Proven Winners® and Proven Selections Plants - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order - Page 1 of 15

An improved selection that gives you more color as the dark, glossy foliage has ruby-red new growth and fall color. Long blooming with clusters of salmon pink buds, white flowers and soft pink bracts from mid-summer until frost. The fragrant flowers are a butterfly magnet. Developed by Susan Keiser of Ossining NY.

Check it out - the largest flowers of any abelia! Pinky Bells® abelia is cross between Abelia schumannii 'Bumblebee' and Abelia zanderi 'Little Richard' with a strong root system, healthy growth, and a nice full habit. Fine, dense branches are covered in very large purple bell-like blooms all summer long.

Pinky Bells® abelia grows as a tight and tidy mound of glossy foliage, bearing extra large pink-violet blooms all summer long. New growth flushes red for an extra-colorful display. This abelia is an excellent choice for edging beds or for strategically siting at corners or curves. Its elegant fountain-like habit makes it especially well-suited to planting along or atop walls where its big bell-shaped flowers can be truly appreciated.

Distinct, clean silver to cream margined variegated foliage and white flowers. Attractive hints of pink and red coloration in stems and foliage. A neat low growing plant, that resulted as a sport of A. ‘Prostrata’.

A true color breakthrough, this incredible new Abelia boasts yellow blooms painted with a spash of pink and orange. The large, fragrant flowers appear in mid-summer and continue through September.

This super hardy abelia has rich fragrance and darker, reddish-pink flower buds, making this shrub a knockout landscape plant for the North and the South. The spicy sweet blooms adorn this plant from late May to early June. The glossy summer foliage turns an attractive orange-red in autumn.

 

'Kiwi' dazzles the garden with a kaleidoscope of pinks, oranges and greens, setting it appart from typical Aeonium varieties; pale yellow flowers appear in summer.

A bushy plant with gorgeous, tightly packed, dark purple leaf rosettes at the ends of narrow branches; heat tolerant.

Heat tolerant plants with large rosy pink daisy flowers. Mounded habits really hold the flowers up for great flower presence.

Heat tolerant plants with large pink daisy flowers. Mounded habits really hold the flowers up for great flower presence.

Heat tolerant plants with large red daisy flowers. Mounded habits really hold the flowers up for great flower presence.

Heat tolerant plants with large yellow daisy flowers. Mounded habits really hold the flowers up for great flower presence.

Continuously blooming, soft cream-colored flowers all season; excellent early spring and fall plant.

Continuously blooming, soft lemon-yellow flowers all season; excellent early spring and fall plant.

Daisy flowers all season on cascading plants; excellent early spring and fall plant; low maintenance.

Continuously blooming, soft orange flowers all season; excellent early spring and fall plant.

Continuously blooming, soft peach flowers all season, great for early spring and fall.

Daisy flowers all season on compact plants; great for early spring and fall; low maintenance.

Taller, and with a habit that matches the other varieties in the series. Stronger petals hold up better during inclement weather.

Unique flowers with spoon-shaped petals all season on compact plants; good early spring and fall plant; low maintenance.

Purple daisy flowers all season on compact plants, good for early spring and fall plantings.

Unique spoon shaped petals grace vibrant green foliage all season; low maintenance.

Clean, white daisy flowers have a purple center and appear all season; compact, well-branched plants always look great.

Finally, an Osteo that will still flower in warmer temperatures! Tradewinds Osteos were bred for heat resistance and for a good growth habit. The heat tolerance, great growth habit, and beautiful color of the Tradewinds set it apart.

Finally, an Osteo that will still flower in warmer temperatures! Tradewinds Osteos were bred for heat resistance and for a good growth habit. The heat tolerance, great growth habit, and beautiful color of the Tradewinds set it apart.

Finally, an Osteo that will still flower in warmer temperatures! Tradewinds Osteos were bred for heat resistance and for a good growth habit. The heat tolerance, great growth habit, and beautiful color of the Tradewinds set it apart.

Continuously blooming, soft white flowers all season; great for early spring and fall.

'Raggae Time' sports leaf edges that are clothed with highly decorative, dark brown teeth that curve both away from and back towards the center of the plant. There are two types of teeth which make the leaf edges quite unusual.

Champ is a medium-sized Agave from the Mexican state of Chiapas.

This is a beautiful succulent. The flexible blue-green leaves have finely serrate margins and terminal spine. The blue cast to the leaves form from a glaucous waxy cuticle that covers the surface of the younger leaves.

A beautiful Agave with blue green leaves that have red margins edged with yellow and bearing tiny soft spines and a stout short red terminal spine.

 

 

Spectacularly spotted foliage makes this a great accent plant. Alocasia form tubers and these tubers can be stored for replanting in the spring.

 

 

 

The textured, dark green and light green leaves with raised pink ridges make this a unique plant. Clumping growth habit.

 

 

Dwarf Alberta Spruce are extremely popular in residential landscapes - maybe too popular. Here's an easy-to-grow alternative with the same desirable size and habit, plus brighter color. It's perfect for flanking formal entryways, either in the ground or in large containers.

Techny Arborvitae has long been regarded as the hardiest, most rugged of all the Arborvitae. Now we have Golden Techny, a golden sport with the same hardiness. A major breakthrough in Gold arborvitae!

A very cool evergreen that adds elegance to your garden all year round! This narrow columnar selection of 'Wintergreen' has excellent hardiness and dark green winter foliage color. More narrow than Emerald Green. Selected by Art Boe of Faribault, MN, it is resistant to winter burn. The tight, columnar habit makes this a great specimen or screen for narrow sites. Use as a bold accent plant in mixed borders.

Are deer eating your evergreens? Plant this fast growing Western arborvitae. This hardy selection has shown esxcellent deer resistance. Rich green foliage and a tight pyramidal habit. Use this native evergreen to make a quick privacy screen.

Delicate, bright green, needlelike leaves on arching stems with a trailing habit. This fern will create a dense fluffy look in containers.

Large, fluffy, lilac blue flowers with yellow centers create a cushion of color on this variety. Dense growth habit, disease resistant, long blooming, and easy to grow. Supplies beautiful color from August through fall.

'Monch' is treasured for its lavender-blue daisy-like flowers and its willingness to produce them nonstop all summer and into fall (if the spent flowers are removed). Foliage is an attractive gray-green.

Bright neon red-pink flowers engulf this compact semi-evergreen Azalea in spring. Vivid, glossy, silver and dark green variegated foliage supplies the color the rest of the year.

Even high summer temperatures don't stop this beauty from producing loads of blooms, providing up to five months of color to the garden! Bright, deep lavender flowers appear in April, then rebloom in early July, continuing through fall until hard frost. The evergreen foliage is disease resistant, and maintains excellent color year-round. Performs well in containers., borders, foundation plantings and woodland gardens.

Twice as nice as other azaleas! Large, double pink flowers appear in April, then rebloom in early July, continuing through fall until hard frost. The evergreen foliage is disease resistant, maintaining good color year-round. Great in borders, foundation plantings and containers.

This Baby's Breath produces nonstop clouds of dainty white flowers that float atop lush, densely branched grey-green foliage. Fantastic in beds, border, and containers, and a must-have for cut flower arrangements.

The most compat Sutera, the dark blue flowers contrast well with white or light-colored petals.

Compact and floriferous large white blooms all season, excellent filler plant in combination planters.

Lovely blue flowers hold their color throughout the heat of summer, blooms all season.

Dainty white flowers over variegated foliage in summer.

Snowstorm Blue delivers a dark blue Sutera with a larger bloom that resembles the size of Giant Snowflake. It is an extremely prolific bloomer, and the color will stay stable from early spring through summer. Makes a stunning hanging basket. New in 2010.

Double blue flowers, a thick, well branched habit and great summer performance makes this a wonderful plant in the garden.

These 'living carpet' plants are vigorous, versatile, and superb as solo plantings or in combos. Easy to grow, much-loved, and much publicized by consumer magazines and TV programs.

Abundant blue flowers grace trailing plants all season long. Spreading habit works as well in landscapes as it does containers.

Sutera is incredibly vigorous and versatile. Its light pink flowers make a "living carpet" that is unbeatable for rfilling those inevitable bare spots and spicing up small pots.

Abundant pink flowers grace trailing plants all season long. Spreading habit works as well in landscapes as it does containers.

Large flowers create a snowstorm of color all summer long.

A white Sutera that will not fade. With proper watering, the flower size, the strong color, and the temendous flower coverage will continue from early spring through summer.

Improved golden barberry. Sunjoy® Citrus barberry is an improved Berberis 'Aurea' - better looking and faster growing means more profitable! Neat, rounded habit results in a uniformly ball-shaped plant that looks nice in a container. This plant was evaluated for over five years in full sun to ensure excellent burn-resistance.

Orange is happy. Orange is cheerful. And there's no orange-r barberry than Sunjoy Neo™. Tom Ranney of NCSU brings us this eye-catching, jaw-dropping new selection that is bright and colorful all season, positively electric in spring. Dense, semi-dwarf habit makes it an ideal selection for landscape or garden beds.

Seedless and semi-evergreen. Thanks to the innovative breeding of Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at the NCSU research station, we now offer a second sterile, dark-leaf barberry: Sunjoy Todo®. The wide cross that resulted in its sterility also conferred deep purple glossy foliage that persists through the year, especially in warmer climates. Attractive orange flowers develop fruit, however, seeds are hollow and non-viable.

A unique dwarf, low, mounding golden barberry with attractive red new growth and red fall color. Proven to be burn resistant in side by side tests with other yellow leaved barberry. This is an excellent low maintenance plant for mass plantings or tight spaces that need a shot of bright color.

Similar in shape to Helmond Pillar, but with bright golden foliage and red new growth. Great garden architecture. Bright orange-red autumn foliage is stunning. Proven to be burn resistant in side by side tests with other yellow leaved barberry.

Bright and cheery, this new barberry has unique tangy orange foliage that is often accentuated by a distinctive chartreuse margin. Stronger growing than other variegated cultivars, it is colorful in the landscape from spring to fall. Certified Wheat-rust resistant.

An improved 'Crimson Pygmy' with vivid, dark red foliage. It does not revert as does 'Crimson Pygmy' so is consistently compact and colorful. Uses An easy way to add bright, season-long color to home and commercial landscapes. Use it for mass plantings, or edging beds and borders.

Intriguing dark black foliage and pink, lacy flowers are taking the market by storm. Massive, lemon-scented, pink flowers in mid-summer contrast wonderfully with the foliage. Grow it as a shrub, or cut it back each year and use it as a bold perennial.

'African Blue' Basil is one of the most beautiful herbs in the world, being the showiest and most ornamental basil. It is a must for any garden. It has gorgeous and very fragrant purple-green leaves that emit a clove/camphor scent, and light purple flower

So strikingly different, your neighbors won't even know it's basil. Each tricolor leaf is a work of art, with deep green brush strokes across the lime center and white painted around the edges. And the taste is pure, unadulterated sweet basil.

A stronger-flavored basil than sweet basil, Thai Basil also has a hint of licorice flavor. The leaves, which are about half the size of sweet basil, have purple stems and make pretty garnishes. They are added by the handful to Thai cusine and also dishes of Southeast Asia. Its popularity has grown with the discovery of these delicious dishes from those countries. A slightly smaller plant than Sweet Basil, it is perfectly suited for containers.

Variegated, cascading foliage. Versatile plant for all gardens.

Its mature height is a mere 12-16", shorter than many perennial Penstemons, and is also less hardy. Considered annual for anyone colder than Zone 7, it's still a valuable player for its great habit, floriferous-ness and long flowering season.

'Midnight Masquerade' produces a sturdy clump of deep burgundy purple leaves. The dark color of the foliage is most pronounced in direct UV sunlight. This variety's dark foliage can be enjoyed all season, but in bloom, the overall effect is stunning.

Rich lavender purple flowers have pure white interiors and are produced on dark stems just above the foliage. An improvement on other varieties, this superior selection boasts a fuller, more refined habit, more vibrant flower color, and a more consistent, floriferous flowering performance. A must-have addition to the sun perennial garden!

Constant bright rose flowers all summer

Striking, maroon-red foliage with a dark green underlay distinguishes this Penstemon from the other cultivars. White flowers with a tinge of light pink are borne on strong, upright stems in early summer. 1996 Perennial Plant Assoc. Plant of the Year!

Cotyledon tomentosa is a species of the Cotyledon genus. Cotyledon tomentosa, native to Africa, has large chunky ovate fuzzy green leaves with prominent "teeth" at tips that give the impression of bear's paws.

Bold color from summer to autumn. Pearl Glam® callicarpa presents a whole new look for the genus! Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney at NCSU, this hybrid cultivar boasts dark purple foliage, white flowers, and bright purple-pink berries. Vigorous, upright plant offers a space-saving vertical habit and a unique look in the landscape or in containers. Ideal for cut flower growers. Fast growing and profitable!

This new hybrid beautyberry is a cross between Callicarpa dichotema x kwantungensis. It has distinctive pink flowers. The foliage is tinged with purple, particularly in the fall when the very large purple-violet berries cover the plant. This vigorous, upright plant has a nice upright habit.

Everyone agrees that Beauty Bush is spectacular in bloom but it traditionally goes into hiding for the rest of the year. This is no longer the case with Dream Catcher with its golden yellow foliage with orange highlights.

Bee Balm typically bloom in midsummer, but 'Leading Lady Amethyst' leads the way in early summer, flowering earlier and forming a more compact clump than other Bee Balm. This variety typically blooms from early summer (first week of June in Michigan) into midsummer and grows just a foot tall. 'Leading Lady Amethyst' produces light amethyst purple flowers with darker interior spots on its petals.

'Leading Lady Amethyst' is well-behaved in the garden, it stays where you plant it and doesn't run around. The blossoms have sweet nectar that is highly attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees and the aromatic foliage is naturally deer resistant.

Bee Balm typically bloom in midsummer, but 'Leading Lady Pink' leads the way in early summer, flowering earlier and forming a more compact clump than other Bee Balm. This variety typically blooms from early summer (first week of June in Michigan) into midsummer and grows just a foot tall. 'Leading Lady Pink' produces bright pink flowers with lighter interiors that clearly show off the spots on its petals.

'Leading Lady Pink' is well-behaved in the garden, it stays where you plant it and doesn't run around. The blossoms have sweet nectar that is highly attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees and the aromatic foliage is naturally deer resistant.

Bee Balm typically bloom in midsummer, but 'Leading Lady Plum' leads the way in early summer, flowering earlier and forming a more compact clump than other Bee Balm (like 'Pardon My Purple'). This variety typically blooms from early summer (first week of June in Michigan) into midsummer and grows just a foot tall.

'Leading Lady Plum' has densely branched, dark green, somewhat glossy foliage and is topped with magenta purple blossoms coddled by deep blackish purple bracts. A fine mist of dark purple spots appears on the open petals. After the first flush of flowers is passing full bloom, a secondary flush blooms above the initial flowers, extending the color show into midsummer.

'Leading Lady Plum' is well-behaved in the garden, it stays where you plant it and doesn't run around. The blossoms have sweet nectar that is highly attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees and the aromatic foliage is naturally deer resistant.

Bee Balm typically bloom in midsummer, but 'Leading Lady Razzberry' leads the way in early summer, flowering earlier and forming a more petite clump than other Bee Balm. This variety typically blooms from early summer (first week of June in Michigan) into midsummer and grows just a foot tall. 'Leading Lady Razzberry' produces bright raspberry purple flowers on dark green leaves that have a purple cast and dark bracts.

'Leading Lady Razzberry' is well-behaved in the garden, it stays where you plant it and doesn't run around. The blossoms have sweet nectar that is highly attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees and the aromatic foliage is naturally deer resistant.

Here is a petite selection that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a little over a foot tall at maturity, this compact selection forms a bushy, well-branched clump of green, semi-glossy foliage.

Here is a petite selection that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a little over a foot tall at maturity, this compact selection forms a bushy, well-branched clump of green, semi-glossy foliage.

Here is a petite selection that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a little over a foot tall at maturity, this compact selection forms a bushy, well-branched clump of medium green, semi-glossy foliage. Slightly running, but controlled and refined habit.

From mid through late summer, light lavender pink flowers sit just at the top of the foliage. The insides of the flowers are lighter pink, giving the flower a three-dimensional look. Though the plant may be dwarf, the flowers are the same size as taller selections, measuring a full 2 ½ - 3 inches across. They add a bright splash of color to the border in high summer.

No room for the tall, bushy, traditional Bee Balm in your garden? Now there’s a petite selection that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a foot tall at maturity, 'Pardon My Pink' forms a bushy, well-branched clump of deep green, glossy foliage.

From mid through late summer, cheerful true medium pink flowers sit just at the top of the foliage. Though the plant may be dwarf, the flowers are the same size as taller selections, measuring a full 2½" - 3" across. They add a bright splash of color to the border in high summer.

Our most petite Monarda to date, the new ‘Pardon My Purple’ PPAF is the most compact yet large flowered selection we’ve seen. Mature plants reached only 9-11 inches tall.

Low-maintenance item will tolerate shade, partial shade and drying conditions for great success in many locations. Showy plants give WOW factor - makes the neighbors jealous!

Thick and deep green, glossy leaves with a silver overlay. Beautiful as a mono-culture that also makes an exceptional thriller in combination planters with Snow Princess, Supertunia Vista vareities and vigorous Superbena varieties. A great option in areas where impatiens will struggle.

An heirloom variety with dusty green leaves overlaid with a silver sheen. Pink blooms appear all summer but is grown for its knock-out foliage. Mix with ferns and impatiens for a great effect.

Vigorous and heat tolerant with abundant flowers all summer, great plant to fill open shady spaces.

Extremely vigorous with a dense habit and heat tolerant. Abundant flowers all summer.

A spectacular new fragrant vareity of begonia which makes the ideal hanging basket plant. It produces an abundance of scented double flowers iin soft yellow with apricot accents during the summer months.

These begonias prefer moist but not wet, well draining soil. These are not hardy, but the corms can be dug up, stored for the winter and replanted the next spring.

A spectacular new fragrant vareity of begonia which makes the ideal hanging basket plant. It produces an abundance of scented double flowers iin soft yellow with apricot accents during the summer months.

These begonias prefer moist but not wet, well draining soil. These are not hardy, but the corms can be dug up, stored for the winter and replanted the next spring.

These vigorous plants feature double pink flowers and dark foliage. They perform well in landcapes and in containers. These are very dense, upright, globe-shaped plants that will flower all summer.

These plants are versatile working in both sun or shade, which makes them a wonderful unifiying plant to use in both sun and shade beds. Unlike older begonias, these are quite vigorous. They can tolerate some drought conditions, but will look their best with more consistent moisure and regular feeding. They love the heat and are self cleaning so the plants look very clean. They do not need to be deadheaded to bloom all summer long. What's not to love!

These vigorous plants feature double red flowers and dark foliage. They perform well in landcapes and in containers. These are very dense, upright, globe-shaped plants that will flower all summer.

These plants are versatile working in both sun or shade, which makes them a wonderful unifiying plant to use in both sun and shade beds. Unlike older begonias, these are quite vigorous. They can tolerate some drought conditions, but will look their best with more consistent moisure and regular feeding. They love the heat and are self cleaning so the plants look very clean. They do not need to be deadheaded to bloom all summer long. What's not to love!