Introductions

BrazelBerries Collection
Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc. has unveiled its new BrazelBerries Collection of small ornamental fruit shrubs. “BrazelBerries is an exciting new venture for us - bringing a collection of new varieties targeted specifically to the home garden market,” said Amelie Brazelton Aust, new products manager and a second-generation owner of Fall Creek. “BrazelBerries are literally the perfect plant – they offer beauty in your patio or landscape, giving purpose to the space by allowing everyone the opportunity to have their home-grown, healthy berry lifestyle.”

Initial quantities will be available in 2013 to independent garden centers exclusively through an established network of wholesale growers. The growers will offer retail-ready two-gallon BrazelBerries plants in a branded container accompanied with an informative color tag.

For more: www.brazelberries.com

Fire Spinner ice plant
Delosperma Fire Spinner was selected as a 2012 Plant Select winner. This shocking color combination of the individual flowers represents a dramatic color breakthrough for hardy ice plant. The green-apple foliage makes a glistening, fast spreading carpet that keeps its shiny presence through winter. The flowers are massed in spring, but reappear periodically through the summer. It’s hardy in Zones 5-10, and grows best in full sun to part shade. It flowers from April to June.

For more: www.plantselect.org

Hardy Jewels coreopsis
Coreopsis ‘Pink Sapphire’ and ‘Desert Coral’ have been added to Terra Nova Nurseries’ Hardy Jewels Series. Both plants are garden gems and offer jewel-toned flowers of a large size. ‘Pink Sapphire’ has stunning, hot-pink flowers with white eyes. A low-growing, upright plant, ‘Pink Sapphire’ blooms for five months out of the year. Additionally, ‘Pink Sapphire’ is a hardy coreopsis variety. This coreopsis performs well in USDA Hardiness Zones 6-9. It’s a self-cleaning plant, making it ideal for mixed beds, containers and borders.

‘Desert Coral’ has large flowers of sun-tanned peach and coral that bloom for several months. The old flowers are covered so quickly, the plant doesn’t have a rest period during the summer and fall months. ‘Desert Coral’ can be used in mixed beds, containers and borders. It is hardy in Zones 6-9 and requires full sun for optimal growth.

For more: www.terranovanurseries.com