There’s nothing like a good haircut to make a girl feel like a
million bucks. It’s so true it should be Newton’s Fourth Law.
But I have no idea why it feels twice as thick a week later. For
example, cut some of my 18-24 inch tall upright stems covered
with snapdragon-y blue-purplish flowers and guess what? In a few
days I’ll look every bit as bushy as before. So sharpen up those
pruners, baby. I look terrific in a vase. You won’t see me going
all floppy and falling apart in fifteen minutes, no way. I’ll
keep my looks for 10 days+. Change the water every other day and
it could be 10++.
Container, bed, planter or border: I’ll
stay my usual fabulous self even in the South and Midwest’s
notorious heat and humidity. By August when most plants look
deep fried, I look fresh as an, um, Angelonia. That’s because
I’m a Proven Winners hybrid – a much improved version of an
old-fashioned Angelonia (a.k.a. summer snapdragon). Drought
tolerant. Full sun. Annual except in zones 10 - 11. No
deadheading. Beautiful, tough and vigorous from spring until the
first hard frost. Sounds like a Fifth Law to me. |
Angelonia
Angelonia angustifolia hybrid
Summer Snapdragon
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no dead-heading necessary.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
18-24"
Spacing
12-14"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Use in combinations, window boxes and landscaping
Features
Blooms all season; heat and drought tolerant plants;
grape-scented foliage; low maintenance
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Angelface®
Blue
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Angelface®
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Wedgewood Blue |
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Butterfly
Vanilla Butterfly |
Marguerite Daisy
Argyranthemum frutescens
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Growing Tips
Deadheading may improve appearance but isn't necessary
for continuous bloom.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
18-36"
Spacing
12-14"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Use in combinations, window boxes and landscaping
Features
Spectacular bright lemon-yellow daisies all season; heat
tolerant; excellent garden performance
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Woo-hoo! There is nothing more super than Superbells. If there
was a word that meant extra, extra super it still wouldn’t be as
super as we are. Calibrachoas are a new type of plants that sort
of look like little Petunias, which makes sense seeing as we’re
related. Only Superbells aren’t sticky, perk right back up after
it rains, and stay compact and bushy even when we’re stressed.
Superbells are Proven Winners’ newest Calibrachoas. We’re the
ones covered with hundreds of flowers from early spring all the
way through those first light frosts. Just 6 - 10 inches tall,
our long, long, trailing branches cascade over the sides of
hanging baskets and other containers, and spread over flower
beds. Hummingbirds are cuckoo about us.
Vigor, heat tolerance and resistance to disease are traits we
all share. So is being an annual except in zones 9 - 11. You
don’t have to deadhead old flowers or pinch back stems. Water
only when the top of the soil feels dry. Too much water makes
our roots rot (Ick). Full sun. Fertilize once a month. How extra
double super easy is that?
"A Real Simple magazine – Top 10 goofproof Plant"
Apricot Punch
White
Yellow |
Superbells®
Calibrachoa hybrid
Calibrachoa
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Growing Tips
Keeping plants too wet can lead to root rot diseases.
Allow the top of the soil to dry before watering again.
If your plant is wilting even though the soil is still
damp you likely have a root rot problem. Self-cleaning,
no deadheading necessary.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
6-10"
Spacing
8-10"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Calibrachoa do not like to have constantly damp soil.
They will do well in the ground only with good drainage.
For most gardeners containers are the best use for
Calibrachoa.
Features
Abundant, small petunia-like flowers all season on
cascading growth; low maintenance.
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Blue
Cherry Red
Pink
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Cleomes (spider flowers)
have been around for a long time. But there was talk. Thorns.
Sticky leaves and stems. There were even Cleomes, some
whispered, that smelled like s-k-u-n-k. Unless they were
deadheaded, the varieties with seed pods looked sad. For others
if the temperature rose above 100 degrees there were no more
flowers and the bottom leaves, they shriveled and fell off.
Now I, Senorita Rosalita have restored Cleome’s reputation. The
magnificent dark leaves on my 3-5 feet tall upright branches are
topped by clusters of bright, lavender pink flowers. And they
bloom with abandon from late spring through fall. I scoff at
heat, and renounce all thorns and sticky substances. Deadheading
is no more. All I ask is that you plant me in full sun in a
place where water drains freely through the soil. Grow me, and
should you ever smell a certain aroma, at least you will know it
is not I that am the source. |
Cleome
Senorita Rosalita®
Cleome hybrid
Spider Flower
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Growing Tips
Does not self seed.
There is apparently a stem borer in south Florida that
infects all Cleome and for this reason gardeners should
be aware of possible problems. The insect lives inside
the stem of the plant and eventually kills it entirely;
symptoms include wilt and death of the plant.
Treatments: Unknown since we don’t know the actual
insect involved.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
24-48"
Spacing
20-24"
Hardy Temp
32°F (0°C)
Uses
Use in landscape beds for height or in large planters
Features
This heat and drought tolerant plant adds dramatic
height to landscape beds; sterile flowers, and
thornless, stickyless, "smell-less" foliage adds to the
appeal for this great garden performer.
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Sedona
Kingswood Torch |
Coleus
ColorBlaze®
Solenostemon scutellarioides
Coleus
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Growing Tips
Many people feel that coleus look best before they
flower. To keep foliage in top shape, pinch off the
blooms as they appear if you wish.
Rules of Thumb for Overwintering Plants Indoors:
1. Choose only healthy plants
2. Bring Plants indoors before frost damages foliage
3. Treat for disease and insects before bringing plants
indoors
4. Place in bright areas and add humidity using pebble
trays or spray bottles
5. Be careful not to over water
6 When active growth starts in spring fertilize and
prune as needed
7. Introduce your plants slowly to outdoor conditions in
spring
Exposure
Plant in sun or shade
Height
20-36"
Spacing
12-14"
Hardy Temp
35°F (2°C)
Uses
Use in beds, borders and containers
Features
Smooth, shiny, rounded leaves are crimson with a
lime-green edge
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Dipt in Wine
Caring, well-bred, 18-24 inch tall Colorblaze Coleus enjoys part
to full shade, movies, music, quiet times at home, butterflies,
and hummingbirds. Seeks attractive pot or landscape for annual
relationship, except in zones 10-11. Open to change of location
from outside to indoors. For “the one” will permit pinching back
of purple flowers. It takes all kinds.
Friends say I have a great sense of humor and my handsome,
lobed, rounded leaves are my best feature. My colors are those
of a desert sunset: bronze, orange, purple, rose pink, and
maroon. The cooler it gets, the more intense I become. Perhaps
you will understand why. I am sincere, tolerant of heat, and
very undemanding. No games please |
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Baby Tut™
Cyperus involucratus
Umbrella Grass
Baby Tut can also be planted in regular garden soil. It is best
to keep the soil moist, but once established Baby Tut can
tolerate some dry soil conditions.
Baby Tut is an evergreen or neutral grass. Where temperatures
get colder than 25 degrees F, the plants should be treated as
annuals. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed
immediately or removed in the spring. It should not be expected
to live through the winter and begin growing again in the
spring. |
Graceful Grasses®
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Growing Tips
Papyrus is not hardy enough to survive winters with
freezing temperatures and it is not a candidate to
overwinter inside. It is a very fast grower and will
quickly grow to impressive size when replanted in the
spring.
The plant can be planted in pots, along the waters edge
of a pond, or even in a pond. The crown of the plant
should never be covered in water and in fact both of
these varieties can thrive in water as shallow as a few
inches. The purpose is to keep the bulk of the soil or
root mass wet.
The root ball can be submerged but it isn’t necessary.
If the plant is put into a pot I would suggest plugging
the hole or holes in the bottom of the pot to keep as
much water as possible in the pot.
In areas where winter temperatures remain above 35
degrees it should be considered a perennial and the
following information should be useful.
Evergreen or neutral grasses are usually plants that
look like grasses but aren't actually classified as
grasses, they are generally called grass-like plants.
Divide evergreen or neutral grasses and grass-like
plants in spring only.
Evergreen grasses don't ever go dormant. Dividing plants
wounds them to some degree. For evergreen grasses this
wounding will really affect their ability to live
through the winter.
Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
48-72"
Spacing
36-48"
Hardy Temp
35°F (2°C)
Uses
Use as a centerpiece in large landscape beds or
containers
Features
Large heads of pendulous leaves; greenish flower
spikelets can measure 1' across
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King Tut®
Cyperus papyrus
Egyptian Papyrus
King Tut will also do well when planted in normal
garden beds. It is best to keep the soil moist, but once
established King Tut has proven to be surprisingly tolerant of
dry conditions.
King Tut is an evergreen or neutral grass. Where temperatures
get colder than 35 degrees F, the plants should be treated as
annuals. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed
immediately or removed in the spring. It should not be expected
to live through the winter and begin growing again in the
spring.
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want to thank my parents,
my breeder, and especially the millions of fans who have made me
the Most Award Winning Plant in Proven Winners History. At my
2005 debut I was just a new, 12 -18 inch Proven Winners
Euphorbia. I never imagined my career would last. I suppose it’s
because of my annual nature (except in zones 10 – 11). At first,
I thought you liked me solely for my incredible, continuously
blooming clouds of airy white flowers. But as I grew in more
containers and landscapes across North America, you praised my
mounded habit, and how well I tolerate heat and drought. My
versatility both as a single and in combinations. Others spoke
of how easy I am to grow. In letters you wrote of my ability to
stay beautiful without deadheading. And I was deeply touched by
your appreciation of my deer resistance.
Without you, I would still be just another plant in the
unforgiving world of commercial horticulture. If I could, I
would keep you with me in the full to part shade forever.
"A Real Simple magazine – Top 10 goofproof Plant" |
Diamond Frost®
Euphorbia
Euphorbia
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Growing Tips
Diamond Frost is moderately salt tolerant - it can
withstand the amount of salt encountered when
planted 30 feet or more from the source of the salt.
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Some shedding of flowers and leaves may occur
indoors depending on light levels and watering.
Plants in the spurge family often will bleed a
milky, white sap if cut or wounded. This sap is a
form of latex. Most people will have little or no
reaction due to sap exposure from the euphorbia that
Proven Winners sells. However, people with sensitive
skin or latex allergies should be cautious when
handling euphorbia. Poinsettias are in this same
family. If you have ever experienced a skin
irritation due to contact with poinsettias you
should be cautious with all euphorbia.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
12-18"
Spacing
10-12"
Hardy Temp
40°F (4°C)
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container
types and landscapes
Features
Heat- and drought-tolerant plants; clouds of airy
white flowers all season; low maintenance
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Margarita
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Sweet Potato Vine
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Growing Tips
In fall before first frost, dig, dry and store tubers in
a dry medium (vermiculite or peat) in a cool dry corner
of the basement. When tubers sprout in spring, cut them
into sections (at least one eye per section) and plant
the sections outdoors after last frost date. Tubers can
also be sunk ½ way into a large-mouthed glass jar of
water in early spring to generate sprouts that can be
removed and planted. Container plants and or rooted
cuttings taken in late summer may be overwintered
indoors in bright sunny locations.
Potatoes formed by ornamental sweet potato vines are
edible but are not as flavorful as those selected as a
food crop.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
6-10"
Spacing
10-12"
Hardy Temp
35°F (2°C)
Uses
Great in mixed containers, window boxes and hanging
baskets.
Features
Great foliage component plant in combinations; excellent
heat tolerance and good vigor.
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Illusion™ Emerald Lace
Blackie |
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Luscious® Lemonade |
Lantana
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Growing Tips
According to the Humane Society of America
Lantana leaves can be toxic to pets. This is means that
the plants are generally identified as having the
capability for producing a toxic reaction.
Lantana seed set varies considerably. If you see a lot
of berries developing you may want to deadhead the
plants to help with continuous blooming. If there is low
berry set, deadheading shouldn't be necessary for
continuous bloom. Some varieties are self-cleaning.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
24-36"
Spacing
20-30"
Hardy Temp
25°F (-4°C)
Uses
Use in combinations, window boxes and
landscapes
Features
Brilliant tones of red, orange and yellow
produce a vibrant display of color; heat and drought
tolerant with a light, sweet fragrance
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Luscious® Citrus Blend™
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Thanks to fashionable moms everywhere, in the 21st century blue
isn’t just for boys. Not that boys have a new favorite color.
But it’s now okay for girls to like blue, too. For anyone of
either gender who has a thing for this band of the color
spectrum, I’m da bomb. Billowing clouds of sky blue flowers, and
Lobelia flowers at that. Wait a minute. Aren’t Lobelias supposed
to croak in the heat? It so happens that another thing that’s
gotten with the program in our new millennium is horticulture.
Proven Winners wanted a heat tolerant Lobelia that was a flower
making maniac. Poof! And here I am.
A compact, 8 - 10 inch tall annual (except in zones 9-11) for
full sun to part shade, an abundance of blooms that never need
deadheading and a mounding, trailing habit that’s perfect for
landscapes and all types of containers. Ain’t progress
wonderful?
Laguna™ White
Lucia™ Dark Blue
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary. Laguna does not
like "wet feet". Be sure that you do not keep the soil
wet. Allow the soil surface to dry before watering
again.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
8-10"
Spacing
6-10"
Hardy Temp
35°F (2°C)
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container types,
hanging baskets, window boxes and landscapes
Features
Soft blue flowers all season on cascading, well-branched
plants; good summer performance; low maintenance
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Laguna™ Sky Blue
Laguna™ Compact Blue with Eye
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there’s one new plant that should be on everyone’s list, it’s
Snow Princess™, a unique breakthrough in the genus for heat
tolerance and extended season performance. This sterile
Lobularia is extremely vigorous, and because it puts no energy
into setting seed it has an incredibly long bloom time. In fact,
in trials in Florida, Snow Princess™ displayed mounds of
fragrant, white blooms from January through July. Creates a
great hanging basket or window box and is a perfect filler in
combinations. |
Snow Princess™
Lobularia hybrid
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Growing Tips
No deadheading necessary. Unlike most alyssum this one
will bloom through the summer. This plant is sterile so
it will bloom all summer without deadheading.
Snow Princess is a "heavy drinker" and will prefer
evenly moist soil. It will be quick to show drought
stress, but should bounce back quickly once re-hydrated.
In a hanging basket you should be prepared to water
often, maybe more than once a day during warm weather.
Plants are easier to keep moist when planted in large
planters. Due to her water needs Snow Princess is ideal
for use in larger planters.
Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
4-6"
Spacing
8-10"
Hardy Temp
32°F (0°C)
Uses
Great in containers and landscapes
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Bluebird |
Nemesia
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
10-12"
Spacing
8-10"
Hardy Temp
10°F (-12°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and
combinations
Features
Clove-scented blue flowers all season; excellent for
early spring
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Sunsatia® Raspberry
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Innocence® Compact Pink
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Sunsatia® Lemon |
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Orange Symphony
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Osteospermum
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Growing Tips
Deadheading not necessary for continuous bloom. Plants
will "bury their dead" (new flowers will quickly cover
old flowers) so no deadheading necessary.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
8-14"
Spacing
12-14"
Hardy Temp
25°F (-4°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and
combination planters
Features
Daisy flowers all season; excellent early spring and
fall plant; low maintenance
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Soprano® Light Purple
Peach Symphony
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Ahhhh. To
be in the full sun among the birdies and the flowers, it is
delightful, yes? So peaceful, so lovely, so – how do you say it?
Real? I can tell by the look in your eyes that you are a person
of exquisite taste and refinement. That you surround yourself
with beauty is obvious. Yet perhaps, just perhaps, something is
missing. Something that would bring you great joy-- that would
fill the emptiness in your hanging baskets, containers, and
landscapes. Please permit me to help.
For you alone I will cover myself with a plethora of blooming
flowers the color of a maiden’s blushing cheek. I will vein them
with the richness of dark, sweet wine. Your hands, your lovely
hands, will never know the repetitiveness of deadheading.
Neither the burning heat of summer nor swarms of nectar-crazed
butterflies and hummingbirds can change what I feel for you. For
myself, I ask nothing except food and water. It is only so that
I may remain with you, still fresh, still cloaked in blooms
until the first hard frost. Or if you make a home for me in
zones 10 – 11, we can be together always. Now take me. I am
yours.
Supertunia® Bordeaux
White
Citrus
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning no deadheading necessary, this is not
necessarily true of all Petunias.
Late July and August is when plants should be at their
best, but there is only one problem: The plants have run
out of energy and the gardeners realize it too late to
help the plants recover. This is especially true in
raised containers and hanging baskets. Here is the best
way to keep your Petunias in the Super category.
1. When you buy them in the spring, buy a slow release
fertilizer to top dress the basket or container. If you
plant your own basket, incorporate some of the slow
release fertilizer in the soil as you plant. Follow the
package directions.
2. In May fertilize with a water-soluble fertilizer once
every two weeks. Mix up the fertilizer and water the
plants just like you would if you were using clear
water. It normally takes a good half of gallon of water
To really water a 10" wide basket or raised container.
3. In June as the weather starts to get warm to hot,
fertilize weekly, again with a good soaking. If the
weather turns really hot as it sometimes does in
Late June you may need to fertilize every third
watering. By now the Supertunia is really growing and
starting to tumble down from the basket or fill out
across the flowerbed.
4. July is when the cutting back occurs. Around the 4th
of July, (after your big party) get some of the slow
release fertilizer that you bought in spring and
re-apply across the top of the planter. At the same
time, trim back
some of the longer branches just enough to bring the
plant back in line with the bottom of the pot or basket.
Don't remove too much at the maximum cut back 20% of the
branches or 1 in five shoots. You can also just give it
a general light trim. Your plant will be out of flower
for a few days, but will come back stronger than ever.
By now with July's heat you should be watering at least
every other day and begin to fertilize every other
watering. I know it sounds like a lot, but if you want a
plant to grow like an elephant and be the most it can
be, you got to feed it like an elephant!
5. August is, hot, humid, & sometimes with monsoons.
Keep up the water and fertilizing, and again, if the
plant starts to look straggly remove a few more branches
but never more than 20% or give it a general trim as
before.
6. It is September and the plants should still look
good, start to back off the watering and the feed, but
shape the basket with the last pruning of the season.
I know it sounds like a lot of work, but it really is a
labor of love. I fertilize my baskets and my garden
every time I water, and I water daily from mid July
through August. I recently invested in the WaterWise
irrigation system and let me tell you it really works.
You will find that your Supertunias, along with all the
rest of your plants will keep looking fantastic through
September and perhaps with the luck of a gardener and a
late frost maybe even into October.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
6-10"
Spacing
10-18"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container types
and landscapes
Features
Blooms all season with pink flowers highlighted by deep
plum-burgundy veins; vigorous plants; fertilize often;
low maintenance
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Royal Velvet
Cotton Candy
Pretty Much Picasso™
Priscilla®
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Neon Pink
Cabernet
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Phlox
Intensia®
Phlox hybrid
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, deadheading not necessary. This is not
necessarily true of all Phlox.
Will do best in well-drained soil.
Rabbits may find Phlox very tasty.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
10-12"
Spacing
10-12"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container types,
hanging baskets, window boxes and landscapes
Features
heat and cold tolerant; vibrant color spring through
fall; low maintenance; well-drained soil is best
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This
plant cascades, fountain-like from pots and hanging baskets.
With its attractive, scalloped foliage that's green with white
margins, Plectranthus coleoides 'Variegata' makes a worthy
filler plant in a container or in the garden. It grows about a
foot tall and half again as wide. It's a Proven Winners
selection so it's widely available. NGA (National Gardening
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Swedish Ivy
Variegata
Plectranthus coleoides
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Growing Tips
May be pinched or trimmed as needed to maintain shape
and size.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
6-12"
Spacing
16-20"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets and patio containers
Features
Dark green leaves accented with a bright white edge
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Salvia
Salvia guaranitica
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Growing Tips
Deadheading will encourage repeat blooming.
Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
30-40"
Spacing
20-24"
Hardy Temp
15°F (-9°C)
Uses
Use in beds, borders and large containers; attracts
hummingbirds
Features
Electric blue flowers contrast sharply with the black
stems in summer
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Black & Blue
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purchased a few of your Whirlwind Blue Scaevola to complement
some yellow strawflowers. They are awesome. They are totally
taking off, they are huge and always blooming. They are
absolutely gorgeous and have survived heat, full Kansas sun all
day long and several days of severe high winds. We are in a new
development so our soil is bad, no time to get much compost in
it yet, its really sandy and we have no wind guards. These guys
have thrived despite all that. I can’t even believe how great
they look. Even though they are an annual I am going to keep
getting them every year. They are my new favorite. - Victoria,
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Scaevola
Fan Flower
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, deadheading not necessary.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
8-12"
Spacing
10-14"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container types
and landscapes
Features
Heat and drought tolerant plants; blooms all season; low
maintenance
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Whirlwind® Blue
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Streptocarpella
Streptocarpus saxorum
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Exposure
Plant in partial sun or shade
Height
8-12"
Spacing
12-15"
Hardy Temp
20°F (-7°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, patio containers and beds
Features
Airy, dainty blue flowers bloom all season
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Concord Blue
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In
summer when you’re outside and get caught in a blizzard, you
don’t need to call The Weather Channel. It’s only me. All those
fluffy white things? They’re flowers. And they’re growing on
long, long slender branches. Look closely and you can probably
see the green leaves. Really. It’s not a snowstorm. It’s a
Snowstorm® Those aren’t giant snow flakes;
they’re Giant Snowflake®
flowers.
I’m just your typical vigorous Proven Winners plant that’s an
annual except in zones 9-11. I grow best in full sun to part
shade, and hanging baskets, combination containers and window
boxes are my specialties. Not frozen ice, nice white flowers.
Honest.
Snowstorm® Pink
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Bacopa
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Unlike most plants, Sutera will not wilt when drought
stressed. Before the plant shows signs of wilting it
will drop both the flowers and the buds on the plant. It
takes about 2 weeks for the plant to come back into
bloom after it has been drought stressed. To maintain
constant bloom you will either need to monitor the plant
closely and water before the soil gets too dry or you
could plant Sutera with a plant that does wilt. Some
good plants to consider are verbena, coleus, petunias
etc. These companion plants will serve as indicator
plants to let you know that the Sutera is dry and should
help you avoid having the plant dropping blooms and buds
due to drought stress.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds
and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help
ensure the best possible performance.
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
4-8"
Spacing
8-10"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, combinations and window boxes
Features
White flowers appear all season; strongly trailing
plants; low maintenance; perfect filler plant in
combinations
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Snowstorm® Giant Snowflake®
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Torenia are somewhat of a legacy in the Proven Winners spring
collection. This year, one of Proven Winners most popular
varieties is joined by Large Violet, a larger version of ‘Blue
(Violet)’. This filtered-sun lover provides superb color
throughout even the hottest months of the year and does well in
pots and window boxes. Like all the rest of the Summer Waves,
this plant thrives in high humidity. Plant it alone, or combine
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Torenia
Wishbone Flower
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds
and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help
ensure the best possible performance.
Exposure
Plant in partial shade or shade
Height
2-6"
Spacing
10-12"
Hardy Temp
30°F (-1°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and
combination planters
Features
Blue flowers all season; excellent heat tolerance; loves
the shade; low maintenance
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Summer Wave® Blue
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Babylon still holds the first-place trophies for
earliest-blooming and most mildew-resistant Verbena. A mounding,
cascading habit and a fantastic range of colors are even more
reasons why these free-flowering varieties are prize picks for
hanging baskets, balcony planters, and sunny beds.
Babylon® Carpet Blue
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Verbena
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Growing Tips
Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
While always great in containers they are also fantastic
in landscape beds. They can tolerate dry soils and lower
fertility. Normally either an application of slow
release fertilizer or amending with compost is enough to
keep them happy and blooming in landscape beds. They
shouldn’t need to be trimmed back but can be given a
“haircut” – a trim back – using a sharp pair of scissors
or pruning shears at any time. While naturally well
branched, trimming them back will encourage additional
branching, fuller plants, and ultimately more flowers. I
usually give them a very slight trim as I am
transplanting to boost branching.
A yearly application of fertilizer or compost on garden
beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will
help ensure the best possible performance.
Exposure
Full sun
Height
5-9"
Spacing
8-12"
Hardy Temp
15°F (-9°C)
Uses
Use in hanging baskets, window boxes and landscaping
Features
Delicate, early-blooming white flowers throughout the
season; low maintenance
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Babylon® White
Babylon® Red |
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