2018 new varieties: Pride of Place Plants

Editor's note: While we're preparing the 2019 New Plant Pavilion, let's revisit some of the plants from the 2018 edition. Check out the whole list here.

Clematis Flamenco Dance™ PP#276666

This gorgeous double clematis dances to the plentiful flush of colors red, purple and mauve. It is then accented by a bundle of cream filaments and red anthers. This clematis was bred by England’s Barry Fretwell and is grown by Roseville Farms in Florida. It boasts a large flower 6 inches in diameter and reaches a maximum height of 6 feet. Flamenco Dance is hardy from zones 3-9. 

Clematis Pacific Cup™ PP#26881

This new clematis from New Zealand breeder Peer Sorensen has a distinctively cup-shaped clematis flower with unusual thick, shiny, heart-shaped leaves. The flower, which is 6 inches in diameter, has a sweet fragrance, violet with purple-violet bar tepals, and explosion of cream stamens and longer pistils. The double look-alike bud shows off for 7 days to fully open then another two weeks of beauty. It is self-cleaning and hardy from zones 4-9. 

Salvia microphylla x greggii Heatwave Breeze ppaf

Salvia Heatwave Breeze produces mass displays of large fragrant flowers, violet-purple with slight pastel throat, accented on a dark calyx. The foliage is a lovely emerald green. This aromatic evergreen compact Salvia shrub is so easy to grow, very long bloom period, and very tolerant of dry hot conditions. Breeders Howard Bentley and Steve Eggelton of Australia purposely crossed Salvia macrophyllaforms with S. greggii varieties to develop a new range that excels in their dry, very hot climate. It also eliminates the variable range of habits and lack of garden hardiness associated with so many of the straight S. greggii forms in the market. The plants are very tight habit in appearance. 

Salvia microphylla x greggii Heatwave Brilliance uspp#25606

Salvia Heatwave Brilliance produces mass displays of large cerise/magenta flowers, accented on a dark calyx. An aromatic evergreen compact shrub with emerald green foliage, Brilliance is easy to grow and has a long bloom period. Brilliance is one of eight gorgeous Heatwave Salvias colors! Like the others in the Heatwave Collection, it is very tolerant of dry hot conditions. The plants are very tight habit in appearance. 

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