Proven Winners

Walters Gardens

One of six new Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker), a new genus to the Proven Winners lineup, Kniphofia PYROMANIA ‘Orange Blaze’ has stunning bright orange flowers that are proportionate to the foliage. Members of this series are hardy to USDA zones 5b or 6 and rebloom throughout the summer.

‘Cat’s Meow’ has been very popular for the Proven Winners program, and Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ is a more compact version of the landscape plant. This is a little over half the height of ‘Cat’s Meow’ and as an added bonus, starts blooming about 2 to 3 weeks earlier. Perfect for timing crops at the garden center level.

With a combination of incredibly dark, nearly black foliage and 8-to-9-inch rich deep red flowers, Hibiscus SUMMERIFIC ‘Holy Grail’ is the perfect addition to your late summer lineup.

The flagship of the new series of Salvia nemorosa hybrids, ‘Perfect Profusion’ has especially good rebloom power, throwing up round after round of blooms when sheered back. Soft icy blue flowers cover the perfectly rounded plant.

Spring Meadow Nursery

SUNJOY MINI MAROON Berberis is the first-ever sterile, rust-resistant ornamental barberry. Hardy to USDA zone 4, this dwarf, deer-resistant, low-mounded ‘Concorde’-like plant has beautiful, dark burgundy-purple foliage that is often accented with an attractive green margin.

Selected for its unique flowers, SCENTARA Double Blue Syringa is a lush, fully doubled blue lilac with sweet aromatic fragrance. Scentara Double Blue lilac has thick dark green foliage, a compact, rounded growth habit, is mildew tolerant and super hardy down to USDA zone 2.

At first glance, JUKE BOX x Pyracomeles could be mistaken for boxwood or small leaf holly. However, it comes without the threat of boxwood blight or spider mites. It has a natural ball-shaped habit but can be sheared into various shapes — just like boxwood. Hardy to zone 7, it’s an ideal evergreen for hedging, topiary and containers.

At Last Rosa combines all the romance of a fragrant, fully petaled tea rose with the no-nonsense practicality of a healthy landscape rose. Enjoy a nonstop display of large, sweetly perfumed sunset-orange blossoms from late spring through frost. Handsome, glossy foliage and a vigorous, rounded habit makes it ideal for use in landscapes or flower gardens.