Big & Bragging
Big & Bragging
Go Big or Go Home!

Using bigger, more vigorous plants SAVES you money with faster fill-in and quicker client show. Help your clients earn bragging rights by putting fewer varieties but bigger specimens in containers and landscapes. This is especially true in the North when planting into the cooler soils in Spring conditions causes plants to fill in slowly. The following items are quicker to fill in and provide an earlier show of color.

Big & Bragging
Go Big or Go Home!

Using bigger, more vigorous plants SAVES you money with faster fill-in and quicker client show. Help your clients earn bragging rights by putting fewer varieties but bigger specimens in containers and landscapes. This is especially true in the North when planting into the cooler soils in Spring conditions causes plants to fill in slowly. The following items are quicker to fill in and provide an earlier show of color.

Big & Bragging
Go Big or Go Home!

Using bigger, more vigorous plants SAVES you money with faster fill-in and quicker client show. Help your clients earn bragging rights by putting fewer varieties but bigger specimens in containers and landscapes. This is especially true in the North when planting into the cooler soils in Spring conditions causes plants to fill in slowly. The following items are quicker to fill in and provide an earlier show of color.

How do you find new plants?

According to a 2016 survey by Ball Horticultural Company, the top three ways landscape architects find new plants are: by looking at other landscapers’ designs, searching on Google and relying on their growers’ advice.

Archangel Cherry Red
Archangel Blue Bicolor
Archangel Raspberry

Archangel Angelonia

With the biggest blooms of any angelonia series, Archangel thrives in extreme heat, humidity and drought. Cherry Red is the first red in the class and most notable color breakthrough. The Archangel series is best used in containers or beds where the larger blooms can be appreciated up close. The height is great for mid border plantings, or center elements in containers. Archangel is  a vegetative cutting variety. Blue Bicolor is a much better improvement on the orginal color of the series.

Height: 12 to 14 in. (30 to 36 cm)
Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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Megawatt Begonia

It’s not just big, it’s mega! This new standout series gets big quick! Megawatt begonias are perfect for landscapes and big containers. The series includes Pink Bronze Leaf, the first-of-its-kind color in this variety, and Red Green Leaf. Take a sneak peek at Red Bronze Leaf, coming in 2018. The Bronze leaf varieties compare well to the big begonia series. The Green Leafed varieties compare to Whopper Begonia.  The large flowers are held upright on the plant, making it useful for background plantings or as a single specimen in a bed.

Height: 20 to 28 in. (51 to 71 cm)
Spread: 16 to 24 in. (41 to 61 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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NEW Megawatt Red Bronze Leaf
Megawatt Red Green Leaf
Megawatt Pink Bronze Leaf
Megawatt Rose Green Leaf
Megawatt Red Bronze Leaf
Cannova Canna Mango, Orange Shades & Lemon
Cannova Canna Yellow
Cannova Bronze Leaf Scarlet

Cannova® Canna

Cannova is a grower’s and landscaper’s delight! Growers love the fact they are available from seed, ensuring better supply. The mid-to-large height works well in large beds and large containers. Try Mango canna for a tropical attitude. Cannova Bronze Leaf Scarlet creates a sensation with its brilliant red blooms contrasting with dark leaf foliage.

Height: 30 to 48 in. (76 to 122 cm)
Spread: 14 to 20 in. (36 to 51 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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French Quarter Coleus

French Quarter gets huge! Best for use in LARGE containers or back of border plantings. The magenta and green leaves are similar to many of the seed coleus of the same color pattern for shade,  but French Quarter works in sun!  French Quarter has no, to very late flowering.

Height: 18 to 36 in. (46 to 91 cm)
Spread: 24 to 28 in. (61 to 71 cm)
Exposure: Sun/Part Shade

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NEW French Quarter Coleus
NEW French Quarter Coleus
NEW Inferno Coleus
NEW Inferno Coleus

Inferno Coleus

Your new best “Orange” coleus for the sun! The bright orange color remains consistent in its intensity, even in shady conditions. Inferno has a coarser leaf texture compared to its smaller-growing cousin, Campfire.

Height: 14 to 28 in. (46 to 71 cm)
Spread: 14 to 24 in. (36 to 61 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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Ruby Slipper Coleus

A richer, redder red! Ruby Slipper will maintain a consistent color in-ground and in containers, in sun or shade. Very late flowering eliminates the need to clip flower stems.

Height: 14 to 24 in. (36 to 61 cm)
Spread: 14 to 16 in. (36 to 41 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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NEW Ruby Slipper Coleus
NEW Ruby Slipper Coleus
SolarPower Black Ipomea
SolarPower Red Ipomea
SolarPower Lime Ipomoea

SolarPower Ipomea

Densely branched SolarPower holds its shape and color. Use in hanging baskets, mixed containers and landscapes. Sweet potato vine in the ground is all about big color with less work! Try striping black and lime together at front entrance beds. SolarPower’s controlled growth means less cutting  back in beds or containers. Try SolarPower RED for a new twist on SPV!

Height: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm)
Spread: 24 to 36 in. (61 to 91 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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EnduraScape Verbena

A new breed of landscape verbenas, EnduraScape is BIG in the heat and BIG in the cool. Hardy to Zone 7, it has colors including the new and improved Magenta and Purple. Are you having problems with diseased petunia beds? EnduraScape provides an alternative plant that  can be used in the same ways petunias can, tolerating both cool and hot. EnduraScape has the same color tones as many petunias.

Height: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 30 cm)
Spread: 18 to 24 in. (46 to 61 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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NEW EnduraScape Pink Bicolor
EnduraScape White Blush
EnduraScape Blue
Tidal Wave Red Velour
Tidal Wave Red Velour and Tidal Wave Silver
Tidal Wave Red Velour
Tidal Wave Red Velour
Tidal Wave Silver
Tidal Wave Silver

Tidal Wave© Spreading Petunia

Tidal Wave is the toughest landscape petunia there is! Vigorous, with fast fill in, plus rapid recovery from rain, makes it a perfect plant for hard-to-fill color beds, like parking lots or front of buildings with high heat conditions. Tidal Wave shines in filling big spaces and climbs along and over walls and fences.

Height: 16 to 36 in. (41 to 91 cm)
Spread: 30 to 60 in. (76 to 152 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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