Introductions 2010
Lathyrus odoratus
dwarf sweet pea - Villa Roma scarlet
Villa Roma scarlet is an exciting new bush-type sweet pea with vivid scarlet-red, sweet scenting blooms. This dwarf type of Sweet Pea is abundantly flowering and ideal for container gardening. Besides the home garden market it has also good potential for the professional grower market.
With a neatly mounded plant habit it grows about 35 cm (14 in.) tall, which makes it suited for growing in patio pots and/or large containers. This makes Villa Roma scarlet perfectly fit in a summer flowering plant programme.
Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner 2010.
Villa Roma scarlet
Ageratum houstonianum F1
Diamond blue
Diamond blue is early to flower and suited for production in packs and 10-15 cm (4-6 in.) pots. Its more vigorous compared to types like Aloha blue or Hawaii blue. Plants are strong branching and show a great garden performance, making Diamond blue very suited for garden beds, landscaping and containers.
Diamond blue
Dianthus chinensis F1
Diana select mixture
This new selected mixture features the most uniform colours out of the Diana series. It contains the colours scarlet improved, blueberry, white and crimson. The Diana series with its eleven colours is the only one in its class available in such a wide range of colours. The new Select Mixture is a real added value to the series. Garden height: 20-25 cm (8-10 in.)
Diana select mixture
Viola cornuta F1 Corina
- violet with yellow face
- marina
With the new colours marina and violet with yellow face, the Corina series features now seven colours. Corina has a uniform plant habit and can be used for different types of pack and pot sizes. The plants are strong branching and fill pots fast and good. They have a mounding garden plant habit and are covered with multiple flowers, flowering from the beginning till the end of the season.
Garden height: 10-15 cm (4-6 in.)
Characteristics of Viola Corina
- Early to flower, well matched series
- Uniform non-stretching plant habit
- Good pot filler
- Mounding plant habit
- Long blooming time
- Excellent garden performance
Violet with yellow face (top) and Marina (below)
Geranium F1 Apache
- red
- violet
Apache has the best features of both multiflora and standard geraniums. They will outperform most seed raised geraniums currently available. Geranium Apache grows well in plugs, packs and pots. With the new colours violet and red the Apache series features now thirteen colours. Garden height: 25-30 cm (10-12 in.)
Characteristics of Geranium Apache
- Extreme basal branching
- Vigorous yet compact growth
- Very early to flower
- Excellent in all planting situations
