& open. T Literally thousands of new varieties have


been introduced in the past decade and they keep on coming. One trend is to more dou- bles: poppies, cosmos, echinaceas, gaillardia, even helenium – you name it and there’s a double variety! In the annuals section this year, you


Something new 12 • Early Spring 2012


What’s NEWWhat’s HOT


his year, there are many astonishing new plants or at least variations that will get you salivating for the garden centers to


will also see a lot of hot colours; orange and tangerine being predominant. These are shown contrasting with the midnight blues of some new petunia. The deep vel- vet blacks we saw last year have been im- proved so that they are even blacker than they were before. We have also pulled out a few old plants


whose virtues you many have forgotten in the quest for the new and unusual, but which deserve to make a come back.


Something old Something old Begonia ‘Illumination’, a trailing begonia, this is


an old favourite that, like its cousin Solenia, will do well in full sun as long as it gets enough water. It is also self cleaning in that spent flowers will simply drop off. This beauty will bloom all summer long. It comes in every colour and is a prolific bloomer so be sure to feed it often throughout the summer.


Something new Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘Jefdream’.


This chrysanthemum has unusual flower heads with trumpet-shaped petals on the margins of the blossom and a pretty yellow centre. Mauve- pink flowers on 75 cm (2.5 ft) stems grow in 1.2 m (48 inch) wide clumps. Very hardy to Zone 3. (Developed in Canada by Jefferies Nurseries.)


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