grown by all our
suppliers.
● Coleus
Sun tolerant coleus varieties lead
the way for this popular genus, with
a wide selection of varieties that
perform from full shade to full sun.
A diversity of leaf colors and shapes
await you! Grown by all our suppliers.
● Dracaena Spike
Our top selling single foliage variety! This workhorse is almost taken
for granted these days, but it’s a
grower’s staple. In combo container
production, its arching 24” leaf habit
lends height and accent to colorful
containers. Grown by Raker, Four
Star, Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
● Grasses
Ornamental grasses add soothing
color and texture in landscape situations. They are also popular choices
for large containers or combined with
flowering annuals in combos. Grown
by all our suppliers.
● Vinca major variegata
Another ‘oldie but goodie’, this trailing foliage vinca spills over mixed
containers, lending depth and dimension to finished planters. V. major
Wojo’s Jem is a grower favorite!
Grown by all our suppliers.
Dichondra Silver Falls ●
This attractive accent plant offers
small, rounded, silver leaves on silver
stemmed plants that can grow up
to 4-6 feet long. It shines in mixed
containers, hanging baskets, or on
its own! Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Four Star, Pleasant View, Mast.
Ivy (Hedera) Glacier ●
Ivy is the perfect accent plant, tying
together the elements of a mixed container without overwhelming it.
Glacier has icy blue/green leaves with
white highlights. For creamy yellow
and green tones, try Yellow Ripple.
Grown by Four Star, Mast.
Plectranthus ●
Funny name, but great foliage!
Varieties in this genus offer great
color contrast in mixed containers.
Silver Shield and Cervasa n' Lime
are our top sellers. Grown by
Raker, Plug Connection, Four
Star, Pleasant View, Mast.
Ferns (Boston, Asparagus) ●
Traditionally grown for hanging
baskets, both Boston and Asparagus
Ferns also make interesting components in combination planters. Grown
by Raker, Plug Connection, Four Star,
Pleasant View, Mast, Barone.
Strobilanthes Persian Shield ●
Who wouldn’t be drawn to this unusual foliage plant? The dark metallic
sheen of its purple and silver foliage
adds great contrast in the landscape
or containers. Full, upright plants
grow 18 to 24” tall, in sun or part
shade. Grown by Gro ‘n Sell, Four
Star, Pleasant View, Mast.
Cordyline ●
Cordyline offers a nice alternative to
traditional Dracaena Spike. What’s
more, you’ll find different color alternatives for added interest. Grown by
Four Star, Plug Connection, Mast.
Proven Winners
It’s Not Just a Name
®
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The Proven Winners® mission from day one has
been to ensure that gardeners succeed when they
take home plants that are potted or tagged as Proven Winners.
This gardener success is founded on the integration of quality products
with aggressive marketing and merchandising.
The Proven Winners team searches the world to find and select plants
which are clearly superior to others of their type. Rigorous testing
selects plants with superior performance, high disease and pest
tolerance, and best-in-class adaptability to heat and humidity. Due to
this geographically diverse trialing program, the Proven Winners group
has coined the slogan ‘The right plant for all places’.
Seventeen of Harris Seeds top 25 varieties are Proven Winners®, a
noteworthy testimony of grower and consumer demand for this brand.
Offering Proven Winners® varieties assures you of successful sales and
happy customers!
The following six pages highlight the Proven Winners® programs that will
help you achieve a successful 2015 season. Proven Winners offered in this
catalog are grown by Four Star Greenhouse and Pleasant View Gardens.
Petunia Supertunia® Series
This aptly named series still reigns supreme in sales. Heavy blooming,
self-cleaning, fragrant, and self-branching, the Supertunias® offer a
wonderful cache of colors and a diversity of flower types. Offer them
singly or in combinations, in pots or in baskets for premium sales.
• Supertunia® – tons of colors, real flower power
• Supertunia® Vista – landscape type, real workhorses!
• Supertunia® Charm – vigorous, vibrant, tolerate heat & humidity
• Supertunia® Mini – smaller flowers, curtains of bloom
• Supertunia® Double – fully ruffled, huge flowers
• Supertunia® Novelty – Raspberry Blast™, Picasso in Pink™,
Pretty Much Picasso®
Supertunia®
Raspberry Blast™
Supertunia® Priscilla
Supertunia® Royal
Velvet
Harris Seeds
Supertunia® Vista Bubblegum™
Home gardeners look to P. Allen
Smith for inspiration and ideas.
If he’s endorsed a specific
Proven Winners variety, it’s
likely that your customers will
be asking for it by name. Grow
any of the varieties in P. Allen
Smith Platinum Collection,
and enjoy successful sales and
customer satisfaction. Visit our
website for a complete list.
www.harrisseeds.com
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New!
Supertunia®
Limoncello
New!
Supertunia®
Morning Glory
Charm
Supertunia® Mini
Rose Veined
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Supertunias®
Royal Velvet
Bordeaux
Vista Bubblegum™
Raspberry Blast™
White
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Proven Winners
®
Calibrachoa Superbells® Cherry Star
Calibrachoa Superbells® Lemon Slice
Calibrachoa Superbells® Series
Growers and consumers have an appetite for this
very popular Calibrachoa series, and with good
reason. The series boasts award-winning varieties
selected for an impressive combination of large
flowers, disease resistance, superior heat tolerance,
and vigor. Superbells® make a colorful show in
4½” or larger pots, hanging baskets, or combination planters. A full palette of standard colors is
complemented by gorgeous, distinctively hued
varieties like Pomagranate Punch, Dreamsicle, zesty
top-selling Lemon Slice, and new Strawberry Punch!
Calibrachoa Superbells® Dreamsicle
Harris Seeds
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Superbells®
Lemon Slice
Pomegranate Punch
Dreamsicle
Yellow
Cherry Star
New!
Calibrachoa Superbells®
Strawberry Punch
Verbena Superbena® Grande Vista
(Superbena® Pink and Royale Chambray)
Proven Winners Verbena
New!
Verbena Tukana®
Scarlet Star
Verbena
Superbena®
Royale Red
The family of Proven Winners® verbena includes
three series:
• Superbena® – The most popular of the three
series, Superbena® features large flower heads,
vivid color, and an upright/cascading habit.
Described as the ‘big boys’ of the PW Verbena
family, they are perfect for large hanging baskets, whether combined together, with other
compatible annuals, or simply on their own. Be
sure to check out ‘New for 2015’ Superbena®
Royale Cherryburst and Royale Red!
• Tukana® – This outstanding landscape verbena
series features early blooming, large flowers
and broad leaves on a mounded plant habit.
Tukana’s excel in large containers, hanging
baskets, and especially in garden beds and
landscapes.
Harris Seeds
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Verbena
Superbena®
Dark Blue
Large Lilac Blue
Pink Shades
Royal Peachy Keen
Burgundy
More Proven Winners®
Market Leaders!
Bacopa (Sutera)
Snowstorm® Series
Delicate and lacy, the glimmering,
star-shaped flowers of Snowstorm®
varieties add beauty and texture to
baskets and containers. Although
they look splendid on their own in
hanging baskets, they also lighten
up color-packed mixed combos.
Giant Snowflake is the top seller,
but also look for new Blue Bubbles
and Snow Globe™.
Osteospermum
Daisy type flowers sell, so it’s no
surprise that Osteo’s are in the
upper echelon of Proven Winners®
varieties.
• Soprano® – Soprano® varieties
possess impressive heat tolerance for an Osteo. The compact
plants are perfect for pot production.
• Symphony – This “granddaddy”
of the two series includes our
two best-selling Osteo varieties. Like Soprano’s, they also
exhibit remarkable heat tolerance and are more vigorous.
Use Symphony for large container production.
Proven Winners
New Diamond Delight™ joins garden
award winner Diamond Frost® in the
Proven Winners® lineup. Its double
flowers create a fuller appearance and
it is equally versatile. Grow both varieties for individual baskets and containers or as a component in combo
plantings.
Alyssum (Lobularia)
Standout Snow Princess® broke
through genetic Alyssum barriers by
introducing better heat tolerance
and extended season performance.
Snow Princess® sparkles in standalone baskets and containers, but
also lends an airy touch when mixed
with other friendly annuals. Also
look for Blushing Princess™, Frosty
Knight, White Knight™ and the new
Dark Knight™ to complement the PW
Alyssum collection.
Lobelia
Laguna® Sky Blue
New!
Top selling Lagunas are hanging
basket favorites, but they also
nicely lighten up mixed containers.
The compact, weather resistant
plants are heat tolerant and retain
their shape and color throughout
the growing season.
Osteospermum
Orange Symphony
New!
Osteospermum
Lemon Symphony
Nemesia
Certain Proven Winners®
varieties require a Proven
Winners® brand container or
tag. See pg. 18 for more
information.
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Euphorbia Diamond Delight™
Lobelia Laguna™ Series
Two PW Nemesia series bring
you happy color options for
early spring sales. Frost tolerant
Innocence® varieties are wellbranched, compact and easy to
grow. Sunsatia® varieties’ trailing
habit looks exceptional in hanging
baskets for a spring sales kickoff!
®
Bacopa Snowstorm®
Blue Bubbles
Euphorbia
Diamond Delight™
Nemesia
Sunsatia®
Lemon
Alyssum Dark Knight™
Nemesia Opal Innocence®
Proven Winners® varieties make marvelous
combination baskets and containers.
Let multi-liners, bundled combos and Go &
Grow™ hanging baskets take the guesswork
out of figuring out which varieties grow best
together! See page 21 for Proven Winners®
combo opportunities!
New!
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Proven Winners®
Foliage
Foliage plants are almost as hot these
days as flowering annuals. Proven
Winners® offers select groups of foliage
plants that lend great accent color to
mixed containers and often display quite
nicely on their own!
Ipomoea Sweet
Caroline Sweetheart
Light Green
Proven Winners® Containers
Ipomoea
Now a gardener’s favorite, Sweet Potato Vine is used
extensively in combination planters for diversity of form
and color. Four series await your attention:
Ipomoea Illusion® Midnight Lace
• Illusion® – Unique texture adds value. Dense, lacy
dissected foliage sets this series apart from the other
Ipomoea’s on the market.
• Sweet Caroline – Widest color palette of the group.
Finger-shaped leaves and vigorous plants make this
series ideal for large containers and baskets.
• Sweet Caroline Bewitched – Compact mounding habit.
The rich purple leaves offer great color and texture.
• Sweet Caroline Sweetheart – Pretty heart-shaped
leaves. The unique leaves and more compact habit set
this series apart from traditional Sweet Caroline’s.
Support the brand!
Brand identity helps to support sales. Why not
help your customers identify Proven Winners
plants by offering them in PW branded containers. Although not all PW varieties require a
branded container, a number of varieties do,
including selected annuals and all of the Proven
Winners perennials and Color Choice shrubs.
We highly recommend you use the PW branded
containers, even if a variety doesn’t require it.
Harris Seeds welcomes your PW container orders
and we’re here to assist you. Please call or email
us for questions and help: 800-544-7938 or
[email protected].
Coleus Colorblaze® Series
Vibrant color and exceptional performance are two solid
reasons for including this popular series in your product line.
All of the varieties are late-flowering and hold their plant
form throughout the entire growing season. Tolerant of
varying light conditions, all are vigorous growers that fill
out large containers and landscapes.
Graceful Grasses® Collection
Coleus Colorblaze®
Kingswood Torch
Coleus Colorblaze®
Keystone Kopper™
Add texture, height and color to large containers
and landscapes with these annual grasses from
Proven Winners.
Carex Toffee Twist
18-24”
Cyperus King Tut®
48-72”
Cyperus Baby Tut®
18-24”
Juncus Blue Mohawk
36-48”
Pennisetum Red Riding Hood
12-18”
Pennisetum Sky Rocket
24-30”
Pennisetum Vertigo®
36-72”
Graceful Grasses®
Pennisetum Sky Rocket
New!
Graceful Grasses®
Cyperus King Tut
Graceful Grasses®
Carex Toffee Twist
Proven Winners
Lavender Sweet
Romance
Proven Winners®
Perennials
Homeowners seeking to add value to their
homes look to incorporate perennials into
their landscapes. The Proven Winners®
group offers quality perennials that are
consistent with their core philosophy:
‘The right plant for all places’. Add value
to your bottom line with any of the following widely adapted Proven Winners
perennials!
New!
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Salvia Color Spires®
Pink Dawn
New!
Heuchera Dolce® Series
Our top selling perennial series. Bred for small pot production, Dolce®
varieties finish quickly, in as little as 5-6 weeks! As they are sized up to
larger containers or planted outdoors, their vigor kicks in. Gardeners are
treated to a canopy of intense foliage color that deepens when plants are
exposed to cooler weather.
Veronica Magic Show™
Enchanted Indigo
Heliopsis Tuscan Sun
Highly marketable ‘Tuscan Sun’ delivers! Strong, compact powdery mildew
resistant plants provide tremendous flowering capacity. The rich yellow
flowers contrast nicely with dark green foliage and blooms profusely
throughout the summer.
Lavender Sweet Romance™
This lovely lavender made it into in our top 5 Proven Winners perennial
sales last season! It goes to show you that not only is lavender a popular
item, but this variety in particular wins favor with growers as a first year
flowering perennial, and with consumers for it long lasting flowers and
fragrance!
Leucanthemum Banana Cream
Perfect for retail as a potted plant, both varieties have sales appeal with
nicely branched plants in full flower. ‘Banana Cream’ is sensational as the
4-5” flowers open lemon yellow, lighten to a butter yellow, and finally
mature to a creamy white. An extra row of ray petals adds fullness to the
flowers.
Salvia Color Spires® Series
Heuchera Dolce® Cinnamon Curls
This ‘New for 2015’ perennial salvia series boasts a uniform dense plant
habit and sturdy upright stems. Well-branched stems flower from base to
tip, offering a more concentrated show of color. Crystal Blue, Pink Dawn
and Violet Riot launch the series.
More Proven Winners Perennials to Consider:
Leucanthemum
‘Banana Cream’
Hemerocallis
‘Primal Scream’
Dianthus ‘Fruit Punch’ Series
Hemerocallis ‘Primal Scream’, ‘Going Bananas’, ‘Siloam Peony Display’
Heucherella ‘Leap Frog’
Hosta ‘Goodness Gracious’, ‘Empress Wu’, ‘Autumn Frost’
Monarda ‘Pardon My’ Series
Nepeta ‘Cat’s Meow’
Veronica ‘Magic Show Enchanted Indigo’
Heliopsis
‘Tuscan Sun’
New!
Heucherella Leap Frog
Heuchera Dolce® Blackberry Ice
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Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrubs
Shrubs play a vital role in landscaping. These woody perennials provide structure, visual interest,
privacy, and traffic control. Although most often used in the landscape, modern shrub varieties are
also grown in large containers for corporate or civic beautification. When grouped together, they
become hedges that provide screening or form borders or windbreaks. Many shrubs also make wonderful specimen plants when planted alone.
Proven Winners® ColorChoice® shrubs are sourced from all over the world, then tested and trialed in
North America for at least 5 years before being introduced to local gardeners. They are evaluated for
hardiness, easy care, prolific blooming, compact growth, continuous color, and superior overall performance. With over 200 varieties in this class, including 23 introductions for 2015, you’ll find the shrubs
that are well suited for your region and market. ColorChoice® shrubs are available from Four Star and
Pleasant View in 28 cell trays and quarts. Here are some highlights of this growing program:
Hydrangea - The most-Googled plant!
Hydrangea Invincibelle® Spirit
Hydrangeas are one the most sought after shrubs for homes and landscapes. Look around and you’re bound to see some variety of hydrangea
adorning homes, corporate landscapes and municipal areas. Proven
Winners® delivers by offering 33 different varieties, including 2 introductions for 2015. Hydrangeas are easy to grow, elegant to behold and
versatile. Although all of these beauties deserve mention (because they
are simply awesome!) the handful below represents our top sellers or
are new for this season:
• Incrediball® – Our top seller: huge white flower heads measure
up to 12” on this magnificent shrub!
• Let’s Dance® Rhapsody Blue – Large mophead flowers bloom on
both the old and new wood, transitioning from pink to blue as
the season progresses. And check out new Let’s Dance® Blue
Jangles (pg. 1).
• Invincibelle® Spirit – The very first pink flowered hydrangea on
the market. New flowers are produced on new wood all the way
up to frost for an everlasting show of color!
• Little Lime™ – Love the color, love the size! A more dwarf version of Limelight with color that graduates to burgundy in the
fall.
• Limelight – Flowers on this favorite garden award winner open
creamy white, turn to lime green, then to deep pink the fall.
• Fire Light® – Large conical flowers bloom on new wood. The
upright panicles are packed with florets that move from pure
white to pomegranate pink. Outstanding!
• Little Quick Fire™ NEW! – This dwarf version of top selling Quick
Fire produces white flowers that transition to deep pink from
summer through fall.
Buddleia
Lo & Behold® Blue Chip, the first miniature butterfly bush and our
top seller is joined by next generation Blue Chip Jr.! Popular Miss
Ruby offers a color unique to Buddleia. And don’t forget about the
InSpired™ series that is seedless, fragrant and delivers fantastic
performance and color.
Syringa
Hydrangea Incrediball®
Buddleia Lo & Behold®
Blue Chip Jr.
New!
Miss Ruby
The demand for Lilac’s has always been healthy, but the advent of
reblooming types has made it even stronger! The Proven Winners®
Bloomrang® series supplies compact shrubs that produce a profusion
of flowers in early spring, and then again in mid-summer through
frost. Be sure to give this popular series a try – including top-selling
Bloomrang® Dark Purple.
Hydranga Bloomerang® Deep Purple
Hydrangea Fire Light™
So many shrubs, so little space!
There are more shrubs than we
can possibly list on this page. To get a feel
for all that’s available, be sure to review the
ColorChoice® sections of our Four Star
(pg. 139-140) and Pleasant View (pg. 151)
order forms. For more detailed
descriptions of all varieties, visit
www.provenwinners.com.
More Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrubs
• Rosa Oso Easy® & Home Run® Series
• Weigela Sonic Bloom Series – A re-blooming
series for extended color.
• Clematis – Three varieties to choose from,
including sensational Sweet Summer Love!
Hydrangea
Limelight
Proven Winners® Color Choice®
shrubs require Proven Winner
brand containers. Please see
pg. 18 for more information.
Hydranga Let's Dance® Rhapsody Blue
Hydrangea Little Quick Fire™
New!
Multi-Liners
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Proven Winners® Combos
Popular Proven Winners® varieties are
blended together in 50 cell Streamliners
from Four Star and 50 cell Multi-liners from
Pleasant View. Grow smashing baskets and
containers with a generous selection of
Proven Winners® combos, and you’ll see them
quickly snapped up by your customers.
Each year Proven Winners® features one
special National Combo. For 2015, look for
Bahama Beach, a splendid mixture of Calibrachoa
Superbells® Lemon Slice, Supertunia® Bordeaux, and
Lobelia Laguna™ Sky Blue. With the aggressive national
advertising that supports this combo, you can expect
strong demand for Bahama Beach. Be sure to order your
plants and supporting POP material early!
Proven Winners®
2015 National Combo
Bahama Beach
Raspberry Parfait
Bermuda Skies
Strawberry Kiss
Fireworks
New Attitude
Velvet Skies
Above and Beyond
Lively in Lavender
Looking for an even easier solution for successful quick turn
combinations? Be sure to check out Bundled Combos (Four
Star - pg. 40) and Go & Grow Kits (Pleasant View - pg. 40).
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Trixi™ Blueberry Parfait 14
Trixi™ Crazy for Crayons
Trixi™ Double Date
Trixi™ Caribbean Cocktail
Trixi™ Cherry Kiss
Trixi™ Nightfall
Trixi™ Strawberry Shortcake
Contrast meets compatibility in great combos
The best parties happen when contrast meets compatibility. Blending personalities from calming
to effervescent creates a great get-together that brings out the best in everyone, or in this case,
everything! With combination planters now a main element of garden center sales, the industry has
responded by creating ‘multi-liners’ for growers. This inventive brainchild combines multiple varieties or genera (usually 2-3) in each cell so they can root and grow together. Now plants and growers
both have a head start for wonderfully blended creations.
Multi-liners offer:
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More natural looking mixtures,
Tested and proven combinations that grow well together,
Less guesswork on the finished product,
Reduced tag cost,
Reduced shipping cost.
Simply order your multi-liners, plant, grow and you’re on your way. Check out the many options
of multi-liners available to you and let’s get this party started!
Visit our website for a complete list and images of all Trixis!
Get Ready for Trixi™!
Selecta’s Trixi combos bring bold contrast and
balanced color to the consumer. These multiliners are composed of three varieties that grow
well together, resulting in some classy looking
combo’s that will not be ignored at retail. Trixi
Liners are rooted in 50 or 36 cell liner trays.
The liners are pinched and ready to grow for a
quick finish. The cell size keeps the shipping
affordable but is still large enough for a timely
finish in your baskets and containers. Grown by:
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Mast.
New to Trixi™?
Try these best sellers:
Strawberry Shortcake
Caribbean Cocktail
Blueberry Parfait
Crazy for Crayons
Double Date
Multi-Liners
Fire 'N Ice™
Sour Patch Mix
Callie® Colorwheel
Cherry Blossom Mix
The Red Carpet Mix
KwikKombos™
Night in Pompeii™
KwikKombos™ premium designer blends take the guesswork out of producing mixed baskets and containers. Each ‘plant and go’ liner contains a mix of three Syngenta-bred varieties rooted in 50 cell and 36 cell
trays. All rooted liners are pinched and pre-lit, allowing for a fast fill and quick finish. These stunning
combinations will have your customers coming back for more. Syngenta has stepped up the program by
offering 6 new stunning combinations for 2015. For a full 4-color brochure of all KwikKombos™, please
contact our office: 800-544-7938. Grown by: Raker, Mast.
Fuseables®
Advanced technology yields extraordinary results!
More Multi-liners!
Fuseables® technology took the multi-liner concept and applied it right at the seed stage! Multiple seeds
of two or more varieties are combined together into newly designed Precision Pellets that are easy to sow
and grow on. You’ll enjoy lovely combination planters and can’t-miss production. Grown by: Gro ‘n Sell.
Fuseables® Ooh La La
Fuseables® Healing Waters
Here are even more
multi-liners to consider:
Adorobles - Mast
Celebration - Gro 'n Sell
Confetti Garden - Mast
Mixis - Gro 'n Sell
Confetti Garden Hawaiian Summer
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Plant breeding excellence with far-reaching impact
The PanAmerican plant breeders changed the face of ornamental
gardening when they introduced Wave petunias. Plant performance
across all series is simply outstanding, and the popularity of the Waves
continues to grow. Purple Wave started the spreading petunia trend,
and gardeners and garden writers across the country quickly took notice.
The Waves have evolved into the most outstanding petunia series ever introduced.
Vibrant & Versatile Wave Petunias
Landscapes of Wave petunias have
little competition. Four series and
myriad colors provide options for any
setting, whether it calls for a groundhugging carpet of color or bountiful,
lush mounds of blooms. Waves are
trusted favorites in America’s public and
private parks, home gardens, and business landscapes. Their outstanding garden performance makes any landscaper
look like a hero. Able to bounce back
quickly from adverse weather, Waves
offer lasting visual impact and superior
plant performance.
Containers on the deck are as showy
as they come when planted with Wave
petunias. Prolific blooms fill a spreading plant habit and overspill containers,
creating a true sight to behold. Highlight
your Wave display with several mature
decorative planters to show gardeners
the potential of these impressive
varieties. These color-soaked display
pots should add momentum to your
Wave petunia sales.
Hanging baskets offer immediate,
ready-to enjoy visual impact, so they
tend to fly out the garden center door in
the spring. Waves are truly show stoppers in hanging baskets, providing superior performance and can’t-look-away
color. Consumers are quickly drawn to
their proliferation of blooms on uniform
spreading plant habits. It’s no wonder
that gardeners ask for Waves by name!
Window boxes spilling over
with Waves far surpass the ordinary! Waves offer generous, colordrenched cascades of color that make
simple window boxes into highimpact showpieces. Younger gardeners will come to your garden center
looking for how-to advice. Plant up
and grow on a window box of
alluring Wave petunias, and include
step-by-step instructions to help
them grow their own wow-worthy
window boxes.
Merchandising your
Wave Petunias
Good merchandising techniques are
an essential part of any successful sales
season in the garden center.
In addition to having finished plant
material on display, offer your customers
point-of-purchase sales material
from PanAmerican Seed Company,
breeders of the popular Wave varieties.
Visit www.panamseed.com and take
advantage of their free materials, including
poster kits, bench cards, plant tags and pack
handles. This very attractive point-of-purchase sales support material will boost sales
and give your display a professional touch…
and it’s free.
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Oceans of beautiful
choices in
Wave Blue
Wave Series
Purple Wave Classic made a splash when it was introduced 17 years ago. Along with the newer Purple
Wave, it remains the dominant Wave petunia from
seed. These varieties have had so much media coverage that gardeners know them by name and trust
their performance. The Wave series now includes 7
colors, and it can be considered a sure sale. The series’
reputation as the champion of all spreading petunias
is well-deserved.
Easy Wave Series
Compared to the original Wave Series, Easy Wave
plants are earlier to flower, and exhibit a more
mounded and controlled spreading habit. With 12
varieties in the Easy Wave series, you can choose from
a broad array of color – from soft to splashy – giving
your customers numerous color options.
Shock Wave
Coconut
Tidal Wave Series
Shock Wave Series
Shock Wave varieties offer the manageable habit and
tight flowering window of the Easy Wave varieties,
along with smaller, high impact blooms. They do
splendidly well in the landscape and show excellent
performance in hanging baskets. You’ll find 7 colors
ranging from delicate to bold, including the
exceptional SW Deep Purple.
Tidal Wave petunias saturate landscape beds and
large containers with absolutely gorgeous blooms.
Their vigorous mounding habit is highly touted for
its ability to bounce back quickly from rain damage
and resist lodging. Gardeners can use these energetic
varieties to create flowering hedges or add vibrant
tone and texture to patio planters. Choose from 4
head-turning colors.
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Wave Medleys
Easy Wave
Pink
A concert of color in one pot!
The result of extensive research and testing,
Wave Medleys are can’t-miss combinations
of complementary Wave varieties. Simply
transplant two to three 288 plugs of recommended Medley varieties into a single dibble
hole. They will root together and grow to create a
very attractive blended look. Recommended for 6 – 8”
pots and 10” baskets.
Set your Waves on center stage with vibrant branded
merchandising pots. Gardeners seek out Waves in their trademark pink pots, and you can receive them without a royalty
from PanAmerican, breeder of the world’s best petunia brand.
Tidal Wave Silver
Look for Wave petunias in this catalog grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Barone.
Plant habits of the 4 Wave Series
Wave Series
Height: 5 – 7"
Spread: 36 – 48"
Usage: Garden, landscape
Shock Wave Series
Height: 7 – 10"
Spread: 30 – 36"
Usage: Containers, garden
Easy Wave Series
Height: 6 – 12"
Spread: 30 – 39"
Usage: Containers, garden, landscape
Tidal Wave Series
Height: 16 – 22"
Spread: 30 – 60"
Usage: Garden, landscape
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Plugs
TOP SELLING ANNUALS
from PLUGS
Although the emphasis in the marketplace is shifting more
towards vegetatively produced annuals, annuals produced from
either seed or plugs still has a solid following. The next seven
pages give you a glimpse of some of the favorite series and varieties of growers from across the country. Grow and market these
annuals with confidence. Your customers will respond favorably!
Lisianthus ABC
and Mariachi Series
These two cut flower series have
grabbed the attention of both
growers and consumers.
See why on our cut flower
page 32.
Impatiens Accent Premium
Series
Impatiens Accent Premium
Deep Orange
This series is a marked improvement
over the original market-leading
Accents. Larger blooms, more uniform
flowering, and a better branching
habit are its hallmark. A customer
favorite! Grown by: Raker,
Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection.
Begonia Dragon Wing Series
The elegant plant habit of the Dragon
Wing varieties combines glossy,
wing shaped foliage with exceptionally large, pendulous blooms. You’ll
find Dragon Wing Red the begonia
of choice in commercial landscapes
and planters throughout most of the
country. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection, Four Star, Mast,
Barone.
Snapdragon Rocket Series
Begonia Dragon Wing Red
Rockets are a hit with both gardeners
and cut flower growers. This highflying performer produces tall,colorful
spikes on 30-36" plants. Available in
separate colors and a mix. Grown by:
Petunia Ramblin’ Series
The free flowering mounded plants of
this well established spreading petunia series create full baskets and containers. Ramblin’s produce a very saleable 4" (or larger) crop and also are
often used as an annual groundcover.
Grown by: Raker, Plug Connection.
Snapdragon Rocket Mix
Snapdragon Candy Showers Mix
Snapdragon Candy Showers
Series
Candy Showers is the first ever seedproduced trailing snapdragon, with
six colors that are simply lovely when
grown in single containers or as a
mix. The flowers develop from the
center of the plant and along the
stems, blooming early under short
days to create containers chock full of
color. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Tuberous Begonia
Nonstop Series
The Nonstop series has won the favor
of growers and gardeners alike. The
early flowering, 3 – 4” fully double
striking blooms on basal branching
plants will easily capture your customers’ attention. Grown by all our plug
& liner suppliers.
Tuberous Begonia Nonstop Mix
Gerbera Jaguar Series
Grow the Jaguar’s and you’ll be
rewarded with colorful blooms 7 days
earlier than others in its class. Perfect
for 4-6” pot production. Grown by:
Coleus Wizard Mix
Wizard varieties present oval to heartshaped leaves in a nice color range.
Retail shelf life in the pack is relatively long without stretching, and the
the dwarf basal branching plant habit
creates superior garden performance.
Plug Connection.
Gerbera Jaguar Mix
Harris Seeds
TOP
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Petunia Wave Purple
Lisianthus ABC 1 Purple
Begonia Dragon Wing Red
Petunia Easy Wave Red
Geranium Maverick Red
Petunia Easy Wave Blue
Dusty Miller Silver Dust
Begonia Nonstop Mix
Lisianthus Marichi Carmine
Petunia Easy Wave Burgundy Star
Coleus Wizard Mix
Petunia Ramblin’ Burgundy Chrome
Annuals from
Geranium Pinto Premium White to Rose
Ride the Wave
to Excellence
The four Petunia Wave series have
a strong following with solid brand
recognition. The result? They are
our top selling plug annuals.
See pages 24-25 for more details.
Vinca Pacifica
XP Really Red
Geranium Pinto Premium Series
Count on the Pinto Premium series
to surpass your experience with the
classic Pinto varieties. Pinto Premium
varieties have it all…a more uniform
plant habit, earlier flowering, shorter
stems for an improved shelf life and
less dependency on PGRs. AAS winner
White to Rose offers intriguing color!
Grown by: Raker,
Vinca Pacifica XP Series
Petunia
Dreams Midnight
Impatiens Super Elfin XP Mix
This well-matched series benefits
grower and gardener alike, with consistent early flowering, a tight 5-7
day blooming window and a uniform
upright plant habit across all colors.
Flowers are large with overlapping
petals that give a lush full look to the
plants. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Plugs
Begonia Cocktail Series
This popular bronze-leaved series is
an excellent performer in the pack
and garden, where bright blooms are
produced on compact, well-branched
plants. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Geranium Maverick Series
Mavericks mid-size plant height and
uniform large blooms across multiple
stems are fine for 4" and 6" (and
larger) container sales. The series is
highly Cycocel responsive with proven
excellence in the garden. Grown by:
Begonia Cocktail Gin
Pansy Delta Premium Series
Popular Deltas give you a jump start
on the spring pansy season and are
highly adaptable for fall markets.
Delta Premium varieties have been
improved for short sturdy stems,
weather tolerance, and uniform plant
habit and flowering window across the
range of colors. Grown by: Raker,
Geranium Maverick Red
Petunia Dreams Series
You’ll love that Dreams all bloom
within 7 days in the pack. Gardeners
love that they hold up well under hot,
humid and rainy conditions. One of
the most salable grandiflora series
available. Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n
Sell, Plug Connection.
Impatiens Super Elfin XP
Series
The Super Elfin XP series is guaranteed to perform. The series is well
matched in early flowering with a 5-7
day blooming window, large flowers,
and uniform habit and plant vigor.
Even better, consumers can expect the
strong plant performance to continue
through the summer in garden beds
and containers. Grown by: Raker,
Begonia Super Olympia Series
The green-leaved Super Olympias bring
excellent pack and outdoor performance, greater uniformity across the
series, larger flowers and brighter colors, all without sacrificing great landscape performance. Grown by: Raker,
Gro ‘n Sell.
Pansy Delta
True Blue
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Staples
Viola Sorbet XP Mix
Viola Sorbet XP Series
The XP concept takes a spin through
the Sorbet series and brings together
the Sorbet varieties with the most
uniform plant habit and tightest
flowering window. Sorbet XP varieties are low growing outdoors and are
perfect for both spring and fall sales.
Connection.
Portulaca Happy Hour Series
Potulaca Happy Hour Mix
The Happy Hour series is known for
its reduced day length sensitivity and
improved performance in the South.
Plants are less prone to breakage,
flowers more uniformly under shorter
days compared to other leading mixes,
and exhibits wonderful performance in
hot, dry weather conditions. A vivid
color range creates point-of-purchase
eye appeal. Grown by: Raker,
Zinnia Zahara Series
Zinnia Zahara Double Fire
Zahara varieties offer larger flowers
compared to the Profusion Series
(approx. 20%) and a few sales worthy AAS award winning varieties.
Full bushy plants are covered with
vibrant flowers that make a marvelous statement in annual gardens and
in containers. Zaharas’ heat, drought
and disease tolerances give this series
exposure across much of the country.
Zinnia Magellan Mix
Pansy Colossus Series
Extra-large flowered Colossus varieties
resist stretching during warm weather
conditions and perform exceptionally
well in spring. Grown by: Raker, Gro
‘n Sell, Plug Connection.
Vinca Cora Series
This seed produced series is derived
from the same genetic background as
the vegetative Nirvana series. Thus,
in addition to the typical positive
traits resulting from hybridization,
Cora varieties also exhibit a very high
tolerance to aerial Phytopthera. Large,
striking flowers with overlapping petals are held over glossy green foliage.
Connection.
Pansy Colossus Blotch Mix
Verbena Obsession Series
Obsession varieties remain popular
grower and garden favorites. The
series features free-flowering plants
and a low growing, compact habit
with proven outdoor performance.
Growers like the early flowering easy
to grow-on nature of the series.
Zinnia Magellan Series
Our most popular bedding zinnia
series has been bred for exceptional
production and garden performance.
Magellan’s plant habit and bloom time
are uniform across 7 different vibrant
colors and make an excellent choice
for grower packs or 4 to 6" pot production. No dead heading is required
– a real gardener plus.
Vinca Cora Pink
Verbena Obsession Spirit Mix
Annuals from
Plugs
Gazania New Day Series
New Guinea Impatiens
Divine Islander Mix
Dahlia Figaro Series
Dahlia Figaro Mix
Figaro is a trusted standard in the
bedding plant industry, with a loyal
home gardener following. The series
blooms early, producing 2½ to 3” fully
double flowers on compact plants.
Plug Connection.
New Guinea Impatiens
Divine Series
Divine varieties offer large flowers
with a 7 day blooming window across
all colors. Plugs of this seed produced
series will grow quickly into a fine
finished product. Excellent branching
produces masses of flowers all season
long that contrast nicely with foliage
ranging from green to bronze-green.
Plug Connection.
Vinca Cora Cascade Series
Vinca Cora Cascade Mix
Salvia Victoria Blue
This hybrid series of trailing vinca
brings more to the grower's bench
than standard open pollinated types.
Hybrid vigor translates to plants
that are so well-branched they start
to spread early on, creating a nice
mounded trailing habit, producing
large flowers with overlapping petals.
Like its upright cousin 'Cora', Cora
Cascade also exhibits a very high tolerance to aerial Phytopthera. Grown
by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Salvia Victoria Blue
A grower staple, the 8" medium blue
flower spikes top tall, bushy plants.
This outstanding garden performer will
bloom in the pack, and complement
a variety of other annuals in garden
beds and combo planters. Grown by:
New Days boast large flowers, short
peduncles and beefy plants, yet are
still compact and easy to produce.
New Day varieties hold well at retail,
and gardeners and landscapers will
appreciate its drought-tolerance.
Perfect for both garden beds and
planters.
Plug Connection.
Marigold Inca II Yellow
Marigold Inca II Series
This top selling series has developed
a loyal following of growers and
gardeners over the years. The sturdy,
semi-dwarf compact plants produce an
array of bright, fully double flowers
that resist the water damage that can
lead to bloom rot. Grown by: Raker,
Lobelia Riviera Series
One of the earliest flowering compact
seed lobelia now on the market, the
Rivieras deliver performance. Growers
will like its compact ball-shaped habit
that fills out the pack, and its vigor in
the garden will be sure to please customers Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Lobelia Riviera Mixture
Silver Dust remains an industry
standard annual. Its finely lobed,
silvery-white foliage offers splendid
color contrast to other flowering
annuals and perennials. Grown by:
Gazania New Day Mix
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Perennials
’Must Have‘ Perennials
No garden center is complete without a well-rounded offering of perennials. The choices are
endless, often making it difficult to figure out which varieties to pick up, especially if you’re
just getting started. The following two pages illustrate just a handful of the more popular or
interesting perennial varieties and series available through our plug and liner program.
Echinacea
The world of Echinacea has expanded significantly
with the advent of colors outside the standard
purple or white. In particular, look for ‘Cheyenne
Spirit’ (left), ‘PowWow Wild Berry’ (above), and the
‘Big Sky’ series. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug
Connection, Pleasant View.
Phlox
Tall showy Phlox paniculata (above left) varieties
add noble summer color, while P. subulata (above
right) types lend a welcome touch of early spring
color. Both species are very popular and are in high
demand. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell.
Achillea
This perennial favorite offers a number of color
options. Bushy plants produce very showy panicles
of flowers that complement the fern-like foliage.
‘Summer Pastels’ is by far the most popular with
its combination of apricot, cream, lavender, pink,
purple, rose and white blooms. ‘Moonshine’ and
‘Paprika’ also offer the option of single hues in
yellow and scarlet. Grown by Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Leucanthemum
Coreopsis
Aquilegia
Delphium
Cheerful daisy flowers sell this genus to perennial
gardeners. Primary varieties such as ‘Alaska’ and
‘Snow Lady’ complement the more unusual types
like ‘Crazy Daisy’ (above) and bestselling ‘Banana
Cream’ (see pg. 19). Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection, Four Star, Pleasant View.
Offer these cherry perennial varieties in pots or
gallons for best sales. C. grandiflora types such as
‘Early Sunrise’ (above left) and ‘Rising Sun’ have
wide appeal. C. verticillata varieties like popular
‘Moonbeam’ (above right) add a light airy touch to
perennial gardens. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Hibiscus Luna Series
Large 6-8” saucer-shaped flowers grab your attention wherever these beauties are planted. The
striking, tropical-looking blooms are produced on
big, bushy, well-branched plants. Luna’s hybrid
genetics are evident in the vigorous, yet well contained plant habit, allowing them to be grown for
both containers and perennial beds. Luna varieties
also make a great perennial hedge that will return
year after year in a blaze of showy color. Grown by
Raker, Gro ‘n Sell.
Commonly known as Columbine, this beloved genus
offers delicate whimsy to gardens and planters.
Old fashioned favorites like ‘McKana’s Giant’ still
command sales. Newer, more dwarf types such as
‘Winky’ and hybrid ‘Origami’ (above) enjoy a longer garden life and have gained devoted admirers.
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection.
These tall stately beauties make wonderful perennial garden foundation plants, and are grown both
for bedding and cuts. Most varieties will bloom
the first year of planting. The uniform and early
blooming ‘Guardian’ F1 series is a grower favorite. ‘Magic Fountains’ and ‘Pacific Giants’ are also
Delphinium staples. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Perennials
Heuchera
Heuchera has become a premium product for garden center sales, with an emphasis on different
foliage colors and textures. Not only does it look
attractive in perennial beds, Heuchera has also
found its niche in combo planters. Grown by all of
our suppliers.
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Gaillardia
Gaillardia delivers wonderful splashes of color to
perennial borders and containers from early summer
well into fall. It thrives in hot sun, and is hardy
to zone 5. Many are recipients of the renowned
All-America Selections garden award, meaning they
perform across the country. Customer favorites
are ‘Goblin’, ‘Arizona Sun’ (above right), ‘Arizona
Apricot’ and hybrid ‘Mesa Yellow’ (above left).
Lupine
Lovely Lupine adds tall spikes of mid-summer color
to garden beds. You’re not likely to find a garden
center that doesn’t carry this traditional favorite.
Varieties like ‘Russell’s Supreme’ and ‘Gallery’ reign
best in sales. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
CLEMATIS FROM DEGROOT!
Along with the Proven Winners® clematis
varieties in this catalog, you’ll also find additional varieties in the Harris Seeds 2014-2015
Ornamental Growers’ Seed Catalog. See page 8!
Call toll-free 800-544-7938 to request your
free catalog, or go online: www.harrisseeds.com.
Rudbeckia Goldsturm
It’s rare to drive through a neighborhood and not
see this perennial staple. Bright golden-yellow ray
flowers with dark centers are abundant on upright,
bushy plants that bloom from August to early
October. Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell,
Plug Connection.
Digitalis
Stately foxgloves give perennial gardens structure
and height. Popular varieties include longtime
favorite ‘Foxy’, easily followed by the majestic
‘Camelot’ hybrid varieties, and ‘Candy Mountain’.
Salvia Black & Blue
Papaver Allegro
Always a perennial favorite, the huge bright scarlet
blooms of ‘Allegro’ are borne on compact plants.
A real eye-catcher. Zones 4-9. Grown by: Raker,
Plug Connection.
The spikes of cobalt blue flowers that emerge from
jet black calyces inspired the name for this very
popular S. guaranitica variety. Butterflies, hummingbirds, (and humans!) love this variety, so it’s
a sure sell in garden centers. Zone 7-10. Grown
by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection, Four Star,
Pleasant View, Mast.
Clematis
This popular perennial flowering vine is found in
most garden centers across the country. Available
in shades across most of the color wheel, they are
often used to accent homes and patios. Offer them
already grown on pot trellises for the best sales
appeal. Grown by: Four Star, Pleasant View.
For more top selling perennials, check out the Proven Winners® perennials on page 19!
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Cut Flowers
Lisianthus
ABC 1-3
Misty Blue
Cut Flowers with Charisma
Create a program that’s a cut above the rest
Statice QIS Rose
The cut flower marketplace continues to thrive at farmers’ markets and CSAs. To create
superior cut flower programs, growers look to include unusual cut flower cultivars. Many
may require a long crop time, so purchasing cut flower plugs that are easily transplanted
into the field makes sense. Our cut flower plug growers have exactly what you are looking
for: varieties that display uniqueness, charm, and broad customer appeal. Grow some of
these distinctive species and develop a loyal following of customers.
Grown by: Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Plug Connection
Gomphrena
Gomphrena is an unusual, customerpleasing cultivar. It adds charming
variety to arrangements and can be
used fresh or as a dried flower. QIS Mix
at the left is our most popular mix.
Also consider Fireworks!
Zinnia Benary’s Giant Mix
Sweet William (Dianthus)
This striking cut flower is quite
delightful in arrangements, offering
sweet fragrance and excellent vase
life. Sweet and Amazon varieties are
popular choices.
Statice
This very durable and versatile cut
flower can be sold fresh or dried. The
QIS series is considered by cut flower
growers to be one of the best for uniformity, color and flower size.
Zinnia Benary’s Giant Mix
Delphinium Guardian Mix
Dianthus Sweet Mix
This giant dahlia-flowered zinnia
mixture is a grower’s favorite for cut
flower production. Plants produce
long, thick stems that are less likely
to bend when being cut than other
zinnias. The 3-4" flowers are produced
in clear, bright uniform colors that are
simply eye-catching. Benary’s Giant is
known for its greater tolerance to diseases and longer vase life than other
cut flower zinnias.
Snapdragon
A well-rounded cut flower program will
always include popular snapdragons.
Field grown Rocket Mix has been the
grower favorite for many years. Some
growers have found good luck with
selected varieties of greenhouse
forcing snaps. Please contact us for
recommendations.
Lisianthus
Cut flower Lisianthus has gained traction in the marketplace. Although it
is a long term crop, Lisianthus brings
rewarding presentation and profit.
Ageratum Blue Horizon
Snapdragon Rocket Mix
Blue Horizon performs exceptionally
well as a cut flower adding color and
texture to bouquets and arrangements. Its height and multi-branching
habit make it an ideal cut flower for
farmers’ markets and roadside stands.
Celosia
For an uncommon, high-interest element in your cut flower arrangements,
consider crested celosia, like Kurume
Mix at the left. Celway Mix and
Flamingo are also good candidates.
Ageratum Blue Horizon
Delphinium
Most cut flower growers will not be
without D. elatum varieties in their
programs. Tall, elegant flower spikes
are stunning in arrangements or as
stand-alone cuts.
any
A Grower Friendly Comp
— 2014 - 2015 —
Ornamental
Growers
Seed Catalog
New Introductions
From phenomenal new
seed’
petunias to ‘first from
varieties, you’ll find exciting
to
new breeding innovations
include in your 2015 season
product lineup. See pages
1-3 for highlights.
Cut Flowers from Seeds
2012-2013
Cut Flowers Galore!
Create consumer friendly
bouquets and arrangements
of
with our wide selection
cut flower varieties selected
specifically for field
production. Over 200
different varieties offer
you an abundant selection.
See pages 4-5 for highlights.
Petunias ROCK!
Low maintenance and
saturated color all summer
a
long - no wonder they’re
garden favorite! Well
over 100 varieties
bring you loads of
choices to grow
for packs,
containers,
baskets and combos.
See pages 57-68.
Mouth Watering
Edibles
fork’
Offer savory ‘garden to
for
herb and veggie plants
your DIY home garden
–
customers. Even better
make up ‘container ready’
products for patios and
decks! See pages 101-121.
Calibrachoa
Pictured top left to bottom:
Easy Wave®
KaBloom™ Yellow, Petunia ®
Velour Red,
Velour Burgundy, Easy Wave
Easy Wave® Velour Berry.
Complement your plug-grown cut flowers with popular
direct-seeded varieties of zinnias, sunflowers, and gladiolus.
Ask for you free copy of the 2014-2015 Harris Seeds
Ornamental Growers’ Seed Catalog. Also visit our new
digital cut flower catalog online!
www.harrisseeds.com or call toll-free 800-544-7938.
Need assistance with cut flower variety selection?
Your Harris Seeds Customer Representative is glad to help. See page 63!
Celosia Kurume Mix
Gomphrena QIS Mix
Edibles
Fresh Vegetables...Healthy Profits!
As a garden center owner, your job is to create sales programs that generate both profits
and customer loyalty. To do that, it’s essential to speak to customers’ interests and
values, and today a primary value is health. Consumers are keenly interested in providing
healthful, safe foods for their families, and your garden center can be central to making
that happen. By providing high quality vegetable plants, intriguing variety choices,
convenient planting options, and knowledgeable staff, you’ll be more than a garden
center. You’ll be a partner in good health. Consider these vegetable marketing tips to
help you “green up” your bottom line:
Traditional Tastes for
Seasoned Gardeners
GRAFTED VEGETABLES
for flavor and performance.
Though growing smaller in numbers, traditional
gardeners are still a significant presence in the
gardening community. They look for tried-andtrue varieties in 6 or 12 packs for planting in
traditional backyard gardens. For these
gardeners, offer classic varieties in abundance.
Innovation & Information
for New-generation Gardeners
What gardeners in their 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s
may lack in gardening experience, they make
up for in enthusiasm. Many seek to garden
organically, so offer them organic plants,
natural fertilizers, and eco-friendly growing
supplies. Explore heirloom and gourmet varieties that offer outstanding flavor or uncommon
color. Finally, be ready to provide growing
instructions, cooking tips, and nutritional
information. Let new-generation gardeners
look to you for answers, and you’ll build your
next generation’s customer base.
Grafted vegetable plants offer the best of
two worlds: heirloom flavor and modern
disease resistance. Heirloom varieties
offer outstanding flavor but are prone
to disease, so they’re grafted onto
modern, highly disease resistant rootstock. The result is success in the garden
and spectacular flavor on the plate.
These naturally supercharged plants
command a higher dollar value than
non-grafted plants, whether offered in
6 inch containers or pre-finished in
decorative 5 gallon containers.
For an assortment of grafted tomatoes,
peppers, and eggplants in 100-cell trays,
see Plug Connection's listing on page
129. Also available are a selection of
grafted tomato assortments and their
new Mighty 2Mato program, featuring 2
varieties per plant!
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Graft
Grafting is a fairly simple process,
and abundant written and video
instructions are available online.
You’ll find an excellent tomato
variety for root stock production
on page 117 of our 2014-2015
Ornamental Growers’ Seed Catalog.
Call us toll-free for more
information… 800-544-7938.
Harvest-ready Edibles for
Time-crunched Gardeners
As gardeners’ free time shrinks, sales of pre-finished
vegetable containers grow. Consider vegetable
planters that can be placed on a deck and harvested
within a week or two: tomato hanging baskets with
fruit set, patio pots of compact peppers, planters
of colorful salad greens, boxes of ready-to-pick
herbs, and more. Combine vegetables and herbs in
decorative containers to increase appeal and boost
your average sale. If bench space is a problem in
your greenhouse, consider purchasing pre-finished
plants from a wholesale grower.
Vegetable Plug & Liner Growers
Vegetables – Raker, Gro ‘n Sell
Herbs – Raker, Gro ‘n Sell, Pleasant View,
Plug Connection, Barone
Organic Vegetables & Herbs - Plug Connection
Grafted Vegetables – Plug Connection
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Edibles
Taste success with versatile herbs!
Growers tell us that herbs are among their most popular, profitable
edibles. Versatile and easy to maintain, herbs can add fresh flavor to
meals year-round. They also add a touch of beauty wherever they’re
grown: garden beds, windowsills, decks, or patios.
To serve both convenience-minded and do-it-yourself gardeners, offer
herbs in several ways throughout your garden center:
Windowsill Wonderful
Create collections of favorite herbs in decorative
windowsill planters for surefire sales. Windowsill
planters make fresh herbs accessible to everyone
– even apartment dwellers without gardens. They
also make terrific birthday or housewarming gifts.
Choose from rustic, upscale, casual country, or
funky planters, and open the window for sales.
Decorative & Delicious
Herbs bring unmatched flavor and aroma to the
kitchen, but they also make lovely decorative garden
plants in the landscape. Create mixed baskets and
planters of herbs and annual flowers to convey the
ornamental benefits of herbs. Customers will love
that their beautiful landscape plants can also be
easily harvested for use in favorite family recipes.
Herb Plug & Liner Growers
Herbs – Raker, Gro ’n Sell,
Pleasant View, Plug Connection, Barone
Creative Combos
Traditional & Tempting
Many gardeners seek to plant their own herb
containers, so offer an ample selection of popular
herbs in 4” or 6” pots. To draw customers in, create
a theme around cooking with herbs. Offer recipes
and “how-to” charts as free handouts, and consider
a cooking demo on a high-traffic weekend. Don’t
forget plant care and growing instructions for the
complete merchandising package.
Inspire your customers by showing that mixed herb
planters can be simply gorgeous. Display large, finished decorative planters with an eye-appealing
variety of herbs ready to harvest. Merchandise
the finished planters to boost your average
sale, and offer the planters and plants
independently for do-it-yourself gardeners.
Marketing Made Easy
To simplify herb marketing, you’ll
find herb collections that come
with point of purchase material,
including colorful plant tags. These
collections have been created in
response to gardener preference, so they
take the guesswork out of variety selection. All you have to do is grow, promote
and sell! Look to Pleasant View and Gro ’n
Sell for POP-supported herb collections
that will have your cash register singing.
Organic Herbs – Plug Connection
Edibles
Connect with ecominded gardeners
Harris Seeds
by offering sustainably raised vegetable
and herb plants, along
with environmentally
friendly growing supplies. When you show
customers that you’re
concerned about their
health, safety, and gardening success, they’ll
respond with purchases
and loyalty.
Fill organic gardens with flavor!
From recent retirees to thirtysomethings with young kids, a
growing number of gardeners are choosing organic methods. They’re
looking to raise healthful, safe, delicious food and care for the
environment at the same time. What’s more, gardeners are learning
that organic growing can be both effective and simple.
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TOP
5
ORGANIC PLUGS & LINERS
Spearmint ‘The Best’
Onion Chives
Rosemary Upright Blue
Broccoli Packman
Mint ‘Chocolate Peppermint’
Whether certified organic or not, it’s likely that your business
is making steps towards environmentally friendly production.
If you’re reducing energy use, minimizing
synthetic chemicals, using beneficial insects
for pest control, or using biodegradable pots,
let your customers know! You’ll
generate interest, invite
conversation, and build trust.
Organic Vegetable Plugs
You’ll find a broad line of certified organic vegetable plugs from
Plug Connection, one of our trusted growers. Plants are ready for
growing on in your organic or sustainable greenhouse, and they’re
perfect for sale in six-packs, four-packs, or 4” pots to do-it-yourself gardeners. For convenience-minded customers, offer compact
varieties as ready-to-harvest patio plants. Don’t forget to let customers know
that the plants are naturally raised from seed to sale!
Cherokee Purple Tomato
Heirlooms bring distinctive color
and rich, full flavor to the table.
Cheddar Cauliflower
Gardener Favorites offer trusted
performance and sure sales.
Organic Herb Plugs & Liners
Aromatic, attractive, and easy to grow, herbs are accessible to beginning gardeners
and appealing to experienced growers. Order certified organic herb plugs and liners
from Plug Connection, and grow them on into mix-and-match 4” pots or highvalue herb combo planters. Organic-minded customers will appreciate being able to
purchase sustainably grown herbs!
Diverse seed-grown herbs range
from classic favorites like Cilantro (pictured below) and Greek Oregano to showy
novelties such as Herblea Wild Red basil.
Hard-to-find cutting grown
herbs include popular Mint, Oregano,
Rosemary, Stevia (pictured below),
Tarragon, and Thyme varieties.
Elan Strawberry
Sweet & Neat Red Tomato
Patio Strawberries burst with
showy flowers and luscious berries.
Container Edibles pack big
flavor and color into convenient
patio-sized plants.
See pages 129 - 131 for Plug Connection’s certified organic
vegetable and herb plugs and liners.
Can’t find your favorite variety? Ask us! We’re glad to arrange
special orders or custom sowings.
Complement organic plants with ecofriendly growing supplies and seeds!
•
Worm Power organic plant food - page 54.
•
Biodegradable Jiffy pots and peat pellets page 51.
•
Untreated and organic vegetable seeds –
Request our 2014-2015 Vegetable Growers’
Seed Catalog for December delivery!
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Edibles
Sweeten sales with fruit plants!
Fruit plants are a natural fit for today’s home gardens. Their sweet, juicy flavor and deep color is
instantly appealing to kids and adults alike. What’s more, fruit plants are perennials, so they come
back every year after establishment. This easy-care habit is perfect for the busy lifestyles of today’s
gardeners. Finally, fruit is simple to harvest, so kids can pick right alongside grown-up gardeners.
You’ll find a broad selection of bare root fruit transplants from DeGroot of Coloma, Michigan in
the Harris Seeds 2014-2015 Vegetable and Cut Flower Growers Catalog, and online at
www.harrisseeds.com. Pot them up, and use the included pot tags for identification and simple care
instructions. Display plants with large, appealing photos of ripe fruit, and you’ll be on your way to
sweet springtime sales!
BEST-SELLING FRUIT
For can’t-miss gardener success, trust these bestselling varieties. Plants are vigorous and perform well
in varied garden conditions. They offer high yields of
first-quality fruit, and harvest is spread over a long
season.
SPECIALTY FRUIT
Creative cooks are looking for new flavors and colors in their garden. To capture their interest, offer
uncommon fruits like boysenberries, cranberries,
currants, dewberries, or the distinctive items highlighted here.
Blueberry Patriot
Raspberry Fall Gold
Gardeners will enjoy remarkably big, juicy berries and
robust plants. Patriot handles cold winters well, so it’s
great for Northern climates. Good disease resistance
makes it easier to raise a bountiful crop. Late to
mid-season harvest. Hardy in zones 3-7.
Strawberry
ABZ Toscana
Raspberry Heritage
This everbearing red raspberry has proven itself as a
home garden performer. Midsummer brings a moderate
yield of large, sweet, firm fruit, and gardeners will harvest heavy yields in late summer and fall. The strong,
productive plants spread quickly. Hardy in zones 3-9.
Strawberry Honeoye
Named for its “sweet as honey” flavor, Honeoye
produces deliciously sweet, aromatic berries rated
highly for both fresh eating and freezing. Plants are
highly disease resistant for excellent gardener success.
Harvest over a two week period. Hardy in zones 2-9.
Grape Reliance Seedless
Gardeners love these juicy,
sweet, full-flavored red grapes
for fresh eating, jellies, and
juices. Plants are vigorous
and offer the best cold hardiness of all seedless varieties.
Medium-sized clusters mature in
mid-August and store well after
harvest. Hardy in zones 4-8.
Gooseberry Oregon Champion
Gorgeous, extremely sweet,
golden yellow berries lend a
glowing complement to red
raspberries. Vigorous plants
are extremely cold hardy and
share the growth and fruiting habits of popular red
Heritage Raspberry. Hardy in
zones 3-10.
Blackberry Arapaho
This easy-care blackberry is a favorite for today’s
gardeners. Plants are thornless, winter hardy, and
resistant to common diseases, making culture and
harvest simple. Sweet berries have small seeds and
are borne over a long season. Hardy in zones 5-9.
Kiwi Arctic
These lively green beauties are the fruit of the
future! They’re sweet and juicy like traditional kiwi,
but the fruit are two-bite-sized and don’t need
peeling. Plants are extremely winter hardy and
should be planted in male-female pairs for
pollination. Hardy in zones 3-8.
Gooseberry Pixwell
Bursting with nutrients and sweet-tart flavor,
gooseberries aren’t just for grandma’s garden
anymore! Productive, vigorous plants produce large
green berries that sweeten as they ripen. Mildew
resistant for easier growing. Hardy in zones 3-8.
PATIO GARDEN FRUIT
Apartment dwellers and time-crunched gardeners
are learning how to harvest big flavor from small
spaces. When offered in attractive finished
containers, compact fruit varieties make sweet,
convenient additions to the patio.
Blueberry Top Hat
This compact blueberry brings big flavor to small
spaces! The dwarf 24” plants bear sweet, fullflavored fruit and fit perfectly in patio planters or
small garden beds. Enjoy delicate white flowers in
June and harvest blueberries in July and August.
Hardy in zones 4-7.
Strawberry ABZ Toscana
Toscana’s patio-friendly habit, deep rose flowers,
and luscious cone-shaped strawberries have made
it a customer favorite. It’s one of many compact
strawberries from ABZ that combine beauty with
sweet, juicy flavor. ABZ Strawberries are grown by
Raker, Gro n’ Sell, and Plug Connection.
Arctic Kiwi
Blueberry Top Hat
Quick Turn Products
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Good businesses consistently look for ways to minimize their operating costs,
and it’s no different in our industry. As supply costs continue to fluctuate, many
greenhouse operators are opening their greenhouses later in the season in order
to conserve fuel, labor, fertilizer, and other inputs. The Quick Turn products listed
on this page have been created with this trend in mind. These big liners (or prefinished pots) offer fast finish times, so they are a perfect fit for anyone looking
to open later and turn their bench space quickly. They also make a great fill-in
solution for those “oops!” items that were accidentally left off of your main order.
Here you’ll find a summary of our suppliers’ quick turn product lines.
Raker QuickTurn Liners
finish in just 4 - 6 weeks.
Multi-Liners
● QuickTurn Liners from Raker
are Quick Turn Too!
The QuickTurn name implies a quick turn around time from when the plants are
Multi-liners are easy-to-grow combishipped to you until they are ready for sale as a finished product.
• QuickTurn liners arrive at your greenhouse with a very developed root system.
nations that finish quickly and look
This hearty root system promotes rapid take-off and plant development.
fantastic! See pages 21-23.
• All product is grown in 18-strip trays (45mm ellepot), and is ready to sell within
4 to 6 weeks. QuickTurn liners are available all year.
• Over 350 annuals and herbs are available. We’ve included the top selling 106 in our catalog.
See page 93. For a full list of QuickTurn liners, check Raker’s online catalog at www.raker.com.
● Supernova® Liners from Four Star Greenhouses
Supernova
42 liner from
Four Star
Supernova liners are considered the ‘crème de la crème’ of Four Star’s liner program. All Supernova’s are treated at
various growing stages to program them for shorter crop times and consistent flowering. Supernova liners offer:
• Increased branching for greater plant bulk and higher flower count.
• Initiated buds for early, more consistent flowering.
• Decreased crop times. Most crops will finish in 4-5 weeks in the early season
and 3-4 weeks in late season.
• Controlled growth, which limits PGR applications and improves bench life.
• Excellent production in 4.5” up to 1.0 gal. containers.
• Several Supernova tray size options: 84, 50, 42, and 28 Thriller™. See pages 140-142.
• For more details on Supernova’s, please call our office at 800-544-7938
or visit Four Star’s website at www.pwfourstar.com.
● Fast Tracks™ from Pleasant View
Fast Tracks
super-sized 32 tray
liners from Pleasant View
Fast Track liners are Pleasant View’s answer to growers’ need for ready-to-plant
liners that produce a high quality finished product quickly and easily. The 32 tray
cell is hefty and deep, allowing for roots to be fully developed prior to shipping.
See page 152.
• Liners are bulked up and ready to go for 6” and larger pot production.
• Crops can finish in a quick 4 to 7 weeks depending on finished pot size.
• Liners are programmed for increased branching, flowering and performance.
• Energy and labor costs are reduced, while bench turns are increased.
• Fewer liners are needed per pot, for faster production of containers
and baskets.
● Mega Liners from Mast Young Plants
Mega 50 Liner
Mast Young Plants’ Mega Liners are grown as a 50 cell tray and sold as a 49. It is a larger cell for more
vigorous growers such as Tuberous Begonia, Canna and Gerbera. See pages 153-163.
• Plants are grown under HID lights for increased lateral branching, bud initiation and
maximum root growth.
• Extra space allows light to reach lateral buds sooner and creates a charged up
plug for the finished grower.
• Shorter crop times can be achieved using the Mega 50, which saves energy in the greenhouse.
• Fast finishing allows for extra turns of your bench space.
• Use for quicker production in 4" pots, mixed planters, and hanging baskets.
Big Burly® Perennials from Gro ‘n Sell ●
Big Burly perennials are grown in 25⁄8” square x 3½” deep pots that you
can size up into 1 or 2 gallon containers for a quick finish. Big Burly
perennials are:
• Ready to finish in 4-8 weeks depending on variety.
• Vernalized and ready to bloom in time for your selling season.
• Supplied as 32 pots per tray.
• Sold with a large picture tag for each pot, which you
can use for your gallons.
See pages 114-116.
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Special Plug & Liner Programs
Throughout the year Harris Seeds offers many specialty crop programs. Popular programs like Fall Mums and Poinsettias fall into a
different sales season than this primary spring catalog, but you can
easily receive information and pricing by calling 800-544-7938
or visiting www.harrisseeds.com. Be sure to check back often, as
new programs are added throughout the year. We also post notices
on Facebook and in our email newsletters when these programs are
released. Here’s a sneak peak of four of our specialty programs:
● Fall Garden Chrysanthemums from Raker
• Choose from over 220 varieties of Fall Mums and Asters from Raker.
• Find the “best of the best” in today’s breeding, including top notch
Syngenta® and GroLink® varieties.
• Available as either pinched or un-pinched. Pinched liners reduce your
labor and take off quickly!
• Stellar bud count, color, habit and vigor means superior performance
for growers, retailers, and gardeners.
• Flexible, durable varieties are less prone to breakage.
• GroLink Belgian Mums® produce abundant flowers on ball-shaped
plants, that are extremely durable and ship easily.
• Mumbos - triple stuck liners offering a unique look. Now firmly
established and in demand!
• Order forms available winter of 2015.
● Exclusive 51 Strip Vegetable Program
Don’t miss out on some Harris Seeds premium varieties! We’ve selected the “best of the
best” in today’s eggplant, pepper, tomato, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower varieties that offer
high yields and disease resistance. They are perfect for planting directly in the field, although
many of the varieties are also excellent candidates for bedding plant sales. Grown by C. Raker &
Sons, each strip tray contains 51 plants, which is ideal for small to mid-size growers who are looking to grow several varieties without having to purchase large quantities. The young plants are
large enough (cell size: 1.5” deep x 1.1875” dia.) to plant directly into pots, containers and the
field. Two programs are part of this special package:
• The spring program features a strong selection of eggplants, peppers and
tomatoes, and a few select brassicas.
• A new fall program will roll out in the spring of 2015. This selection of
vegetable varieties concentrates on specific brassicas that can be grown
for fall production as it suits your market.
The 51 Strip Vegetable program is listed in our 2014-2015 Vegetable Growers’ Catalog. Please
call our office at 800-544-7938 to request a copy or visit our website www.harrisseeds.com to
download the order form for this special Harris Seeds program.
● Prefinished Programs
For our customers in the northeast, if the quick turn products on pg. 37 do not meet your
needs, our growers’ pre-finished programs may fit the bill. These programs require just a
few short weeks of growing on before they are ready to sell.
Pleasant View Gardens
PVG’s pre-finished program offers you a number of varieties in multiple size options:
Ships over a four week period beginning in late March:
• 4.0" Edible & Fragrant Herb Collection® (10 pots/tray, 1-2 liners/pot)
• 4.25" Grande Proven Winners® and Proven Selections® (10 pots/tray, 1-2 liners/pot
• 6.5" Multi-Liner Trays (6 pots/tray, 1 MultiLiner/pot)
Ships over a two week period beginning in late March.
• 10.0" Mono Hanging Basket (3-5 liners per basket)
• 10.0" Combination Hanging Baskets (5-7 liners/basket)
• 12.0" Combination Patio Pots (5-9 liners/pot)
Go & Grow Kits – See page 37.
Lead times, minimums and shipping ranges apply. Please contact our Plug Department
(800-544-7938, ext. 7002) for details.
Barone Gardens
Barone’s offers a large selection of pre-finished annuals in 4.5” pots, 16cm pots, 6” basket
stuffers and 10” & 12” hanging baskets. Their pre-finished material ships via grower truck
(4 cart minimum) or pick up (no minimum). Deadline for Barone’s pre-finished orders are
December 1st with 3 delivery date options. Please contact our Plug Department (800-544-7938,
ext. 7002) for details.
● Poinsettias from Raker
• Choose from over 100 varieties from the world's top Poinsettia breeders, like Ecke, Selecta,
and Syngenta.
• Find a wide selection of color choices, along with exotic and novelty varieties.
• Raker's Poinsettias come in 25 cell strip trays, allowing you to grow a large selection of
different colors or try out some varieties that are new to you.
• Low minimums allow growers who are new to Poinsettia production to get started
economically.
• Order forms available Spring 2015.

for 2015 - Harris Seeds

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