Proven Winners® and Proven Selections® Plants - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order - Page 1 of 6

Heat tolerant plants with large salmon orange and lavender blue daisy flowers. The mounded habit really holds the flowers up for great flower presence. It works well in hanging baskets, window boxes, patio planters and landscapes.

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

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.

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

Fondly known as lavender scallops, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi is a low, shrubby, spreading succulent from Madagascar. The cultivar ‘Variegata’ brings a different look to this popular ground-covering species, adding creamy pink markings to the small, oval, blue-gray, white-dusted leaves. The leaves may occasionally produce plantlets, which can drop to the ground and root. Spectacular clusters of dangling urn-shaped orange or red flowers with dusky pink calyces appear on erect stalks in winter and early spring. The blossoms attract hummingbirds. Flowering stems die after blooming.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The same incredible neon orange foliage as Sunjoy Neo barberry, but with the useful, versatile habit of best-selling Sunjoy Gold Pillar barberry. Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at NCSU.

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.

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.

‘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!

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!

A beautybush beyond compare, Jolene Jolene puts on the flower show you expect from a kolkwitzia, but at half the conventional size, so you can actually fit it into a residential landscape, or even a garden. Star-shaped pink flowers with a bright yellow throat emerge at every node to light up this tough, easy-to-grow shrub. Highly adaptable and care-free, Jolene Jolene beautybush makes an excellent flowering hedge, foundation plant, and all-purpose landscape plant.

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.

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

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

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!

These vigorous plants feature double white 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!

‘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 one another, creating an almost hose-in-hose look. Stunning!

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 really contributes to the beauty of the presentation: it is a bold shade of olive green, very large, and nicely toothed. Funky® Pink won't often be out of bloom, but when it is, the foliage is shown to great advantage!

Reaching just 8 to 12 inches high, Funky® Scarlet spreads (or cascades) up to 18 inches over the sides of baskets and pots. The foliage really contributes to the beauty of the presentation: it is a bold shade of olive green, very large, and nicely toothed. Funky® Scarlet won't often be out of bloom, but when it is, the foliage is shown to great advantage!

Solenia Apricot Reiger Begonia features amazingly large camellia-like double apricot orange flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to mid fall. It's succulent heart-shaped leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Offers self-cleaning flowers, mildew resistance and can take the full sun in all but the hottest gardens. It will leave you in a daze every time you see it!

Solenia Dark Pink Reiger Begonia features amazingly large camellia-like double dark pink flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to mid fall. It's succulent heart-shaped leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Offers self-cleaning flowers, mildew resistance and can take the full sun in all but the hottest gardens. It will leave you in a daze every time you see it!

Solenia® Light Pink Begonia Plants bears oodles of full, double, light-pink blooms measuring 3 inches wide and sitting upon glossy foliage. This heat-tolerant plant can be grown in and out of doors. Thrive in high light, higher humidity, and have a tolerance to mildew.

Solenia Yellow Reiger Begonia features amazingly large camellia-like double yellow flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to mid fall. It's succulent heart-shaped leaves remain green in color throughout the year. Offers self-cleaning flowers, mildew resistance and can take the full sun in all but the hottest gardens. It will leave you in a daze every time you see it!

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 blooming habit, are designed for hanging baskets and large containers. This vigorous variety can easily handle the heat of the summer garden.

Prepare to be dazzled by the big, wide-open blooms, handsome foliage, and nonstop flowering of this new trailing Begonia! Santa Cruz™ Sunset is an exciting choice for any climate, especially hot, long-summer areas that have stressed other Begonias. With blooms from spring until frost, it's ready to dazzle in baskets and planters!

Produces cascades throughout the summer. Abundance of 2½" to 3" double Apricot-colored flowers.

Illumination Lemon features, showy 2-3" semi-double and fully double yellow blooms. The dramatic cascading plants are heat tolerant and easy to grow.

Produces cascades throughout the summer. Abundance of 2½" to 3" double Rose-colored flowers.

Fully double salmon flowers make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, yellow and fire-red flowers make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, white flowers on coffee-colored foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, orange flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double blooms in red on plants with shades of green colored foliage.

Fully double blooms in yellow on plants with shades of green colored foliage.

The favorite for reliable, colorful blooms. One of the easiest and most rewarding tuberous Begonias! Rich colors in many flower forms, all with large, showy green foliage.

Fully double, red flowers on coffee-colored foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers or the landscape. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, pink flowers on coffee-colored foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers or the landscape. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, yellow flowers on coffee-colored foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers or the landscape. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant orange flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant pink flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant red flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant two-toned pink flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant yellow flowers on green foliage make them an eyecatching display for containers. Flowers all summer.

Goldilocks Rocks Bidens features beautiful yellow daisy flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. It's tiny deeply cut ferny leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Mixing well with other medium-vigor varieties in recipes, the improved genetics of these Bidens produce larger, sunfast, true yellow flowers.

Vigorous and heat tolerant with striking scarlet and yellow flowers in the summer months and muted orange petals in early spring and fall. Densely mounded, more compact habit with improved powdery mildew resistance.

Looking much like a black Liriope, Black Mondo Grass is a compact, densely growing, clump forming, evergreen, grass-like plant. When grown in full sun in the north, the foliage emerges purplish-green and then turns nearly jet black. It has a softly arching habit.

From early through midsummer, short spikes of light purple to white flowers (much like those of Liriope) are produced, followed by purplish black berries in the fall.

 

Fun, vibrant colored vines are excellent for hanging baskets and trellises and have a stunning display when both colors are planted together. They have excellent heat tolerance.

This annual vine, will give you color all summer long, while climbing happily up whatever support you give it. Fast growing and fun, kids and adults alike will love it.

Densely packed narrow blue-green succulent leaves grow in a symmetrical fashion from sprawling fleshy stems. Striking texture and color, perfect for a sunny, low-water garden. Easy care and drought tolerant but will tolerate irrigation. Attractive in containers. Evergreen.

Another winner from our South African friends, this superb true blue Daisy is more compact and free flowering than older varieties. Yellow centers and blue petals make this a spirited addition to containers or beds.

Soft powdery blue, spiky foliage that keeps its color year round makes this grass a top pick. ‘Elijah Blue’ is a small, clumping grass with a rounded habit. In early summer, wheat-like seed heads are produced on tall, spikey stalks in great numbers.

People have loved ‘Storm Cloud’ and we are now pleased to offer a complementing threadleaf Amsonia to the Proven Winners program. ‘String Theory’ can be described as a compact version of the industry standard Amsonia hubrichtii. The compact habit is covered with light periwinkle blue flowers in late spring, flowering later than ‘Storm Cloud’. While other Amsonia can often display chlorotic leaves, ‘String Theory’ displays healthy dark green leaves throughout the summer. We have observed the same brilliant golden orange fall color as you would expect from A. hubrichtii.

Improved yellow-leaf caryopteris. Sunshine Blue® II caryopteris is a new, improved cultivar. It replaces the original Sunshine Blue® caryopteris as it has proven in our trials to be brighter, hardier, and more adaptable. Vivid yellow foliage holds up to the heat of summer and offers bold, beautiful contrast when blue flowers begin to appear in late summer. Also known as blue mist spirea, despite the fact that it is not remotely related to Spiraea.

Dark and dreamy! You're sure to love this new Caryopteris with its extremely dark glossy foliage, compact habit and rich blue flowers.

Sky Dew® Gold ornamental blueberry has such appealing bright gold foliage that the flowers and berries are almost an afterthought. Its display gets even more interesting as the summer nights start to cool, and the golden foliage starts taking on rich hues of orange and red. The affect is simply thrilling; seeing something so colorful and cheerful puts a smile on your face.

This is an improved, fast-growing form of ‘Winter Gem’. Its glossy evergreen foliage is attractive year-round, and it has excellent hardiness. This variety's more upright habit makes it great for hedging. Faster growth means it will fill in more quickly than other varieties.

A low-growing daisy with extravagantly lacy foliage, and petite, blue flowers with a yellow eye. Blooming throughout even the hottest weeks of summer. They are attractive to bees and butterflies. Deeply cut, dark green leaves are aromatic when bruised.

This series brings knockout color to any shady location. With just a little light, these strong growers create a bounty of star-shaped blooms atop medium green foliage. White brilliant flowers bloom profusely throughout the season.

This series brings knockout color to any shady location. With just a little light, these strong growers create a bounty of star-shaped blooms atop medium green foliage. A true dark blue beauty with a white center.

This new shrub is idea for those small narrow beds along the house. Use it for creating narrow attractive hedges or privacy walls around your patio or deck. Unlike the species, this plant is not weedy or invasive. This plant has great architecture.

An improved selection of compact burning bush with tighter branching and superior hardiness. FIRE BALL® has the brilliant red fall color to be expected of burning bush. Plant it among spring and summer flowering shrubs for a jolt of color in the fall.

Full-sized flowers on a compact butterfly bush! Pugster® Amethyst buddelia is characterized by extra large flowers on a dwarf plant, bringing a cool purple into the mix. Thick, sturdy stems make the Pugster® series less brittle in growing and at retail, as well as improving winter survival in colder climates.

Pugster Blue® butterfly bush offers true blue flowers, appearing from summer through frost.

Meet Pugster Pinker™ butterfly bush - the newest member of a unique series that offers full-sized flowers on dwarf plants. This compact butterfly bush reaches just 2'/.6 m tall and wide but has the large, full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. It blooms non-stop from early summer through frost with very rich pink flowers, each with a tiny bright orange eye in the center.

Full-sized flowers on a compact butterfly bush! Pugster White® buddleia offers huge white flower spikes for a classic look that is especially enjoyable on summer nights.

Young Junior is smaller than the original, less brittle, and has attractive silver-green leaves. Great for mass plantings, containers or mixed into perennial gardens. It flowers from mid-summer to frost.

The earliest blooming of the Lo & Behold® series.

Uniquely horizontal branches produce an abundance of dark purple-blue flowers. The flowers radiate outward and downward like a pinwheel, and are continuous from mid summer to frost. This is a sterile variety that will not produce unwanted seedlings.

This new hybrid from NCSU plant breeder Dennis Werner takes Buddleia ‘Miss Ruby’ a step closer to the elusive red by crossing it back onto Buddleia ‘Attraction’. The sangria-red flowers top the compact 5’ tall clump from July until frost...a treat for hummingbirds.

Miss Ruby is a sweetheart of a plant noted for its compact habit and remarkable vivid, rich pink blooms. The flower color is unlike any other Buddleia. This new butterfly bush has silver leaves, and has a compact growth habit.

Rich purple blooms on a compact plant. If you love the compact habit of ‘Miss Ruby’ and ‘Miss Molly’ you're sure to love ‘Miss Violet’, too. She has all these great attributes plus loads of dark purple-violet flowers. It's another great butterfly bush from Dr. Dennis Werner of NCSU.

Stiff, upright, sword-like deep burgundy to purplish leaves.

‘Superbells Blackcurrant Punch’, is a gorgeous two tone velvety deep burgundy with a dark throat. It's unique colors make it outstanding to use both monoculture or in combinations. This new variation on Blackberry Punch™ is a real knockout. It has excellent disease resistance, an early bloom time, large, visible flowers, a dense habit and vivid coloration.

‘Superbells Blackberry Punch’, is a gorgeous two tone velvety deep purple with a dark throat. It's unique colors make it outstanding to use both monoculture or in combinations. It is fantastic when used with pinks and purples.

Abundant blooms of red with yellow stars. Flowers all season on healthy cascading foliage; low maintenance.

Abundant small cherry red flowers all season on healthy cascading growth.

‘Superbells Cherry Star’ boasts beautiful cherry pink flowers with yellow throats that come out in a star pattern. Covered in blooms all season long, its vigorous mounding / trailing habit will quickly fill in sunny window boxes, combination planters and hanging baskets. No deadheading is required and very low maintenance and disease resistance makes Superbells a winner!

Abundant small petunia-like flowers all season on healthy cascading foliage; low maintenance.

Abundant small petunia-like flowers all season on healthy cascading foliage; low maintenance.

New genetics have improved the flowering and habit on this variety. Larger, more vivid flowers bloom earlier on a tighter, better branched structure.

A beautiful addition to our Superbells® Star collection, Evening Star becomes covered in cool lavender blue blossoms, each featuring a perfectly shaped gold star throat and deep blackish purple eye. It doesn’t require deadheading to keep right on blooming all summer long. Try it in your hanging baskets and combination containers too.

Calibrachoa ‘Superbells Grape Punch’ has delicious purple blossoms with dark throats that look good enough to eat! Covered in blooms all season long its vigorous habit will quickly fill in sunny window boxes, combination planters and hanging baskets. No deadheading is required. Very low maintenance and disease resistance makes Superbells a winner!

The small, petunia-like flowers are fun and flirty, with a soft yellow base overlain with pink splotches. Flowers are abundant and bloom all season on cascading growth; low maintenance.

Abundant, small petunia-like flowers all season on cascading growth. Flowers are mottled yellow and cherry-red star bi-color. Very different!

The small, petunia-like flowers are fun and flirty, with a soft yellow base overlain with blue-purple splotches. Flowers are abundant and bloom all season on cascading growth; low maintenance.

Vigorous home gardener performance with large flowers that appear early in a trending color for pastel or vintage style recipes.

Totally unique and distinct color pattern - Bright gold flower with a clean white star.

Calibrachoa Superbells ‘Miss Lilac’ has lovely lavender colored blooms that will cover the plant from spring until frost. It's trailing habit is great to use as a spiller in hanging baskets and combinations. It is also beautiful when used on its own or in the landscape. Use in sunny areas.

Abundant, small white with a yellow-eye petunia-like flowers all season on cascading growth; low maintenance.