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NEW FOR 2022

Here’s the latest annuals, perennials, woody plants, edibles and roses headed to Canadian nurseries and garden centres next spring.

Augusta Lavender

Heliotrope hybrid This new heliotrope variety features a strong upright habit. Its large, vigorous and dense with a lattice-like branching structure that helps maintain its upright form. Augusta pairs well with other medium vigour varieties.. Proven Winners

Suncredible Saturn

Helianthus hybrid

Suncredible Saturn builds upon the success of Suncredible Yellow. The bicolour yellow and russet red sunflower will bloom from summer through fall, growing to about 90 cm tall. Suncredible Saturn works well in containers and in landscapes.

Proven Winners Petunia Headliner Enchanted Sky

Petunia Enchanted Sky features both a hazy white star and sky pattern, backed in a pink flower colour. The Headliner Series is known for its mounded, mediumvigour habit, ideal for hanging baskets. Selecta One

Digiplexis Firecracker

Digiplexis

Firecracker blooms all summer long. Small, vivid orange-yellow flowers have a hint of rosy overtones. The flowers are produced above narrow, gray-green leaves that form a tight, small mound of foliage. Firecracker is a perennial in Zone 8 and above.

Walters Gardens Endurance Sunset Gold

F1 Tagetes triploid Endurance is an F1 cross of African and French marigold. It bears fullydouble flowers on a French marigold habit and finishes quickly. The new series includes three colours — sunset gold, yellow and orange. Syngenta Flowers

Jurassic Rex Begonias

Begonia rex hybrid There are now four series of Rex Begonias from Ball Ingenuity. Jurassic Dino has a compact habit for supersmall pots or small-space gardens. Jurassic Jr. has 40 per cent smaller leaves than Jurassic and Jurassic Megalo is ideal for 10-inch pots and larger feature containers. Ball Ingenuity

Unplugged Pink

Salvia hybrid Pink Salvia is a colour expansion for the Unplugged Series, and features fuchsia to pink flowers on dark calyxes and deep green foliage. This variety is an upright plant that grows to half the size of Rockin’ Salvias, reaching a mature height of 35 to 75 cm. Proven Winners

Tophat Scarlet Imp.

F1 Begonia x hybrida

Scarlet Imp. is a new colour for the Tophat Series that finishes at least one week earlier than other varieties. Bred for versatility, its pure white blooms are up to 20 per cent larger than the Big and Megawatt series.

Syngenta Flowers Verbena Beats

Verbena Verbena flower early and are tolerant to heat, cycling and water stress. The series includes bicolours Purple+White, Red+White, and four colours, Red, White, Purple and Blue. Selecta One

Rivulet Begonia

Begonia boliviensis

Rivulet Begonia offers a stream of medium-sized begonia flowers all summer long. The plants have a medium trail and good vigour. The well-branched habit makes a rounded body, suitable for pots and hanging baskets. There are five colours available in the series.

Ball Ingenuity Calliope Medium Dark Red Dark Leaf

Pelargonium interspecific A new addition to the Calliope Medium Series, Dark Red Dark Leaf develops large, dark red flowers above dark green foliage. Ideal for 1.25 to 2.5 quart pots. Syngenta Flowers

Bowler Bronze Leaf White

F1 Begonia x hybrida A vigorous, bronze leaf begonia with large flowers and a unique, branched and mounding habit. The chocolatebronze foliage contrasts with its large, bright white flowers. Syngenta Flowers

Shamrock Lantana

Lantana camara A new, medium-vigour series, Shamrock works well in a wide-range of container sizes as well as hanging baskets. The series is uniform across all four colours (white, peach, orange flame or rose), and the plants are well-branched with a mounded habit. Ball FloraPlant

Spitfire Coleus

Solenostemon scutellarioides

Spitfire is a micro coleus that shows off stunning colours and patterns, and can be used in full sun or shade. It’s very late to never-flowering, offering landscapers a low-maintenance, highimpact plant. It holds its colour well in vibrant pink and lime green.

Ball FloraPlant Dekko Sorbet

Petunia hybrida Sorbet develops a wide range of core and unique colours ideal for mixed combos and baskets. Its versatile habit suits small pots or landscape applications. Syngenta Flowers

E3 Easy Wave

Spreading Petunia

E3 is a brand-new Wave Series that flowers at 10 hours daylength. It has a manageable, uniform shape and vigour, and offers simple production to save on labour costs. The series includes seven colours: red, white, blue, pink cosmo, coral, sky blue and pink.

PanAmerican Seed Supertunia Vista Jazzberry

Petunia Supertunia Vista is now available in electric magenta purple. The new Jazzberry features large, upright mounded plants that are blanketed in self-cleaning flowers all season long. Proven Winners

Madinia Maximo Scarlet

Mandevilla hybrida A new colour for 2022, Maximo Scarlet was selected for its vining habit and huge flowers, which are ideal for trellised container programs. This variety features continuous flowering, drought tolerance and disease resistance. Syngenta Flowers

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