2025 Intros 2026 Intros
1. Little Mister™ Buxus
2. Winter Spark™ Cornus
3. Purple Oz™ Dampiera
4. American Lace™ Hydrangea Series
5. New Age™ Pink Flush Syringa
6. Snowy River™ Viburnum
7. Dapper® Blue Buddleia
9. Bellini® Cherry Lagerstroemia
11. Pink Pearl™ Rhaphiolepis
Discover What’s New
Get to know our woody ornamental introductions for 2025–2026! For each plant in this brochure, you will find three specific reasons to consider growing the variety, whether that be earlier blooming, faster finishing, improved sterility, or another improvement.
What Makes Our Genetics Unique
The market is full of woody plants that come with mandatory brand requirements, but you’ll gain increased versatility with our varieties. Grow them in a black pot, add them to your house brand, or sell them in our Bloomables® brand and let our marketing campaigns work for you!
Bloomables® is a fully developed, non-mandatory brand complete with retail-ready pots, tags, P.O.P. materials, marketing support, national advertising, and consumer website and social media. Its purpose is to support higher-margin sales for our top genetics and bring increased value to the grower, retailer, and consumer.
Within Bloomables® are two specialty programs: the Scentables™ fragrant collection and the brand new Droughtables™ drought tolerant collection, launching June 2025! These curated programs are ready-made collections of plants featuring the traits consumers are looking for in the modern garden.
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Little Mister ™ Buxus
Buxus microphylla ‘LP 03’ PP 36,215
The perfect complement to ‘Little Missy’ is here! Mature at 4-feet tall, Little Mister™ is the ideal size for mid-height hedges and has the same great blight resistance as its counterpart.
Reasons to Grow
• Same level of blight resistance as ‘Little Missy’
• Dark, evergreen foliage stays clean and healthy
• Larger habit for mid-size hedges
ZONE : 5–9 HABIT : Upright, mounded SIZE : 4’ h x 4’ w
Winter Spark ™ Cornus
Cornus sericea ‘Zelroc3423’ PPAF
You’ll get four seasons of interest with this beautiful Cornus. Pollinators are attracted to its spring flowers and berries, and bright red stems color the landscape in winter.
Reasons to Grow
• Improved resistance to foliar diseases
• Freely branching for more winter color with less maintenance
• Deer resistant and native to North America
Purple Oz ™ Dampiera
Dampiera altissima ‘Altmp2336’ PPAF Native to Australia, this Dampiera is extremely tolerant to drought and heat. Its dense branching and compact habit are great improvements for the type and support abundant blooming atop silver-green foliage.
Reasons to Grow
• Fast-to-finish color item with long bloom window
• Compact, mounded habit with dense branching
• Grows well in containers where not hardy
ZONE : 8–11 HABIT : Compact, mounded SIZE : 2–3’ h x 3–4’ w
American Lace ™ Hydrangeas
The name says it all: graceful, timeless, and native to North America! The Hydrangea arborescens varieties in the American Lace™ Series produce more flowers than other market selections and exhibit sturdier stems that keep the large blooms from flopping open mid-season. An excellent size for mass and foundation plantings.
Dark Pink
Hydrangea arborescens ‘3792resgea’ PPAF
Reasons to Grow
• More blooms per plant than comparable varieties
• Reliably sturdy stems eliminate flopping
• Native to North America and pollinator friendly
Pink
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Dranbor3269’ PPAF
White
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Age3213ens’ PPAF
New Age ™ Pink Flush Syringa
Syringa vulgaris ‘G13110’ PPAF
A new addition to the New Age™ Collection! This trio of trailblazers now includes a gorgeous, blush pink variety that possesses the same, standout features of New Age White™ and New Age Lavender™: compact size, disease resistance, and fragrance.
Reasons to Grow
• Increased production speed (finish 2-or 3-gallon containers in 1 year from liner planting)
• Compact, manageable habit requires less upkeep
• Greater resistance to foliage and flower diseases
ZONE : 4–7 HABIT : Compact, upright
SIZE : 4½–5’ h x 4–5’ w (at 5 years of age)
Snowy River ™ Viburnum
Viburnum burkwoodii ‘Vibfryhyb’ PPAF
Get multi-season interest from one great plant! White flowers appear in spring, followed by glossy green, summer foliage and red berries through the fall. Its improvement in branching encourages increased flower production and reduces number of required trims. A low-maintenance landscape specimen for foundation plantings.
Reasons to Grow
• Better branching = more flowers and less trims
• Flowers, foliage, and berries offer multi-season interest
• Low-maintenance specimen and foundation plant
Viburnum
Dapper ® Blue Buddleia
Buddleia davidii ‘Bud18blu20’ PPAF
This new Buddleia expands the Dapper® Series to four colors! It possesses the self-cleaning and labor-saving traits that the other varieties do, while also demonstrating the highest sterility, as reported by the Journal of Environmental Horticulture.
Reasons to Grow
• Reduced fertility compared to market varieties
• Self-cleaning with continuous reblooming
• Compact, dense habit with minimal trims
ZONE : 5–9 HABIT : Compact, mounded SIZE : 3–4’ h x 3–4’ w
Dapper ® Buddleia Series
Why are Dapper® Buddleia the best compact varieties on the market?
They eliminate the extra time and cost for upkeep and deadheading with new blooms that hide the spent ones. When we say compact, we mean non-spreading and ideal for small gardens and containers. They’ll flower for you spring though fall, too. Give all four colors a try and keep your sell-through looking sharp! Blue, Lavender, and White ranked high for reduced fertility in a study by the Journal of Environmental Horticulture. Official testing for Pink is underway.
Lavender
Buddleia davidii ‘Buddaplav‘ PP 33,625
Pink
White
Bellini ® Cherry Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia indica ‘NCLI1’ PPTBS
The latest addition to the Bellini® Series has deep red flowers with a compact habit and powdery mildew resistance that matches the rest of the series. Drought tolerant, early blooming, and hardy to Zone 5, these Lagerstroemia are a versatile option for landscaping and make a colorful retail presentation.
Reasons to Grow
• Compact, dense habit with early blooming
• Drought tolerant and powdery mildew resistant
• Hardy to Zone 5
ZONE : 5–10 HABIT : Compact, dense SIZE : 3–4’ h x 3–4’ w
Bellini ® Lagerstroemia Series
Hardy to Zone 5!
The Bellini® Lagerstroemia series flowers earlier so you can get plants to retail sooner! They offer exceptional powdery mildew resistance and abundant flowering in a breakthrough, compact size with a range of sweet colors!
Grape
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Congrabel’ PP 28,975
Guava
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Bellaggua’ PP 33,482
Raspberry
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Conlagras‘ PP 29,006
Strawberry
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Strawconbel‘ PP 33,517
Pink Pearl ™ Rhaphiolepis
Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Haw3125Phk’ PPTBS
This new Rhaphiolepis produces an abundance of pink blooms and demonstrates an increased resistance to leaf spot diseases, making it a standout over other pink varieties on the market. It retains a compact, dense habit with minimal trims and is an excellent selection for hedges.
Reasons to Grow
• Increased resistance to leaf spot diseases
• Brighter pink flowers than other varieties
• Drought tolerant in the landscape
ZONE : 7–10 HABIT : Compact, mounded SIZE : 4–5’ h x 4–5’ w
About Star ® Roses and Plants
It’s in our name: not just roses, all plants. While our start as a pioneer in the bare root rose business paved the way for our success, our current plant portfolio is far more than roses. We can serve as your broker for roses, woodies, trees, perennials, and edibles.
You can purchase young plants from us in numerous forms, including bare root and liners. Our reliable supply chain ensures product is high-quality and readily available. You can even order select plants directly from our West Grove, PA greenhouses.
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