Dec 9, 2016

‘Supertunia Vista Mini Blue Star’ Named Japan Flower of the Year

‘Supertunia Vista Mini Blue Star’ won Japan Flower of the Year 2016-2017 and Good Performance Prize as garden plant at once by Japan Flower Selection (JFS).

The award ceremony took place in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. JFS is a contest started in 2006 for new varieties to give prizes for exceptional plants all over Japan.

Varieties are evaluated by growing performance, easiness to buy for consumers as well as beauty of flower. There are three groups for judgement: cut flower, pot plant and garden plant. Growing tests are done for garden plants at Chiba University. Judges are consist of academic experts, distributors, retailers, landscapers and designers. JFS makes a comprehensive evaluation from diversified points of view. Several prizes are given to the varieties and one of the top varieties among them wins “Flower of the Year” at the end of the year.

Japan Flower Selection judges said, ‘Supertunia Vista Mini Blue Star’ has “incredibly high density small flowers. It performs very well and keep nice plant form even without pinching. It is well considered breeding in excellent branching, continuous blooming, stable flower color and no deadheading necessary. We recommend this variety to consumers with great confidence.”

‘Supertunia Vista Mini Blue Star’ has been sold by Proven Winners Japan since spring 2016. It has been also sold in North America and Europe as ‘Supertunia Violet Star Charm’ under Proven Winners.

It is Supertunia Vista’s 10th anniversary in 2017 since first variety, Vista Pink unveiled in Japan. As of December 2016, there are 11 varieties in the series. Six of them are super vigorous, fantastic landscape plants and perform greatly in large containers. The other five including Supertunia® Vista Mini Blue Star are categorized to Vista mini which has high densely branching and flowers.