New Products

Adriana Heikkila

Four Star Greenhouse Inc.
Proven Winners Snow Princess Lobularia is a sterile alyssum that blooms throughout the summer and produces fragrant white flowers in containers and landscape plantings. It spends no time producing seed, so its energy is concentrated on producing small flowers, which combine to make large ball-like blooms. It tolerates full or partial sun in addition to the heat. Snow Princess requires no deadheading. Use in combinations or alone.


Proven Winners LLC
The 30-Second Planter was first test-marketed by Proven Winners’ propagator Four Star Greenhouse as Pop, Drop and Grow in 2008. It allows consumers to easily remove the bottom of a biodegradable fiber container and then place it directly into a decorative container filled with soil. The fiber container contains Proven Winners plants in various combinations. Also simple for growers and retailers, it’s available as a complete kit, which includes the plants, biodegradable fiber containers, tags, point of purchase materials and sign holders.


Blackmore Company Inc.
The newest Blackmore tray for Jumbo Ellepots is ideal for landscaper accounts. The 90-mm. Jumbo Ellepots plant up to twice as fast because plants don’t need to be removed from the pots. Plus, there are no plastic pots to pick up and dispose of at the end of the planting job. Contact Blackmore for a free DVD about Ellepots.


Growers Supply
The AquaCool Evaporative Cooling System naturally cools as it humidifies. By drawing in hot, dry air and emitting cool, humidified air, the system will eliminate heat stress to plants. The system is available in 12 stock sizes and can be built to any custom size. By installing the AquaCool system opposite installed fans, cool air will be drawn across the length of a building, achieving maximum cooling. Systems come complete with Kuul Pads, top and bottom aluminum distribution, end panels, sump pump and plumbing kit.


Pioneer Gardens Inc.
Renowned breeder Darrell Probst has added two new coreopsis to the Big Bang series. Cosmic Eye and Galaxy (both pictured) stand out for their excellent container habit and garden appeal. These new hybrid introductions from native species are genetically short, easy to grow and maintain, and flower from early June through October. Both varieties are winter hardy to at least Zone 5, and are excellent additions to Full Moon and Redshift, already in the Big Bang series.


Sakata
The first impatiens to tolerate full-sun and perform well in shade, SunPatiens were bred in response to production and performance challenges commonly found with seed and New Guinea impatiens. The breeding behind SunPatiens addresses these problems with stronger root development, faster finish times and greater vigor in the garden. The strong root development results in easy, fast establishment and fast growing, allowing for direct stick into final containers and saving labor and propagation materials. Available in 15 varieties and three series: Compact, Spreading and Vigorous.