Hort Couture is making our third trip to California Spring Trials in 2012 and we have the most exciting new introductions yet from our fashion forward company. Coming off the momentum of the success of Coleus UNDER THE SEA™ this past year we are pleased to introduce the following new plants for Spring 2013. Petunia GLAMOUFLAGE™ ‘Grape’ PPAF Wow! This is all you can say about this new variegated Petunia. Glamouflage™ has a very stable variegation, bright grape-purple flowers and a great form for both production and use in container gardens and baskets. There will be no cooler new annual for 2013 than this glamorous new Petunia!
Primula Blue Zebra™ A Fleuroselect Winner at 2011 IPM Essen, we are pleased to bring this wonderful new plant to the North American market. Blue Zebra is an F1 Primula. acaulis with the most amazing blue flower with darker blue veins. This streaking effect is stunning! Very cool POP available for this fun new plant for the early Spring program. Get your HC started early in 2013 with Blue Zebra!
Coleus UNDER THE SEA™ ‘King Crab’ & ‘Electric Coral’ & ‘Lion Fish’
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There was no more sought after new plant series in 2012 than our UNDER THE SEA™ Coleus. For 2013 we have three bubblicious varieties from the same breeding program. King Crab is by far the largest leaf of any in the series and has rich velvety leaves that are adorned with the secondary leaflets that is a hallmark of the breeding for this series. Way cool for the mixed container! Electric Coral was a superstar in our trialing with not only for its bright fuchsia and yellow color and characteristic crustacean type leaves but for its heat and sun tolerance. The third new addition to the series for Spring 2013 is Lion Fish. It has deep purple-black leaves on a uniquely cascading plant form. All three varieties are sun tolerant, easy to grow and as always, exclusive to the IGC channel.
Ipomoea SOUTH OF THE BORDER™ ‘Chipotle’
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With successful varieties such as ‘Chihuahua’, ‘Refried Beans’ and ‘Guacamole’ established in the market, we now are marketing our Ipomoea batatas series as SOUTH OF THE BORDER™. For Spring 2013, we have an amazing variety to add to the series. Chipotle is the first variety ever to combine the lime and wine colors of the species into one dazzling plant. This is going to be a hot plant!