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Argyranthemum - Miss Daisy
Miss Daisy is no shrinking violet when it comes to floral displays in often bleak, cooler growing seasons. This is one of the first daisies to feature multi-color blooms on the same plant! You’ll be driving the blues away as Miss Daisy’s perky flowers open a bright pink, fade to yellow and then whiten as they age. Create a living bouquet in a pot or flower bed.
Asiatic Lily - Lily Looks
Lily Looks™ are the newest and best breeding of Asiatic Lilies. They have more blooms, improved colors, and stronger stems. This means a brighter, longer lasting lily for your patio or your garden. Keep moist, but do not allow to become soggy. Enjoy indoors in a sunny location before planting outside.
Coleus - 'Henna'
This Coleus is a versatile decorator of the garden because it can take sun or shade. This new 'Henna' variety has the rich tones and detailed patterns reminiscent of the exotic body decorations of India. Use Coleus in mixed planters or in a mass along the border. It can brighten up a dark corner or add excitement to a mixed container on your deck.
Jethro Tull Coreopsis
Our 'Jethro Tull' is a way-out, groovy new coreopsis with large, tubular, fluted flowers that give a great show. Easy-to-grow color for the garden or patio, its unique flower form in large showy yellow flowers that will cause you to mellow out. Perennial; little water once established; good drought tolerant plant for country gardens, borders and edgings. Also does well in patio pots. Long, profuse blooming season if faded flowers are removed regularly.
Dahlia 'Fireworks'
The new VIVA! 'Fireworks' Dahlia brings exciting new color combinations that have never been seen in Dahlias. Unlike other varieties, 'Fireworks' explodes with stripes of colors on each petal. Selected by the English seed house and breeders, Thompson and Morgan, these new Dahlias have superior breeding that you will be sure to enjoy. Needs more shade in Southern regions. Use in flower beds or containers.
Echinacea 'Coneflower'
Through traditional breeding methods, these hybrid “Coneflowers” have the most exciting new colors available on the market today. Great for perennial borders as they bloom all summer long. Allow flowers to go to seed and stand through winter; this will attract and feed winter birds such as goldfinches. Good for cut flowers; attaracts butterflies; drought tolerant once established in new location.
Geranium 'BIG ORANGE'
Now gardeners have a reason to fall in love with geraniums all over again! ‘Big Orange’ Geranium is a hot, new cross of zonal and ivy geraniums, combining the best traits of both. And unlike other geraniums, ‘Big Orange’ won’t get its color squeezed out as summer temperatures begin to rise… definitely a geranium that’s hard to beat for beds, baskets and borders.
Geranium 'BIG RED'
A true red geranium has long been a goal for geranium breeders the world over. VIVA! is excited to bring you the best new true red geranium ever hybridized. The color is a great achievement, but the other important attributes that add to its glory are its tolerance for heat and drought, its heavy flowering, and the vigor that sustains these attributes. Enjoy Big Red in flower beds, baskets, window boxes, or mixed containers gardens.
Geranium 'TexMex'
VIVA! TexMex is one hot tamale! Some Geraniums will whimper in the heat of the summer, but TexMex will keep going strong. This new bi-colored geranium has fiery hot red and pink blooms with dark foliage which will add hot color to your garden. Will do well in planters and window boxes, as well as garden beds. Makes a strong border plant.
Heuchera
Widely adaptable, heucheras are American natives found from Canada to the Mexican border. VIVA! Heucheras, also known as Coral Bells, form low-growing mounds of ornately colored or intricately patterned leaves. In spring and summer, look for tiny flowers that look like tiny bells on wiry stems. Plant heuchera in shade in hotter areas; part-sun in cooler areas.
Hosta - Special Varieties
So many Hostas, so little time! Light ones, darker green, some more blue toned, small ones, tall ones, green and white, green and yellow, green and gold… you get the picture.
We sifted through the pile and have brought together a collection of the very best and newest Hosta varieties. We poked, prodded, looked under the hood and generally picked out some amazing colors and leaf sizes. You can grow any one or combination of these Hostas and you’ll be delighted. We really do think that these are the very best of the new Hostas in the US today.
Hosta 'Austin Dickinson'
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
Hosta 'Christmas Tree'
Hosta 'Fire and Ice
Hosta 'Golden Meadows'
Hosta 'Great Expectations'
Hosta 'Guacamole'
Hosta 'June'
Hosta 'Liberty'
Hosta 'Loyalist'
Hosta 'Night Before Christmas'
Hosta 'Paul's Glory'
Hosta 'Pilgrim'
Hosta 'Pizzazz'
Hosta 'Regal Splendor'
Hosta 'Revolution'
Hosta 'Sagae'
Hosta 'Stained Glass'
Hosta 'Sugar & Cream'
Hosta 'SunHosta'
Hosta 'Thunderbolt'
Hosta 'Whirl Wind'
Fireworks - Pennisetum
Seldom has a new easy-to-grow plant drawn as many 'oooh' and 'ahhh's' as 'Fireworks' - it has explosive color that will brighten up any garden or patio. The past few years we have seen 'grasses' become the rage of outdoor landscaping. Bold and brassy multicolor leaves make this an easy highlight. Dense round clumps to 4' wide of fountain-like reddish brown leaves. Good for dry locations such as gravel beds and rock gardens.
Perennial
Perennials are the plants that come back to flower, spring after spring. VIVA! has gathered together today's most stunning Echinacea and Heuchera varieties. We're talking great color and fantastic foliage.
Heuchera ‘Caramel’
Heuchera ‘Beaujolais’
Heuchera ‘Blackout’
Heuchera ‘Brownies’
Heuchera ‘Citronelle’
Heuchera ‘Encore’
Heuchera ‘Mocha’
Heuchera ‘Pistache’
Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’
Heuchera ‘Venus’
More great VIVA! Perennials varieties are available regionally.
Petunia Crème Brûlée
Creamy custard with a sugary caramelized crust describes a mouth-watering color addition for flower beds! Petunia ‘Crème Brûlée’ offers new opportunities for color mixes with other plants. With a blooming season that is much longer than regular petunias. You can enjoy ‘Crème Brûlée’ in flower beds, baskets, window boxes, or mixed containers gardens.
Petunia Lemon Zest
All petunias want to be rose colored – that is sort of the natural color of the wild petunia. Breeders have spent years developing all the other flower colors – with yellow being the hardest color to make. When we saw this Lemon Zest, we just stopped dead in our tracks. It is a GREAT color. It’s bright – the petunia holds the flowers up where we can see all the color – we really like this flower! And it is yellow!
Petunia Orange Zest
Now there’s a new petunia with all of the energy, gusto, and color of tree-ripened oranges. ‘Orange Zest’ Petunias will spice up the garden with a bounty of tangerine-colored blooms with mounds of color. Use in patio planters, baskets, window boxes, or borders. Remember to keep well fed and juicy blossoms will refresh the yard from Spring through Fall.
Petunia inc-RED-ible
RED flowers that brighten containers as well as borders? RED petunia blooms that continue to blossom through the entire growing season? Flowers not affected by day-length means you can have the rich RED color of petunias earlier than ever? Vibrant, ruby-RED tones on a petunia that blooms from early spring through fall…now “that’s inc-RED-ible”! Feed VIVA!’s ‘inc-RED-ible™’ Petunia every 2 - 4 weeks. Absolutely inc-RED-ible container or border performance!
Petunia Rhythm and Blues
While America’s favorite bedding plant may have ancestors from Argentina, new ‘Rhythm & Blues’ Petunia brings a funky soul bounce to the garden. Striking picotee edging surrounds jazzy blue flowers on compact plants. Easy to care for. Use in mixed containers, borders and baskets. Add a little food on a regular basis and the blossoms won’t miss a beat!
Premium Color
VIVA! Premium Color are a mix of the best annuals and perennials (depending on your Zone). We really do travel the world over, searching for the prettiest, most colorful, most robust, and yes, nicest smelling plant varieties. We narrow down the playing field for you, so you don't have to spend your time trying to figure out which of the many varieites out there are really the best.
Heliotrope 'Scentropia'
More great VIVA! Premium Color varieties are available regionally.
Rudbeckia 'Tiger Eye'
'Tiger Eye' Rudbeckia is a big, bright splash of color that stands out all season long. Every university, arboretum, and private plant trial that grew 'Tiger Eye' rated it a top performer. Even late in the season when other Rudbeckias and most of the garden was fading, 'Tiger Eye' still looked fabulous. Enjoy the finest new breeding in Rudbeckias.
SunPatiens®
VIVA! SunPatiens – Finally! An Impatiens for Full Sun!
These are like the old fashioned tall landscape plants that will grow and bloom and grow and bloom and did we say they will grow and bloom? GREAT in the garden… oh – and they take FULL SUN in HOT spots! An Amazing flower. EASY to grow – plant in full sun, water and you’re done.
Super Vinca
New breeding has made Super Vinca truly superhero-tough in the garden. Finally, a Vinca that can survive without getting mushy in the rain like common flowering Vinca. Use in all your sunny and hot locations in the garden and on the patio. Add mulch to Vinca beds to reduce watering and splash. The new trailing variety of Super Vinca will be available in hanging baskets this season!
Zinnia 'Inca'
These are some crazy blooms! They're raving orange bursts of petals! Multiple layers of intense orange, ruffle-like petals and tiny yellow flower-like stamen make Zinnia 'Inca' a great flower to add to your garden. Plant in beds, rock gardens, and container gardens. Zinnias are great for attracting butterflies and also make excellent cut flowers. Easy to grow and great in full sun.