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Gardeners love new varieties. They add excitement to your garden while “growing” your gardening experience. It’s fun to have something new.

Look for these new flowers and vegetables online at e-commerce seed sales websites, in mail order seed catalogs, as seed packets in retail stores, or as bedding plants at garden centers.

These varieties are first sorted by flowers and vegetables, and then listed alphabetically by class. The name in parenthesis is the NGB member company that submitted that variety. An “R” is a retail company that sells directly to home gardeners. A “W” company does not sell direct to the public, but their varieties are available at retail companies.

For NGB member company information, click here for link to Member Directory.


Begonia 'Betulia® Red'
Begonia elatior

Vibrant, long-lasting red flowers are continuously produced on this superior shade garden begonia. Suitable as a patio planter, the compact 12-inch tall plants are low maintenance and mildew resistant. Annual.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Fides North America

 Begonia F1 'Nonstop® Mocca Pink Shades'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

This new color for highly acclaimed 'Nonstop' series shines against its dark chocolate foliage, creating an arresting contrast in any shady location. Large, 4-inch fully double flowers on upright 12-inch tall plants.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Benary

Bracteantha 'Mohave™ Autumn Bronze'
Bracteantha bracteata

Vibrant yellow-orange fully double blooms are just one of 8 colors available in this new strawflower series. This 16-inch tall upright annual is easily grown in a sunny garden or container.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Selecta First Class, Inc.

Calibrachoa 'MiniFamous™ Double Blue'
Calibrachoa cultivars

This all-new variety is part of a double flowering series that includes 3 colors. Beautiful double blooms are borne on trailing 4-inch tall plants. Performs great in sunny baskets and containers. Annual.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Selecta First Class, Inc.

Carex 'Hedgehog Grass'
Carex juncus sp

Decorative 2-foot tall compact upright grass grows in sun or shade. Suited for container, basket, garden, or mass planting. It is tolerant to heat, cold, frost, wind, rain, and drought. Biennial zone 4.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: K. Sahin, Zaden B.V.

Carnation 'Sunflor® Bianca'
Dianthus sp

Unique pot carnation breeding — compact 15-inch plants can be enjoyed in interiors and exteriors. Sturdy annual can stand frost down to 10°F and might flower year-round. Fragrant red blooms.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Fides North America

Celosia 'Spiky Purple'
Celosia spicata

Unique deep purple-red clusters of spikes 2-3 inches long on attractive red stems. Compact, well branched upright annual 15-20 inches tall. Exotic beauty in sunny garden or container offers season long color.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Kieft Seeds Holland

Centratherum 'Button Beauty'
Centratherum intermedium

An unusual tropical annual with lavender button-like flowers. The upright bushy plants reach 2-feet and are covered in glossy fragrant foliage. A fast-growing solution for full sun containers and gardens.

Distribution Type: Retail

Company: Park Seed Company

Coleus 'Chocolate Mint'
Solenostemon scutellarioides

Easy-to-grow, dark-leafed plants show off rich chocolate color, with each mid-size leaf finely edged in soothing mint green. The 12- to 14-inch plants are well suited to shade gardens and large containers.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: PanAmerican Seed

Delphinium F1 'Centurion Lavender'
Delphinium x cultorum

Series of 6 colors includes this wonderful soft lavender with a lavender and white bee. Weather tolerant upright 4-foot plants grow in sun or shade. Winter hardy perennial to USDA Zone 3!

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: K. Sahin, Zaden B.V.

Dianthus F1 'Supra™ Red'
Dianthus interspecific

Beautiful, lacy 1- to 1.5-inch serrated blooms adorn the 10-to 12-inch tall upright strongly branching compact plant. Early flowering with exceptional garden performance. Also available as AAS Winner in color purple.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Hem Genetics

Digitalis 'Candy Mountain'
Digitalis purpurea

Unique upward facing foxglove. Extremely weather tolerant hardy biennial (zone 5) for sun or shade. Planted in drifts, the erect 4-foot tall plants create a riot of rosy pink color from June through August.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: K. Sahin, Zaden B.V.

Flower Kale F1 'Pink Kamome'
Brassica oleracea

Ruffle-leaf kale adds texture, interest, and color to a garden. The 12- to 14-inch colorful rosettes of leaves look like a large, exotic flower. A minimum night temperature of below 55°F is needed to develop color.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: American Takii

Geranium 'Sunrise™ Strawberry Blush'
Pelargonium x hortorum

The 'Sunrise' zonal geranium series is available in 11 colors. Large flower heads with incredibly brilliant color are borne on 16-inch upright medium green foliaged plants. Annual for a sunny pot or garden.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Selecta First Class, Inc.

Gerbera F1 'Crush Mix'
Gerbera jamesonii

Fall in love with this unique mix of watermelon, rose, and pink shades. Large 4-inch semi-double blooms keep coming on these versatile 12-inch tall plants. Great for containers, beds or cut flowers and easy to grow.

Distribution Type: Retail

Company: Park Seed Company

Hibiscus 'Garden Leader Gro Big Red'
Hibiscus acetosella

Tropical looking 5-foot tall deep red leaf plant. In the long growing season of zones 8-10 it will have 3-inch burgundy red blooms. Easy to grow. Use in containers or as a bold landscape accent. Full sun annual.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Grimes Horticulture

Impatiens F1 'Envoy Cherry Star'
Impatiens wallerana

Its robust habit and large 2-inch flowers make 'Envoy' the perfect choice for baskets and pots or to create swaths of color in part sun garden beds. Heat tolerant annual 24 inches tall. Series of 17 colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Bodger Seeds, Ltd.

Impatiens F1 'Jambalaya™ Formula Mix'
Impatiens wallerana

All new 'Jambalaya' series offers a free-flowering habit, large 2-inch blooms, and a broad color range of 16 colors and 3 mixes. Shade loving annual is very early flowering - just 60 to 65 days from sowing.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: S&G Flowers

Lavender 'French Perfume'
Lavandula angustafolia

New, award-winning container lavender is low growing, intensely fragrant, and hardy. Produces lovely, uniform, softly vase-shaped plants 12 inches tall. Blooms first year from seed. Perennial Zone 5.

Distribution Type: Retail

Company: Renee's Garden

Maze 'Garden Leader Rainbow'
Zea mays

Tricolor foliage of red, cream, and green on upright stalks 48 inches tall. Plants start green then in 3 weeks under full sun begin to show their colors. In fall, parchment colored stalks yield small ears of multicolor corn.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Grimes Horticulture

Monarda 'Bergamo'
Monarda hybrida

Unique new compact annual monarda. Attractive and intense rose-purple blooms flowering in clusters around the stem. Upright plants 18-24 inches tall have strong mildew tolerance. Early to flower.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Kieft Seeds Holland

Muhlenbergia 'Garden Leader Muhly Blue'
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri

Bluish gray foliage grows in a clump 1-2 feet tall. Flowering spikes reaching 5 feet tall appear in the fall as a purplish color then age to a shiny gray and persist all winter. Perennial Zone 7-11.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Grimes Horticulture

Osteospermum F1 'Asti™ White'
Osteospermum ecklonis

First hybrid osteospermum that can be grown from seed in a separate color. Large, attractive, blue centered white daisy flowers are born on uniform upright plants 17-20 inches tall. Heat, drought, and frost tolerant.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Goldsmith Seeds

Pansy F1 'Cello™ Antique Shades'
Viola x wittrockiana

'Cello' stands solidly upright on short flower stems. 'Antique Shades,' with an appealing color pattern of antique pink with yellow flush, is one of 22 colors in the series. Compact biennial 10-12 inches tall prefers sun.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Hem Genetics

Pansy F1 'Designer Collection™ Midnight Sun'
Viola x wittrockiana

New collection of three novelty pansy colors with surefire appeal for spring and fall plantings. Dark petaled 3- to 3.5-inch blooms have sunny yellow whiskered faces. Plant is 4-6 inches tall. Annual.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: S&G Flowers

Pansy F1 'Matrix® Morpheus'
Viola x wittrockiana

Breakthrough new color! Each 3-inch bloom shows off a vibrant blue cap complemented by yellow lower petals with eye-appealing whiskering. Annual reaches 8 inches tall. Series of 16 colors and 6 mixes.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: PanAmerican Seed

Pentas F1 'Northern Lights Lavender'
Pentas lanceolata

Beautiful 6- to 8-inch lavender blooms are a standout on upright plants 18-24 inches tall. More tolerant to low pH levels and as free flowering in full sun or shade and in hot southern locales or in cool northern settings.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Benary

Pentas F1 'Starla™ Pink'
Pentas lanceolata

A pentas for everywhere. Create a tropical look, anywhere in the country! Plant vigor handles the stress of cool northern nights and hot southern days. Vibrant colored star shaped flowers on plants 14-18 inches tall.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Goldsmith Seeds

Petunia F1 'Limbo™ Rose Veined'
Petunia x hybrida

New color in the naturally dwarf and non-stretching 'Limbo' series. Large 3-to 5-inch rosy blooms are born on heat, wind and rain tolerant plants 6-8 inches tall. Sun loving annual for container, garden, or mass planting.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Hem Genetics

Petunia F1 'Opera Supreme Lilac Ice'
Petunia x hybrida

An extremely low spreading habit with a tremendous abundance of 2.5- to 3-inch blooms all over the plant, even in the center. Add this robust 6- to 10-inch tall annual in your sunny garden or pot. Series of 8 colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: American Takii

Petunia F1 'Shock Wave™ Purple'
Petunia x hybrida

Fast-to-fill plants blanketed with tons of color from the amazing number of petite, high-impact flowers. Earliest-to-flower spreading petunia. Plants 7-10 inches tall spread up to 3-feet. Series of 7 colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: PanAmerican Seed

Rose 'Angel Wings'
Rosa chinensis

Russian Sage 'Taiga'
Perovskia atriplicifolia

The first time Russian sage has been available as a first year flowering perennial. (Zones 5-9) Long, sky-blue flower spikes on upright plants growing 20-32 inches tall in full sun. Heat, frost, and drought tolerant.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Kieft Seeds Holland

This series, offered in 3 colors, is an exceptional selection that is more compact in habit with larger flower size than other varieties. The light slate blue 3-inch spikes are held on upright plants 16 to 20 inches tall.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Bodger Seeds, Ltd.

Salvia 'Fairy Queen'
Salvia farinacea

Salvia 'Mojave'
Salvia splendens

'Mojave' sets a new standard in red salvia! Deep red spikes contrast beautifully with dark green foliage. Include this 14-inch tall superbly branched annual in a sunny garden, container, or mass planting.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Floranova

Snapdragon 'Florini® Amalia Bright Red'
Antirrhinum sp

Very fragrant bright pure red flowers add lots of contrast to baskets, planters, and garden displays in sun or shade. Weather tolerant 15-inch tall plant has marked mounding habit. Annual.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Fides North America

Verbena F1 'Tuscany™ Pink Picotee'
Verbena hybrida

Outstanding garden performance. Loves it hot and dry! Big florets form large bloom heads. Full, bushy, 8-to 10-inch tall compact trailing plants produce tons of eye-catching color. Series offers 6 additional colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Goldsmith Seeds

Vinca F1 'Cobra Peppermint'
Catharanthus roseus

New 'Cobra' series of 11 colors offers beautiful large 2-inch blooms on 12-inch compact, mounding plants. Performs in low light/temperatures as well as high light/high heat and humidity. Exceptional disease tolerance.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Floranova

Vinca F1 'Cora™ Deep Lavender'
Catharanthus roseus

Large showy 2-inch flowers. Field-tested and proven to be resistant to aerial phytophthora disease. Lush, thick glossy foliage on robust plants 14-16 inches tall. Heat Lover! Series has 6 additional colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Goldsmith Seeds

Vinca F1 'Titan™ Pure White'
Catharanthus roseus

The first pure white F1 vinca. Produces very large flowers in a true, pure white with no pink center ring and excellent overlapping petals. Upright plants reach 14-16 inches. 'Titan' is available in 9 colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Ball Horticultural Company

Viola F1 'Gem Sapphire'
Viola x hybrida

Exceptional heat tolerance and strong over-wintering ability. Gem continues to bloom freely throughout the season. The half-inch blooms are held well on compact 4- to 6-inch tall mounding plants. Series offers 18 colors.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: American Takii

Viola F1 'Rocky™ Violet Blue'
Viola cornuta

Multitudes of 1-inch flowers on robust 4-to 6-inch plants give loads of color in spring or fall. 'Rocky' violas over winter from fall plantings to produce earliest spring color. Series of 18 colors and 3 mixes.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: S&G Flowers

Viola F1 'Skippy XL Plum-Gold'
Viola cornuta

AAS Award winning plant grows 6-8 inches tall and provides an abundance of 1.5-inch sunny gold whisker faced blooms surrounded by attractive plum colored petals. First plum bicolor with heat tolerance.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Kieft Seeds Holland

Zinnia F1 'Distance Mix'
Zinnia elegans

Early blooming at 60 days. This heat tolerant annual will fill your container or garden with fully double to semi-double yellow, orange, pink, cherry, and white 2- to 3-inch flowers. Plants are 12 to 16 inches tall.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Bodger Seeds, Ltd.

Zinnia 'Solcito'
Zinnia maritima

Perfect for landscapes — easy to grow and maintain all season. Plants stay vigorous and healthy with lots of small, golden blooms topping lush foliage. Tough and durable plants reach 10-12 inches.

Distribution Type: Wholesale

Company: Ball Horticultural Company