“It’s easy to propagate, whether cuttings are floral or not, roots quickly, finishes fast, has a great natural disease resistance, great habit, months of flowers, on point color combo, long shelf life and innate charm. All in all, I think it will have a long life in the industry and become a perennial classic", says Chuck Pavlich, Director of new product development at Terra Nova Nurseries when talking about Agastache ‘Pink Pearl’.

“This new launch from Syngenta Flowers is the first OP seed echinacea available in novelty colors and optimized for mass production. This series has a good range of colors and matches well with the Prairie Splendor Compact for habit and bloom timing. The seed for Prairie Blaze is available from Syngenta Flowers. “We had a great display of these new Echinacea in the ThinkPlants Cultivate booth,” adds Wiseman. “The Prairie Blaze Orange Sunset really stood out at the show.” -August 2023 L&GR

“Danziger’s Salvia nemerosa provide out-of-this-world performance in the garden, with colorful blooms that cover the plant all summer long…New for 2024, ‘Pink Nebula’ brings striking, rosy-pink color that will turn heads at the garden center. This new salvia is similar in habit and performance to Danziger’s popular ‘Dark Matter’ variety.”

“Three major industry non-profits have joined forces to promote a plant class and specific variety, all in unison, and for good reason.

For All-America Selections, one of the first perennial winners from their three-winter trial is Rudbeckia ‘American Gold Rush’.

For National Garden Bureau, their 2023 perennial of the year is the Year of the Rudbeckia.

For Perennial Plant Association, their 2023 Perennial Plant of the Year is ‘American Gold Rush’.

The interest in rudbeckias is booming, the products are available and the chatter is at an all-time high for this plant.” -Nov 7, 2022, “Triple Crown of Horticulture is Named”

“It is hard not to stay awhile when you come across handsome wall flowers. At Syngenta, I stopped twice. My first stop confirmed that the series called Erysistible were truly beautiful – but so what? We have seen wall flowers below and their lack of landscape performance has been disappointing. However, Har Stemkeens, the breeder, showed me the species involved and vowed they had significantly better heat and cold tolerance than other flashy wall flowers before. When Har speaks, we all listen. Time will tell if Har’s predictions are satisfied, but I, for one, am ready to recommend them to those who are looking for a superior series of wall flowers.” -Allan Armitage 4-7-23

“The accolades for this vegetative rudbeckia are plentiful and well-founded…The single attribute that distinguishes and differentiates it from other rudeckias in the market is its Septoria leaf spot resistance. This variety offers multiple environmental benefits, which are drought tolerance, disease resistance, long flowering cycle, prolific flower canopy and large 3-inch flowers.” ~Vaughn’s View, March 2023.