Walters Gardens, Inc., a leading wholesale perennial grower, is proud to partner with Proven Winners, the #1 plant brand in America, to offer superior new perennials for today’s busy consumers. Only the very best new and exclusive perennials make the cut including the excellent selections described below. For information on the entire line of Proven Winners Perennials, go to www.ProvenWinners.com.
Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ Series (Pinks)
•Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ ‘Apple Slice’ PP21842
•Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ ‘Black Cherry Wild’ PP21893
•Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ ‘Coconut Punch’ PP21876
•Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ ‘Pomegranate Kiss’ PP21895
Deer resistant, low maintenance and drought tolerant, attracts butterflies, fragrant, cute cut flowers—what more could one want in a perennial? The Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH™ series delivers all that and more in your choice of four colors ranging from a uniquely patterned white and wine colored selection to those in patterned pink and red shades. Double flowers stand like mini carnations atop a short mound of evergreen foliage in early summer. A quick shearing after flowering will encourage them to rebloom in early fall. Dianthus is just the right size to edge the front of the sunny border and use in combination containers. Height: 6-12in (depending on variety) Zone 4-9
Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’ PPAF CPBRAF (Bigleaf Ligularia)
This compact sport of ‘Little Rocket’ delivers excellent garden performance with its thick, wilt-resistant foliage and compact habit. Perfectly proportioned plants form a dense mound of attractive foliage with mustard yellow flower spikes produced just at the top of the clump with no naked stems exposed. This showy specimen is a beautiful complement for hostas and sedges in partial shade and moist soils. Height: 28-34in Zone 4-9
Monarda ‘Pardon My Pink’ PPAF CPBRAF and ‘Pardon My Purple’ PP22170 CPBRAF (Bee Balm)
No room for tall, bushy, traditional Bee Balms in your garden? Now there are two petite selections which are easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a foot tall at maturity, these compact selections grow quickly to form bushy, well-branched clumps of deep green, glossy foliage. Cheerful bright pink (PM Pink) or fuchsia purple (PM Purple) flowers sit just at the top of the attractive foliage in mid through late summer. These new selections offer good resistance to powdery mildew, an issue that often plagues other Bee Balms, so maintenance will be a breeze. Just provide good air circulation, sunshine, and plenty of water and these plants will thrive! Height: 10-12in Zone 4-9
Sedum ‘Pure Joy’ PPAF CPBRAF (Stonecrop)
Selected for its incredible bloom power and short stature, ‘Pure Joy’ will blanket your sunny border with color in late summer and early fall. This plant starts out in spring as a low mound of small, serrated leaves, then grows more upright as the plant matures through the season. By the time it blooms, the foliage is completely covered in light bubblegum pink, star-shaped flowers. This plant pairs perfectly with other fall bloomers like hardy garden mums, Panicums, and Black-Eyed Susans. Try a few in containers and at the front of the border. Height: 10-12in Zone 3-9
For more information about the top Proven Winners® Perennials for Spring 2013, go to www.WaltersGardens.com or www.ProvenWinners.com. All will be available at the wholesale level beginning Summer 2012 and at retail beginning Spring 2013.
Source: Walters Gardens, Inc.
