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AAS Winner Seeds
All-America Selections (AAS) Winners are reliable, non-GMO varieties with proven superior garden performance in AAS trial grounds across North America. Each year, a few select winners are chosen by an expert panel of independent judges with an eye for the new and exciting. AAS judges put entries through the paces, evaluating based on improvements across several criteria, such as earliness to bloom or harvest, disease resistance, yield, length of harvest, color, flavor, and overall performance.
When you grow AAS selections, you know you are growing the best of the best. We are proud to make the following selections available.
Annual Flowers
SF360 Madame Butterfly Mix F1
Tall Butterfly type F1, strong multi branched stalks, azalea-like double florets, unique Victorian look, for garden or cut. Unique double-petal type snapdragon mix.
Also known as an azalea type, Madame Butterfly's double petals create full, fluffy blooms with a Victorian look. Excellent cut flower. This mix consists of bronze/white, cherry/bronze, ivory, pink, red, rose, yellow and bronze blooms. For outdoor or greenhouse production. Bloom time comparable to group 3–4 "main season" or "all season" varieties. AAS winner.
Edible Flowers: The flowers are a colorful garnish for use in salads, desserts, and drinks. The flavor is floral and slightly bitter, so use sparingly. Grows 26-36 inches tall.
Also known as an azalea type, Madame Butterfly's double petals create full, fluffy blooms with a Victorian look. Excellent cut flower. This mix consists of bronze/white, cherry/bronze, ivory, pink, red, rose, yellow and bronze blooms. For outdoor or greenhouse production. Bloom time comparable to group 3–4 "main season" or "all season" varieties. AAS winner.
Edible Flowers: The flowers are a colorful garnish for use in salads, desserts, and drinks. The flavor is floral and slightly bitter, so use sparingly. Grows 26-36 inches tall.
AW87 Perfume Deep Purple Flowering Tobacco ( Nicotiana x sandarae )
2006 AAS Bedding Plant Winner, hummingbirds love this plant! Pelleted seeds for easy germination.
Perfume Deep Purple flowers are shaped like stars. The stars shine at night and this is when Perfume Deep Purple begins its performance. The unique quality is the strong fragrance which scents the air in the evening. The fragrance is not wasted during the day when many people are working. The nightly release of the perfume will entice gardeners to relax and linger in their gardens. Consider Perfume Deep Purple as natural aromatherapy. The rich, lavish deep purple flower color is another unique trait, distinct from other nicotianas. Perfume Deep Purple is easily grown from seed, young green bedding plants or flowering pot plants. Nicotiana, named for Jean Nicot, who introduced tobacco to the French Court, needs a sunny location and is perfectly adaptable to container culture.
Perfume Deep Purple does not require pinching, pruning or deadheading to maintain a crown of starry blooms all summer. Quite heat tolerant, plants need minimal maintenance. Only water and fertile soil are needed for Perfume Deep Purple to bloom profusely all summer. Grow stars in your garden this summer – plant Perfume Deep Purple. Grows only 16-20 inches tall. Annual.
Perfume Deep Purple flowers are shaped like stars. The stars shine at night and this is when Perfume Deep Purple begins its performance. The unique quality is the strong fragrance which scents the air in the evening. The fragrance is not wasted during the day when many people are working. The nightly release of the perfume will entice gardeners to relax and linger in their gardens. Consider Perfume Deep Purple as natural aromatherapy. The rich, lavish deep purple flower color is another unique trait, distinct from other nicotianas. Perfume Deep Purple is easily grown from seed, young green bedding plants or flowering pot plants. Nicotiana, named for Jean Nicot, who introduced tobacco to the French Court, needs a sunny location and is perfectly adaptable to container culture.
Perfume Deep Purple does not require pinching, pruning or deadheading to maintain a crown of starry blooms all summer. Quite heat tolerant, plants need minimal maintenance. Only water and fertile soil are needed for Perfume Deep Purple to bloom profusely all summer. Grow stars in your garden this summer – plant Perfume Deep Purple. Grows only 16-20 inches tall. Annual.
LET810 Jaio Dark Red Vinca
2003 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. A really red vinca with a small white center sets this summer flowering vinca apart from all others. The large 2-inch blooms can cover the basal branching plant throughout the growing season. The glossy green foliage is not attractive to insects or larger mammals such as deer. When grown in a full-sun garden location, Jaio Dark Red plants can attain a mature plant height of 15 inches, spreading up to 20 inches. Extremely heat and drought tolerant, Jaio Dark Red provides constant garden color with minimal care.
SF347 Tithonia Fiesta del Sol
2000 AAS Flower Winner. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds love these plants! The first dwarf Mexican sunflower, Fiesta Del Sol thrives on summer heat and humidity, attaining a mature height of 2-3 feet. The single, orange daisy flowers are 2-3 inches across, excellent cut flowers and may attract butterflies. There is an abundance of daisy flowers so that you can cut many for informal bouquets and numerous flowers will remain on the plant for the wildlife. Basically, pest-free, not even deer find the hairy leaves of Tithonia rotundifolia worth eating. Easy-to-grow from seed or plants, Fiesta Del Sol is carefree in the garden or in patio containers. You’ll find the best performance in full sun. 70 days.
SF345 Suntastic Yellow-Black Eye
2014 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. Suntastic is a new dwarf sunflower perfect as a cheery long-blooming potted plant or window box accent or maybe to add a burst of color to a sunny garden bed. Gardeners will love the number of flowers each plant produces up to twenty 5-6 inch flowers per plant in three successive blooming periods. Suntastic will bloom in less than 65 days after sowing so by starting indoors, sunflower lovers can get their favorite bloom fix early in the summer.
The new reference of dwarf sunflower. The smallest on the market. The plant is very floriferous. Several waves of flowers: after the first flower, up to 3 waves of 5-8 flowers. Up to 20 flowers per plant! Naturally dwarf and compact. Early flowering dwarf sunflower for pot, window boxes, low bedding. Foliage quality.
D9941 Red Skin Mix ( Dahlia )
AAS winner. Excellent choice for pots, small gardens and edging. A blaze of rich color, each 18" stem produces a flower of a different delectable hue. A wonderful selection of dark, bronze colored foliage dwarf Dahlias. The foliage is the perfect foil to show off the mass of beautiful semi double, autumn flowers These are produced in a wide range of colors including scarlet, lilac, crimson, pink and orange. Plants will flower in the first season from seed. Makes a lovely cut flower. Can be grown as an annual or leave in ground so tubers develop for the next season.
AW77 Evening Scentsation
2017 AAS Flower Winner. Evening Scentsation is the first petunia to receive an AAS award for its lovely fragrance and stunning color.
This is "One of the best blue petunias I have seen, nice mounding and spreading habit. Excellent fragrance too!" wrote one judge. Evening Scentsation's fragrance has notes of hyacinth, sweet honey and rose. As the name implies, the scent is stronger in the evening hours, though it can be experienced throughout the day as well. Scent is perceived differently by each individual. Evening Scentsation is a medium-sized multiflora type, reaching a height of 5-8 inches, and a width of 30-35 inches and will work well in containers, hanging baskets and in mass.
TPF239 Tidal Wave Silver Spreading Hybrid
2002 AAS Flower Winner.
Sporting silvery-white blooms with dark purple centers, Tidal Wave Silver is distinct. Unlike other petunias, gardeners can decide the height of the mature plant. Tidal Wave Silver can attain heights of 2 to 3 feet if spaced closely together, about 6 inches, and given support such as a trellis. If plants are spaced a foot apart, the mounded, hedge-like plants will reach 16 to 22 inches. Neither pinching nor pruning is needed for flowers all season. Exhibiting excellent botrytis resistance and rapid recovery in severe weather, Tidal Wave Silver is also adaptable to container culture.
TCB100 Opera Supreme Pink Morn Pelleted
2007 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. Iridescent pink blooms are the unique feature of this vigorous trailing petunia. A silvery shine causes blooms to shimmer, capturing an admirer’s attention from a distance. The 2.5-inch flowers are pink, shading to creamy white in the center, with a yellow throat. These three colors on a bloom are named a ‘morn’ type. Opera Supreme Pink Morn plants have many qualities that every gardener wants to find. Plants are continuously flowering. Gardeners can relax and let the plants do what comes naturally – flower.
The hybrid plants are capable of growing three feet in sunny locations. This spreading quality covers garden soil and can choke weeds beautifully. Plants attain a height of only 4 to 6 inches. Opera Supreme Pink Morn can be relied on for exceptional garden performance without pruning or deadheading. Less work enables gardeners more leisure time in the garden.
TCB088 Prism Sunshine(
Pelleted )
1998 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. This single, large, grandiflora flower is creamy yellow. Combines well with other annuals, expect flower color all season. Adaptable to containers. Prism Sunshine F1 is also a recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
LET468 Black Velvet Rose Geranium
2002 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. The unusual bicolor leaf pattern distinguishes Black Velvet Rose from all other hybrid geraniums. Each leaf has a black-green center with a green leaf edge. The exceptionally dark foliage contrasts with the bright rose florets and each floret has a small white eye. Black Velvet Rose proved to be heat tolerant, flowering freely throughout the growing season. A strong plant, Black Velvet Rose can be 10-14 inches tall and spread 14 to 18 inches depending upon available nutrients and water. Best performance will occur in full sun. Black Velvet Rose is perfect for container culture.
JB221 Akila Daisy White ( Osteospermum )
2014 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. White osteospermums are not unique but a clear white osteo with a yellow center is a novelty, plus, it’s easily grown from seed. Akila® Daisy White is a tidy, uniform plant with open flowers that produces non-stop blooms all summer long.
Even southern judges praised Akila’s ability to keep blooming in the heat and they also showed more drought tolerance than other osteos.
Akila is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials. Grows about 12 inches tall.
Even southern judges praised Akila’s ability to keep blooming in the heat and they also showed more drought tolerance than other osteos.
Akila is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials. Grows about 12 inches tall.
JB144 South Pacific Orange F1
2018 AAS Flower Winner. Sister to 2013 AAS Winner South Pacific Scarlet, this newest AAS Winner is compact in habit and well suited for both landscape and container use. This variety is more vigorous, more uniform, and has more basal branching than comparison cannas. It offers an outstanding bloom color in an attractive, vivid bright orange that contrasts nicely with the bright green foliage. Pollinator gardens will love this addition of an attractive canna that sports uniformly colored flowers over a long blooming period. Bonus: this canna is grown from seed, not tuber, meaning less chance of succumbing to disease.
For zones 8-11.
For zones 8-11.
1A462 Chiffon Morn Pink ( Pelleted )
1995 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. A new pastel pink floribunda. Proven to be weather tolerant, this petunia will reach 12 to 14 inches tall when grown in full sun.
JB258 Hollyhocks Summer Carnival Mix ( Alcea
rosea )
AAS Winner 1972. A wonderful mix of fully double peony shaped flowers in crimson, pink, red, yellow, white, and rose, will flower 4 months from sowing. An annual Summer Carnival Hollyhock is a long-blooming, very colorful series so garden-worthy that it received an AAS Award. Tall and stately, it blooms all summer for a rich display of big powderpuff blossoms in every shade of pink, rose, red, and yellow.
The 4-inch blooms are richly hued, and will not fade in the summer sun. Superb for cutting, they open from the bottom of the stalk upwards, keeping you in fresh blooms for weeks on end. And this stunning series sets its blooms even lower on the stalk than most hollyhocks, for a little more color on every stalk.
Color: Blooms of deep crimson, rose-red, rose, light pink, yellow and white Zone: 4-9 Spacing: Variable Height: 3-5 feet Start Seeds: Anytime of year inside, for transplanting outside in Spring.
The 4-inch blooms are richly hued, and will not fade in the summer sun. Superb for cutting, they open from the bottom of the stalk upwards, keeping you in fresh blooms for weeks on end. And this stunning series sets its blooms even lower on the stalk than most hollyhocks, for a little more color on every stalk.
Color: Blooms of deep crimson, rose-red, rose, light pink, yellow and white Zone: 4-9 Spacing: Variable Height: 3-5 feet Start Seeds: Anytime of year inside, for transplanting outside in Spring.
LET748 Queeny Purple Hollyhock ( Alcea rosea )
2004 AAS Flower Winner.
Queeny Purple is the shortest Alcea rosea and the first purple hollyhock available as a single color not part of a mixture. These unique traits combined with season-long flower color resulted in Queeny Purple winning an AAS Award. The frilly edged blooms are a "powder puff" type having a cushion center.
They measure 3 to 4 inches and are produced abundantly on the compact branching plants. Queeny Purple plants will reach a mature height of 20 to 30 inches, perfect for smaller space gardens. Queeny Purple is an annual that will flower prolifically the first year from a February or March sowing. A pollinator favorite, it is best planted in multiples to encourage reseeding, perfect growing along a wall or fence to create a summery cottage garden feel.
They measure 3 to 4 inches and are produced abundantly on the compact branching plants. Queeny Purple plants will reach a mature height of 20 to 30 inches, perfect for smaller space gardens. Queeny Purple is an annual that will flower prolifically the first year from a February or March sowing. A pollinator favorite, it is best planted in multiples to encourage reseeding, perfect growing along a wall or fence to create a summery cottage garden feel.
JB080 Sunny Red ( Cosmos bipinnatus )
1986 AAS Flower Award Winner. The dwarf habit of Sunny Red eliminates the need for staking. In addition, cosmos Sunny Red does not require pinching, pruning or other garden maintenance to enhance its dependable summer performance. It prefers full sun in the garden and thrives in the summer heat and humidity. A continuous bloomer, growing about 20 inches tall. Blooms in six weeks from seed.
SF332 Verbena Imagination
1993 AAS Flower Winner. Intense violet-blue or magenta flower colored blooms on fine lacy foliage. Rapidly spreading habit is perfect as a flowering ground cover on slopes. Ruggedly enduring for an annual. This verbena is strong; exhibiting superior garden performance, and enduring summer heat, drought or severe weather. An annual growing to 12 inches tall.
JB131 Verbena Peaches and Cream
AAS Flower Winner. Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit. A great multi-use flowering plant that is ideal for filling gaps in hanging baskets, window boxes and containers or by itself in the flower bed. Clusters of orange flowers individually fade through apricot to creamy yellow with soft hues. Plant them in beds and borders to create colorful groundcover. Produces 14 inch tall mounds covered with blooms. Low germination.
JB067 Cosmic Orange ( Cosmos bipinnatus )
2000 AAS Flower Winner. Cosmic Orange is an improved Cosmos sulphureus deserving a sunny site in your garden. Cosmic Orange attains a height of about 12-22 inches in a full-sun garden. The vigorous plants provide abundant, bright orange 2-inch blooms all summer. Basically pest and disease-free, Cosmic Orange is adaptable and easy-to-grow. This is a "no fuss" annual that will thrive on minimal care. Only water, sun, and fertile soil are needed for Cosmic Orange to bloom its head off all summer and into the fall.
LET751 Flamma Orange ( Celosia cristata )
2022 AAS Ornamental Winner. Flamma is coming in hot! Get ready to bring some fiery orange color to your garden with Flamma ("The Flame") celosia. This compact variety has numerous branches, each with a strong flower plume, as well as secondary blooms, which give a long show of color in the garden. AAS Judges were impressed with the superior garden performance and how well it stood up to hot, humid, and rainy conditions during the trial season. Not only does Flamma have exceptional heat tolerance but also stuns with its early flowers that won’t fade. Whether you decide to grow this in beds or in containers (it was trialed in both) you will have a great show of orange color all season long. Grows 9-11 inches tall.
JB223 Fresh Look Red ( Celosia cristata )
2004 AAS Flower Winner Gold Medal. Fresh Look Red performs like a fresh floral arrangement all summer. Thriving in the summer heat and humidity with drought or rainy conditions, Fresh Look Red decorates a garden or patio container with rosy red plumes. It won the coveted Gold Medal for its consistent performance with minimal maintenance and pest-free growth. Fresh Look Red covers up spent plumes by producing new foliage and blooms. The plant always looks fresh, needing no grooming.
When grown in the full sun, Fresh Look Red plants mature at 12 to 18 inches tall and spread 12 to 20 inches. The central plume can be 8 to 10 inches tall and 5 inches wide. Like all Celosia plumosa, the flowers can be cut and dried for everlasting homemade bouquets.
Fresh Look Red is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
When grown in the full sun, Fresh Look Red plants mature at 12 to 18 inches tall and spread 12 to 20 inches. The central plume can be 8 to 10 inches tall and 5 inches wide. Like all Celosia plumosa, the flowers can be cut and dried for everlasting homemade bouquets.
Fresh Look Red is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
JB244 Fresh Look Yellow ( Celosia cristata )
2004 AAS Flower Winner. Fresh Look Yellow offers season-long garden color with minimal care. The golden yellow plumes are produced in abundance, at times covering the plant. The central plume can be 9 inches tall and 6 inches wide. Fresh Look Yellow grows numerous side shoots, which cover mature blooms, eliminating the need for deadheading. When grown in a full-sun garden, Fresh Look Yellow attains a height of about 12 to 17 inches and spreads 12 to 15 inches. Plants exhibit heat, humidity, and severe weather tolerance.
Like all Celosia plumosa, flowers can be cut for arrangements or dried as an everlasting bouquet. Fresh Look Yellow is perfect for busy gardeners who want summer-long flower color on carefree plants.
Like all Celosia plumosa, flowers can be cut for arrangements or dried as an everlasting bouquet. Fresh Look Yellow is perfect for busy gardeners who want summer-long flower color on carefree plants.
LET372 Fireglow ( Celosia cristata )
AAS winner. A tall celosia that makes for excellent cuflowers and great visual effect in the garden. Huge combs as large as 8"x6" of intensely bright, cardinal-red are borne on very sturdy stems. A spectacular variety when grown in mass and gorgeous as cut flowers. 36" tall.
SF337 Tropical Rose
1992 AAS Flower Winner.
The first canna to be grown from seed that has typical canna flowers about 3-4 inches across. The soft rose blooms are produced on a spike held above the wide lush foliage. As the first flower spike matures, another flower spike will be initiated and fresh new blooms will be opening soon. To hasten the secondary spikes, remove the first spike. Tropical Rose continues to produce flower spikes all summer for reliable color in a garden. Grows about 32 inches tall. Zones 8-11, but will come back from roots in colder zones.
SF317 New Look ( Celosia cristata )
The New Look Celosia is an All-American Selection winner and customer favorite for its uniquely beautiful look it brings to the garden. This variety produces large, glowing red plumes and dark bronze foliage that is absolutely stunning! The New Look has a bushy, basal branching habit. Annual.
Height: 15".
SF373 Sundial Peach Portulaca
1999 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. A glowing peach flower color is unique for this moss rose. The large double blooms look delicate as if designed from peach chiffon paper, but the plants are tough. Both heat and drought tolerant, Sundial Peach will tolerate the hottest summer weather. Grow these annuals in full sun in a garden or any type of container where plants will spill over the edge.
TCB056 Supra Pink ( Pelleted Seeds )
Supra Pink joins its sister, 2006 AAS Winner Supra Purple, to give us two fantastic colors in an easy-to-grow interspecific dianthus for three-season (spring, summer, fall) garden color. This compact, bushy plant blooms prolifically with novel mottled pink flowers sporting frilly petal edges that hold up even in summer heat and drought. No deadheading needed on this winner.
One judge attempted to deadhead this entry but it re-bloomed too fast to do so! Supra Pink grows to just under a foot in height but is a vigorous grower and will deliver fancy, clear pink flowers for a long time as observed over and over by the AAS Judges. Supra Pink was tested as an annual and won the award based on first-year performance, but similar to other dianthus, it may overwinter in some regions.
One judge attempted to deadhead this entry but it re-bloomed too fast to do so! Supra Pink grows to just under a foot in height but is a vigorous grower and will deliver fancy, clear pink flowers for a long time as observed over and over by the AAS Judges. Supra Pink was tested as an annual and won the award based on first-year performance, but similar to other dianthus, it may overwinter in some regions.
JB104 Carpet Snowfire ( Dianthus Chinensis )
AAS winner. Continuously blooms in flushes, smashing white with red eye. Grows to a height of about 8 inches.
Large colorful flowers, spicy fragrance; early and compact with strong basal branching, good disease resistance. Excellent variety for bedding and pot production, excellent for fall sales in warmer areas of the country.
Large colorful flowers, spicy fragrance; early and compact with strong basal branching, good disease resistance. Excellent variety for bedding and pot production, excellent for fall sales in warmer areas of the country.
SF344 Ideal Violet F1
1992 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. This time-tested dianthus has held the attention of annual lovers for 15 years. Originally introduced in 1992, Ideal Violet colors a garden with 1½-inch single violet blooms. The reason for this "fan club" is cold and heat tolerance. Ideal Violet was bred in Valence, the South of France, where winter is quite cold and summer is very hot. This was an ideal location to breed a new dianthus. Mr. Guy Lassartesse bred Ideal Violet while exploring interspecific crosses between D. chinensis (China pink) and D. barbatus (Sweet William.) He combined the species looking for earliness to bloom and continuous flowering while plants endured cold temperatures. As summer progressed, Mr. Lassartesse found plants that thrived in the sun-baked earth. These crosses he noted and saved. His observations and hybrid crosses resulted in the crème de la crème Ideal Violet plants.
These petite plants will reach about 10 to 12 inches tall and branch about a foot wide. In southern climates, Ideal Violet can color a fall and winter garden while withstanding considerable cold. Unlike other annuals, Ideal Violet tolerates a wide variation in seasonal temperatures. In northern areas, Ideal Violet deserves a place in the early spring garden next to pansies and violas. Easy to grow with minimum garden care, Ideal Violet is recommended for any container plantings.
These petite plants will reach about 10 to 12 inches tall and branch about a foot wide. In southern climates, Ideal Violet can color a fall and winter garden while withstanding considerable cold. Unlike other annuals, Ideal Violet tolerates a wide variation in seasonal temperatures. In northern areas, Ideal Violet deserves a place in the early spring garden next to pansies and violas. Easy to grow with minimum garden care, Ideal Violet is recommended for any container plantings.
JB123 Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor
2021 AAS Flower Winner. "JUST SO CUTE! WOW, WOW WOW!" When multiple judges write comments like that, it’s no surprise that it’s a Gold Medal Winner! Introducing…a beautiful new bicolor addition to the popular Profusion series of zinnias. This gorgeous zinnia starts the season with a bold vibrant red center ring surrounded by golden-yellow outer petals. As the season progresses, the aging flowers morph into soft, beautiful shades of apricot, salmon, and dusty rose to bring a plethora of color to the garden, all from one variety!
Trial garden visitors clamored over this floriferous and compact plant during the summer trials noting how well the plant continued to bloom new flowers over old so there was never a decline in the beauty presented by Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor.
Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials. Grows about 12" tall.
Trial garden visitors clamored over this floriferous and compact plant during the summer trials noting how well the plant continued to bloom new flowers over old so there was never a decline in the beauty presented by Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor.
Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials. Grows about 12" tall.
2675 Thumbelina Mix
Zinnia
Zinnia ‘Thumbelina’ was an All America Selections winner in 1963. Plants grow to just 12 inches tall, and the semi-double to double flower colors include pink, purple, red, orange, white and yellow. This species is native to Mexico, and plants are fast-growing and long-blooming. Recommended for beds and borders, containers and pollinator plantings. Flowers are especially attractive to butterflies.
SF385 Rosie O'Day ( Lobularia Maritima )
1961 AAS Flower Winner. Nothing is sweeter growing in the garden than Alyssum, and these flower seeds make it so easy to have lots of it! Rosie O'Day is marked by clumps of foliage covered with numerous rich, rosy-pink, fragrant flowers, that bloom from spring through mid-autumn. Grows to approximately 6 inches tall. Even though this flowering plant is just an annual, it is a prolific re-seeder. It will drop its alyssum flower seeds at the end of the blooming season and those flower seeds often germinate the following spring.
JB256 Safari Queen Marigold
AAS winner, russet red edged with golden bronze, 3" blooms Grows 10-12 inches tall.
LET779 Big Duck Gold
2019 AAS Flower Winner. QUACK! There’s a new marigold in the pond! Big Duck Gold sports very large golden-yellow flowers that continue blooming throughout the season, much longer than the comparisons. These marigolds begin the season putting energy into establishing a solid, healthy plant with clean, deep-green foliage. Then, when it starts blooming, watch out! Full, "plump" blooms top the 15" plants (which are slightly taller than the more compact comparison varieties) and continue blooming through the end of the season. You’ll want to use these marigolds everywhere: in beds and containers; in landscapes as mini hedges, back of the border plants, or even as a filler in new perennial beds.
AW83 Baby Rose
2019 AAS Flower Winner. Exciting news! The last nasturtium AAS Winner was back in the early days, in the 1930’s. Now it’s time to introduce a wonderful rose colored nasturtium perfect for today’s gardens. Baby Rose is a petite-flowered, mounding variety with healthy, dark foliage ideal for containers and small space gardens. AAS’ expert judges praised the uniformly compact plants that sported flowers with consistent coloration. Their compact habit means less "flower flopping" with their blooms remaining upright throughout the season. The rose color is uncommon in nasturtiums and contrasts beautifully with the dark-green foliage. Bonus: both the leaves and flowers are edible!
1A074 Glorius Gleam Mix
This semi-trailing Nasturtium wanders 1m (36") and more. Large, fragrant, double and semi-double flowers come in a beautiful range of colours. Encourage it to climb by tying. Sow Glorious Gleam nasturtium seeds to fill in a large area quickly. Glorious Gleam Nasturtium seeds can be direct sown in the late spring or early summer. Try them in hanging baskets or along a rock wall. All Nasturtiums tend to self sow, but they are tender plants and easy to control. The leaves, flowers, and seeds of this nasturtium are edible, and the flowers bring a rich visual pop to salads and smart drinks. An AAS Winner in 1935.
JB125 Padparadja
1991 AAS Flower Winner. Padparaja (Pa pa ra’ja) is a true orange pansy that retains the orange color under heat stress conditions. The deep orange, pumpkin color, stood out at AAS Flower Trials across North America. Padparadja is named after the rare and valuable orange sapphire originally found in Sri Lanka.
Padparaja can be grown as a flowering bedding plant for spring or fall. The two-inch blooms are produced on stems held above the foliage. In garden trials, Padparaja continued to flower under hot, humid August conditions. The heat and weather tolerance were above average.
Padparaja can be grown as a flowering bedding plant for spring or fall. The two-inch blooms are produced on stems held above the foliage. In garden trials, Padparaja continued to flower under hot, humid August conditions. The heat and weather tolerance were above average.
SF378 Ultima Morpho
2002 AAS Flower Winner. This pansy has a distinct bi-color design. The upper petals are mid-blue with bright lemon yellow lower petals and rays or whiskers radiate from the center. Ultima Morpho is named after the Morpho butterfly, which is blue and yellow. A slight variation may occur in the pastel design but this adds to the variety appeal. Recommended for spring or fall gardens, Ultima Morpho proved to be free flowering all season. Mature plants can spread 8 to 10 inches and attain a height of 5 to 8 inches. Excellent performance in containers; maintain adequate moisture levels.
Ultima Morpho is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
Ultima Morpho is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
Perennial Flowers
D9922 Amarillo Gold ( Rudbeckia hirta )
2020 AAS Flower Winner. A beautiful Rudbeckia hirta, Amarillo Gold boasts a compact form and uniform habit perfect for landscapes, bedding, and containers. The light green center disc surrounded by bold sunshiny colors makes this a versatile plant for combinations with a multitude of other colors. AAS Judges noted how this rudbeckia was earlier to flower than the comparisons and lasted throughout the summer providing weeks of stunning color in the garden. Large 4-6" blooms cover compact 12-18" plants that are sure to be a 'WOW' factor in any garden. Tender perennial. Blooms 14 weeks from sowing.
JB085 Cherokee Sunset Mix ( Rudbeckia hirta )
A beautiful Rudbeckia that attracts bees and butterflies, is deer resistant and makes great cutting flowers! Large, double flowers in a range of colors. 4–5" blooms of orange, golden yellow, bronze, chocolate, and various bicolors are produced all summer long. Provides a pleasing blend of autumn colors and late season flowering. Plants produce mostly double blooms and some singles and semidoubles. Also known as blackeyed Susan and gloriosa daisy. Tender perennial in Zones 9–10, best grown as an annual. AAS winner. Ht. 24–30".
SF384 Prairie Sun ( Rudbeckia hirta )
2003 AAS Flower Winner. This robust rudbeckia has distinctive blooms. The light green central cone blends beautifully with the golden-yellow petals, which are tipped primrose yellow. The 5-inch blooms on branching plants that mature at about 3 feet tall make a strong statement in any full-sun garden. Easy to grow and maintain, Prairie Sun is a memorable plant in any perennial, annual or cut flower garden. Flower stems are sufficiently long for quality cut flowers. Prairie Sun plants become a forceful focal point in any large container.
Unique bicolor. 4–6" blooms have golden petals with primrose tips surrounding a green center. Blooms freely on vigorous plants. A wonderful cut flower. Seed has been film-coated for ease of sowing. Certified organic growers, please check suitability with your certifier. Also known as blackeyed Susan and gloriosa daisy. Tender perennial in Zones 9–10. FleuroSelect Gold Award Winner.
Unique bicolor. 4–6" blooms have golden petals with primrose tips surrounding a green center. Blooms freely on vigorous plants. A wonderful cut flower. Seed has been film-coated for ease of sowing. Certified organic growers, please check suitability with your certifier. Also known as blackeyed Susan and gloriosa daisy. Tender perennial in Zones 9–10. FleuroSelect Gold Award Winner.
JB198 Summer Jewel White ( Salvia coccinea )
2015 AAS Bedding Plant Winner.
A third color in the popular Summer Jewel™ series, white brings a much-needed color to compact salvias. This dwarf sized, compact plant has a prolific bloom count throughout the summer. As a bonus, the blooms appear almost two weeks earlier than other white salvias used as comparisons. Judges noted how the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds loved the larger flowers, making it perfect for a pollinator garden. Because of the compactness and number of flowers, Summer Jewel™ White is great for large landscaped areas, as well as containers and small beds.
Commercial growers now have an excellent compact white salvia coccinea and will appreciate the earliness, uniformity, and excellent pack performance. Grows only 18 inches tall.
Commercial growers now have an excellent compact white salvia coccinea and will appreciate the earliness, uniformity, and excellent pack performance. Grows only 18 inches tall.
LET590 Summer Jewel Pink ( Salvia coccinea )
2012 AAS Bedding Plant Winner.
Sister to AAS Winner Salvia Summer Jewel™ White, this dwarf-sized compact plant has a prolific bloom count throughout the growing season. As a bonus, the blooms appear almost two weeks earlier than other pink salvias used as comparisons. And of course, the hummingbirds love pink, just as much as they do white!
Growers now have an excellent compact white salvia coccinea and will appreciate the earliness, uniformity, and excellent pack performance. Grows only 18 inches tall.
Growers now have an excellent compact white salvia coccinea and will appreciate the earliness, uniformity, and excellent pack performance. Grows only 18 inches tall.
LET717 Summer Jewel Lavender ( Salvia coccinea )
2016 AAS Flower Winner>.
The fourth AAS Winner in the Summer Jewel™ series of popular AAS Salvia Winners is the newest in color, Summer Jewel™ Lavender. The unique flower color of dusty lavender purple is a delight in the garden and flower containers as well as a major attractor of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. An extra bonus is how much the Goldfinch loves these flower seeds in the fall. It’s a photo-ready moment when these complementary colors of gold and lavender connect! The early blooming, stable, compact uniform growth and continuous flowering of this plant are additional positives to this plant.
LET718 Summer Jewel Red ( Salvia coccinea )
2016 AAS Flower Winner. The fourth AAS Winner in the Summer Jewel™ series of popular AAS Salvia Winners is the newest in color, Summer Jewel™ Lavender. The unique flower color of dusty lavender purple is a delight in the garden and flower containers as well as a major attractor of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. An extra bonus is how much the Goldfinch loves these flower seeds in the fall. It’s a photo-ready moment when these complementary colors of gold and lavender connect! The early blooming, stable, compact uniform growth and continuous flowering of this plant are additional positives to this plant.
SF362 Snow Lady ( Chrysanthemum x superbum )
1988 AAS Flower Winner. This perennial is commonly grown as an annual. Snow Lady is the earliest Shasta daisy to flower on a dwarf, petite plant. It will continue to bloom all summer. A profusion of large flowers on low, mounded plants, ideal for garden's edge. Attractive in butterfly gardens, cutting gardens or combined with other perennials or annuals. Remove faded flowers for continued bloom and best appearance. Grows about 10-12 inches tall and speards to about 15 inches.
JB094 Early Sunrise Coreopsis ( Coreopsis grandiflora )
1989 AAS Flower Winner.
Attractive, compact, uniform plants grow about 18 inches high with a 15-inch spread. Foliage is glossy, green and healthy looking. The charming semi-double flowers, about 2 inches across, are bright gold – and so intense they capture the eye even at a distance. Most stems are about 8 to 10 inches long, providing a wealth of long-lasting flowers for informal bouquets. After a dazzling profusion of blooms in late spring, Early Sunrise Coreopsis continues producing flowers through most of the summer, especially rewarding gardeners who take the trouble to pick off the spent blooms. With ordinary care, including a light application of fertilizer in spring, Early Sunrise will thrive for many years. For zones 3-9.
SF306 Arizona Apricot ( Gaillardia x grandiflora )
2011 All America Selection Winner! An exquisite pastel blend of apricot and yellow, a never-before-seen color mix for the Gaillardia family! Arizona Apricot is a marvel of a plant, its blooms exquisite, its hardiness and adaptability unsurpassed, and its size compact yet free-flowering! An excellent choice for your sunny border and best containers.
Arizona Apricot sets 3 to 3½ inch blooms with several layers of long, pointed petals. Each petal is apricot from the base to about two thirds of the way to the tip, which is bright yellow. They petals surround a huge central cone combining amber, gold, and green. The flowers begin appearing in early summer and continue well into autumn. Simply incredible!
The Arizona series is the very first Gaillardia from seed not to require a vernalization (chilling) period. You can plant these seeds in spring and see blooms just a few months later! And the plant is so compact, just 12 inches high and wide, with great branching. Given sunshine and any well-drained soil, it's off and running! For zones 3-10.
Arizona Apricot sets 3 to 3½ inch blooms with several layers of long, pointed petals. Each petal is apricot from the base to about two thirds of the way to the tip, which is bright yellow. They petals surround a huge central cone combining amber, gold, and green. The flowers begin appearing in early summer and continue well into autumn. Simply incredible!
The Arizona series is the very first Gaillardia from seed not to require a vernalization (chilling) period. You can plant these seeds in spring and see blooms just a few months later! And the plant is so compact, just 12 inches high and wide, with great branching. Given sunshine and any well-drained soil, it's off and running! For zones 3-10.
3721 Flamenco ( Knipofia uvaria )
An old fashioned flower, also known as red-hot-poker. Flamenco plants will flower the first year even though a perennial to zone 5. The flower spikes contain tubular blooms that are attractive to hummingbirds. The mature plants may grow three feet tall. Peak flowering performance begins in July of the second year. Tall stems are strong but not bulky. Grows 30 inches tall.
Tall and vibrant, these really do add a shock of color to the garden. Flowering in the late summer and early autumn they complement the autumnal colour of other garden plants as well as the natural light for that time of year; early morning and late afternoon they 'glow' as if they were flaming torches.
Vegetables
TCB036 Mascotte ( Excellent for container growing )
2014 AAS Vegetable Award Winner. The first AAS winning bean since 1991, this compact variety is perfect for today's small-space gardens. Mascotte is a bush type bean that produces long, slender pods that stay above the foliage for easy harvest. This bean also has white showy flowers for ornamental value during bloom time. Judges appreciated the crunchiness and taste of this bean as well as the plentiful harvest all season long. The Mascotte root system is ideal for patio containers and window boxes, and this versatile variety performs well in garden beds too. That means you can raise delicious beans in any outside space. The French Mascotte (like its English translation "mascot") is a symbol of good luck and was chosen for the variety's gardener-friendly habit. 50 days.
TCB107 Derby
1990 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Derby green beans have long, straight, round pod that remains tender with excellent eating quality up to 7 inches in length. While harvesting the gardener will notice how easily the pods slip from the stem without the pedicel. The overall yield is above average, but due to the holding quality, gardeners can be assured of a successful harvest.
Featuring improved tenderness and incredible yields. Round, straight pods have a remarkably tender quality. Strong, open, 18" tall, bush plants permit easy harvesting of the medium-dark green, 7" long beans. Resistant to Common Bean Mosaic Virus.
Featuring improved tenderness and incredible yields. Round, straight pods have a remarkably tender quality. Strong, open, 18" tall, bush plants permit easy harvesting of the medium-dark green, 7" long beans. Resistant to Common Bean Mosaic Virus.
TPF291 Cherokee Yellow Wax
1948 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Cherokee Wax yellow bean seeds grow a robust bush bean that will produce high yields of yellow wax beans in about 55 days! Dependable even in adverse weather, and resistant to common bean mosaic. The tasty oval pods are filled with black seeds and grow up to 6 inches long.
The Cherokee Wax bean, first available to the public in 1947, comes from the research department of Clemson University in South Carolina. This bush bean seed comes from a strain that yields very vigorously and resists disease, and was distinguished with the AAS Award in 1948. "Wax" is a term originally from New England that has come to refer to any bean that grows yellow in color.
The Cherokee Wax bean, first available to the public in 1947, comes from the research department of Clemson University in South Carolina. This bush bean seed comes from a strain that yields very vigorously and resists disease, and was distinguished with the AAS Award in 1948. "Wax" is a term originally from New England that has come to refer to any bean that grows yellow in color.
TPF262 Kentucky Blue Pole Bean
1991 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Kentucky Blue combines the excellence of the all-time greatest pole beans: Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake. Its characteristic deep-green pods are 6–8 inches long and quite straight. The pods are easily seen on the 6-foot tall vines and can be continuously harvested over a long season.
SF398 Artwork
2015 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner
Artwork is a unique and beautiful dark green stem broccoli that has only recently become available to home gardeners. Previously, stem or baby broccoli was exclusively available in gourmet markets and upscale restaurants. Now home gardeners can make the art of gardening come alive with this delicious, long-yielding variety.
This award-winning variety begins as an ordinary crown broccoli, the big headed type we all grew up eating, but once you cut or pinch off the central crown, long side-shoots begin to arise, packed with succulent flavor. Cut them at anywhere from 6 to 8 inches long and new ones will spring up to replace them. Before you know it, you've harvested up to 20 gourmet "sweet stem" broccoli shoots, and Artwork is the last broccoli in the garden still producing! 60 days.
This award-winning variety begins as an ordinary crown broccoli, the big headed type we all grew up eating, but once you cut or pinch off the central crown, long side-shoots begin to arise, packed with succulent flavor. Cut them at anywhere from 6 to 8 inches long and new ones will spring up to replace them. Before you know it, you've harvested up to 20 gourmet "sweet stem" broccoli shoots, and Artwork is the last broccoli in the garden still producing! 60 days.
LET831 Katarina Cabbage
All-America Selections (AAS) Winner 2016. Coleslaw and summer go hand-in-hand and this year, you will be able to enjoy your own fresh, homemade coleslaw with our 2016 AAS Winner Cabbage Katarina F1. This new winner has a perfect smaller head size (4”) and shape to be grown successfully in containers on patios, decks or in-ground beds, possibly as an ornamental/edible border.
Children tend to prefer Katarina to other varieties because it is much milder, even sweeter, than most others, without a trace of bitterness. Great for slaw and salads, it also holds up well in stir fries.
Beating all other varieties to harvest by several weeks, Katarina hybrid is a very sweet, compact summer cabbage you can grow in large tubs and raised beds as well as the vegetable garden. It earned its national All-America Selection award with quick growth, delicious flavor, and smooth texture.
Children tend to prefer Katarina to other varieties because it is much milder, even sweeter, than most others, without a trace of bitterness. Great for slaw and salads, it also holds up well in stir fries.
Beating all other varieties to harvest by several weeks, Katarina hybrid is a very sweet, compact summer cabbage you can grow in large tubs and raised beds as well as the vegetable garden. It earned its national All-America Selection award with quick growth, delicious flavor, and smooth texture.
JB132 OS Cross Cabbage
This high-quality, bolt-resistant hybrid produces exhibition-size heads. Space at least 3 feet apart for room to grow!
The OS Cross cabbage is a sweet-flavored variety that can grow quite large, with some heads weighing up to 50 pounds. Summer-harvested cabbages take between 80 and 90 days to mature, while winter-harvested ones take between 100 and 115 days for maturity.
The OS Cross cabbage is a sweet-flavored variety that can grow quite large, with some heads weighing up to 50 pounds. Summer-harvested cabbages take between 80 and 90 days to mature, while winter-harvested ones take between 100 and 115 days for maturity.
JB168 Saladmore Bush
Monoecious. 2014 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Vines spread only 24 inches, yet produce an average of 10 to 12 fruits per plant. Harvest small, dark green fruits for pickles or allow them to fully mature, 7 to 8", for fresh use. Crisp flesh has a mild, sweet flavor. Keep fruits picked to extend the harvest season. Perfect for growing in containers or smaller gardens where space is limited. Resistant to CMV, Scab, Anthracnose and Powdery Mildew.
Matures in 55 days from sowing. This semi-bush vine sets sweet crisp cucumbers as long as you keep them picked. Good garden performance due to the multiple disease resistances. Has duel use, pick small for processing as pickles and harvest larger for fresh slices or spears.
Matures in 55 days from sowing. This semi-bush vine sets sweet crisp cucumbers as long as you keep them picked. Good garden performance due to the multiple disease resistances. Has duel use, pick small for processing as pickles and harvest larger for fresh slices or spears.
NB05 Diva Hybrid
Gynoecious. 2002 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner
Sweet flavor and high yield describe the improved qualities of Diva. The fruit will be sweet, non-bitter with a crisp texture when harvested at 6-8 inches. Normally seedless, a few seeds may grow if pollinated by other cuke plants. Diva produces all female flowers (gynoecious, parthenocarphic) and does not require pollen to set fruit. These traits result in high yields. Expect mature cukes in about 58 days from sowing seed in the warm soil. Plants are resistant to scab and tolerant to powdery and downy mildews. Diva is the only slicing cucumber you need to grow in your garden.
SF374 Fanfare Hybrid
1994 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Fanfare is a monoecious hybrid. Hybrids which are generally more vigorous, produce over a longer period and yield better shaped, better quality fruit later into the growing season. Vigorous semi-dwarf plant habit.
Plants produce high yields of crisp, delicious 9-inch slicing cucumbers with less bitterness. With its compact 2-3-foot vines it can be used for containers or to fill in small garden spaces. It offers good disease resistance. 60 days.
Plants produce high yields of crisp, delicious 9-inch slicing cucumbers with less bitterness. With its compact 2-3-foot vines it can be used for containers or to fill in small garden spaces. It offers good disease resistance. 60 days.
SF209 Patio Baby
This natural dwarf plant sets fruit all summer long with an astonishing 25 to 50 eggplants per plant! Best when you pick when just a few inches in diameter, tender and succulent.
2014 All-America Selection winner. The fruit is ready in less than 7 weeks from transplanting the seedlings in spring. Just 2 to 3 inches in diameter, they are a glossy purple so dark it looks black. 60 days.
2014 All-America Selection winner. The fruit is ready in less than 7 weeks from transplanting the seedlings in spring. Just 2 to 3 inches in diameter, they are a glossy purple so dark it looks black. 60 days.
JB138 Sandy
The first AAS winning lettuce since 1985, Sandy is an attractive oakleaf type lettuce with a multitude of sweet tasting frilly dark green leaves. Not just pretty and tasty, Sandy has exceptional disease resistance, especially to powdery mildew and is slow to bolt. Use Sandy as cut and come again baby leaf, or grow to full maturity for loose salad heads. Sandy is typically not bitter when heat-stressed.
The uniformly mounded loose heads are well adapted to both raised beds and containers. When planted with cool-season flowers, Sandy will add an abundance of interesting texture to patio containers. 55 days
The uniformly mounded loose heads are well adapted to both raised beds and containers. When planted with cool-season flowers, Sandy will add an abundance of interesting texture to patio containers. 55 days
AW81 Buttercrunch
All-America Winner. Extremely popular lettuce with luscious, buttery texture.
Soft heads are creamy yellow inside. Best in cooler regions. Compact heads with some heat resistance. Plant early in spring. Repeat every two weeks into fall. Protect from heat with shade cloth during summer. Likes fertile soil, ample water. Best when picked minutes before your meal. Space lettuce plants 8" apart.
Soft heads are creamy yellow inside. Best in cooler regions. Compact heads with some heat resistance. Plant early in spring. Repeat every two weeks into fall. Protect from heat with shade cloth during summer. Likes fertile soil, ample water. Best when picked minutes before your meal. Space lettuce plants 8" apart.
JM217 Red Burgundy
Red Burgundy okra was developed by Leo Robbins at Clemson University after 8 years of work. He introduced in this stunning variety in 1983, and it won an AAS award in 1988. Great for frying, soups, gumbo and canning. When cooked, the leaves of this hibiscus relative turn a deep lovely shade of purple. Gorgeous 3-5' ornamental plants produce high numbers of tender 6-8" pods. There's a pretty contrast between the plant's green leaves against the burgundy stems, branches, leaf ribs and fruits—and a pretty display of yellow-cream flowers. For optimal texture and flavor, harvest often when the pods are young about 3" long, in about 49-60 days.
JM216 Clemson Spineless Okra
Great old heirloom. 1939 All-America Selections Winner! 66 days. Plant produces heavy yields of flavorful 9" long by 1-1/2" wide dark green okra. Leaves are spineless making it easier to harvest. Best if picked when 3" long. Used in soups, stews, and meats dishes. Plants just keep growing until cool weather in the fall, so they will get 6 feet or taller in areas with a long, warm growing season. A great canning okra and makes wonderful pickled okra.
JB092 Sierra Blanca Onion
Big, mild white onions. Widely adapted, day-neutral, and matures well anywhere in North America from spring sowing. Suitable for fall planting where short-day onions are normally grown. Produces uniform, large, white-skinned onions with mild flavor and thick rings. Not for long storage. Sierra Blanca is the same variety as Super Star. It has been renamed by the breeder. Intermediate resistance to pink root. AAS winner. 110 days.
D9942 Creme Brulee (BGS-270) Hybrid
Hybrid "eschalion" is a standout in the kitchen.
Iridescent peachy pink skin covers uniform bulbs. Also called "banana shallots", eschalions are highly desired by chefs because their elongated bulbs are easy to peel and cut, and their sugar profile is perfectly suited for caramelizing. Long storage potential. AAS Regional winner for the Southeast, West/Northwest. 100 days.
Iridescent peachy pink skin covers uniform bulbs. Also called "banana shallots", eschalions are highly desired by chefs because their elongated bulbs are easy to peel and cut, and their sugar profile is perfectly suited for caramelizing. Long storage potential. AAS Regional winner for the Southeast, West/Northwest. 100 days.
TPF269 Sugar Snap
65 days. 1979 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner
The mature pods of AAS Gold Medal Winner Sugar Snap snap pea are round with fleshy walls and are crisp and delicious through full maturity. Even overripe pods can be shelled and the green peas eaten alone or mixed with the pods. With Sugar Snap Peas you get to eat the entire pod with the peas nestled inside. The pods are juicy, crisp, sweet, and crunchy. Stringless, 3-inch pods keep their rich color and real crunch after cooking.
Available only in Treated Seed.
LET521 Onyx Red ( Sweet Pepper )
2018 AAS Flower Winner. Onyx Red is one of those stunning double-take plants that steal the show! This breeding work has resulted in an unprecedented compact, well-branched ornamental pepper adorned with eye-catching dark black foliage. The contrast between the diminutive black foliage and tons of shiny red fruits is striking and makes a bold statement in the garden. Plants are vigorous, continually growing but retain their neat, compact habit, making Onyx Red a wonderful plant for beds, borders, containers and dramatic mass plantings.
Naturally compact plants are perfect for a potted plant program as well as for an annual bedding plan where earliness and retail readiness are important factors. Grows only 16 inches tall. 70 days.
Naturally compact plants are perfect for a potted plant program as well as for an annual bedding plan where earliness and retail readiness are important factors. Grows only 16 inches tall. 70 days.
JB127 Pot-a-Peno ( Mildly Hot Jalapeno Pepper )
2021 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Pot-a-peno is a fun new jalapeno pepper with a compact habit perfect for growing in containers and hanging baskets. Plentiful small, green jalapeño fruits have a traditional spicy zip that is great in any dish where you want a little punch of spice. Simply leave the fruit on the vine a few extra weeks and they will ripen to red for a sweet, spicy flavor.
This variety is earlier to mature than other jalapenos giving you a head start on your garden’s harvest. A unique trait of Pot-a-peno is how the fruit hangs down beneath the plant making it very easy to harvest without damaging the appearance or productivity of the plant. A dense foliage canopy makes for an attractive addition to your patio or balcony garden.
With Pot-a-Peno, it is easy to grow Jalapeños in a basket! Early-fruiting Pot-a-peño has a unique cascading habit that’s perfect for a hanging basket or premium container. It’s a great addition to any vegetable garden!
Pot-a-peño’s unique cascading habit is perfect for a hanging basket or container – an ideal addition to any patio or small-space garden. Early maturing means this will be one of the first peppers to fruit in the garden. Tons of jalapeño fruit grow under a dense canopy of small, dark green leaves. Harvest fruit green for a traditional spicy zip in any dish or allow to ripen to red for a sweet, spicy flavour. 60-65 days.
This variety is earlier to mature than other jalapenos giving you a head start on your garden’s harvest. A unique trait of Pot-a-peno is how the fruit hangs down beneath the plant making it very easy to harvest without damaging the appearance or productivity of the plant. A dense foliage canopy makes for an attractive addition to your patio or balcony garden.
With Pot-a-Peno, it is easy to grow Jalapeños in a basket! Early-fruiting Pot-a-peño has a unique cascading habit that’s perfect for a hanging basket or premium container. It’s a great addition to any vegetable garden!
Pot-a-peño’s unique cascading habit is perfect for a hanging basket or container – an ideal addition to any patio or small-space garden. Early maturing means this will be one of the first peppers to fruit in the garden. Tons of jalapeño fruit grow under a dense canopy of small, dark green leaves. Harvest fruit green for a traditional spicy zip in any dish or allow to ripen to red for a sweet, spicy flavour. 60-65 days.
LET209 Hot Sunset ( Mildly hot pepper )
or banana or wax pepper lovers who desire a prolific and earlier harvest of delicious and spicy (650 Scoville units) fruits, Hot Sunset is for you. Large, healthy, vigorous plants are disease-free and produce tasty and attractive fruits all season long. The AAS Trial judges noted what a great taste this thick-walled pepper has, not like other hot peppers where all you get is heat.
We think this tasty morsel should be featured on a TV cooking show where chefs compete to bring out the best in this goodie, whether it’s prepared fresh, grilled, roasted or pickled, it’s sure to win over even the most particular foodie!
90-120 days.
We think this tasty morsel should be featured on a TV cooking show where chefs compete to bring out the best in this goodie, whether it’s prepared fresh, grilled, roasted or pickled, it’s sure to win over even the most particular foodie!
90-120 days.
PEP783 Cayenetta F1 ( Mildly hot pepper )
2012 AAS Winner! This chili pepper will be a favorite both as a culinary pepper and as an ornamental. The elongated, 3 to 4 inch fruits of green maturing to glossy red have an excellent, mildly spicy flavor that outshone all comparison varieties in the AAS trials. The well-branched, upright, 24 inch tall plants have good heat and cold tolerance and are incredibly easy to grow, requiring no staking. They are very attractive grown in containers or patio gardens with their prolific display of colorful, cascading fruits that are protected from sun scorch by the dense canopy of foliage. An all-around good choice for both market growers and home gardeners.
Scoville Rating: 20,000. 69 Days
PEP773 Gypsy ( Sweet Pepper )
AAS Winner. Very prolific frying and roasting pepper with great taste! The unique colors of the maturing peppers make them an attractive landscape plant as well. This All-America Selections winner is a very prolific frying pepper that is also recommended fresh in salads. Tapered fruits grow 4 1/2" long by 2 1/2" wide and matures from yellow to orange to red. 62 days.
PEP779 Mariachi Pepper( Mildly hot Pepper
)
Big on color and flavor but small on heat!
2006 All-America Selections winner. It's the perfect pepper when you want a blast of color but just a hint of heat. The compact 18-24" plants yield loads of 4", coned shaped fruits that change brilliantly from creamy yellow to bright red all summer. The taste is spicy but only mildly hot. Freeze to provide fresh spicy peppers all winter. Early and continuously productive. Compact plants for patio, 66 days.
2006 All-America Selections winner. It's the perfect pepper when you want a blast of color but just a hint of heat. The compact 18-24" plants yield loads of 4", coned shaped fruits that change brilliantly from creamy yellow to bright red all summer. The taste is spicy but only mildly hot. Freeze to provide fresh spicy peppers all winter. Early and continuously productive. Compact plants for patio, 66 days.
FB183 Black Pearl Ornamental Pepper
( Edible, but mostly used for
ornamental pots and baskets ) 2006 AAS Flower Winner Black Pearl is a handsome plant with black foliage. But the standout quality is that Black Pearl looks better as the summer season progresses. The plant branches out, producing more clusters of black, pearl-like, shiny peppers. The plant grows taller and wider developing into a black pyramid shape without pinching, pruning, or grooming. Black Pearl is exceptionally heat-tolerant and requires minimal water and fertilizer.
It is easy to grow from seed, bedding plants or pot plants with fruit set. There are no serious insect or disease problems. As the plant matures, the black peppers turn red, adding a new color to the plant. While edible, the peppers are very hot. Use with care! Black foliage is very trendy and Black Pearl delivers true black leaves to the full sun garden. Black Pearl is an effective background plant particularly with silver, white or pastel flowering annuals in the foreground.
Never out of bloom, Black Pearl has already been selected as a "most popular" new plant by consumers visiting a trial ground. Its foliage, color and low care will attract many gardeners and "non-gardeners" to Black Pearl. It performs exceptionally well in containers and deserves to be featured as the centerpiece.
BM27 Chilly Chili ( For ornamental
and eating )
2002 AAS Flower Winner. The first family-friendly ornamental pepper with exceptional garden performance. Chilly Chili, as the name implies, has non-pungent fruit. The "heat" was bred out of the peppers, which is perfect for households with children who like to explore their environment. The fruit changes color from yellow to orange and matures at red. Extremely heat tolerant, Chilly Chili will provide garden color during southern summers. Pepper plants can grow about a foot tall and spread 6-10 inches. The petite 2-inch peppers can be used as clever ornamental garnishes on salads or with ethnic entrees.
PEP767 Mad Hatter Hybrid ( Sweet pepper with a slight bit of heat )
2017 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner
This exotic pepper wins on uniqueness alone! However, the plant's vigor, earliness, high yields, large size and awesome taste all contribute to its high score among AAS judges. Mad Hatter is a member of the Capsicum baccatum pepper species from South America commonly used in Bolivian and Peruvian cuisine.
You can impress your friends by growing this pepper and showing off the novel three-sided shape and deliciously sweet taste. The taste has a refreshing, citrusy floral flavor that remains sweet, only occasionally expressing mild heat near the seeds.
Be prepared for vigorous and robust plants that are easy to grow because they were bred for North America"s many growing conditions. Use your abundant harvest raw in salads, pickled or stuffed with cheese, a new favorite!
This exotic pepper wins on uniqueness alone! However, the plant's vigor, earliness, high yields, large size and awesome taste all contribute to its high score among AAS judges. Mad Hatter is a member of the Capsicum baccatum pepper species from South America commonly used in Bolivian and Peruvian cuisine.
You can impress your friends by growing this pepper and showing off the novel three-sided shape and deliciously sweet taste. The taste has a refreshing, citrusy floral flavor that remains sweet, only occasionally expressing mild heat near the seeds.
Be prepared for vigorous and robust plants that are easy to grow because they were bred for North America"s many growing conditions. Use your abundant harvest raw in salads, pickled or stuffed with cheese, a new favorite!
JB106 Wee Be Little
1999 All-America Selections winner. Tiny, round ornamental pumpkin. Remarkably miniature, about the size of a baseball, avg. 3-3 1/2" diam., 10-14 oz., and very endearing. Slightly flat-round shape like a normal pumpkin. Bright orange rind, smooth enough for painting. Semibush plants for close spacing. Avg. yield: 8 fruits per plant. 90-100 days.
SF390 Orange Smoothie Hybrid
2002 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Children will be infatuated with Orange Smoothie pumpkins. The dark orange, smooth skin is ideal for painting Halloween faces. The size is desirable for young hands, weighing 5 to 8 pounds with a strong, long handle. Orange Smoothie pumpkins will mature early, in about 90 days from sowing seed.
Another benefit is the semi-determinate habit requiring less space in the garden. Easy-to-grow from seed or started plants, Orange Smoothie is an all-around great pumpkin for carving, painting, decorating and even the meat is sweet for homemade pumpkin pie. 90-100 days.
Another benefit is the semi-determinate habit requiring less space in the garden. Easy-to-grow from seed or started plants, Orange Smoothie is an all-around great pumpkin for carving, painting, decorating and even the meat is sweet for homemade pumpkin pie. 90-100 days.
1A469 Noble Giant
Noble Giant Spinach is an old heirloom that was the All-America Selections Winner in 1933. This variety produces very large, dark green spinach leaves with wonderful flavor. Perfect fresh in salads, cooked, canned or frozen. This spinach is slow to bolt and is very easy to grow. Perfect for the home gardener! 46 days.
W142 Early Prolific Straightneck Bush
Heirloom. 42 days. AAS winner.
We prefer this one for grilling due to it's straight shape and delicious flavor.
This is the most productive strain for home and market gardens with high quality fruit that grows on a semi-bush with an open habit. The fruits are uniform, lemon-yellow, club shaped and lightly warted with firm, fine grained flesh. The quality remains good, even up to 1’ in length.
We prefer this one for grilling due to it's straight shape and delicious flavor.
This is the most productive strain for home and market gardens with high quality fruit that grows on a semi-bush with an open habit. The fruits are uniform, lemon-yellow, club shaped and lightly warted with firm, fine grained flesh. The quality remains good, even up to 1’ in length.
SF252 Sunshine Kabocha Squash
2004 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner.
Consumer media have recently given coverage to winter squash because of its flavor, high vitamin content and ability to be stored. Sunshine is a new squash that outshined other varieties in side-by-side trials across North America. The vibrant orange-red skin is distinctive, similar to sunshine, hence the name. The 3- to 4-pound fruit is a flattened globe shape. The bright orange flesh is sweet, nutty, creamy smooth, and completely stringless when baked, steamed, or microwaved. Sunshine plants are adaptable to any growing location as long as the growing season is 80 to 95 days. Expect mature squash in about 95 to 100 days from sowing seed or 80 days from transplants. Harvest ripe fruit in the fall prior to or protect from frost. The short vines need 6 to 8 feet in the full-sun garden.
D9920 Sweet Mama
This Japanese kabocha squash is an All American Selections Winner. It has a distinct growing habit and produces a vine with almost no side branches. The 3-4 lb fruits have dark green skin and are borne close to the root end making it possible to interplant these vines quite closely. The flesh is dark yellow, dry, sweet and nutty. This variety is great for home garden and market growers. Stores well. 85 days.
LET829 Honeybear ( Winter Squash )
Honeybaby is a very productive variety of winter squash producing numerous fruits on a compact plant. These shorter vines grow 2-3 feet in a semi-bush habit showing great garden vigor. Short, wide fruits are slightly larger, sweet and nutty and meatier than similar comparison varieties. Honeybaby is delicious steamed, baked or made into soups and stews. 90-100 days.
RTP984 Chef's Choice Bicolor Hybrid
2020 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner. The first bicolor tomato in the Chef's Choice series is here! Indeterminate plants produce large 7-8 ounce flattened beefsteak fruits with beautiful pinkish-red internal stripes within a yellow flesh. The lovely stripes extend to the base of the outer fruit skins. These heirloom looking tomatoes are as sweet as they are beautiful with a better flavor and texture than the comparisons. Gardeners will enjoy earlier maturity and more uniform fruits that hold up all season long, producing well into September in the Heartland. As with all the colors in the Chef’s Choice series, each plant can produce about 30 fruits per season.
RTP024 Big Beef Hybrid
1994 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner
For over nineteen years, Big Beef has remained one of the most popular red tomatoes in North America. Almost foolproof, 8 to 12 ounce fruit can be harvested beginning about 73 days from transplanting into warm garden soil. Easy to grow from seed or plants is an understatement. The hybrid vigor is obvious from seedling size to vining plant. Big Beef began a trend toward multiple disease resistances packed into plant genes using old fashioned breeding techniques. Big Beef is resistant to Verticillium, Fusarium Race 1 & 2, Stemphylium, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Nematode, and Alternaria Stem Canker.
Colen Wyatt, at Seminis Vegetable Seeds, was one of the most successful home garden vegetable plant breeders in the last half of the 20th century. He bred Big Beef, Celebrity and Husky Gold tomatoes, all very successful AAS Winners. In addition to tomatoes, he bred cucumbers, pumpkins, and winter squash. Early Butternut Squash was a 1979 AAS Winner bred by Colen. In 1998 AAS presented the prestigious Medallion of Honor to him for the abundance and superior quality of his vegetable introductions.
Colen Wyatt, at Seminis Vegetable Seeds, was one of the most successful home garden vegetable plant breeders in the last half of the 20th century. He bred Big Beef, Celebrity and Husky Gold tomatoes, all very successful AAS Winners. In addition to tomatoes, he bred cucumbers, pumpkins, and winter squash. Early Butternut Squash was a 1979 AAS Winner bred by Colen. In 1998 AAS presented the prestigious Medallion of Honor to him for the abundance and superior quality of his vegetable introductions.
3732 Mini Love Hybrid
2017 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner.
This personal-sized Asian watermelon is perfect for smaller families and smaller gardens. Shorter vines (3-4 feet) still produce up to six fruits per plant and can be grown in smaller spaces. Several judges commented on the crack and split resistant rinds, important for reducing crop loss.
For culinary purposes, this deep red fleshed watermelon has a thin but strong rind that can be carved into attractive shapes for fruit salad presentations. Mini Love has a high sugar content resulting in sweet and crisp, juicy flesh that will be a true summer delight for watermelon lovers.
Matures in 70 days
This personal-sized Asian watermelon is perfect for smaller families and smaller gardens. Shorter vines (3-4 feet) still produce up to six fruits per plant and can be grown in smaller spaces. Several judges commented on the crack and split resistant rinds, important for reducing crop loss.
For culinary purposes, this deep red fleshed watermelon has a thin but strong rind that can be carved into attractive shapes for fruit salad presentations. Mini Love has a high sugar content resulting in sweet and crisp, juicy flesh that will be a true summer delight for watermelon lovers.
Matures in 70 days
JM197 California Sweet Bush Hybrid
2019 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner.
From ancient wild watermelons in the African desert to today's new selections, watermelons have come a long way! Cal Sweet Bush is another example of how ongoing breeding efforts result in a new and better product. This is a true short internode (the sections between the stem joints) watermelon. These watermelons have compact, bushy vines that grow only 14-18" long and still provide enough foliage cover to protect the fruits. Each plant yields 2-3 fruits weighing 10 -12 pounds. Like all AAS Winners, this newbie delivers exceptional taste and texture. Cal Sweet Bush is a great watermelon choice for gardeners with limited space or those wanting a container melon. Cal Sweet Bush will produce at least one fruit per vine if grown in a container.
JM191 Gold in Gold Hybrid
2017 AAS Winner! Excellent tasting, bright yellow fruits have gold stripes and a lovely golden-orange flesh that is crisp with a high sugar content. Melons, 11 to 16 lbs., have a strong rind that resists cracking or bursting. The oblong shape makes it a perfect "icebox" watermelon. Early, high yielding with improved disease resistance.70 days.
IP285 Shiny Boy Hybrid
2010 AAS Winner! Shiny Boy beat out the taste test competition in AAS trials, favored for the sweet, tropical flavor and crisp texture of its deep red flesh. Globe-shaped melons are ready to harvest just 90 days after sowing, having an average weight of 20 pounds or more. Dark green rinds have wide stripes. Vines up to 12 feet long can be grown vertically if space is limited. Grow successfully in any region with warm growing conditions. Plants exhibit good health, weather tolerance and generous yields. 75 days.
1A468 Honey Rock
Introduced in 1920, 'Honey Rock' was an All-American Selection in 1933. The luscious result of crossing 'Champlain' and 'Irondequoit', the 3-4 lb., 6 x 6" melons have firm grey-green ribbed skin, a coarse, open net and thick, sweet, firm deep salmon-toned flesh. Vigorous, wilt-resistant vines yield 5-7 melons per plant. 74-88 days.
Herbs
JB062 Dolce Fresca ( Ocimum basilicum )
2015 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. If there was an AAS category for an edible plant with ornamental value, this AAS Winner would fit that classification. Dolce Fresca produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful. Use the leaves as you would any Genovese basil and we hear it makes an excellent pesto.
After harvest, the plant was quick to recover and kept the desired ornamental shape that’s perfect for containers, borders or as a focal point. Great for gardeners looking for drought-tolerant, hearty plants, foodies interested in a new and better basil and anyone who wants that great Mediterranean taste added to their cuisine
After harvest, the plant was quick to recover and kept the desired ornamental shape that’s perfect for containers, borders or as a focal point. Great for gardeners looking for drought-tolerant, hearty plants, foodies interested in a new and better basil and anyone who wants that great Mediterranean taste added to their cuisine
JB061 Persian ( Ocimum basilicum )
Persian Basil is a large, vigorous plant that is a prolific producer of pleasant tasting leaves for your culinary adventures. Not only is the taste excellent, but the green foliage, sturdy branches, and large leaves make for a great ornamental plant.
An additional bonus is that this AAS Winner is late to produce flowers, which often make basil develop a bitter taste. Need one more reason to try Persian Basil? The bees were very active around this entry in the trials so you’ll also do your pollinator friends a favor having this basil in your garden.
An additional bonus is that this AAS Winner is late to produce flowers, which often make basil develop a bitter taste. Need one more reason to try Persian Basil? The bees were very active around this entry in the trials so you’ll also do your pollinator friends a favor having this basil in your garden.
JB063 Purple Ruffles ( Ocimum basilicum )
1987 AAS Flower Winner.
Purple Ruffles is a striking beauty that is both a distinctive ornamental and a delectable herb ( the scent and flavor of the leaves contain a hint of licorice and cinnamon ). It has very large, dark, shiny purple leaves that are ruffled and fringed.
Also great in containers or garden beds as an ornamental. Small percentage of plants are green. 3" long leaves. Height 16-20".
Also great in containers or garden beds as an ornamental. Small percentage of plants are green. 3" long leaves. Height 16-20".
JB060 Thai Siam Queen ( Ocimum basilicum )
An All-America Selections winner for 1997, Siam Queen is more tender and intensely flavored than Sweet Basil. Its highly aromatic, licorice-basil aroma is more stable at high and extended cooking temperatures than other basils. Commonly used in Thai cooking as well as Italian recipes.
SF262 Geisha Garlic
2015 AAS Vegetable Award Winner. The second of three organic herbs in this grouping of AAS Winners, Geisha is a vigorous grower with a nice ‘just-right’ garlic flavor. Slightly wider, flatter and more refined leaves topped by pretty white flower stalks late in the season mean this is another edible that can serve a dual purpose as an ornamental.
Geisha is a great culinary herb for use in stir-fries, soups, compound butter, and as a fresh garnish for a variety of dishes. Although late flowering is a good thing in herbs, when Geisha does burst into bloom, the butterfly inhabitants in your garden will be very happy!
Geisha is a great culinary herb for use in stir-fries, soups, compound butter, and as a fresh garnish for a variety of dishes. Although late flowering is a good thing in herbs, when Geisha does burst into bloom, the butterfly inhabitants in your garden will be very happy!
2924 Sweet Dani Basil ( Ocimum basilicum )
1998 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Greatly improved aromatic herb desirable for culinary and ornamental use. Strong lemon scent. Easy to grow from seed or bedding plant. Best in full sun garden. Small white flowers on inflorescences 12-14 inches in length, large light green leaves on tall 26-inch plants with upright growth.
The plant makes a very good potted or container plant; it can be cut back or trimmed several times with good regrowth that will appear bushier.
The plant makes a very good potted or container plant; it can be cut back or trimmed several times with good regrowth that will appear bushier.
3682 Delfino Cilantro
2006 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner
Delfino is an aromatic, edible herb, and unlike other coriander has unique, fine fern-like foliage. Delfino, like all cilantro, offers gardeners two distinctly different flavors in one handsome plant. Delfino is easily grown, preferring a full sun location. The branching plant produces more leaves, resulting in a higher yield of this edible herb. The leaf flavor is similar to a strong parsley taste with citrus. The fine Delfino foliage is perfect for recipes, such as salsas, requiring finely chopped leaves. Less chopping is needed. Store fresh Delfino foliage with stems in a glass of water. By changing the water often, foliage remains fresh for a week.
Delfino plants will bolt, or flower, at higher temperatures. The small white blooms are delicious with a flavor similar to the foliage. Add cut flowers to salads. Luckily, the flowers are produced abundantly. Allow some flowers to “go to seed,” which is coriander. The seed is formed in small pods, which will dry, harden and turn brown. When brown, they are ripe and ready to harvest. Use seed whole or crushed for a citrus flavor in homemade soup or chili. Delfino is a dual nature herb – two flavors in one plant that is adaptable to container gardening. Plant Delfino next to the edges so it cascades over the lip of the pot, adding the handsome texture to a full sun container garden.
Delfino plants will bolt, or flower, at higher temperatures. The small white blooms are delicious with a flavor similar to the foliage. Add cut flowers to salads. Luckily, the flowers are produced abundantly. Allow some flowers to “go to seed,” which is coriander. The seed is formed in small pods, which will dry, harden and turn brown. When brown, they are ripe and ready to harvest. Use seed whole or crushed for a citrus flavor in homemade soup or chili. Delfino is a dual nature herb – two flavors in one plant that is adaptable to container gardening. Plant Delfino next to the edges so it cascades over the lip of the pot, adding the handsome texture to a full sun container garden.
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