P. Allen Smith's Platinum Plant Collection for 2020 - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order
Gardening expert P. Allen Smith is a renowned and respected authority when it comes to plants. So when he makes a recommendation, you can be
sure it will be a winner in your garden. The following Proven Winners plants have been named his "Platinum Collection" for 2020. He will be showcasing these superior varieties in magazine articles, during book tours and TV appearances, and on his website, where they will also appear as his Top Picks for 2020.
These plants have been chosen for their visual color and impact, superior performance, and low maintenance. You can find each of them at Vite
Greenhouses. Ask for them on your next visit.
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| Bacopa | Sutera hybrid |
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Double blue flowers, a thick, well branched habit and great summer performance makes this a wonderful plant in the garden. |  |
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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 |  |
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4"-8" | 8"-10" | n/a | 4½" White | |||||||
| Bidens | Bidens ferulifolia |
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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... | 1C-South |  |
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12"-14" | 10"-14" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||
| Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa hybrid |
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'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... | 1C-South |  |
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Totally unique and distinct color pattern - Bright gold flower with a clean white star. | 1D-South |  |
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Velvety red flowers dramatically accented with black eyes and yellow centers densely cover cascading plants all season long. Easy to work with, these trailing stems... | 1C-South |  |
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Abundant, small petunia-like flowers all season on cascading growth; low maintenance. | 1D-South |  |
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7"-10" | 8"-10" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||||
| Coleus | Solenostemon scutellarioides |
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'Colorblaze Keystone Kopper' has deep rich copper tones, providing a fun contrast to many other colors. It has a strong upright growth habit, is versatile,... |  |
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24"-36" | 18"-24" | 10-11 | 6" Green | ||||||
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Sun tolerant and bright chartreuse foliage is great in landscapes and containers. | 4D-North |  |
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20"-36" | 12"-16" | 10-11 | 6" Green | |||||||
| Lantana | Lantana camara |
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Lantana 'Luscious Banarama' by Proven Winners has bright sunny yellow flowers that grace extremely tough plants. The heat tolerant blooms and mounding habit make... | 2C-North |  |
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18"-30" | 18"-24" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||
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These vibrant pink and yellow flowers with rich, dark foliange will turn that boring bed or container into a trip to Cancun during Spring Break.... | 2C-North |  |
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24"-36" | 20"-30" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||||
| Lobelia (Trailing) | Lobelia hybrid |
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Soft blue flowers all season on cascading, well-branched plants; excellent in combinations. | 2B-North |  |
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8"-10" | 6"-8" | 9-10 | 4½" White | |||||
| Mecardonia | Mecardonia hybrid |
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Mecardonia Golddust is great in landscapes and containers. Its small green leaves are covered with yellow nemesia-like flowers from May through October. The plant has... | 2B-North |  |
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2"-5" | 12"-16" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||
| Petunia | Petunia hybrid |
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This unique Supertunia has dark red blooms with black throats. Its abundent flowering and trailing mounding habit make a great choice for combinations or... | 2B-South |  |
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8"-12" | 10"-18" | 10-11 | 4½" White | |||||
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Flowers are a unique soft pink with deep plum venation. | 2B-South |  |
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5"-7" | 8"-12" | 9-10 | 4½" White | |||||||
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You'll love the bright refreshing lemon-lime color of Supertunia Limoncello. Its sensational continuous blooms are like rays of sunlight all season long. This petunia is... | 3B-North |  |
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With its deep violet throat and softer violet petal surrounded by a chartreuse edge, Pretty Much Picasso will make sa striking focal point in the... |  |
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Bubblegum-pink flowers on vigorous, mounding plants are perfect landscape fillers. Blooms all season and low maintenance. | 3B-North |  |
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| Spider Flower | Cleome hybrid |
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This heat and drought tolerant plant adds dramatic height to landscape beds; sterile flowers, and thornless, stickyless, "smell-less" foliage adds to the appeal for this... | 2D-North |  |
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24"-36" | 20"-24" | 8-11 | 4½" White | |||||
| Spurge | Euphorbia graminea |
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Prepare to be dazzled by this new addition to the Diamond series! Joining Diamond Frost is Diamond Delight, the most vigourous double-flowering Euphorbia on... |  |
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10"-12" | 8"-12" | 10-11 | 4½" White | ||||||
| Summer Snapdragon | Angelonia angustifolia |
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Blooms all season; heat and drought tolerant plants; grape-scented foliage; low maintenance. | 1B-South |  |
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18"-24" | 12"-18" | 10-11 | 4½" White | |||||
| Sweet Alyssum | Lobularia hybrid |
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Lobularia 'Dark Knight' has masses of fragrant purple flowers gracing mounded plants. It has a tough demeanor that will withstand both heat and cold. Unlike... | 2B-North |  |
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This sterile Lobularia is extremely vigorous, and beacuse it puts no energy into setting seed it has an incredibly long bloom time. Creates a beautiful... | 2B-North |  |
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14"-20" | 14"-20" | 9-11 | 4½" White | |||||||
| Sweet Potato Vine (Ornamental) | Ipomoea batatas |
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Great foliage component plant in combinations; excellent heat tolerance and vigor. | 3C-South |  |
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Ipomoea 'Sweet Caroline Raven' has dark purple foliage shaped like tiny fleurs-de-lis. Their shape and color will add a fabulous, new dimension to your garden.... | 3C-South |  |
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| Verbena | Verbena hybrid  |
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Large, eye-catching clusters of purple flowers all season on vigorous plants, great annual ground cover | 2D-South |  |
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Verbena 'Superbena Royale Peachy Keen' produces tons of gorgeous clusters of salmon/coral colored flowers throughout the season. It has a mounding spreading habit that makes... | 2D-South |  |
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Superbena® Royale Red bears masses of deep scarlet flowers. The low, mounding or trailing stems of this tender perennial are clothed with oval, toothed, mint-like... |  |
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| Catmint | Nepeta faassenii |
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Truly the “cat’s meow”, the best Nepeta we’ve seen yet! Unlike most Nepetas that have a bit of a wild, unkempt look, this first... |  |
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17"-20" | 24"-36" | 3-8 | 8" Green | ||||||
| Daylily | Hemerocallis hybrid |
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If you’re looking for the WOW! factor in daylilies, you’ve found it here with ‘Primal Scream’. Nothing comes close to the spectacular 7½-8½ inch,... |  |
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34" | 18"-24" | 3-9 | PW 2.0 Gallon | ||||||
| Hosta | Hosta hybrid |
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Huge dark green, deeply veined leaves of good substance can measure more than 1½ feet wide and long. Strongly upright habit, forming a very tall... | 11B-North |  |
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36"-48" | 5'-6' | 3-9 | PW 2.0 Gallon | |||||
| Rose Mallow | Hibiscus hybrid |
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You will love the short but full, compact habit and scarlet red flowers of this new Hibiscus selection from the Walters Gardens, Inc. hybridizing program.... |  |
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36"-48" | 48"-5' | 4-9 | 2 Gallon | ||||||
| Shasta Daisy | Leucanthemum superbum |
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The 4-5" wide flowers are lemon yellow when they open, brightening to light butter yellow and finally to creamy white as they mature. Cut flowers... |  |
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15"-18" | 18"-24" | 5-9 | PW 1.0 Gallon | ||||||
| Switch Grass (Red) | Panicum virgatum |
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Absolutely ideal for growing in decorative containers, this hardy Red Switch Grass is a perennial substitute for Pennisetum 'Rubrum'. It forms a compact, vase-shaped clump... |  |
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36" | 18" | 4-9 | PW Trade Gal | ||||||
| Abelia | Abelia x grandiflora |
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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... |  |
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36"-48" | 36"-48" | 6-8 | 3 Gallon | ||||||
| Butterfly Bush | Buddleia x |
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Lo & Behold® 'Lilac Chip' is a dwarf, seedless variety which reblooms until frost without deadheading. It has soft, lavender-pink flowers and is more compact... |  |
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18"-24" | 24"-36" | 5-9 | 3 Gallon | ||||||
| Ninebark | Physocarpus opulifolius |
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A new dwarf ninebark that is smaller than others on the market. Tiny Wine is extra bushy, with small, refined leaves. The dark bronze-maroon foliage... |  |
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36"-48" | 48"-5' | 3-7 | 3 Gallon | ||||||
| Weigela | Weigela florida |
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This new dwarf weigela has very attractive gold foliage and nice red fall color. Grown primarily for its colorful foliage, it will occasionally produce soft,... |  |
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12"-18" | 18"-24" | 5-8 | 3 Gallon | ||||||
Common Name |
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Cultivar | Description |
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