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containers, and baskets. Danziger
offers one of the most diverse
calibrachoa portfolios in the industry
with five series and a multitude of
flower patterns.
7. PETUNIA 'SMARTUNIA
WINDMILL HOT PINK'
Dümmen Orange
Dümmen Orange offers nine series
or collections of petunias with a
wide diversity of flower patterns
and habits for multiple production
programs. They began the Intrinsa
Breeding program over 14 years
ago, which is a trait and technology
breeding pipeline to introduce to the
market groundbreaking varieties with
sustainable attributes. The fruit of
this labor is the Smartunia petunia
series, the first TMV-resistant petunia
series for 2023. There is a wide range
of solid and bicolor flowers in this
series: Neon, Coral, Violet, Purple
Vein, Hot Pink, Red, White, Burgundy,
Windmill Purple and Windmill Pink,
and they were all in the trial bed.
The series is day-length neutral and
possesses a mounded, trailing habit.
The color pattern in the bicolors
is similar to the Peppy series and
the vigor is similar to the Potunia
Plus series. I chose Windmill Pink
to highlight because it manifested
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floriferousness and well-defined
bicolor flowers with outstanding
vigor. It is my understanding
that any future Dümmen Orange
petunia varieties will be powered
by the Intrinsa breeding initiative
with the goal of sustainable and
economically viable plants.
8. DAHLIA 'MYSTIC FLARE
DYNAMITE'
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introduction of dahlias is rapid,
competitive, and creative. The
distinctive Mystic series, with eight
varieties of diverse and distinctive
color patterns, stands tall in
stature, heat tolerance, durability,
and summer performance. The
varieties display an upright habit,
dark foliage, strong peduncles,
large single flowers with a dark
disc floret, and solid and bicolor
petals. The 'Mystic Flare Dynamite'
was flowering profusely with large
single transitional flowers of pink
and rose. This series has proven
its versatility for many years with
application in patio containers
and landscape beds. This variety
matures at 20 to 30 inches and
will be available in URC and liner
form in 2023.
9. BEGONIA INTERSPECIFIC
HULA SERIES
PanAmerican Seed
This new seed series is
comprised of four colors: Bicolor
Red+White, Blush, Pink and Red.
It offers a visual display unlike
other interspecific begonias in the
market. What sets it apart is the
abundance of small flowers that
cover the entire plant and project
a mass of color. This, to me, was
the most important attribute of the
series in the trial. It manifested
this prolific flowering in the trial
row and landscape beds. This is a
semi-spreading series that matures
at 6 to 10 inches and is heavily
branched with tight internodes.
It is an early flowering series
similar to Baby Wing. This series
is recommended for basket and
container production and will have
an outstanding application for
landscapers and homeowners for
beds and larger patio containers.
10. CALIBRACHOA
'MINIFAMOUS UNO
WHITE+GOLD'
Selecta One
This new calibrachoa variety
with the wide-spreading yellow
center and white petals was
bright, vibrant and produced a
prolific flower canopy in the trial
bed. White, with its powerful
reflective qualities, is a powerful
component in mixed containers
and combinations. This new
introduction will be an important
addition to the Uno series that
is comprised of a diverse core-,
double- and star-type flowers. It is
a uniform, durable, early to flower,
medium-compact variety that
matches the series in habit and
flower timing.
I will cover new nemesia,
petunia, salvia, Sunpatiens,
verbena, vinca and zinnia in my
June article.
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