{"id":9273,"date":"2016-11-23T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9273"},"modified":"2016-11-20T18:24:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T23:24:44","slug":"announcing-aas-ornamental-winners-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/11\/23\/announcing-aas-ornamental-winners-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing AAS Ornamental Winners For 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\""Profusion<\/a>

“Profusion Red’ zinnia (Photo from AAS)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Geranium<\/a>

Geranium ‘Calliope Medium Dark Red’ (photo from AAS)<\/p><\/div>\n

All American Selection (AAS) has named six<\/span>\u00a0Ornamental winners for 2017. Some include some new color breakthough in the series that you already know\u00a0as well as some newbies.<\/p>\n

Dianthus ‘Supra Pink’<\/strong> (Hem Genetics) is an easy-to-grow interspecific dianthus for three-seasons (spring, summer, fall) of garden color. Its\u00a0mottled, frilly pink flowers stand up to summer’s heat and drought. This vigorous, compact growing cultivar grows barely\u00a0a foot tall covered with fancy, clear pink flowers. Also try\u00a0sister cultivar ‘Supra Purple’, a 2006 AAS Winner.<\/p>\n

Geranium ‘Calliope Medium Dark Red’<\/strong> (Syngenta Flowers) has a\u00a0deep red velvety flower color and great branching habit. All the Calliope\u00ae series of geraniums have been top garden performers. This interspecific hybrid has\u00a0zonal-type flowers and leaves. It displays\u00a0a mounded, semi-spreading growth habit and\u00a0strong stems to support the showy flower heads loaded with deep red blossoms. It looks\u00a0great in containers, hanging baskets and\u00a0in-ground landscape and handles heat and drought conditions better than most annual geraniums (Pelagonium<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Penstemon ‘Twizzle Purple’<\/strong> (Van Hemert & Co) is a hardy perennial (Zones 5 to 8) that exhibits vibrant purple blooms, a new and unique color in penstemons. Plant has an\u00a0upright plant habit and superb flower numbers. The 1-inch tubular flowers form on long slender stalks that stand\u00a0up to nearly 3 feet in height and are favorites for pollinators from mid- to late summer. Utilize this North American native in combination planters or in landscapes.<\/p>\n

Verbena EnduraScape ‘Pink Bicolor’\u00a0<\/strong>(Ball FloraPlant) is the first verbena that can tolerate drought and heat plus survive temperatures down to the low teens. This long-blooming pink bicolor verbena is spectacular in a sunny garden, edging a walk or border or grown\u00a0in large containers and hanging baskets. Vigorous plants spread with abundant soft pink blossoms with\u00a0darker pink centers. Pink Bicolor is the newest color in the EnduraScape\u00ae\u00a0<\/strong>series.<\/p>\n

Vinca ‘Mega Bloom’<\/strong> is an exciting new series of disease resistant vincas that are withstand summer heat and humidity. Orchid Halo produces huge bright rich purple blossoms with a wide white eye. Plants maintain a nice, dense habit with flowers standing prominently above the dark green shiny foliage. Note:<\/span> annual vincas (Catharanthus roseus<\/em>) are frequently called “periwinkles”.<\/p>\n

Zinnia ‘Profusion Red’<\/strong> (<\/b>Sakata Seed) represents a breakthrough true red zinnia and a favorite of pollinators.\u00a0The Profusion\u00ae series are recognized for\u00a0their compact form, disease resistance, plus early and continuous blooms all season long. Its\u00a0vibrant true red color won\u2019t fade in the intense\u00a0summer sun and heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All American Selection (AAS) has named six\u00a0Ornamental winners for 2017. Some include some new color breakthough in the series that you already know\u00a0as well as some newbies. Dianthus ‘Supra Pink’ (Hem Genetics) is an easy-to-grow interspecific dianthus for three-seasons (spring, summer, fall) of garden color. Its\u00a0mottled, frilly pink flowers stand up to summer’s heat and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1218,1319,605,1037,784,645,602,727,774,551,627,1365,625,1118,843,1060,1059,729,777,630,705,918,706,646,1366,455,1100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9273"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9287,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273\/revisions\/9287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}