RE: New plants for containers

**"Susan McCoy" b*@impact-pr.com**

Here's our "hot list" of what's new from Ball's Simply Beautiful easy to
grow annuals.  The Purple Majesty ornamental millet is very hot and a great
container plant.  As are the new trailing snapdragons and verbena, and
cascading Silver Falls dichondra. Check out www.simplybeautifulgardens.com
for photos of these plants.

Simply Beautiful Purple Majesty F1 Ornamental Millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
* Lots of buzz surrounding this unique product - very hot this season
* 2003 All-America Selections Gold Medal Winner - a rare honor!
* First-of-its kind breeding breakthrough
* Young plants begin green, then foliage, stems and flower plumes turn deep
purple when planted outdoors
* Fluffy flower plumes attract birds and other wildlife
* Grows to a stately 4 to 5 ft. (1.2 to 1.5 m) tall
* Perfect for mixed containers (gives great height as center plant), mass
plantings and borders; excellent landscape performer
* Makes a striking backdrop plant for other colorful varieties
* Performs well in full to partial sun

Simply Beautiful Purple Knight Alternanthera (A. dentata)
* Striking, dark purple foliage
* Upright, spreading habit
* Beautiful in containers; arches dramatically over the edges of pots or
baskets
* Grows 16 to 20 in. (40 to 50-cm) tall
* Great in gardens!  Spreads up to 3 ft. (0.9 m) - excellent groundcover,
nice shrublike shape
* Performs well in full sun to light shade; foliage is darkest in full sun

Simply Beautiful AngelMist(r) Angelonia (A. angustifolia) Summer Snapdragons
* Excellent heat tolerance
* Loves full sun
* Adds drama to annual landscapes
* 18 to 24 in. height
* Available in 7 stunning colors, including NEW Deep Plum Improved and
FloraStar Winner Lavender Improved
* Keeps growing and flowering all season long
* Stately variety produces tall, upright plants with an abundance of small,
orchidlike blossoms on each spire
* Thrive in both dry and wet conditions and truly love the heat
* Excellent for garden beds, patio planters and mixed containers
* Also makes an exceptional cutflower that's perfect for beautiful flower
arrangements in the home

Simply Beautiful Whisper(tm) Diascia (D. x hybrida)
* NEW Series: Colors include Cranberry Red, Salmon Red Improved, Lavender
Pink, Apricot
* Vigorous diascia choice for large containers and landscapes
* Mounded, spreading plants with mounding to semi-trailing habit
* Perfect choice for mixed combos
* Exceptional heat tolerance - won't burn through the heat of Summer
* Multi-season shows of color - covered with abundant large blooms from
Spring till Autumn
* Trial-proven for terrific garden performance
* Garden height is 12 to 15 in. (30 to 40-cm)
* An Autumn Color selection - great season-extender for post-Summer color!
* Full sun to partial shade
* Space 8 to 10 in. (20 to 25-cm) apart in garden beds
* Water well in dry periods; shear plants when blooms have faded to
encourage new blooms

Simply Beautiful Wink(tm) Diascia (D. x hybrida)
* NEW Series: Colors include Lavender Pink, Pink, Light Apricot
* Compact, mounded plants that are more upright and controlled than Whisper;
perfect for smaller plantings
* Grows about 10 in. (25-cm) tall in the garden
* Perfect for smaller baskets, patio pots, and small-space gardens
* Good heat tolerance
* Autumn Color selection
* Full sun to partial shade
* Space 6 to 8 in. (15 to 20-cm) apart in garden beds
* Water well in dry periods; shear plants when blooms have faded to
encourage new blooms

Simply Beautiful Silver Falls(tm) Dichondra (D. argentea)
* Silver foliage and true cascading habit set Silver Falls(tm) apart!
Beautiful in containers
* Versatile!  Standout in mixed containers or solo hanging baskets.  Planted
in well-drained beds, forms a ground-hugging, 2 to 3 in. (5 to 7-cm)-tall
lush, long-lasting carpet - makes an attractive and unusual groundcover
* It's tough!  Extremely heat and drought tolerant
* Grows 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) long - as much as 6 ft. (1.8 m) with
longer growing season
* Performs well in shade to full sun

Simply Beautiful Designer Geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum)
* THE landscape geranium!
* Excellent vigor and vibrant color selection
* Blooms throughout summer
* Full sun
* NEW color for 2003: Grape Improved
* Umbels the size of a baseball or larger
* 22 total colors

Simply Beautiful Fiesta(tm) Double Impatiens (I. wallerana)
* Fully double large flowers-looks like a small rose
* Thrives in partial to full shade - morning sun and afternoon shade is
ideal
* Bright mini-rose blooms all season!
* Graceful, elegant look of roses in the shade
* Well-branched, fill in fast and absolutely covered with flowers till first
frost
* Ideally suited to landscapes, hanging baskets, window boxes and larger
planters
* Self-cleaning and really care-free - no need to remove old blooms or pinch
back the plant to keep it lush and full
* NEW colors for 2003:
o Fiesta Sparkler Cherry - red and white bicolor blooms
o Fiesta Ole Peppermint - eye-catching variegated foliage with red and white
sparkler-patterned blooms (the Japanese beetles ignored this plant in my
garden during a season with more Japanese beetles than average.)

Simply Beautiful Dazzler Impatiens (I. wallerana)
* Compact, uniform habit with 1.5-in. (4-cm) blooms on rich green foliage
* Flowers freely right up till frost
* 23 colors and 4 mixes
* Outstanding in beds - fills beds and borders with blooms all summer long
* Self-cleaning; low-maintenance
* NEW colors for 2003: Orange, Rose Swirl

Simply Beautiful Butterfly(tm) Pentas (P. lanceolata)
* Grows 10 to 22 in. (25 to 55 cm) tall depending on which color you choose
and whether you garden in the North or the South
* 5 colors: Blush, Cherry Red, Deep Pink, Light Lavender, Red
* Blooms through heat, humidity, and even cooler temperatures
* Mounds of starry flowers and lovely foliage
* Full sun
* Suitable for garden beds and planters
* Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds like no other penta in the trails
* Also makes a beautiful cutflower - great for flower arrangements with a
vase life of up to 2 weeks!

Simply Beautiful Magilla Perilla (Need classification info)
* Very cool plant.  Ideal for landscapes and large mixed containers.
* Showy, coleus-like foliage displays hot pink, green and deep plum shades
* Magilla performs equally well in sun or shade. Leaves display a bold pink
hue in the sun. In the shade, the green and plum shades are more pronounced.
* Striking contrast to flowering annuals.

Simply Beautiful Tidal Wave(r) Hedge Petunia (P. x hybrida)
* Low-maintenance and excellent weather tolerance in a "taller" Wave(tm)
petunia
* The ultimate in versatility!  Spaced 12 in. apart, they form a dense,
mounded hedge; spaced 24 in. apart, they'll act as a groundcover, spreading
up to 4 ft.; with support, Tidal Wave(r) petunias will actually climb like a
vine!
* Tidal Wave Silver: 2002 All-America Selections Winner & Fleuroselect
Quality Mark Winner
* NEW Purple
* Series also includes Cherry and Hot Pink
* Launched a whole new class of petunia: "Hedgiflora"
* Outstanding, shrublike shape that holds its form all season
* Suited to landscapes and large containers
* First grows outward, then up, and finally in both directions to create
super-full plant
* Terrific "flower power"...exceptional number of 2-in. (5-cm) blooms
* Bounce back quickly from rain, without falling open and exposing a bare
center like some petunias can
* Full sun - at least 6 hours of direct sunlight
* Keep plants well-fed (all-purpose fertilizer every 10 to 14 days) and
don't let them dry out between waterings
* Specially printed pot
* Website: Wave-Rave.com
* Full sun

Simply Beautiful Double Wave(tm) Spreading Petunia (P. x hybrida)
* Easy to spot at garden centers in their bright pink pots with distinctive
labels
* Showy, double flowers
* Fantastic, ground-hugging, non-stop blooming habit
* Demonstrates the renowned Ride The Wave(r) vigorous spread; spreads 2 to 3
ft. (60 to 90-cm) in just one season - excellent groundcover!
* Well suited to garden beds, hanging baskets and containers
* 7 high-impact colors: Lavender, Misty Lilac, Pink, Purple, Rose, White,
and NEW Blue Vein (dark lavender with veins one shade darker)
* Website: Wave-Rave.com
* Full sun
* Stand up to heat, cold and humidity

Simply Beautiful Double Wave(tm) Spreading Petunia
* Easy-care; perfect for today's time-short gardeners
* Keep well-fed and don't allow plants to dry out between waterings
* Feed with all-purpose fertilizer every 10 to 14 days, especially when
grown in containers

Simply Beautiful Luminaire(tm) Trailing Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
* Perfect for use in hanging baskets, window boxes and combo containers
* Most vigorous trailing snapdragon on the market today; covered with bigger
blooms and more of them!
* Season-long blooming...will flower even in Summer heat and can also take
the cold
* Full to partial shade
* Water well but not too often; allow soil to dry slightly between waterings
* Fertilize every 2 weeks
* 10 total colors for 2003: Bronze & Yellow, Deep Purple, Deep Yellow, NEW
Harvest Red, Hot Pink (FloraStar Winner), Orange & Yellow, NEW Red, NEW
White Imp., Yellow

Simply Beautiful Aztec(tm) Trailing Verbena (V. hybrida)
* Mounded, trailing growth habit
* Boldly brilliant bloomers!
* Ideal for pots, baskets, landscapes and beds
* Twelve stunning colors, including
* NEW colors for 2003: Raspberry, Hot Pink Improved, Pink, Lilac Picotee,
Silver Magic
* Loves heat and humidity
* Avoid overhead watering and feed with all-purpose fertilizer once a month
* Space up to 12 in. (30-cm) apart in landscape

-----Original Message-----
From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[g*@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Lynn Jenkins
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:32 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] News, PR and Gardening Trends

What new plants are good for containers?
Lynn

At 05:28 PM 3/1/2003, you wrote:
>Gardening trends: container gardening with new plants.....
>
>Cheers,
>
>jeff L
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