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2025 Top Pick Annuals
This regal Alocasia finishes quickly, forming a tall yet compact, multi-stemmed, upright arching clump of massive, bright green, glossy, undulating leaves held on green petioles. Tolerant of both sun and shade, it is magnificent in large containers and landscapes.
- From world-renowned supplier, Classic Caladiums
- Distinctively heavier branching than most
- Tolerant of Pythium root rot and Xanthomonas leaf spot
- Grow in 1.0 GL Royale™ for spring or 2.0 GL containers for summer; works for recipes, monocultures, and landscapes
- 3-4’ height; 3’ spread – may grow larger in the South
- Sun or shade
- Zone 7b-10b
- Vigor 2
For a plant that is sure to stand up (literally!) and stand out in your lineup, you can’t go wrong with Emerald Isle™ Alocasia. This stunning tropical finishes faster than many other cultivars, forming a tall yet compact clump of massive, bright green, glossy, undulating leaves held on green petioles. At maturity, each leaf can easily measure 12 inches wide and 18 inches long, or even larger when grown in the ground in climates with long growing seasons. Initially, the leaves are held vertically, but become more horizontal as they fully develop, lending an overall outward arching shape to the plant. The plant is distinctively heavier branched than most Alocasia of this type.
Growers and gardeners alike will enjoy the strong growth rate and vigor of Emerald Isle. Its tolerance of Pythium root rot and Xanthomonas leaf spot will help it shine all season. Growers will find it easiest to produce in 1.0 GL Royale™ containers in spring or 2.0 GL containers in summer given its extra-large size. Expect them to finish in six to eight weeks under short days in 1.0 GL Royale™ containers or 10-12 weeks in 2.0 GL containers. Long-day production will save about two weeks.
Emerald Isle Alocasia makes a premium grade thriller in container recipes where its huge leaves act like party umbrellas shielding companions from the sun’s harsh rays. This plant also makes a stunning focal point in landscapes in sun or shade.
Emerald Isle Alocasia is suitable for growing as a houseplant if outdoor conditions can be mimicked indoors, namely bright light and humidity. Allow the soil to dry slightly before you water it again. Spider mites and aphids can be problematic when grown indoors.
SPACE AGE™ EUROPA™ Begonia rex
Trialing Rex begonias first for rooting performance, followed by vigor in spring production, and finally for summer garden performance has led to the launch of this out-of-this-world new Space Age™ series from Proven Winners. It features three of the most exceptional cultivars on the market today, each one with astronomically unique foliage. We are thrilled to expand our list of shade offerings with this dynamic new series.
- Fantastic foliage appeal all season
- Stands out on shade benches at retail
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ containers, recipes, and monocultures
- 15-18” height; 15-18” spread
- Part shade to shade
- Vigor 2
Like a cool, silvery pool that shines in the shade, the large leaves of Europa™ are flooded with shimmering silver, rimmed in black, and splashed with lavender in the middle and just inside the leaf edges. Small, coral red blossoms are a bonus late in the season.
SUPERBELLS® Double VINTAGE CORAL™ Calibrachoa
Everything vintage is trending with consumers, and this antique amber-orange veined, fully double-flowered calibrachoa is everything they are looking for. They received top marks in Florida trials for their robust habit and seasonlong performance.
- The outdoor growing environment draws out purple tones in the flowers
- Well-branched, mounded trailing habit
- Screened for Thielaviopsis resistance
- Grow in 4.25 Grande containers, hanging baskets, window boxes, recipes, and monocultures
- 6-12” height; 12-24” spread
- Part sun to sun
- Vigor 2
Everything vintage is trending with consumers, and this antique amber-orange veined, fully double-flowered calibrachoa is everything they are looking for. Its color shift when grown outside makes it even more compelling, with purple tones appearing in its veins and petals. Try combining Superbells® Double Vintage Coral™ with deep reds, purples, golds, or creamy white in hanging baskets, upright containers, and window boxes. This new variety was a standout performer in our Florida trials, ranking as the top Superbells and one of the best plants overall in the entire trial. Its habit is impressively robust, and the blooms keep coming all season without deadheading. As with all Superbells, it has been screened specifically for resistance to Thielaviopsis.
COLORBLAZE® MINI ME™ Chartreuse Coleus scutellarioides
Building on the popularity of ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon, this chartreuse, feathery textured coleus forms a compact, densely branched clump with no pinching or PGRs. Small yet mighty, it has excellent vigor and shines in sun or shade containers and landscapes.
- Dwarf, lance leaf form perfect for smaller containers and recipes
- Excellent vigor compared to other dwarf forms in trials
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ containers, baskets, window boxes, recipes, monocultures, and landscapes
- 12-20” height; 10-18” spread
- Sun or shade
- Vigor 2
Expanding on opportunities for smaller-scale sun and shade recipes, the new ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Chartreuse is a small but mighty coleus. Unlike some dwarf varieties that lack oomph, this selection displays excellent vigor. It forms a densely branched clump of feathery textured, brilliant chartreuse leaves and presents beautifully in Grande™ and monoculture containers where it won’t need pinching or PGRs to retain its neat shape. Compared to ColorBlaze Mini Me Watermelon, it grows slightly larger with similar vigor and resistance to downy mildew. Both Mini Me varieties pair well with other medium vigor varieties in window boxes and upright container recipes. They are useful for adding a bright splash of color in tight spaces in sun or shade.
VIRTUOSO™ PINKERIFIC™ Dahlia variabilis
Comprised of the very best genetics in their class, Virtuoso™ dahlias have blown us away in trials with their outstanding vigor, powdery mildew tolerance, and all-season garden performance. Large, double flowers in top-selling colors are produced on proportional stems above the densely mounded foliage. There’s no need to wait until late summer to finally see blooms when you grow these exceptional garden dahlias.
- Available in a broad range of colors including soft pink, deep pink, bright yellow, violet purple, and carmine red
- Trending blooms with strong impulse appeal at retail
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ and 1.0 Royale™ containers, recipes, monocultures and landscapes
- 15-18” height; 12-18” spread
- Full sun
- Vigor 2
Dahlias are undeniably trending with consumers but are not typically growers’ favorite plants to produce due to their awkward size and propensity for developing mildew. We’ve trialed garden dahlias for a decade or more, pulling together the very best in class to form our new Virtuoso™ series. These plants display outstanding vigor, good tolerance to powdery mildew, and large double to semi-double flowers that stand on proportional stems above the densely mounded foliage. Blooming throughout the whole season, their sales window is greatly expanded over typical dahlias, so you can keep your customers supplied for months, not weeks. Virtuoso dahlias are available in a broad range of colors including soft pink, deep pink, bright yellow, violet purple, and carmine red, with more to come in the future.
AROMAGICA™ Purple Heliotropium arborescens
Two key improvements make this new selection worth the switch: incredible summer garden performance and a well-branched, layered habit. While others can look tired and sparse by midseason, Aromagica™ Purple heliotrope remains full and covered in large, fragrant, purple blossoms.
- Large corymbs of saturated purple flowers in high light
- Attractive, dark green, rugose foliage
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ containers, window boxes, recipes, monocultures, and landscapes
- 18-30” height; 16-20” spread
- Full sun
- Vigor 3
If you’ve shied away from growing heliotrope in the past due to poor performance in production and in the garden, it’s time to take another look. Two key improvements make this new selection worth growing: incredible summer garden performance and a well-branched, layered habit. While others can look tired and sparse by midseason, Aromagica™ Purple heliotrope remains full and covered in large, fragrant, purple blossoms. They attract pollinating bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds all summer long, especially with a little deadheading now and then. Expect the flower color to be most intense in high-light conditions. This plant’s rugose, dark green foliage, and fragrant blooms are typically not attractive to deer.
SUPERTUNIA TIARA® Blue Petunia
A petunia this special deserves a royal welcome! Captivating vivid violet-blue flowers emanate a white luminescent glow from the center, drawing you in for a closer look. Coupled with great vigor, this new Supertunia easily made our Top Picks list for 2025.
- Unique color pattern new to the Supertunia line
- Great vigor for a novelty petunia
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ and 1.0 Royale™ containers, recipes, baskets, window boxes, monocultures and landscapes
- 4-12” height; 18-24” spread
- Part sun to sun
- Vigor 3
A petunia this special deserves a royal welcome! Supertunia Tiara™ Blue bears captivating vivid violet-blue flowers that emanate a white luminescent glow from the center, drawing you in for a closer look. The pattern is not unlike the color patterns found in some morning glory flowers. It’s a new pattern for the Supertunia line and one that we expect exciting things to come from in the future. No deadheading is needed to keep this petunia in bloom from spring to fall. In addition to gorgeous flowers, its vigor is impressive for a novelty petunia. Combine it with other medium to high-vigor plants in large hanging baskets and upright containers.
MOJAVE® Mango Portulaca umbraticola
Expanding the color range for Mojave® Portulaca, this novel cultivar shines with large, bright mango-colored blossoms with a narrow scarlet ring around the center that creates a bullseye for pollinators. Like others in the series, it delivers a stellar garden performance all season.
- Sweet mango color complements many other jewel-toned summer companions
- Excellent heat and drought tolerance
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ containers, recipes, baskets, monocultures, and landscapes
- 4-8” height; 12-16” spread
- Full sun
- Vigor 2
Capitalize on the need for more extreme heat and drought-tolerant plants by offering the Mojave® series of Portulaca from Proven Winners. With large, vividly colored flowers that pollinators adore and non-stop bloom from spring until frost, they can be offered in multiple crops throughout the season. Mojave® Mango is a novel new cultivar that shines with large, bright mango-colored blossoms with a narrow scarlet ring around the center that creates a bullseye for pollinating bees and butterflies. Like others in the series, its blossoms are self-cleaning and the plant maintains its stellar garden performance all season.
STARDIVA™ Blue Scaevola aemula
Meet the first-ever series of Scaevola aemula with star-shaped rather than fan-shaped flowers. They are borne prolifically on compact, densely mounded to semi-trailing plants that are extremely durable in the sun, heat, humidity, rain, drought, and wind. Color doesn’t get any easier than Stardiva™!
- More compact than Whirlwind® Scaevola
- Attractive to pollinators
- Grow in 4.25 Grande™ containers, recipes, baskets, monocultures, and landscapes
- 4-8” height; 10-14” spread
- Part sun to sun
- Vigor 2
Meet the first-ever series of Scaevola aemula with star-shaped rather than fan-shaped flowers. Though both types have five petals, those of the new Stardiva™ series are arranged in a perfect star formation, lending a larger, fuller appearance to the blossoms. Pollinating bees are quick to find the tiny white bullseye that rims the throat of each flower. These plants form a compact, densely mounded to semi-trailing mound that is smaller overall than Whirlwind® Scaevola. They are extremely durable in sun, heat, humidity, rain, drought, and wind. Color doesn’t get any easier than Stardiva!
2025 Top Pick Perennials
STARDesigner Threads™ ‘Golden Needles’ Threadleaf Coreopsis
Golden yellow flowers contain sharp maroon central eye zones. Each variety was selected only after showing exceptional mildew resistance, long blooming, and drought tolerance.
- Attracts: Bees and Butterflies
- Resists Deer
- 18-20″ height; 20-22″ spread
- Zones: 5-9
- Sun
Kaleidoscope™ ‘Razzle Dazzle’ Delosperma hybrid
Bi-color flowers transition from raspberry red tips to fuchsia purple eyes around cream centers. KALEIDOSCOPE™ Delosperma stands out on the market with large flower sizes and improved cold hardiness, Heat tolerant, drought tolerant, and a succulent
- Attracts Bees
- Resists Deer
- 2 – 4 ” height; 20-24″ spread
- Zones: 5-10
- Sun
Dressed Up® Prom Dress Heuchera hybrid
Each pewter leaf is heavily ruffled and accented with dark charcoal veins. The newest leaves are flushed with violet, matching the undersides of the leaf. The long-lasting foliage of ‘Prom Dress’ looks great through autumn. Foliage is interesting foliage and fall interest.
- Attracts, Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds
- 8-10″ height; 16-18″ spread
- Zones: 4-9
- Sun or Shade
Summerific® ‘Cookies and Cream’ Hibiscus hybrid
A night and day combination of matte black foliage and pure white flowers. Like other dark-leaved Hardy Hibiscus, full sun is necessary to bring out the deepest foliage color, A Bog plant that is long blooming and has fall interest.
- Attracts Hummingbirds
- Resists Deer
- 30-36″ height; 42-48″ spread
- Zones: 4-9
- Part sun to sun
Shadowland® ‘Sound of Music’ Hosta hybrid
This giant hosta will add immediate interest with heavily corrugated, medio variegated leaves. Chartreuse centers jet to glaucous blue-green margins. Centers mature to creamy white in summer with great foliage interest.
- Attracts hummingbirds
- 30-32″ height; 60-66″ spread
- Zones: 3-9
- Part shade to shade
Living Large™ Big Sky Salvia hybrid
This super-sized Salvia is a must-have for your garden! A magnificent floral display of violet-blue flowers is supported by a dense rosette of large green leaves. Later to bloom than other Perennial Salvias. The flower and foliage are fragrant and this plant is heat and drought-tolerant.
- Attracts bees and butterflies
- Resists deer and rabbits
- 28-32″ height; 28-32″ spread
- Zones: 3-8
- Sun
2025 Top Pick Shrubs
Paisley Pup™ Leucothoe fontanesiana
Ditch the typical and embrace the fantastical with Paisley Pup™ doghobble. This broadleaf evergreen is native to North America and is filled with eye-catching variegated foliage in shades of pink, green, cream, and bronze. Tiny bell-shaped blooms are strung along arching branches, feeding pollinators in the late springtime. Shade-tolerant, deer-resistant, and low-growing, Paisley Pup solves landscape woes with charm.
Top reasons to grow Paisley Pup doghobble?
- Fabulous variegated coloring
- Tough landscape performance
- Fragrant flowers
- Attracts bees and butterflies
- Resists deer
- 36-48″ height; 48-60″ spread
- Zones: 5-8
- Sun to Part Shade
Kintzley’s Ghost® Lonicera reticulata
Kintzley’s Ghost® honeysuckle hasn’t always been a Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrub. But, we grew it, got to know it, and had to add it! This wild-looking plant is actually native to North America. Each season, it begins like any other honeysuckle, with typical dusty green leaves. As the season progresses, flower buds pop out like saucers. These rounded bracts look a lot like eucalyptus, but the flowers at the center feed native pollinators like hummingbirds! They turn into red berries in the fall, but won’t become a nuisance like other honeysuckles. Due to its size and interesting seasonal changes, it makes an incredible specimen.
Top reasons to grow Kintzley’s Ghost honeysuckle?
- A noninvasive native honeysuckle
- Interesting foliage, flower, and berry progression
- Tough landscape performance
- Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
- Resists deer
- 6-12′ height; 5′ spread
- Zones: 4-8
- Sun to Part Shade
Stately color in two extremes. The first is a refreshing bright green and cream, with hints of pale pink on the margins. The second is in fall when the whole plant erupts into a fabulous burgundy and hot pink duo. Even the stems are burgundy! If you’ve ever seen a tri-color beech, Sgt. Pepper™ dogwood is a lot like that but in a much easier-to-use form. With its large size, it makes a great anchor for the garden. You can position it at the back of the garden to work as a foundation plant, breaking up the straight lines of a building with its rounded form. It would also make an incredible hedge or specimen plant.
Top reasons to grow Sgt. Pepper dogwood?
- Bright color
- Useful large habit
- Adaptable to many different garden conditions
- Resists deer
- 4-6′ height; 6-8′ spread
- Zones: 3-7
- Sun to Part Shade
Wee Bit Innocent™ Hydrangea macrophylla
If soft colors are the foundation of your garden palette, you will love Wee Bit Innocent™ hydrangea. Its lush mophead blooms fill with pastel pinks, blues, and purples. It is a soft, pillowy place for your eyes to rest in the summer garden. It even reblooms a bit in the fall! You’ll get to enjoy the intricate doubled florets for months.
Top reasons to grow Wee Bit Innocent hydrangea?
- Pastel coloring is unusual for a hydrangea
- Compact habit
- Interesting doubled flowers
- 24″ height; 30″ spread
- Zones: 5-9
- Sun to Part Shade
Plant some fire with Oso Easy En Fuego™ rose! Its large blooms are a super-saturated blend of yellow, red, and orange. The amount of each color changes depending on the bloom’s age. Opening flowers are more filled with red and yellow, while mature blooms are mostly orange. No matter the color, flowers are beautifully presented with super glossy dark green foliage as a backdrop.
Top reasons to grow Oso Easy En Fuego rose?
- Supersaturated coloring
- Great performance in very hot and very cold climates
- No deadheading necessary
- Attracts bees and butterflies
- 36-48″ height; 36″ spread
- Zones: 4-9
- Sun
