Suntory Flowers brings bold and bright to CAST
New varieties with better growth habits and bolder colors will be highlighted by Suntory Flowers at CAST. Check out plant performance details for what can fit into your operation.
Bidens Beedance Petites series
Suntory Flowers has introduced an ultra compact bidens series, Beedance Petites. It’s a companion to the Beedance series, which is more vigorous and well-suited to combo baskets. Beedance Petites have a mounded, ball-shaped habit. No PGR required and ideal for small pots. Colors include Red, Orange and Yellow.
Catharanthus ‘Soiree Double Rosy Red’
This essential new color brings new possibilities in Soiree Double catharanthus with Rosy Red. Has a bushy habit more shrub like a than a typical bedding plant vinca. Imagine the possibilities for red-white-and-blue summer combos. Additional Soiree Double colors are Orchid Improved, Pink Improved, Appleblossom and Pure White.
Petunia ‘Surfinia Heavenly Blue Violet’
Surfinia Heavenly petunias are the happy medium with a controlled, semi-trailing habit and outstanding garden performance. New to the series is Blue Violet with large, bluish purple blooms and dark throats. Another new Surfinia Heavenly variety is Peach Horizon with multi-tonal peach blooms, bringing the series to eight colors.
Mandevilla ‘Sun Parasol XP Maui Sunset’
Pericallis ‘Senetti Orchid Glow’
Senetti pericallis varieties offer cool colors for the cool season and perfect for early spring conditions, tolerating temperatures down to the low 30s. New for 2027 is ‘Senetti Orchid Glow,’ with petals that radiate from magenta to blue violet. Bright white/yellow disks add contrast that makes the blooms glow.
Photos courtesy of Suntory Flowers.