Agastache ‘Raspberry Summer’   Greenhouse Product News August 2008   By Paul Pilon
This summer staple series is a breeze to produce and boasts an abundance of colorful flower clusters. Once established, ‘Raspberry Summer’ is also fairly drought tolerant.

Monarda Didyma ‘Pink Lace’   Greenhouse Product News July 2008   By Paul Pilon
With an enticing aroma, burst of lipstick-pink flowers and compact habit, this old-fashioned garden perennial manages to remain fresh and exciting. ‘Pink Lace’ is a perfect candidate for the current container craze.

Hemerocallis ‘Ruby Stella’   Greenhouse Product News June 2008   By Paul Pilon
This red-blooming daylily has earned a reputation for its stamina, reliability and tough nature. Like its well-known sister, ‘Stella D’Oro’, ‘Ruby Stella’ is a surefire winner.
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Polemonium ‘Bressingham Purple’   Greenhouse Product News May 2008   By Paul Pilon
Compact and colorful, Jacob’s ladder’s vibrant purple foliage adds oomph to any landscape.

Myosotis sylvatica ‘Rosylva’   Greenhouse Product News April 2008   By Paul Pilon
As a cool-season plant, this cultivar does not tolerate extreme summer heat or extended dry periods. But when produced for early spring programs, this familiar border plant provides an unforgettable burst of color in the landscape.
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Arabis caucasica ‘Little Treasure Deep Rose’   Greenhouse Product News March 2008   By Paul Pilon
With its abundance of rose-pink blossoms and reliable garden performance, this cool-season rock cress radiates strong flower power.
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hybrid   Greenhouse Product News January 2008   By Paul Pilon
This versatile perennial exhibits an extended bloom time and can withstand intense heat, allowing the prize-winning hybrid to thrive continuously in diverse climates across the country.
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Campanula glomerata Bellefleur Series   Greenhouse Product News December 2007   By Paul Pilon
This compact and colorful series loves to show off and is ideal for production in small containers. With its first-year flowering, floriferous nature and uniform growth habit, it is sure to breathe new life into any perennial program.

Caryopteris divaricata ‘Snow Fairy’   Greenhouse Product News November 2007   By Paul Pilon
‘Snow Fairy’, an herbaceous perennial that grows and performs like a shrub, can be beneficial for growers. With its striking green-and-white foliage, few cultural problems and ease of production, it’s a must-have in the landscape. Just keep them away from wet sites.

Achillea millefolium Tutti Frutti Series   Greenhouse Product News October 2007   By Paul Pilon
The heat-loving and low-maintenance Tutti Frutti series is easy on the eyes and easy to grow. Beneficial attributes include uniform flowering, a long bloom time, great plant habit for container production and robust, disease-resistant foliage.

Perennial Solutions: Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Fire’   Greenhouse Product News September 2007   By Paul Pilon
‘Prairie fire’, a perennial red switch grass, is expected to catch on like wildfire. Learn how to propagate, produce and protect this increasingly popular species.
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Crop Culture Report: Petunia Mini-Me Series   Greenhouse Product News September 2007   By Asaf Cohen
This series presents a natural petunia with attributes similar to calibrachoa while maintaining all the benefits of growing petunias.
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Verbascum x hybrida ‘Southern Charm’   Greenhouse Product News August 2007   By Paul Pilon
Formerly recognized only as a weed, verbascum is gaining popularity with gardeners and growers. ‘Southern Charm’ will bloom the first year when started from seed without the need for vernalization.
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Salvia x sylvestris ‘Marcus’   Greenhouse Product News June 2007   By Paul Pilon
This dwarf meadow sage is well suited for container production. Avoid crown and root rots by refraining from excessively moist or wet conditions.
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Perennial Solutions: Euphorbia ‘Blackbird’   Greenhouse Product News May 2007   By Paul Pilon
‘Blackbird’ has a compact, bushy habit and dark-purple foliage. Once established, this euphorbia is heat and drought resistant with few cultural problems.
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Perennial Solutions: Aquilegia Vulgaris Winky Series   Greenhouse Product News April 2007   By Paul Pilon
This award-winning columbine series is uniform in growth and flowering habit. Its dwarf size reaches 10-12 inches in containers and 15-18 inches in the landscape.
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Primula Acaulis Harlequin Series   Greenhouse Product News March 2007   By Paul Pilon
Breeding efforts throughout the past few decades have helped produce primula varieties with improved attributes, such as those in the Harlequin series.
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Asiatic Lily: Lily Looks Series   Greenhouse Product News February 2007   By Paul Pilon
Lily Looks, a new series of Asiatic lilies, contains numerous dwarf cultivars with various flower colorations that are all well suited for commercial production.
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Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’   Greenhouse Product News January 2007   By Paul Pilon
Thanks in part to ease of production and landscape appeal, nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ has been named the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association.
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Viola ‘Starry Night’   Greenhouse Product News November 2006   By Paul Pilon
This cool-season perennial has great landscape appeal and no vernalization requirement, which means producing flowering plants is mostly a function of temperature and time.
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