Check Out Tomorrow’s Top Performers from CAST26

For those greenhouse growers that couldn’t make it to this year’s California Spring Trials, check out our highlights on the amazing new varieties from Ball FloraPlant.

Our showcase was designed for growers who want more: more color, more reliability, more excitement at retail. Here’s your first look at the breakthrough varieties we’re unveiling for the seasons ahead and our top highlights from CAST 2026!

CitraNova™ Petchoa: A Hybrid Breakthrough for Early-Season Success

CitraNova Petchoa combines the best of petunias and calibrachoas in one powerful new series built to solve early-season production challenges. Bright calibrachoa-style colors, along with large petunia-like blooms and robust rooting, all come together in a habit that supports smooth Spring production and dependable performance into Summer. Available in Lemon Zest and Limone for “fresh-squeezed” vibrant color all season long.

Fuchsia Joins the Ball FloraPlant Lineup

For the first time, we are introducing Fuchsia to growers with a trio of early-flowering, easy-to-grow varieties designed for baskets, containers and standout retail color. The trio includes the following:

• Dollarita™ Rose Violet features large, double blooms and earlier flowering that makes this variety a standout for medium baskets and spring sales.
• Blue Radiance maintains a sturdy, upright form without splitting, with bold blooms that cover the plant from top to bottom.
• Bellinto™ Series has early-flowering, day-neutral Fuchsia in both compact and trailing forms for flexible basket and container use.

Blazen™ Scaevola Coming in Hot

New from Ball FloraPlant is Blazen Scaevola that is super floriferous and branches freely. This soon-to-be fan favorite is perfect in patio pots with its fan-like blooms. Varieties include Blue and White in a medium spreading habit.

Also available is Blazen™ Compact Blue, which uses fewer PGRs, roots well and flowers early. This variety won’t tangle on benches and takes up less space for faster turns.

Osteo Sunset Glow Mesmerizes in Tricolor

The large, unique tricolor flowers of Osteospermum Sunset Glow feature deep colors and good flower coverage. With a medium vigor, this variety is early to flower and ideal for early-Spring and Fall sales. Also available as Genesis direct-stick callused cuttings.

Be sure to reach out to your favorite Ball Seed sales rep or Ball ColorLink associate at 800 879-BALL for availability of these trendsetting plants today!

And if you couldn’t see our new varieties in person this year, we have our virtual tour to explore at your own pace. Check it out below.