Denny McKeown's Tip of the Week

5/05/11
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New 2011 Annual Introductions

Annual Flower Growers

These are exciting times for annual lovers. The last ten years have seen tremendous improvements to various varieties of annuals. There is a family of Proven Winners® (PW) and Blue Ribbon Blooms™ to name a few. These new varieties have been bred to dramatically reduce the amount of time and effort required by you to have endless color all season long. Since annuals do their entire ‘thing’ in one season, that is grow, flower, and produce seed, you don’t have to wait long after planting to start to enjoy. Blue Ribbon Blooms are available at many of the year-round garden centers and nursery stores in the Cincinnati and Kentucky areas.

Introducing the Newest Annuals for 2011

Petunia ‘Phantom’
(Black base color with distinctive yellow star pattern)
‘Black Velvet’ (black flowers)
– both take full sun, grows 8-12” tall and wide. Excellent vigor fills in baskets and planters quickly with continuous flowering all season. Will not find in box stores (from Ball Hort).

Calibrachoa Blackberry punch
(Magenta flowers with dark purple center)
Calibrachoa Coral Berry Punch
(Coral flowers with dark purple center)
– takes full sun, heat tolerant, abundant, small petunia-like flowers all season. Mounding trailing habit on cascading growth up to 36”; low maintenance, attracts hummingbirds,

Calibrachoa Mini-Famous Double Flower Series

– takes full sun, grows 10-15” tall & wide, semi-trailing habit, early flowering and medium vigor offer literally unlimited possibilities. Self-cleaning so they stay neat and tidy all season – comes in a variety of colors: Double Amethyst, Double Lemon, Double Magenta, Double Orange and Double Pink

Mecardonia Gold Dust - Small green leaves are covered with yellow nemesia-like flowers from May through October, excellent heat tolerance. Self-cleaning, no dead-heading necessary.

Verbena superbena Royale Chambray – Superbena are our most vigorous, heat tolerant, and mildew tolerant series. While always great in containers as spiller, they are also fantastic in landscape beds. They can tolerate dry soils.

Argyranthemum Dress up Choc Princess - Pink buds open to reveal white flowers with chocolate brown eyes.

New Guinea Impatiens Posh Electric Orchid – Super Large Pink flowers with electric golden brushstroke down middle of each green leaf.

Pennisetum ‘Fireworks’ brilliantly variegated sport of the very popular Red Fountain Grass