2015 California Spring Trials review

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2015 California Spring Trials review
What’s new for
2016 from the BFG
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2015 California
Spring Trials Review
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Welcome
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2015 California Spring Trials Review
We’re back from the California Spring Trials and we can’t wait to share
what’s new for 2016 with you! There were plenty of new varieties and some
exciting color additions to a few of our favorite series this year. We’ve also
included some colorful combos and eye-catching display ideas.
We hope you enjoy the highlights from our trip!
- The Plant Connection Team
Spring Trials represents the genesis of Floriculture and the Horticulture industries.
It is an annual event where the world’s prominent breeders, growers, educators,
brokers, marketing professionals and other plant enthusiasts review new annual,
perennial, ornamental grass and vegetable introductions. Typically held in March
or April, the event takes place throughout California at several breeder/grower
locations. From Spring Trials, new varieties are tested and trialed throughout the
world in trial and display gardens to determine performance characteristics and
market suitability. - springtrials.org
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Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Phlox Candied Apple: A bright red phlox with the best garden performance seen at Euro.
Echeveria hybrid Zorro: The newest addition to
Savvy Succulents, this rosy purple color is awesome!
Begonia Bossa Nova Pink Glow: One of 4 new colors in this series of
boliviensis begonia from seed. The other 2 colors are Ivory and Salmon Shades.
Begonia Bossa Nova Pure White: Another of 4 new colors of
boliviensis begonia from seed, this white is beautiful!
Alyssum North Face: A new tetraploid alyssum with
large flowers and a great habit for packs, pots or baskets.
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Calibrachoa Aloha Red Cartwheel: A soft star pattern in a cherry red flower.
Calibrachoa Aloha Grape Cartwheel: A new star flower
pattern in the Aloha series with an interesting purple tone.
Stachys Belle Grigio: An unusal
foliage plant with soft silver leaves.
Exclusive for several years, but is
now available!
Geranium Brocade Fire: An
interesting new novelty geranium.
Stunning foliage!
Salvia Salute Deep Blue: One of two new early blooming Salvias (Pink is also
pictured). Blooms first year, has tall flower spikes and compact habit. Hardy to zone 4.
Strawberry
Surprise Green Tamborine: A new option in the popular
purple/green edge pattern. Spreading habit, early flowering.
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Neon
Hot Pink
Calibrachoa Lindura® Cosmos: 3 new vibrant star patterned additions to the Lindura series.
Pictured are Strawberry, Neon and Hot Pink.
Top Picks
from the CA 2015 Spring Trials
Begonia Rhine Oh So Orange:
A new bright orange color in a
hiemalis -type begonia. Gorgeous!
Cherry Banana
Lavender Sorbet
Pink Sorbet
Sunshine Berry
Calibrachoa Chameleon: A new series of Calibrachoa with soft multi-toned flowers and semi-trailing habit. All 4 varieties are pictured.
Calibrachoa Chameleon Cherry Banana, Calibrachoa Chameleon Lavender Sorbet, Calibrachoa Chameleon Pink Sorbet, Calibrachoa Chameleon Sunshine Berry.
Coleus Pandora: A new variety of trailing coleus with bright red foliage.
Great in containers and baskets, slow to flower!
Fortunia Early™ Purple Gem: One of the
newest additions to the Fortunia series.
Stunning deep purple veining, compact habit.
Potunia® Blueberry Muffin:
A beautiful new tricolor star
pattern that will definitely be a hit!
Fortunia Early™ Burgundy Gem:
Large soft pink flowers with burgundy
veining. Early bloom time.
Sweetunia Suzie Storm: A brighter form of Johnny
Flame, this Sweetunia has a mounding habit.
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Celosia Dragons Breath: An exciting new Celosia
introduction! Vibrant red plumes and burgundy foliage.
Stunning in combos and fall landscapes.
ColorWork™ Homare: A new variety with very a unique multi-colored star pattern. Very vigorous and well-branched habit.
Party Time™: A new versatile and easy to grow trailing coleus series. Great as a solo or in any combo, sun or shade! Pictured is Pink Berry, Sangria and Lime.
Petchoa SuperCal® Light Yellow: An exciting new color
introduction. Gorgeous yellow flowers and semi-trailing habit.
Clear Orange
Petchoa SuperCal® Pink: A vibrant new addition to the
SuperCal Series. Hot pink flowers with yellow throats.
Spreading Lavendar
ColorWorks™ Violet Star: An interesting new star
introduction. Large violet blush colored flowers
with deep colored veins.
Tropical Orange
SunPatiens® Spreading: Three new color additions to a very popular series. Pictured is Clear Orange, Spreading Lavender and Tropical Orange (VL).
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Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Coleus Under the Sea® Copper Coral: Newest addition
to this popular series. Sun or shade, medium vigor.
Asclepias Monarch Promise PPAF: An annual Asclepias
with variegated foliage. A favorite of hummingbirds!
Coleus Under the Sea® Fish Net: Very upright habit
with large primary leaves.
Verbena Rigida Santos Purple: Very interesting
shorter version of bonariensis, blooms all summer.
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Gerbera Bengal™ Orange
Gerbera Bengal®
Gerbera Bengal™ Red with Eye
Gerbera
Bengal™
Yellow with Eye
Gerbera Bengal™: A great new gerbera series from Syngenta. Designed for 6”” production or larger,
similar to Jaguar except more vigorous and bigger plant habit. Six new colors, 3 pictured above.
Picobella™ Cascade Sky Blue: A new Picobella addition Sanguna® Salmon: Intriguing new addition to the
with lovely true blue flowers and graceful trailing habit. sanguna series that offers a nice contrast in combinations.
Lanai® Vintage: An interesting new novelty color, with shades of pink,
peach and yellow. Great habit and color holds even in strong light.
Tritunia™ Blue: New petunia
series containing selections
from Brave, Ultra and Storm.
Very uniform in habit and
flowering. The series contains
20 colors and 3 mixes.
Lanai® Blue Eyes: A beautiful new color addition.
Large blooms in multiple shades of blue.
Sanguna® Patio Radiant Rose: Radiant rose is back only in Patio form.
Much stronger flower color and improved habit!
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Sanguna® Patio Pink Morn: A new compact patio variety. Cheery bright
pink flowers and manageable habit are sure to make it popular.
Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Dianthus Jolt™: An exciting new dianthus that is heat tolerant and will
bloom all summer! Two colors, Pink and Cherry. Pink is an AAS winner.
Tidal Wave® Red Velour: Same velvety color as Easy Wave® Red Velour
but in a much more vigorous habit for landscaping and large pots.
Easy Wave® Pink Passion: A lovely
new shade of pink in this popular series.
Begonia Baby Wing® Red: A new color in this mid-size
begonia! There is also a new mix for the first time.
Easy Wave®Silver: A color matching the popular
Tidal Wave® Silver now available for baskets and pots.
Easy Wave®Yellow: A new option for yellow baskets
from seed! Not as cold tolerant as Shock Wave®.
Euphorbia Glamour: A euphorbia for the landscape!
Large and vigorous, this can be included in
beds with other vigorous plants.
Shock Wave® and Easy Wave® Yellow comparison:
This photo shows the size difference between the
two new yellows.
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Osteospermum Zion
Dark Purple
A rich new color that is hard to achieve
in breeding! Really eye-catching!
Lemon Ice
Osteospermum Zion™ Yellow:
The most heat tolerant yellow from Selecta.
Petunia Night Sky: This new color is a peek into future breeding.
Available in 2017, but you may see it in 2016 in trial gardens.
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Violet Ice
Yellow
Osteospermum 4D™: A new series that is similar to 3D but with a more compact habit and a total of 8 colors!
Pictured are Lemon Ice, Violet Ice and Yellow.
Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Double Apricot: Lovely
new pastel color with lots of vigor for beautiful baskets.
Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Double Compact
Pink: Bright pink color with a more compact habit.
Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Verbena Lascar™ Mango Orange: A unique new color in this vigorous series. Great for combos and baskets!
Apricot Sorbet
Berry Sorbet
Verbena Pops™ Pink: One of a new series of compact verbenas, this has an interesting bicolor pattern.
Petunia Famous™ Apricot Sorbet and Berry Sorbet: 2 new
colors in this vigorous series for baskets with a “washed” look.
Bidens Beedance® Painted Red: One of
several new colors of bidens, this is vigorous but
not "wild". Looks great in combos for a pop of
red-orange color.
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Illumination® Lemon
Nonstop™ Mocca Bright Orange: A vibrant new
color introduction. The intense orange blooms against
the dark foliage really makes this one stand out!
The latest addition to the Illumination series.
Vigorous plant with loads of lovely soft yellow blooms!
Nonstop™ Joy Yellow: A new Nonstop variety
with a globe-shaped habit, and huge vibrant blooms
that are sure to “pop” at retail and in the garden!
San Francisco™ Begonia: Has the same outstanding performance
as the popular Santa Cruz begonia only with bright salmon flowers!
Flora
Maia
Plutus
Ceres
Coleus Coliseum™: A great new coleus series with compact/mounding habit.
The interesting leaf textures and colors of these 4 varieties will make them a bold addition to any container combo or planting.
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Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Nemesia Nesia™ Burgundy: Very dramatic deep magenta flowers with purple centers.
Performs well in sunny locations and blooms all summer!
Princess
Violet Glint
Nemesia Nesia™ Snow Angel: Delicate white flowers with yellow
centers, nice mounding/trailing habit and good heat tolerance.
Sunlight
Calibracha Noa®: three hot new color introductions to a popular series from Danziger.
The gorgeous pink and purple veining of Noa Princess and Noa Violet Glint are sure to make them an easy sale!
Petunia Cascadias™ Pitaya: New picotee petunia
with chartreuse margin. Strong color and excellent
mounded habit even without PGR’s.
Scabiosa Gelato™ Blueberry: Unusally large, deep
burgundy flowers. Blooms first year with supplemental
lighting. Great for container combinations!
Littletunia® Pink Frills:
Bright pink multi-toned flowers.
Compact habit, great in combos!
Osteospermum Ostica™ Bronze: Vibrant new color
addition. Large flowers with mid bloom time.
Petunia Ray™ Pink Halo:
Unique new color in this popular series.
Gorgeous large pink blooms with creamy white centers.
Scopia® Double Lavender: Vigorous new double with rich
lavender colored flowers. Early bloom time, mounding habit.
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®
Hells
Fruit Punch
This variety can be spotted from miles away! Maybe not quite,
but it’s sure to catch your customers eye with its large
fluorescent pink flowers. Goes well with chartreuse and blue!
Pink Sugar
Perfectunia™11 exciting new color
introductions. Produces large flowers with excellent
mounding plant habit. Great for baskets!
Indigo
Mandarin
Malaga
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Amarena
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Top Picks
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Crazytunia®
Customers are crazy about crazytunias and so is their
breeder! Eight exciting new color introductions to
this wild and wacky series from Westhoff!
Crazytunia Lucky Lilac
Crazytunia Pink Frills
Crazytunia Blueberry Cheesecake
Brilliant Blue
Crazytunia Goodnight Kisses
Crazytunia Limy
Crazytunia Midnight Moon
Snow White
Crazytunia Razzamatazz
Crazytunia Swiss Dancer
Dark Lavendar
Hot®Lobelia: 3 new additions to the most heat tolerant Lobelia on the market.
Brilliant Blue and Snow White have an excellent mounding/trailing habit while Dark Lavender is much more prostrate.
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Bidens Campfire™ Fireburst: A stunning new Bidens introduction. Very dense, but vigorously
spreading plant with unique orange and yellow bicolored flowers.
Sparkling Amethyst
Sunsatia® Blood Orange
Newest color addition to the Sunsatia® series. Has vibrant multi-toned orange
flowers and cascading habit, great for early spring and fall combinations!
Gerbera Hello!™: An exciting new patio gerbera series. Produces
large long blooming flowers on tall stems. Great in the landscape or
large container! 4 colors total, Magentamen and Pumpkin pictured.
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Sparkling Ruby
Superbena® Sparkling: A new bicolor verbena series. Early compact habit, late
vigorously spreading habit. Two new colors Sparkling Amethyst and Sparkling Ruby.
Meteor Shower™: An exciting new Verbena thriller.
Has very low seed set and a lot of vigor!
Lantana Luscious® Pinkberry Blend: A new color
introduction to the Luscious series. Soft pink and yellow
flowers with lightly scented foliage. Great for hot sunny areas!
Top Picks
Supertunia®
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Blue
Supertunia® Pink Star Charm: One of two new additions to the charm series.
Early flowering, well branched plant with lovely petite star patterned flowers.
Burgundy
Supertunia® Violet Star Charm: Stunning blue
and white star pattern. Well branched habit,
vigorously spreading.
Supertunia® Latte: An improved version of
Supertunia White Russian. Excellent vigor and
cold tolerance, and increased branching.
Supertunia® Picasso™: Two new colors; blue and burgundy.
Mounding/trailing habit, medium vigor.
Superbells®
Velveteen
SuperBells® Holy Moly™
Gorgeous two-toned blooms with rich
pink and yellow petals. Masses of color
throughout the season!
Apple Brandy
Coleus Color Blaze®: Two hot new color additions to
the Color Blaze series. Rich colored foliage and little to
no flowering makes them great for containers or in the
landscape. Velveteen and Apple Brandy.
Superbells® Evening Star: A new calibrachoa
with a stunning purple and gold star pattern.
This one is sure to get peoples attention!
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New Edibles
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Montana F1 Strawberry
Ruby Ann F1 Strawberry
Ocimum Balsamic Blooms: A new basil with large showy flowers that are edible too.
The flavor will not turn bitter after flowering.
Montana F1 Strawberry: A medium compact plant, produces very large snowwhite flowers that bare sweet flavored fruits the entire summer. From ABZ.
Ruby Ann F1 Strawberry: A great variety for hanging baskets! Produces
sensational ruby-red flowers and tasty fruit all summer. From ABZ.
Tomato Chocolate Sprinkles: An
indeterminate tomato with a huge harvest
of heirloom-type cherry tomatoes.
Basil Dolce Fresca: A new sweet basil
with shorter internodes for a more
manageable plant. AAS winner!
Simply Salad® Kale Storm: A new combo of 4 kales that
you can harvest through the summer.
Tomato Tidy Treats: An indeterminate
tomato that grows to a manageable
4-5 feet maximum.
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Citrino F1: A new variety of honey dew
that produces perfectly round fruits with
excellent flavor and sweetness.
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Cabbage Red Hawk: This early season violet/red cabbage is
stunning in containers as well as tasty. From Syngenta.
Kwik Kombo™ Mixes
New Combos
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Carolina Memories™: Techno® Heat Upright Dark Blue, Lanai® Upright Lime Green.
Old Glory Days™: Techno® Heat Upright Dark Blue,
Lanai® Scarlet with eye, Lanai® Upright Lime Green.
Curb Appeal™: Callie® Yellow,
Techno® Heat Dark Blue, Lanai® White.
I Like it Hot™: Landscape Bandana Red®,
Landscape Bandana Yellow®.
Mom’s Chosen One™: Mexican gold™,
Sanguna® Patio Purple, Lanai® Bright Eye.
Summer to Remember™: Carita Purple™,
Landscape Bandana Red, Bombay White®.
Tutti Frutti™: Callie® Apricot,
Callie® Burgundy, Callie® Yellow .
Summer’s Promise™: Cuphoric Pink™, Bandana Light Yellow®.
Patio Selfie™: Callie® Light Blue, Callie® Rose, Callie® White.
Spring Decorations™: Techno® Heat Upright Dark Blue,
Sanguna® Patio Red, Lanai® White.
Spring Picnic™: Callie® Dark Blue Imp, Lanai® Scarlet
with Eye®, Lanai® Upright Lime Green.
Welcome Back Spring™: Callie® Yellow,
Techno® Heat Dark Blue, Lanai® Twister ™ Red.
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New Combos
from the 2015 CA Spring Trials
Trixi™ Ayers Rock 16: One of many Trixi’s that have been
improved with new breeding. Same plants, but better!
Trixi™ Break Dance:
Bidens Namid Early Yellow, Verben
a Lascar
Red Rose, Lobelia Magadi Electric
Blue.
Trixi™ Wild Berry: Calibrachoa MiniFamous Neo Purple,
Neo White and Compact Blue.
Trixi™ Walk On A Cloud 16: Another favorite Trixi that is improved with new breeding.
Confetti Trafalgar Square: All Coleus Confetti,
Main Street River Walk, Broad Street and Wall Street.
Confetti Glossy Sunset: All Glossy Confettis include
Lobularia! With Peppy Sunset and Volcano Sunset.
Confetti Glossy Twilight: Aloha Kona Hot Orange
and Aloha Kona True Blue with Lobularia
Confetti Blaze of Glory:
Sweetunia Johnny Flame,
Verbena Empress Flair White,
Aloha Kona Hot Orange.