Fleuroselect recognizes 2016 bedding plant varieties

A Gold Medal is awarded to a genuine innovation in breeding. These new varieties excel in innovation, floriferousness, flowering season and overall appearance. The 2016 Gold Medals are great garden performers and represent the latest breeding breakthroughs for bedding, according to the release. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calamintha nepeta Marvelette Blue - Van Hemert & Co
A marvelous blue bee attraction that’s what this compact Calamintha will create in the garden. Its large, striking, purple-blue flowers are produced in profusion on upright spikes above the foliage. This first-year flowering perennial flowers within 12 weeks from a spring sowing and will bring blue to the garden all summer long. The sweet, mint smell of the fresh, mid-green foliage attracts butterflies and bees. This outstanding garden performer makes a great filler in sunny borders, but can also be used as a superb edging for walks. Also works well planted in pots for the patio. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmos bipinnatus Xanthos - Van Hemert & Co
Xanthos means yellow in Greek and that’s what this new Cosmos bipinnatus is all about: its unique, soft, stunning yellow color. Xanthos is dwarf and early flowering. This rich-flowering Cosmos is ideally suited for the patio and terrace and is a true eye catcher in the border. Xanthos adds a completely new colour to the compact Cosmos range. 

 

 

 

 

 

Echinacea purpurea Feeling Pink - HM.Clause
This exciting new addition to commercial Echinacea is an excellent garden performer with numerous flowers that also continue to perform in tough conditions such as wind, heat and dry soil. Blooming from May-June until September-October, the flowers attract bees and other insects and are also suitable for cutting. Feeling Pink, perfect to perk up your patio or garden throughout the summer.

 

 

 

 

Helenium autumnale Western Mixture - HM.Clause
Like the sun setting over the desert, Helenium autumnale Western Mixture will embrace any border with a yellow-red glow from summer until the very end of autumn. This highly floriferous perennial is dwarfer, compact and early flowering. Thanks to its true branching habit, Western Mixture offers masses of yellow, red and bicolor red/yellow flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

Ocimum basilicum Purple Ball - NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute
Ocimum basilicum Purple Ball displays a unique, crowded ball form in purple basil. This aromatic annual has highly original, small purple leaves and small, tubular purple flowers. Purple Ball thrives in sunny, warm weather and is drought resistant. The eye-catching purple foliage is a surprising filler for balcony boxes, but also looks stunning in pots and in border beds. Purple Ball, a highly decorative Ocimum basilicum for the kitchen, patio and garden.

 

 

 

 

 

Petunia x hybrida 'Tidal Wave' Red Velour - PanAmerican Seed
A truly unique, rich red color that is different from all other seed Petunias on the market. Thanks to its spreading habit, this fast grower can wind around a fence to create an attractive hedge, make gorgeous ground cover in the bed or fill a large container as a patio showpiece. This Petunia has an outstandingly long flowering season and excellent rain resistance.