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All-America Selections All America Selections • Mission: promote new garden seed varieties • Trial and display gardens in U.S. and Canada • AAS winners introduced every year since 1933 • www.all-americaselections.org Agastache foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’ • • • • • • • • Golden-leaved herb Annual,heat loving Grows 20 inches tall Spread 10 to 15 inches Blooms mid-late summer with blue spikes Leaves,minty smell May over winter Attracts butterflies Canna ‘Tropical Rose’ • Blooms in 90 days from seed,midsummer to frost • Grows 21/2 feet tall • Rose-pink flowers Carnation ‘Can Can Scarlet’ • Spicy fragrance • Grows 12 to 14 inches tall • Heat tolerant • Flowers throughout the season • Great cut flower Celosia plumosa ‘Fresh Look Red’ • Grows 12 to 18 inches tall, spread 12 to 20 inches • Central plume 8 to 10 inches tall and 5 inches wide • Pest free and low maintenance • Flowers can be cut and dried Cleome ‘Sparkler Blush’ • Grows three feet tall and wide • Easy to grow in full sun • Heat and drought tolerant • Covered with pink flowers • Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds Cosmos ‘Cosmic Orange’ • Grows 12 inches tall • Needs full sun • Bright orange 2 inch blooms all summer • Pest and disease free • Thrives on minimal care Dianthus ‘Corona Cherry Magic’ • First dianthus with a bicolor pattern • Large 2-inch blooms • Flowers cherry red, lavender or a mosaic of both colors • Grows 7 to 9 inches tall, spread 8 to 10 inches • Flowers throughout the growing season Dianthus ‘Supra Purple’ • Grows 12 inches tall, spread 10 inches • Will flower all summer • Grown as an annual, but may over winter • Rosy-purple flowers have fringed edges • Heat tolerant Diascia ‘Diamonte Coral Rose • Grows 10 inches tall, spread 18 inches • Blooms all summer, early flowering • Heat tolerant • Spreading habit, good for containers • Plant near lip of containers for cascading effect Eustoma ‘Forever Blue’ • 21/2 inch single blue flowers • Grows 12 inches tall, covered in blooms • Needs full sun • Heat tolerant • Needs deadheading • Great for patio Eustoma ‘Forever White’ • 21/2 inch ivory-white blooms cover plant • Grows 12 inches tall • Compact branching habit, best for containers • Heat and drought tolerant Gaillardia pulchella ‘Sundance Bicolor’ • Blooms globe shaped, mahogany red and yellow • Blooms can cover plant • Grows 15 inches tall, spread 15 to 16 inches • Sun or partial shade • Heat and drought tolerant • Good for hanging baskets or containers Geranium ‘Black Velvet Rose’ • Leaf-black center with green leaf edge • Dark foliage contrasts with pink flowers • Grows 10 to 14 inches tall, spread 14 to 18 inches • Needs full sun, heat tolerant • Good for containers Hollyhock ‘Queeny Purple’ • First purple hollyhock • Frilly edged purple blooms, 3 to 4 inches across • Blooms all season • Grows 20 to 30 inches tall • Will hold up without staking • Good for small space gardens or containers Hollyhock ‘Queeny Purple’ Nicotiana ‘Avalon Bright Pink’ • Dwarf, grows 10 inches tall • Spread 10 to 12 inches • Flowers bright pink • No deadheading • Easy to grow • Use front of border Nicotiana ‘Perfume Deep Purple’ • Grows 20 inches tall, spreads 18 inches • Purple flowers shaped like stars • Very strong fragrance • No pinching, pruning or deadheading • Heat tolerant • Nicotiana named for Jean Nicot, introduced tobacco to French court Ornamental Millet ‘Purple Majesty’ • Grows 3 to 5 feet tall • 8 to 12 inch flower spikes • Young leaves green, turning purple with sun • Immature spikes, like cattails, use in flower arrangements • Spikes attracts birds • Heat and drought tolerant Ornamental Millet ‘Purple Majesty’ Ornamental Pepper ‘Chilly Chili’ • No “heat” peppers • Changes color from yellow to orange to red • Very heat tolerant • Grows a foot tall, spread 6 to 10 inches • Use as ornamental garnish on salads Osteospermum ‘Passion Mix’ • Single daisy flowers with a blue center • Flower color white, rose, purple and pink • Flowers best in cooler weather • Grow 12 inches tall • Needs full sun • Drought tolerant Pansy ‘Ultima Morpho’ • Flowers blue with lemon yellow lower petals • Named after the Morpho butterfly • Height of 5 to 8 inches, spread 8 to 10 inches • Best for spring and fall gardens • Great for containers Petunia ‘Merlin Blue Morn’ • Pure white center to velvety blue edge • Bicolor pattern visible from a distance • Needs full sun • Grows 15 to 20 inches tall, spread 18 to 30 inches • Great for hanging baskets or containers Petunia ‘Wave Blue’ • Grows 4 to 7 inches tall • Spreads 3 to 4 feet like a groundcover • Velvety, dark blue 2inch blossoms • No pinching or pruning Portulaca ‘Margarita Rosita’ • Large 11/2 inch semidouble rose flowers • Compact mounded habit • Spread 12 to 14 inches • Heat and drought tolerant • Flowers continuously • Easy to grow Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cherokee Sunset’ • Colors: yellow, orange, bronze, mahogany • 3 to 41/2 inch flowers, long lasting as cut flowers • Needs full sun • Grows 24 to 30 inches tall, spread one foot • Heat and drought tolerant • May over winter with protection Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ • Golden yellow tipped orange petals with light green center • Grows 2 to 3 feet tall, spread 11/2 to 2 feet • 5 inch blooms • Needs full sun, tolerates heat • Easy to grow, makes great cut flower • Short-lived perennial, self-seeds readily • May need staking • Susceptible to mildew Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ 2006 Salvia ‘Evolution’ • Grows 16 to 20 inches tall, spread 14 to 16 inches • 5 to 7 inch lilac flower spikes • Spikes can be cut and dried • No deadheading • Heat and drought tolerant Sunflower ‘Ring of Fire’ • Golden petal edges with a ring of red and chocolate brown center • Late season bloomer • Grows 4 to 5 feet tall, spread 2 to 3 feet • Great for cut flowers Sunflower ‘Ring of Fire’ Sunflower ‘Soraya’ • Orange petals with a chocolate center • Grows 5 to 6 feet tall • 4 to 6 inch blooms on long 20 inch stems • Will flower in 80 to 90 days from seed • Self supporting plants • Great cut flowers Tithonia ‘Fiesta Del Sol’ • Grows 2 to 3 feet tall, spread 12 inches • Orange daisy-like flowers, 2 to 3 inches across • Easy to grow and pest free • Deer resistant and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds • Heat and drought tolerant Tithonia ‘Fiesta Del Sol’ Tritoma ‘Flamenco’ • Old fashioned flower known as red hot poker • Perennial that will flower first year • Grows three feet tall • Flower spikes attractive to humming birds Vinca ‘Jaio Scarlet Eye’ • Rose scarlet flower with white eye • Glossy, green leaves • Blooms long lasting • Grows one foot tall, spread one foot • Heat and drought tolerant • Easy to grow in full sun • Good for containers Vinca ‘Stardust Orchid’ • 11/2 inch blooms borne above glossy, dark green foliage • Pest free, heat and drought tolerant • Grows 14 to 16 inches tall and wide • Easy to grow 2006 Viola ‘Skippy XL Red-Gold’ • Round 11/2 inch flowers • Will bud and flower under a wide range of temperatures • Grows 6 inches tall, spread 8 inches • Seed to flower in 10 weeks Zinnia angustifolia ‘Crystal White’ Zinnia ‘Profusion Orange’ • Single orange blossoms, 2 to 3 inches across • Mounded habit • Grows 18 inches tall, spread 20 inches • Blooms all summer with no deadheading • Self sows freely • Attracts bees and butterflies • Resistant to powdery mildew • Easy to grow Zinnia ‘Profusion White’ • White single 21/2 inch daisy-like flowers • Mounded habit • Resistant to powdery mildew • Grows 18 inches tall • Spreads 12 to 24 inches • No pinching, pruning or deadheading • Attracts butterflies • Tolerates light shade, needs 6 hours of sun • Drought tolerant Zinnia ‘Zowie!Yellow Flame’ • Blooms flame with a scarlet-rose center and yellow petal edges • Easy to grow from seed • Flowers early summer to frost • Grows 24-29 inches tall, spread 26 to 27 inches • Heat and drought tolerant • Use for cut flowers that last two weeks • Good for containers AAS VEGGIES Cabbage ‘Dynamo’ • Blue-green color • Perfect size for one meal • Grows 8 to 12 inches wide • Weighs 2 to 21/2 pounds • Heat tolerant and slow to bolt Cabbage ‘Dynamo’ Cabbage ‘Savoy Express’ • Mature 55 days from transplanting • Small 1 to 11/2 pound heads • Grown at close spacing, a foot apart • Plant in spring or fall Corn ‘Indian Summer’ • Kernels are yellow, red, white or purple • Ears are 8 inches long • 79 days from seed to harvest • Color develops as ears mature • Color intensifies as ears cook 2006 Carrot ‘Purple Haze’ • Purple exterior with orange interior • Grows 12 inches long • Looks best in raw salads or cole slaw • Cooked in water, purple color fades • Keeps color in a stir fry • Easy to grow in containers • Best color in cooler temps Carrot ‘Thumblelina’ • Great for containers and clay soil • Golf ball size, sweet taste • Full sun • Harvest 60-70 days from seeding Cucumber ‘Diva’ • Sweet flavor and high yield • Non-bitter with a crisp texture • Produces all female flowers, doesn’t need pollen to set fruit • Mature 4 to 5 inch cukes in 58 days from seed • Resistant to scab and powdery and downy mildew Eggplant ‘Fairy Tale’ • Miniature eggplant, can be picked at 1-2 oz. • Can stay on vine, will stay tender • Matures 51 days from transplanting • Grows 21/2 ft. tall, good for containers Eggplant ‘Hansel’ • Miniature eggplant • Finger-sized clusters, 3-6 fruit per cluster • Matures 55 days from transplanting • Good for containers Melon ‘Amy’ • Bright golden yellow with smooth skin • Bright color indicates maturity • Vines need 6 feet of garden space or can train up a trellis • Harvest 70 to 80 days from transplanting Melon ‘Angel’ • Very sweet, 2-3 lbs. • Harvest 60 days from transplanting • Skin turns creamy yellow at maturity • Vines spread 6-7 ft. • Disease resistant Okra ‘Cajun Delight’ • Grows 4 ft. tall, attractive leaves • Harvest 50-55 days from seed • 3-5 inch pods • Pods stay tender Onion ‘Super Star’ • Widely adaptable • Matures to 1 lb. in 100 days • Milder, sweeter than the ‘White Spanish Onion’ Ornamental Pepper ‘Black Pearl’ • Grows 18-20 inches tall, spreads 16-19 inches • Black foliage • Black pearl-like shiny peppers turning red • Peppers very hot • No pinching or pruning • Effective background plant with silver or white flowers Pepper ‘Blushing Beauty’ • Bushy compact plants • Peppers blush from ivory to pink to red as they mature • Grows 18 inches tall • Harvest 72 to 75 days from transplanting • Great for containers Pepper ‘Blushing Beauty’ Pepper ‘Carmen’ • Sweet pepper, 6 inches long, elongated shape • Full sun, high yield • Flowers and sets fruit over wide range of temp • Grow in large containers Pepper ‘Giant Marconi’ • Sweet, smoky flavor, great when grilled • 6-8 inches long • Matures 72 days from transplanting • Disease resistant Pepper ‘Holy Mole’ • 7-9 inches long • Used to make mole sauce • Matures in 85 days from transplanting to a dark chocolate color • Disease resistant Pumpkin ‘Baby Bear’ • Mini-pumpkin, deep orange, 11/2 – 21/2 lbs. • Good for kids • Yields 8 pumpkins per plant • Matures 105 days from seed Pumpkin ‘Orange Smoothie’ • Weighs 5 to 8 pounds with a strong handle • Matures 90 days from seed • Great for painting or carving • Semi-determinate habit, uses less space Pumpkin ‘Wee-B-Little • First miniature pumpkin, 8 oz. to a lb. • Bush type, takes less space • 120 days from seed • Good for indoor decorations Squash ‘Papaya Pear’ • First summer squash with a shape like tropical papaya fruit • Looks like a light bulb • Harvest 40 days from seed • Easy to grow in full sun Swiss Chard ‘Bright Lights’ • Stems are yellow, gold, orange, pink, violet or striped in addition to red or white • Easy to grow from seed • Harvest in 4 to 5 weeks Tomato ‘Sugary’ • Very sweet, clusters like grapes • Oval with pointed blossom end • High yield, ripe 60 days from transplanting Watermelon ‘Golden’ • Ripens to a goldenyellow color when mature • Weighs 5-7 lbs, small seeds • Grows on 6-9 ft. vines • Disease resistant Watermelon ‘New Queen’ • Bright orange flesh, 56 lbs. • Sweet flavor, crisp texture • Vines spread 9 ft. • Matures 65-75 from seed Watermelon ‘Sweet Beauty’ • Ice box type, 5-7 lbs. • Sweet flavor, crisp texture • Vines spread 8-10 ft. • Harvest 80 days from seed Winter Squash ‘Bonbon’ • Semi-bush habit, vines spread 8 ft. • Orange flesh with sweet flavor, creamy texture • Weighs 4 lbs. • Disease resistant Basil ‘Magical Michael’ • Ornamental edible sweet basil • Uniform shape, 15 inches tall and 16 to 17 inches wide • Will flower in 80 to 90 days from seed • Attractive flowers can be used a a garnish for salads
