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Garden Inspiration: 10 New Annuals for Your Landscape
New arrivals come in to our store every day, exciting all types of gardeners. If you haven’t started already, think about which plants you’d like to see growing in your backyard.
Here’s a list of ten new annuals for your landscape from Proven Winners:
Superbells Garden Rose Calibrachoa
The groundbreaking new Superbells® Garden Rose is the first in a brand new line of Calibrachoa bred for the garden, though it performs admirably in containers too. It is extremely vigorous, quickly covering 2-3 feet of ground, and blooms all summer without deadheading, even in hot, humid weather.
Campfire Fireburst Bidens
A breakthrough color for Bidens, Campfire™ Fireburst bears rich orange and yellow bicolor blooms on compact plants from the time of planting until the first frost. It can be paired with other medium to high vigor plants such as Supertunia® in containers and landscapes. This is a full-sun plant that is heat and drought tolerant once established.
Dahlightful Dahlia variabili Georgia Peach, Lively Lavender and Sultry Scarlet
These gorgeous mid-sized, semi-double flowered dahlias have incredible impact when planted en masse in the landscape, and they work great as thrillers in large combination planters too. Unlike some Dahlias, the Dahlightful™ series keeps on producing flowers from early through late in the season so you’ll have color longer in the garden.
Señorita Blanca and Señorita Mi Amor Cleome
Gardeners have grown to love the Proven Winners line of cleomes because they are thornless, seedless, odorless, and not sticky. Señorita Blanca™ produces showy, pure white blooms while Señorita Mi Amor™ profusely bears soft blush pink flowers from spring to frost. They are superb plants for the landscape where their vigorous growth and heat, humidity, and drought tolerance make them shining stars.
Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lime Ipomoea
With more sunfast coloring than some older sweet potato vines, this new selection keeps its lime green color all season without bleaching out. It’s also a bit less rambunctious than some, making it easier to pair with other plants. Use it as an annual groundcover in landscapes as it has proven to be extremely heat and humidity tolerant.
Luscious Pinkberry Blend Lantana camara
This impressively vigorous, landscape-sized Lantana forms a mounding then trailing mass of dark green foliage dotted with pretty pink and light yellow bicolor blooms all season with minimal seed set. Grow it as a drought-tolerant groundcover or in large containers paired with other very vigorous plants.
Intensia White Phlox
An improved habit, increased vigor, and great disease resistance are the standout features of the newest member of the award-winning Intensia® series. Phlox are terrific planted en masse in the landscape because of their extended bloom time from late spring through fall and broadly mounding habit. Two keys to success: well-drained soil and planting in mid-spring once temperatures have warmed up.
Supertunia Honey Petunia
Supertunia Honey features an incredible ever-changing array of yellow, orange, salmon, and pink blossoms on mounding, well-branched plants. Its vigor and disease resistance match that of other Supertunias, and it exhibits good heat and cold tolerance too. This is an incredibly versatile plant, blooming from spring to frost without deadheading in landscapes, hanging baskets and combination containers.
Lemon Coral Sedum mexicanum
A tough-as-nails groundcover for landscapes and spiller for containers, this beautifully textured succulent is vigorous and drought tolerant. Its lime green to chartreuse foliage pairs well with other vigorous sun loving plants and remains attractive all season long. Lemon Coral™ is a breeze to grow in full sun and very well-drained soil.
Meteor Shower Verbena bonariensis
An updated look for the species, Meteor Shower™ has a denser, more vigorous growth habit which equates to more manageable and attractive plants. Use it as a flowering thriller in finished containers or as a vertical element in landscape beds. Since the plants set little seed, it won’t become invasive like most Verbenas of this type. Heat and drought tolerance as well as deer resistance sweeten its appeal.
From a groundbreaking Calibrachoa for in-ground plantings to a rainbow of new Supertunias, find something new to suit every garden style. Click here for our store locations and hours.
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