Ipomoea Sweet Caroline™ Series     An exceptional group of low-growing, ornamental, trailing sweet potato vines bred at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. The attractive foliage comes in a range of colors and plants have a more compact growth habit making them ideal for combination planters, wndow boxes or as groundcovers.

Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline™ Bronze’ New     This fabulous cultivar with maple shaped leaves will add a touch of golden purple to the potted container. As vigorous as any trailing Sweet Potato vine, this new variety will give the gardener yet another choice in design and color schemes. Fast growing.

Ipomoea ‘Sweet Carolina™ Sweet Heart Red’ New      Small, heart-shaped, reddish bronze to reddish purple leaves.

LantanaLantana makes a nice ground cover for very hot dry areas with poor soil conditions. They bloom all summer long.

camara ‘Carlos’ New     Reddish purple with orange and gold centers, dwarf growing habit reaching just 12-18”.

camara ‘Confetti’ New     Flowers are a beautiful blend of pink, salmon, and red on plants with a more upright form.

camara ‘Lavender’ New     Lavender flowers with a trailing form.

camara ‘Lucky Peach’ New     Bright apricot flower clusters bloom profusely all summer over neat, upright mounds of foliage. Ideal for mixed containers, window boxes and butterfly gardens. Grows 12-16” tall and 12-14” wide.

LEONOTIS leonurus Lion’s Ears A sub-shrub from Africa, which can reach 6ft. if not pinched. In Late summer through fall, it produces whorls of bright orange flowers. Great complement to fall mums and a great boon to lovers of orange flowers who have precious few subjects to choose from.

Mandevilla x amoena ‘Alice Du Pont’ New      This showy vine has shiny oval leaves and large, funnel-shaped, pale pink all season. Climbs to 6’ and will tolerate a bit of shade.

Mandevilla Yellow Yes, a yellow trumpet flower! Bright lemon yellow flowers bloom all season. Trailing, rich glossy green foliage. Not quite as large growing as the pink form but it still puts on quite a show with its bright blossoms.

Nemesia Nemesia is a small, bushy plant that flowers profusely in late spring and summer in shades of red, pink and purple.

Nemesia Serengeti® Orange New      The Serengeti® series produces the best range of colors of all the Nemesia, with exceptionally large blooms, unbelievable flower power and excellent garden performance. ‘Serengeti® Orange’ has deep orange flowers.    

Nicotiana ‘Starmaker Lime/Purple Bicolor’ New      An early bloomer with flowers in eye-catching shades of pale lime to purple. Compact plants grow just 12” tall and bloom all summer. Starmaker Nicoiana plants have been bred for exceptional performance in heat and humidity. Great for massing and for mixed containers.

Osteospermum ecklonis ‘Serenity Dark Purple’ New     A stand-out in any container or landscape planting with striking, dark purple daisies with even darker purple centers. Serenity Osteospermum are known for their free-flowering nature, the intenseity of their colors and their exceptional compact habit and branching. Plants grow 10-14” tall with a spread of up to 20”. To encourage rebloom, cut plants back later in the season.

Osteospermum Zion Series™ New      This eye-catching series offers large flowers in an array of unique bloom colors. In addition, their summer performance is unrivaled!

Osteospermum ‘Zion™ Copper Amethyst’ New     Petals are amethyst at the base, transitioning to pink and then copper. Truly stunning!    

Osteospermum ‘Zion™ Orange’ New      Orange flowers with darker orange centers.

Osteospermum ‘Zion™ Pink Sand’ New      Petals are cream at the base, gradually darkening to salmon pink at the outer edges.

Pelargonium (Geranium)     A large genus of flowering plants that includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrub plants commonly known as geraniums.

‘Vancouver Centennial’     A unique variety that offers beautiful orange red flowers. It is called "Vancouver Centennial", because the leaf shape resembles the Canadian Maple leaf. This beautiful plant has a leaf color that intensifies in exposure to bright sunlight. Fertilize lightly every 2 weeks. Pinching of the shoots will promote bushiness Remove spent flowers to enhance flowering.

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Fireworks’ New     This variegated Pennisetum creates a spectacular display in the summer garden with pink to dark burgundy blades and deep, burgundy bottlebrush infloresences that bloom from July-Oct. Overall height is 36” tall.

Pentas Large clusters of star-shaped flowers on 12-18“,plants that are at home in hot, full sun. Blooming begins June-July, with flowers lasting all summer! Excellent container plants. Pentas have been rediscovered by gardeners who are drawn to their brightly colored, long blooming flowers on compact, well formed plants that can't get enough of summers heat. Attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.

lanceolata ‘Graffiti® Pink’ New      This heat and sun lover offers large pink clusters of star-shaped flowers above rich green foliage. They are naturally well-branched and mound forming with a nice uniforn flowering habit, making them perfect for both containers and gardens.

SALVIA GUARANITICAThis terrific salvia, native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina, blooms freely from August until frost. Its large 1 1/2 inch-long royal-blue blossoms cupped by darker blue-purple calyces are magnets for hummingbirds. BIG BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL!

guaranitica ‘BLACK AND BLUE’ Cobalt blue flowers are strikingly accented with black calyces. Grows 2-3’ tall. Does well in summer heat and blooms most of the season.

involucrata x ‘Mulberry Jam’ New     Shocking pink flowers blooming all summer on 3-4’ stems. More upright and stronger stemmed than the species.

leucantha ‘Midnight’ New    Flowers are composed of rich, velvety, dark purple florets in purple calyces, rising above long and narrow gray-green foliage, can reach 3-5ft. tall. Peak bloom time is late summer through early fall.

‘Mesa™ Azure’ New     Lovely lilac flowers bloom spring to frost on plants with a dense, bushy growth habit. Exceptional heat and drought tolerance. Its height of 18-24” tall makes it ideal for the center position of container plantings as well as for the mid border area in the mixed garden. Hummingbirds love them!

‘Mesa™ Purple’ New     Same as above except with eye-catching purple flowers.

‘Oceana™ Blue’ New     An outstanding selection for the summer garden or container with deep gentian blue flowers that are significantly larger that normal Salvia flowers. 24-36” tall. Holds up well in the heat of summer.

‘Sapphire Blue’A true"gem" with unusually large, sapphire blue flowers that will stand out among the rest. A great choice for hot, sunny spots. At 3-4ft. tall, it's a large plant that can really anchor a mixed container planting. Also terrific in the hot sunny border.

uligibosa      3-4’ tall, or taller, with gorgeous sky-blue flowers in late summer into fall. It’s worth the long wait for the gift of dazzling blue that this tall, late season Salvia bestows on the waning garden.

‘Wendy’s Wish’ New      Unique, magenta-purple, tubular flowers with fluted tips are nestled in pinkish brown calyx.  Stems are dark maroon colored. 3-4’ tall with a dense habit and a long bloom period.

Tropaeolum majus ‘Empress of India’ New      Single spurred, crimson-scarlet flowers bloom from stems with dark, blue-green foliage. Has a non-trailing, compact habit, 10” tall

Tropaeolum majus ‘Wina’ aka ‘Peach Melba’ New      Eye-popping, bright, cream-colored, double flowers with dark orange inner spots contrast sharply with the dark green foliage. Compact, non-trailing, mounding habit. 10” high.

Verbena ‘Aztec™ Violet’ New      Gorgeous violet flower clusters bloom spring through fall on this trailing form that thrives in heat and sun. Grows 8-10” tall and 10-12” wide. Lush foliage looks great all summer. Drought tolerant. 

Verbena BONARIENSIS    4-5’ wiry stems bear flat panicles of purple flowers all summer. A great favorite of gardeners for its season long profusion of flowers poised nearly at eye level at the ends of tall, narrow stalks. Makes a great filler in the mixed annual/perennial border.

Verbena BONARIENSIS ‘Little One’ New     A dwarf form of V. bonariensis sharing the same great traits as its parent, including long bloom time and great heat and drought tolerance, but growing just 18-24” tall. Pinkish purple flowers bloom spring-fall. Good for front to mid order and in combination planters. Received the 2008 National Arboretum’s Top Performer Award.

Verbena ‘Lanai™ Peach’ New     Early flowering and very heavy blooming with even distribution of the beautiful, soft pink and salmon colored flowers. Looks great alone and when used to soften any summer combination.