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

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

'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!

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.

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.

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 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!

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.

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 all summer.

Fully double, yellow and fire-red flowers all summer.

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

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 dark foliage.

Fully double, yellow flowers on dark foliage.

Fully double, pink flowers on dark foliage.

Fully double, yellow flowers on dark foliage.

Fully double, vibrant orange flowers all summer.

Fully double, vibrant pink flowers all season.

Fully double, red flowers all summer.

Large, double-pink flowers all summer.

Fully double, bright yellow flowers all season.

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.

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.

 

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 vigorous vine produces very large, brightly colored orange flowers all summer. Great for baskets, large containers and upright vining areas.

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.

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.

An awesome, strong growing Caryopteris with bright gold foliage. It is a great contrast plant that will add season long color to the garden. Use it next to dark green plants such as boxwood or Alberta spruce or mix it the perennial bed. This beauty will add color and vibrancy to any garden, especially in the fall when it blooms.

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.

A truly compact variety of burning bush. Unforgettable Fire® euonymus is a truly compact form of burning bush with dense, fine branching and smaller leaves. Outstanding fall color. Developed by Michael Hayman of Louisville KY.

A better pink potentilla! The clear pink, semi-doubled flowers hold their color longer than other pink potentillas, although they may still fade under intense heat. This is an excellent choice for cooler climate gardeners who want low-maintenance flowers all summer long.

The flowers are so big and bright the flowers will stand out from all others! It produces an abundance of big yellow flowers from spring until late summer. Its dense habit and dark, healthy foliage add to its appeal. This is a wonderful, low-maintenance plant for adding bright color to the summer landscape.

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.

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.

The first miniature Butterfly Bush, Blue Chip is long blooming, frost tolerant, and needs no pruning or deadheading. Its fragrant flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. This beauty is an ideal choice for smaller landscapes and container gardens.

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.

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.

Abundant large blue flowers all season on healthy cascading growth.

'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.