Proven Winners® and Proven Selections Plants - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order - Page 1 of 13

Sunny Anniversary® ('Minduo1')

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...

36"-48"

6-8

3 Gallon

Abelia (Fragrant)

Abelia mosanensis

Sweet Emotion® ('SMNAMDS')

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....

5'-6'

5'-7'

4-8

3 Gallon

Aeonium

Aeonium arborescens

Tip Top

n/a

8"-18"

18"

9-11

1 Gallon

Aeonium haworthii

Kiwi

'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.

6"-12"

8"-12"

9-11

Aeonium hybrid

Zwartkop

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

n/a

12"-24"

8"-14"

9-11

African Daisy

Osteospermum hybrid

Bright Lights™ Pink

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

3C-North

8"-12"

9-11

10.

Bright Lights™ Yellow

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

3C-North

8"-12"

9-11

11.

Cream Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

12.

Lemon Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

13.

Melon Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

14.

Orange Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

15.

Peach Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

16.

Soprano® Compact Purple

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

6"-10"

10"-12"

9-11

17.

Soprano® Light Purple

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

18.

Soprano® Lilac Spoon

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

19.

Soprano® Purple

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

20.

Soprano® Vanilla Spoon

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

12"-20"

12"-14"

9-11

21.

Soprano® White

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

6"-10"

10"-14"

9-11

22.

Tradewinds® Deep Purple

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...

12"-16"

9-11

23.

Tradewinds® Light Purple

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...

12"-16"

9-11

24.

Tradewinds® White

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...

12"-16"

9-11

25.

Vanilla Symphony

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

8"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

Agave

Agave bovicornuta

26.

Reggae Time

'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...

n/a

12"

n/a

Agave chiapensis

27.

Champ

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

n/a

18"-30"

18"-36"

9-11

Agave hybrid

28.

Blue Flame

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...

18"-24"

9-11

29.

Blue Glow

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...

n/a

18"-24"

Agave parryi truncata

30.

Retro Choke

n/a

Agave vilmoriniana

31.

Tentacles

n/a

Alocasia (Amazon)

Alocasia

32.

Hilo Beauty

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

n/a

24"-26"

24"-36"

8-11

Techny Gold™ ('Walter Brown')

Aloe

Aloe hybrid

33.

Fire Ranch

12"-36"

12"-24"

7-11

34.

n/a

35.

n/a

36.

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

n/a

8"-14"

9-11

37.

n/a

38.

n/a

Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis

39.

Pancake™ ('Concesarini')

No pruning is necessary to maintain the flattened shape of this distinctive arborvitae. The juvenile foliage turns a lovely blue hue in fall and winter.

n/a

12"-12"

24"-48"

3-7

3 Gallon

40.

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...

n/a

10'-15'

5'-6'

10" Black

Arborvitae (Dwarf Alberta Spruce)

41.

Filips Magic Moment

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...

n/a

6'-7'10"

24"-48"

3-7

3 Gallon

Arborvitae (North Pole)

42.

North Pole® ('Art Boe')

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...

n/a

10'-15'

5'-7'

3-7

3 Gallon

Arborvitae (Western)

Thuja plicata

43.

Spring Grove ('Grovepli')

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...

n/a

18'-24'

10'-15'

5-7

5 Gallon

Asparagus Fern

Asparagus densiflorus

44.

Sprengeri

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

3D-North

n/a

12"-24"

10"-14"

9-10

4" Green

Aster (Hardy)

Aster dumosus

45.

Sapphire Mist

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...

8"-12"

10"-12"

4-11

8" Green

Aster (New York)

Aster x frikartii

46.

Mönch

'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...

18"-18"

24"

6-10

8" Green

Azalea

Rhododendron

47.

Bollywood® ('Farrow')

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...

18"-24"

3 Gallon

Rhododendron x

48.

Bloom-A-Thon® Lavender ('RLH1-4P19')

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...

42"-54"

36"-48"

6-9

1 Gallon

49.

Bloom-A-Thon® Pink Double ('RLH1-2P8')

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...

n/a

1 Gallon

Baby's Breath

Gypsophila paniculata

50.

Festival Star

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...

10"-14"

12"-14"

6-10

Bacopa

Sutera

51.

Cabana Trailing Blue

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

4"-8"

8"-10"

n/a

Sutera cordata

52.

Cabana White

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

4"-6"

8"-12"

53.

Glacier Blue

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

6"-10"

8"-10"

Sutera hybrid

54.

Gold 'n Pearls

Dainty white flowers over variegated foliage in summer.

3"-7"

12"

9-11

55.

Snowstorm® Blue

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...

4"-6"

8"-10"

9-11

56.

Snowstorm® Blue Bubbles

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

3"-6"

10"-12"

9-11

Snowstorm® Giant Snowflake®

57.

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...

1C-South

4"-8"

8"-10"

n/a

58.

Snowstorm® Pink

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...

1C-South

4"-8"

8"-10"

n/a

59.

Snowstorm® Snow Globe

Large flowers create a snowstorm of color all summer long.

1C-South

3"-6"

10"-12"

9-11

60.

Snowstorm® White

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...

4"-8"

8"-10"

9-11

Sunjoy® Gold Beret ('Talago')

Banana (Red)

Ensete ventricosum

61.

Maurelli

This banana-like annual in Zone 5 has large paddle-shaped leaves, which range in color from deep claret brown to red-purple to pale green, produced from...

4B-South

36"-8'

24"-48"

9-11

10" Black

Barberry (Golden)

Berberis thunbergii

62.

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...

12"-18"

18"-24"

4-7

3 Gallon

63.

Sunjoy® Gold Pillar ('Maria')

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...

SB-4

n/a

36"-48"

12"-5'

3 Gallon

64.

Sunjoy® Tangelo ('O'Byrne')

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...

SB-5

n/a

36"-48"

4-8

3 Gallon

Barberry (Japanese)

65.

Sunjoy® Mini Salsa

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...

18"-24"

24"-36"

4-8

3 Gallon

Barberry, Elderberry, Black elder

Sambucus nigra

66.

Black Beauty® ('Gerda')

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....

8'-12'

48"-6'

10" Black

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

67.

African Blue

'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...

14"-18"

24"-30"

10-12

Ocimum x citriodorum

68.

Pesto Perpetuo

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...

n/a

36"-48"

12"-14"

9-11

Basil (Thai)

Ocimum basilicum

69.

Stir Fry

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...

n/a

18"-24"

10"-14"

9-11

Basket Grass

Oplismensus africanus

70.

Dragonfly

Variegated, cascading foliage. Versatile plant for all gardens.

n/a

3"-6"

18"-24"

10-11

Beardtongue

Penstemon

71.

Lilliput Rose

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,...

12"-16"

10"-12"

7-10

Penstemon x mexicale

72.

Pikes Peak Purple

Constant violet-purple flowers all summer.

12"-15"

18"

5-10

73.

Red Rocks

Constant bright rose flowers all summer

12"-15"

18"

5-7

Dream Catcher ('Maradco')

Beardtongue (Red-leaf)

Penstemon digitalis

74.

Husker's Red

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...

30"-36"

12"-18"

3-8

8" Green

Bear's Paw

Cotyledon tomentosa

75.

Shake

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...

6"-12"

9-11

1 Gallon

Beauty Berry

Callicarpa x

76.

Pearl Glam® ('NCCX2')

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...

n/a

48"-5'

24"-36"

5-8

3 Gallon

Beautyberry

77.

Purple Pearls® ('NCCX1')

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...

48"-5'

6-8

3 Gallon

Beautybush

Kolkwitzia amabilis

78.

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...

48"-6'

48"

4-7

Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

79.

Pardon My™ Cerise

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...

14"-18"

10"-12"

4-8

PW 1.0 Gallon

80.

Pardon My™ Lavender

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...

14"-18"

10"-12"

4-8

PW 1.0 Gallon

81.

Pardon My™ Pink

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...

10"-12"

8"-12"

4-9

82.

Pardon My™ Purple

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...

9"-11"

16"-20"

3-8

PW 1.0 Gallon

Begonia

Begonia hybrid

83.

Gryphon

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

n/a

14"-16"

16"-18"

n/a

84.

Pegasus

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...

1C-North

12"-18"

16"-18"

9-11

Begonia (Angelwing)

Begonia coccinea

85.

Sinbad

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...

12"-14"

10"

Begonia (Dragonwing)

Begonia tuberhybrida

86.

Dragon Wing® Pink

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

12"-15"

15"-18"

9-11

87.

Dragon Wing® Red

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

12"-15"

15"-18"

9-11

Begonia (Interspecific)

Begonia x hybrida

88.

Funky® Orange

'Funky Pink' blooms range from bubblegum pink to deep rose, many marked with luminous golden streaks and haloes. The petals are layered on top of...

8"-12"

12"-18"

89.

Funky® Pink

Reaching just 8 to 12 inches high, Funky PInk spreads (or cascades) up to 18 inches over the sides of baskets and pots. The foliage...

8"-12"

12"-18"

90.

Funky® Pink

'Funky Pink' blooms range from bubblegum pink to deep rose, many marked with luminous golden streaks and haloes. The petals are layered on top of...

8"-12"

12"-18"

Begonia (Rex)

Begonia rex

91.

Denver Lace

Multicolored leaves of silver, pink and purple, foliage interest all season long.

n/a

12"-12"

12"-9"

9-11

92.

Maui Mist

Like dew on a new morning, the silver dust over dark pink foliage looks great in combination with purple and blue flowers.

n/a

12"-12"

12"

9-11

93.

Omaha Beefsteak

The blood red leaves with a dark purple center of 'Omaha Beefsteak' are a rare sight among rex begonias.

n/a

12"-12"

12"

9-11

94.

Taurus

A narrow pink border accentuates the curl of this bold leaf.

n/a

10"-16"

12"-24"

9-11

Begonia (Rieger)

Begonia x hiemalis

95.

Charisma® Deep Rose

Our absolute favorite of all Begonia series. Uniform habit, large clusters of small doubles rose flowers, and beautiful in sun to shade conditions.

8"-8"

12"

9-11

96.

Charisma® Pink

Spectacular 2 1/2" double roselike flowers all summer.

10"-14"

12"-12"

10-11

97.

Charisma® Scarlet

Spectacular 2 1/2" double roselike flowers all summer.

10"-14"

12"-14"

9-11

98.

Glory White

Grow a mass of these in a shady patio container or border, and prepare for an astonishment of pink blooms. Compact, highly floriferous plants are...

12"-18"

12"-15"

9-11

Begonia (Tuberous)

Begonia x boliviensis

99.

Bossa Nova® Pure White

Showers of slender white, bell-like blossoms on well-branched plants are perfect for porches and patios. The upright mounding plants, with their easy-care disposition and long...

1C-North

12"-16"

16"-20"

7-10

100.

San Francisco™

Prepare to be dazzled by the big, wide-open blooms, handsome foliage, and nonstop flowering of this new trailing Begonia! San Francisco is an exciting choice...

12"-16"

9-11