Dec 2, 2025

New AAS Winners named for 2026

All-America Selections (AAS) has named eight new AAS Winners for the upcoming 2026 gardening season.

These varieties have been tested by professional, independent volunteer judges across North America, ensuring they offer superior garden performance compared to existing market comparisons.

This early announcement provides brokers, growers and retailers with a head start to confidently add these proven garden performers to their product lines.

The newest AAS Winners for 2026 are:

• Zinnia ‘Profusion Double White Imp.’ Gold Medal Winner, seed
• Kale ‘Rubybor F1′ Gold Medal Winner, seed
• Basil ‘Treviso’ National Winner, seed
• Pole bean ‘Majesty’ Regional Winner, seed
• Coreopsis ‘SunGlobe F1’ National Winner, seed
• Dianthus ‘Supra Cherry Picotee F1’  National Winner, seed
• Sedum ‘Spectacular’ National Winner, seed
• Squash ‘Butter Lamp F1’ Regional Winner, seed

All AAS Winners are marketed through social media, public relations and trade shows and are proudly grown in AAS Display and Introduction Gardens across North America. In addition, the AAS office creates and maintains a variety of marketing pieces and resources for anyone in the industry to use on the AAS website.

Zinnia ‘Profusion Double White Improved’

AAS Ornamental from Seed Winner, Gold Medal Winner

Gold Medal award-winning zinnia ‘Profusion Double White’ features impressive large, double flowers (2.5 to 3 inches in diameter) that create a lush, full look. Bred for superior performance, this variety is exceptionally sturdy, disease-resistant, and thrives in diverse climates, even enduring high night temperatures. It offers continuous color and an immaculate appearance from spring through frost, without deadheading. The compact, powerful plant that is 14 inches tall and 20 inches wide.

Bred by Sakata Seed Corp.

Kale ‘Rubybor F1’

AAS Ornamental from Seed Winner and AAS Edible Winner, Gold Medal Winner

This outstanding kale is a dual-purpose showstopper as it won a Gold Medal award in both the ornamental and vegetable trials — a first occurrence in the AAS trials! Rubybor delivers all-season beauty with rich, deep purple foliage and a uniform, compact habit — a standout ornamental in any garden or container. Unlike many kales, this selection maintains its color and tidy, bushy shape with shorter internodes, making it ideal for smaller spaces and southern heat. Best of all, the beautiful leaves are exceptionally tender and nonbitter, providing a continuous harvest of delicious, high-quality greens from spring until frost. It’s a rare plant that’s perfectly suited for both landscape design and dinner.

Bred by Bejo Seeds

Dianthus Supra Cherry Picotee F1

AAS Ornamental from Seed Winner, National Winner

Introduce dianthus ‘Supra Cherry Picotee’ to your customers’ garden for an unparalleled display of color and vigor. This interspecific hybrid joins the Supra series, delivering profuse, eye-catching blooms on a compact, bushy plant. Judges praised its excellent habit and strong heat and drought resistance, keeping the foliage green and the flowers vibrant all summer. The fringed blooms feature a lovely picotee pattern, opening with dark cherry centers and soft pink edges. Supra is an easy-care winner that requires no deadheading, ensuring three seasons of spectacular, fancy color in your landscape, garden beds and containers.

Bred by Hem Genetics B.V.

Coreopsis ‘SunGlobe F1’

AAS Ornamental from Seed Winner, National Winner

Bring brilliant, season-long color to sunny spots with this outstanding coreopsis. Praised by judges for its great habit and impressive bloom quantity, this variety is a true workhorse in the garden. It produces tons of fluffy, golden yellow, semi-double flowers on sturdy stems slightly earlier than comparisons. The plant maintains a tidy, compact and densely branching form, delivering multiple flushes of vibrant gold from spring through fall. Ideal for borders or containers, this coreopsis is built to perform, making it a fantastic addition to any landscape.

Bred by Hem Genetics B.V.

Basil ‘Treviso’

AAS Edible Winner, National Winner

This award-winning basil is an outstanding choice for any kitchen garden, boasting a tight, compact, and highly branched habit perfect for larger containers. Not only does it offer delicious, slightly anise-flavored leaves, but it also stays tender longer — resisting bitterness after harvest and maintaining excellent leaf quality late into the season. The AAS judges loves its vigor, heat tolerance and notably slow-to-flower nature. The bright foliage resists oxidation, making this cultivar an ideal, high-performing selection for superior, fresh-tasting pesto all summer long.

Bred by Seeds By Design

Bean, pole ‘Majesty’

AAS Edible Winner, Regional Winner in Great Lakes and West/Northwest

This outstanding (and majestic!) purple pole bean delivers on all fronts: high yield, superior quality and rugged performance. Plants maintain dense, dark green foliage with notable resistance to insect damage and excellent recovery from summer heat stress. The pods are beautifully straight, uniform in size and easy to harvest due to their excellent contrast against the leaves. Best of all, the beans have a delicious, sweet flavor and tender, nonbitter texture. This early-maturing variety is a must-have for vertical gardening, guaranteeing a consistent and rewarding harvest all season long.

Bred by Pure Line Seeds

Sedum ‘Spectabile Spectacular’

AAS Perennial Winner, National Winner

This exceptional Sedum spectabile grown from seed delivers the rock-solid garden performance typically found only in vegetative varieties. The plants are remarkably sturdy and full, and do not flop, maintaining a tight, compact, mounded habit perfect for borders or containers. Noted for its excellent vigor and uniformity in both height and spread, this variety flowers slightly earlier than its comparisons. It produces generous, light pink flower clusters set against attractive light green foliage, guaranteeing an excellent garden performer that provides reliable color and structure for your landscape.

Bred by PanAmerican Seed

Squash, ‘Winter Butter Lamp F1’

AAS Edible Winner, Regional Winner – Northeast, Southeast and Mountain/Southwest

This mini, pumpkin-shaped butternut squash delivers both charm and performance, making it suitable for any garden. The strong, healthy plants boast excellent resistance to powdery mildew, heat and insect pressure. This early maturing variety features short vines, requiring less garden space than traditional types. It produces abundant, uniform 15- to 30-ounce fruits with attractive exterior color and rich yellow flesh. Beyond its adorable appearance, the squash offers a smooth, sweet, nutty and buttery flavor, with superb storability to enjoy the harvest well into winter.

Bred by Known-You Seed. Distributed by Known-You Seed America Corp.

Photos courtesy of All-America Selections.