2024 • 2025 New Woody Ornamentals
2024 Intros 2025 Intros
1. Dapper® Pink Buddleia
2. Garden Gems® Cercis Series
3. Gilded Hearts™ Cercis
4. Autumn Reprise™ Hydrangea
5. Li’l Annie Oakleaf ™ Hydrangea
6. Funky Flow™ Mahonia
7. Groovy Glow™ Mahonia
8. Little Mister™ Buxus
9. Winter Spark™ Cornus
10. Purple Oz™ Dampiera
11. American Lace™ Hydrangea Series
12. New Age™ Pink Flush Syringa
13. Snowy River™ Viburnum
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What’s New
Get to know our Woody Ornamental introductions for 2024–2025! Each page includes a helpful plant description as well as three specific reasons you might consider growing the variety, whether that be improved flowering, faster finishing, or reduced maintenance.
The market is full of woody plants that come with mandatory brand requirements, but our varieties offer you more versatility. Grow them in a black pot, add them to your house brand, or sell them in our Bloomables® brand and let our marketing work for you!
Feature on the Cover LI’L ANNIE OAKLEAF™ HYDRANGEA Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Oakann1588’ PPAF
davidii ‘Condappin’ PPAF
The popular Dapper® Buddleia Series gets a pretty pink addition!
Reasons to Grow
• Compact habit with sturdy stems
• Minimal deadheading saves time and labor expense
• Better rebloom lengthens color window at retail
• Versatile size for small gardens and patios
Buddleia
Dapper ® Pink Buddleia
Garden Gems ® Cercis
Every garden needs a gem! A brand-new vision for specimen planting is taking root. Garden Gems® is a revolutionary collection of compact Cercis trees for small gardens and patio spaces. Our young plant inputs finish beautifully in 3- or 5-gallon pots and deco containers, making trees a saleable option for any grower.
Reasons to Grow
• Fast container finishing time
• Alternative to Japanese Maples with similar foliage colors and added spring blooms
• North American native
Gilded Hearts ™ Cercis
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
‘NC2014-10’ PP 35,080
The first Texensis variety of Cercis with golden foliage! A beautiful new addition to the Ornamental Tree Program.
Reasons to Grow
• Native to Southwestern US and Texas
• Golden foliage won’t bleach or burn in sun
• Holds up well to high-heat climates
• Drought tolerant
to place your order: 1-800-457-1859 or www.
Autumn Reprise ™ Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘1925querrep’
PP 35,796
An Oakleaf Hydrangea with beauty that replays again and again, spring to fall. This variety has many improvements over older options on the market.
Reasons to Grow
• Improved disease resistance
• Earlier to bloom with strong rebloom
• Better container branching for uniform crops
• North American native that attracts pollinators
Li’l Annie Oakleaf ™ Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Oakann1588’ PPAF
A compact solution to easier container production! This Oakleaf Hydrangea steps up the standard for strong branching and disease resistance, and still offers the impressive flowering and fall foliage you expect for the type.
Reasons to Grow
• Improved disease resistance
• White blooms age to dark pink for extended color interest
• Better container branching for uniform crops
• North American native that attracts pollinators
Funky Flow ™ Mahonia
Mahonia hybrid ‘NCMH1’ PP 34,442
A beautiful new Mahonia that offers color in the winter-to-spring offseason and a full habit that finishes quickly with minimal trimming.
Reasons to Grow
• Compact, shade-tolerant, deer-resistant evergreen
• Bright-to-deep-green foliage
• Yellow flowers, winter to spring
Groovy Glow ™ Mahonia
Mahonia hybrid ‘NCMH2’ PP 34,443
This new Mahonia keeps the good vibes going with a fuller, faster-to-finish habit that needs less trims. Multicolor buds and blooms appear from winter to spring for a psychedelic display all season.
Reasons to Grow
• Compact, shade-tolerant, deer-resistant evergreen
• Burgundy new growth during spring retail season
• Red, yellow, and orange flowering
to place your order: 1-800-457-1859 or www.
Little Mister ™ Buxus
Buxus microphylla ‘LP 03’ PPAF
The perfect complement to ‘Little Missy’ is here! Mature at 4-feet tall, Little Mister™ is the ideal size for mid-height hedges and has the same great blight resistance as its counterpart.
Reasons to Grow
• Same level of blight resistance as ‘Little Missy’
• Dark, evergreen foliage stays clean and healthy
• Larger habit for mid-size hedges
Winter Spark ™ Cornus
Cornus sericea ‘Zelroc3423’ PPAF
You’ll get four seasons of interest with this beautiful Cornus. Pollinators are attracted to its spring flowers and berries, and bright red stems color the landscape in winter.
Reasons to Grow
• Improved resistance to foliar diseases
• Freely branching for more winter color with less maintenance
• Deer resistant and native to North America
to place your order: 1-800-457-1859 or www. StarRoses and Plants
Purple Oz ™ Dampiera
Dampiera altissima ‘Altmp2336’ PPTBS
Native to Australia, this Dampiera is extremely tolerant to drought and heat. Its dense branching and compact habit are great improvements for the type and support abundant blooming atop silver-green foliage.
Reasons to Grow
• Fast-to-finish color item with long bloom window
• Compact, mounded habit with dense branching
• Grows well in containers where not hardy
Dampiera
American Lace ™ Hydrangeas
The name says it all: graceful, timeless, and native to North America! The Hydrangea arborescens varieties in the American Lace™ Series produce more flowers than other market selections and exhibit sturdier stems that keep the large blooms from flopping open mid-season. An excellent size for mass and foundation plantings.
Dark Pink
Hydrangea arborescens ‘3792resgea’ PPTBS
Reasons to Grow
• More blooms per plant than comparable varieties
• Reliably sturdy stems eliminate flopping
• Native to North America and pollinator friendly
Pink
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Dranbor3269’ PPTBS
White
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Age3213ens’ PPTBS
New Age ™ Pink Flush Syringa
Syringa vulgaris ‘G13110’ PPTBS
A new addition to the New Age™ Collection! This trio of trailblazers now includes a gorgeous, blush pink variety that possesses the same, standout features of New Age White™ and New Age Lavender™: compact size, disease resistance, and fragrance.
Reasons to Grow
• Increased production speed (finish 2-or 3-gallon containers in 1 year from liner planting)
• Compact, manageable habit requires less upkeep
• Greater resistance to foliage and flower diseases
Snowy River ™ Viburnum
Viburnum burkwoodii ‘Vibfryhyb’ PPTBS
Get multi-season interest from one great plant! White flowers appear in spring, followed by glossy green, summer foliage and red berries through the fall. Its improvement in branching encourages increased flower production and reduces number of required trims. A low-maintenance landscape specimen for foundation plantings.
Reasons to Grow
• Better branching = more flowers and less trims
• Flowers, foliage, and berries offer multi-season interest
• Low-maintenance specimen and foundation plant
to place your order: 1-800-457-1859 or www. StarRoses and Plants .com/StarTrack
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