Enjoy this trials results booklet for the 2025 New Variety Introductions. Photos were taken at Ball, CSU, Metrolina, PennState, Raker, Star Roses, Smith Gardens, and Youngs.
2025 New Introductions Trial Results
Photos taken at the trial sites at Ball, CSU, Metrolina, Penn State, Raker, Star Roses, Smith Gardens & Youngs
Double Scoop Watermelon Deluxe TM
Lemon - CSU (CO)
Lemon - Northcreek (PA)
Lilac - Raker (MI)
Agastache Summerlong Series TM
Performed great in all in-ground trials. Long bloom time, great habit, and bright colors. Growers and retailers have been super impressed with how much better it is performing compared to others.
Coral & Lilac - Ball (IL)
Peach - Ball (IL)
Lilac, Lemon, Coral, Peach, Magenta - SRP (PA)
Coral, Lemon, Lilac, Magenta - Battlefield (VA)
Coral - Metrolina (NC)
Lemon, Lilac, Peach - Cultivate
Coral - Ball (IL)
Agastache Summerlong Series TM
Many Northern growers plan on using it in a trio mix deco pot, combo item or even selling it as an annual. This series also attracts hummingbirds and butterflies making it the ideal pollinator poster child.
Peach, Lemon, Magenta - SRP (PA)
Ball (IL)
Cultivate
Cultivate
Achillea New Vintage Terracotta TM
This plant has a great habit and didn’t flop over in any of the trials we saw. A great yellowish/terracotta with a good vintage fade rather than turning brown like many others.
Ball (IL)
Battlefield (VA)
Ball (IL)
Buddleia Chrysalis Steel Blue TM
It blooms a little later than the others in the series. Flowers are more silvery blue and very abundant. Butterflies and hummingbirds love them.
Raker (MI)
Ball (IL)
Smith (WA)
Coreopsis Uptick Gold TM
This plant is putting up a ton of flowers throughout the entire season just like the other Uptick varieties.
Smith (WA)
Raker (MI)
Ball (IL)
Delosperma Ocean Sunset Violet Flare Oceant Sunset flowers are at least 30% larger than all others on the market. It has excellent flower coverage. TM
Battlefield (VA)
Ball (IL)
CSU (CO)
Digitalis Arctic Fox Lemon Cream TM
Better than other Foxglove because its a true perennial. It is a great cut flower and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The plant has been withstanding the heat and has bloomed most of the season.
Youngs (AL)
Raker (MI)
Metrolina (NC)
Echinacea Double Scoop Deluxe If you are paying attention, you know this isn’t a 2025 launch. However, this year we saw them in two year trials and we saw anywhere from 30 - 90 flowers per plant - Insanely awesome!! TM
Penn State (PA)
Metrolina (NC)
Texas Grower
Echinacea Sombrero Fuchsia Fandango & Mandarin Mambo Plants have been uniform in trials and have shown to produce a lot of flowers without vernalization. Both have much richer colors than previous varieties. ®
Metrolina (NC)
Ball (IL)
Battlefield (VA)
Ball (IL)
Battlefield (VA)
Ball (IL)
Metrolina (NC)
Sedum Shamrock
This plant has been providing a nice chocolate-green foliage groundcover in trials. It rarely blooms.
Smith (WA)
Youngs (AL)
Oregon Grower
Veronica Skyward Lilac TM
In trials this plant has not lodged open at all. It has been very powdery mildew resistant. Excellent branching is offering a heavy flower show.
Raker (MI)
Smith (WA)
Ball (IL)
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