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production application from early spring
through early summer.
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11. MIXMASTER PORCH PATRIOT
Ball FloraPlant
This multiliner heat-loving combination
of angelonia 'Archangel Raspberry', lantana
'Lucky Yellow' and the new scaevola 'Blue
Brilliance' is a season extender MixMaster,
and it fulfills the criteria we expect in a
designer recipe. It provides balance, timing,
the " thriller, filler, spiller " components and
outstanding heat tolerance. 'Archangel
Raspberry' is one of the most eye-catching
angelonias in the market. The lantana Lucky
series is a stalwart in many production
programs, and scaevola 'Blue Brilliance'
is a new introduction for 2021 and was a
top performer in many trials last summer
including Penn State and Young's Plant
Farm. I highly recommend this MixMaster
for patio containers because it will provide
unmatched color throughout the summer.
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12. KWIK KOMBO CABRIO ROAD TRIP
Syngenta Flowers
The calibrachoa Cabrio series, introduced
in 2018, has augmented the Syngenta
program with an early-flowering, uniform,
and mounded calibrachoa series that is
adaptable in quart, mixed containers and
basket production. The Cabrio Road Trip
mono species recipe includes 'Cabrio
Amethyst', 'Cabrio Pink with Eye' and
'Cabrio Yellow'. The yellow was slightly more
vigorous, but all three varieties blended and
created a colorful Kwik Kombo.
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13. PLUG & PLAY SEASIDE DELIGHT
PanAmerican Seed
This combination of angelonia 'Serena
Blue' and vinca 'Valiant Orchid' has been
a star performer in multiple trials and
production programs the past two years.
The Seaside Delight combination received
a full page layout in the Plug & Play catalog
for good reason. It manifests profuse
monochromatic flowers that provide eyecatching
color throughout the summer
season. The Valiant series has six vibrant
colors that have demonstrated vigor,
durability, and heat and drought tolerance.
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14. PLUG & PLAY COCO COLADA
PanAmerican Seed
This duo combination of petunia
'Shock Wave Coconut' and 'Shock Wave
Coral Crush' demonstrates the summer
performance of the Shock Wave series.
This series has outstanding versatility in
multiple production programs, including
quarts, premium packs, mixed containers
and baskets. Many growers substitute this
series for calibrachoa for many reasons,
including vigor, habit, flower power and heat
tolerance. I have been asked many times to
choose the most unique color in this series,
and without reservation Coral Crush is the
variety because of its unique coral-orange
coloration unlike any other variety in the
petunia Wave portfolio.
15. PLUG & PLAY FUSEABLE
PARADISE ISLAND
PanAmerican Seed
This revolutionary Fuseable multipelleted
duo and multi-species combo
program incorporates many varieties in
the PanAmerican portfolio including Wave,
Midnight and Daddy petunias, coleus,
violas, juncus, pansies and bacopa. The
Fuseable Paradise Island components are
calibrachoas 'Kabloom Yellow', 'Kabloom
Denim' and 'Kabloom Rose'. Paradise
Island is the only combination that
includes varieties in the Kabloom series,
and it has been impressive in summer
trials and commercial spring production.
The timing, uniformity and summer
performance were outstanding in the
Mast trial, and it competed well with many
vegetative combinations. Six colors and one
improvement have been added for 2021.
PanAmerican Seed will offer more Fuseable
Kabloom combinations in the near future.
16. SUNPATIENS SUMMER SALSA
Sakata
SunPatiens are one of the most
recognizable plant brands in the world -
for good reason. The compact and vigorous
series offer multiple features and benefits
including uniformity, durability, heat and
drought tolerance, floriferousness, mildew
resistance, versatility, and outstanding
performance in multiple container sizes and
landscape beds. SunPatiens Summer Salsa
is one of six Sunpatiens kits available for
2021. The Summer Salsa recipe includes
Compact Coral Pink, Compact Hot Coral
and Compact Red. In basket or container
trial sites late in the summer season, the
SunPatiens kits consistently demonstrate
superlative garden performance. Growers
can purchase the kits but also create
their own multi species combinations with
Sunpatiens. The fact remains that very few
genera in the market offer the season-long
color in containers, baskets and landscape
as SunPatiens.
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