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Ball FloraPlant Varieties Named Best Plants at North America Flower Trials
11/3/2022
Add these must-have flowers to your 2023 selling season.

Ball FloraPlant impressed Plant Trials across North America with varieties showcasing the best genetics. Check out the hottest picks to add to your next program. For more information and availability, contact your Ball Seed sales rep or Ball ColorLink associate at 800 879-BALL, or order on WebTrack today!

Petunia SureShot Blue Vein

Lucas Open House 7/27/2022

SureShot Blue Vein wowed growers across the North America trials. With consistent performance, bloom size, flowering time, and stunning coloring, surely it should be part of your grow out.

 

Petunia SureShot Blueberries & Cream

West Chicago 8/15/2022

SureShot Blueberries & Cream was both a performance powerhouse and a stunning novelty, leaving all of North America craving more.

 

Angelonia AngelDance

  

Fessler Oregon 8/18/2022                                  West Chicago 7/21/2022 (AngelDance Violet Bicolor, Lantana Landmark                                                                                       Gold Improved, Scaevola Blue Brilliance)

Growers were mesmerized by Angelonia AngelDance varieties Violet Bicolor and Fuchsia Bicolor. Both with a unique bicolor, robust habit and branching engineered to dance in the wind, these varieties were downright heavenly in the flower trials.

 

Petunia ColorRush Pink Star

Fessler Oregon August

ColorRush Pink Star didn’t disappoint and was a trial favorite in pots, hanging baskets, as well as the landscape. The results were all-around flower power.

 

Calibrachoa Cha-Cha

Colorado State Trials 8/2/2022

Costa Miami Week 10

North American trials had a bit of pep in their step while growing out the Cha-Cha series. Varieties Yellow and Red Kiss danced their way to the top of their class at trials.

 

Petunia Bee’s Knees

Aidrie Alberta 8/22/2022

For the second year in a row, trials across North America were buzzing with excitement over Bee’s Knees. The AAS Gold Medal Winner with lush yellow blooms is second to none.

 

University and Greenhouse Plant Trials

For more information about the most impressive results, check out this year’s trial locations below:

Ball Seed Customer Days

622 Town Rd.

West Chicago, IL 60185

https://www.ballseed.com/customerdays/

Colorado State University Flower Trials

1401 Remington St.

Fort Collins, CO 80525

http://flowertrials.colostate.edu/

Costa Farms Trial Garden

21800 SW 162nd Ave.

Miami, FL 33170

https://www.costafarms.com/blog/visit-our-trial-garden-

Fessler Nursery Trials

12666 Monitor-McKee Rd. NE

Woodburn, OR 97071

https://www.fesslernursery.com/wholesale/vegetative-annual-liners/annual-open-house/

Lucas Greenhouses Trials

1049 Whig Lane

Monroeville, NJ 08343

https://www.lucasgreenhouses.com/page/Trials

Penn State Flower Trials

1446 Auction Rd.

Manheim, PA 17545

https://agsci.psu.edu/flower-trials

Plantpeddler Garden Trials

503 Second Ave. SW

Cresco, IA 52136

https://www.plantpeddler.com/

Metrolina Greenhouses Trial Gardens

16400 Huntersville Concord Rd.

Huntersville, NC 28078

https://www.metrolinagreenhouses.com/

Raker-Roberta’s Trial Gardens

10371 Rainey Rd.

Litchfield, MI 49252

http://trialgardens.raker.com/home

Sawaya Garden Trials

1880 Blueline Rd.

Waterford, Ontario, Canada N0E 1Y0

https://sawayagardens.com/

Smith Gardens Trial Gardens

6410 132nd St. NW

Marysville, WA 98271

https://smithgardens.com/trial-gardens/

Toronto Botanical Garden Trial Gardens

777 Lawrence Ave. East

Toronto, Ontario M3C 1P2

https://torontobotanicalgarden.ca/trial-garden/

Welby Garden Trials

17201 W. 64th Ave.

Arvada, CO 80007

https://www.hardyboyplant.com/

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