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NEW VARIETIES 2019 1
hello, 2019!
Welcome to the new PanAmerican Seed®
and Kieft Seed fresh, on-trend collection.
We are proud to offer you a particularly strong and diverse lineup. Discover flowers
and vegetables to strengthen your current program. Be inspired to branch out with
a new-to-you class. And perhaps 2019 is the year you’ll take a leap in an all-new
direction!
Of special note: 20 more exciting selling opportunities in our Plug & Play combo
program, including first-ever Cool Wave® cool-season selections. Five regal colours
in the HUGE-bloomed Corona dianthus series. Big Blue salvia…this name says it all.
A big-time upgrade to essential Easy Wave® Red spreading petunia. A pepper to
fire up your veggie sales, Habanero Primero Red.
For over 60 years, PanAmerican Seed has kept a laser-sharp focus on reliability,
consistency and creativity…from our innovative products to unmatched seed quality,
well-researched culture and notable marketing programs. We invite you to grow and
sell tomorrow’s products for today’s marketplace: durable, beautiful and profitable.
Enjoy!
2 CLASS NAME Request your Product Information Guide for full culture details
Medium-Flowered Pansy
Halloween Improved............................................23
Ruffled Pansy
Frizzle Sizzle Yellow Improved.............................23
Pentas
Lucky Star® Raspberry...........................................25
Lucky Star Mixture..................................................25
PLUG & PLAY COMBOS P. 4-15 Spreading Petunia POT PLANTS P. 34-35
Easy Wave® Red Improved..................................26
Easy Wave Violet Improved.................................26 Gerbera
Easy Wave Formula Mixture Improved.............26 Revolution Red with Dark Eye Improved..........34
Easy Wave Great Lakes Mixture Improved.......26 Revolution Select Mixture Improved.................34
Easy Wave Opposites Attract Mixture
Improved...............................................................26 Ornamental Pepper
Easy Wave Plum Pudding Mixture Hot Pops Yellow......................................................35
Improved...............................................................26
Easy Wave South Beach Mixture Improved.....26 Sunflower
Easy Wave The Flag Mixture Improved.............26 SunBuzz....................................................................35
Primula
ANNUALS P. 16-31 Optic Series.............................................................27
Begonia Salvia
Megawatt Pink Green Leaf...................................17 Big Blue....................................................................28
Megawatt Red Green Leaf Improved................17
Megawatt Rose Green Leaf Improved..............17 Snapdragon
Snapshot Burgundy Bicolor.................................29
Calibrachoa Snapshot Coral Bicolor.........................................29
Kabloom Denim.....................................................16
Upright Vinca CUT FLOWERS P. 36-37
Celosia Tattoo Series............................................................30
First Flame Purple..................................................18
Celosia
Titan® Dark Red Improved...................................29
Ornamental Corn Sunday Bright Pink.................................................37
Pink Zebra................................................................18 Sunday Cherry........................................................37
Trailing Vinca Sunday Orange Improved...................................37
Mediterranean XP Burgundy Halo.....................29
Cosmos Sunday Purple.........................................................37
Sonata Purple Shades...........................................18 Viola Dianthus
Sorbet® XP Pink Wing...........................................31
Cyclamen Sweet Purple Improved........................................36
Sorbet XP Yellow Burgundy Jump Up...............31
Dreamscape Series................................................19 Sorbet XP Yellow Improved.................................31
Dianthus Sorbet® Yellow Blue Jump Up............................31
Corona Series.........................................................20
Double Zinnia
Floral Lace Picotee Improved..............................21 Double Zahara Bright Orange............................31
Floral Lace Purple Improved...............................21 Double Zahara Salmon ........................................31
Floral Lace Mixture Improved.............................21 Double Zahara White............................................31
French Marigold
Bonanza Flame Improved....................................22
Bonanza Deep Orange Improved.....................22 HANDPICKED VEGETABLES P. 38-40
Spreading Pansy Hot Pepper
Cool Wave® Fire.....................................................24 Habanero Primero Red.........................................39
Cool Wave Lemon Improved..............................24
Mini Bell Sweet Pepper
Extra Large-Flowered Pansy Snackabelle Red.....................................................38
Matrix® Deep Blue Blotch Improved.................23
Matrix Light Blue Improved.................................23 SimplyHerbs (New Seed Forms)........................40
PERENNIALS P. 32-33
Large-Flowered Pansy Squash
Coreopsis
Promise® Antique Shades Improved.................22 Butterbaby ..............................................................38
Double the Sun......................................................32
Promise Pure Silver Azure Improved..................22
Promise Rose Blotch..............................................22 Lavandula
Promise Yellow Blotch Improved........................22 Avignon Early Blue................................................33 MEET OUR COVER STARS!
Front: Corona Strawberry
Spring Matrix Blue Improved..............................23 Dianthus, SunBuzz
Blue Spear...............................................................33 Sunflower and Ocean
Breezes, a Cool Wave®
Plug & Play combo.
Back: Easy Wave® Red
Improved Petunia and
Tattoo Raspberry Vinca.
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PLUG & PLAY
FUSEABLES®
VALUE FUSEABLES
BETTER COOL WAVE® FUSEABLES
NEW FOR 2019: Pump up cool-
season sales with the best-performing
spreading pansy for Spring and
Autumn starring in 2 outstanding
combos that you start with our
Precision Multi-Pellets. p. 5
BETTER WAVE® FUSEABLES
PREMIUM PREMIUM ANNUAL FUSEABLES
plug&play
PLUG & PLAY
COMBOS
VALUE SINGLE-SPECIES
combos
PLUG & PLAY COMBOS
NEW FOR 2019: The focus is on sure
success with 6 simple yet vibrant,
heat-loving combos – 3 feature
constant-colour Lucky Star pentas
All-seed.
and 3 show off Titan, Valiant and
NEW Tattoo vincas. p. 9-11
All-proven. BETTER COOL WAVE PLUG
& PLAY COMBOS
NEW FOR 2019: Stand way above
All you need. the crowd in Spring and Autumn with
the fastest-growing, longest-lasting,
truly trailing pansy adding a designer
look to cool-season baskets and pots.
p. 6-7
20 on-trend Plug & Play newcomers expand the lineup
of easy, fresh and fun combos that deliver. We’re excited
to offer first-ever cool-season combos featuring Cool BETTER WAVE PLUG & PLAY COMBOS
Wave® pansies. And to answer the big demand for heat
lovers, you’ll also find all-new warm-season combos
PREMIUM PLUG & PLAY COMBOS
perfect for Summer. WITH PREMIUM ANNUALS,
VEGETABLES & HERBS
Plug & Play combos let you move seamlessly from plant NEW FOR 2019: Dramatic good looks
and dependable performance meet
to perfect. Every Plug & Play seed combo is tested over and or beat their vegetative counterparts.
over to prove that it delivers unstoppable performance from Eight new Summer combos featuring
bench to store to garden. Trialing in saleable sizes begins popular and unique seed items like
in our research greenhouses and in our outdoor Summer Serena® Angelonia, Zahara® Zinnia
and Purple Prince Alternanthera make
containers. But we don’t stop there – every potential
a big statement at retail and on home
introduction heads out to commercial greenhouses and patios. p. 12-15
to real-life gardens. It’s only when our customers give the
combos they’ve seen in action two thumbs up that they PREMIUM PLUG & PLAY COMBOS
move into the lineup. All 80 Plug & Play combos promise
WITH PERENNIALS
easy, economical production; big retail shows and
gardener-satisfying results.
Find all the program details at
panamseed.com/PlugandPlay
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cool wave® fuseables®
NEW FLOWER DATE BETTER
Cool Wave Golden Yellow & Cool Wave Purple
Revolutionary
Fuseables Precision
Multi-Pellets…
flow right
through your
seeder…
PLUG & PLAY
NEW SUNNY SKIES BETTER
Cool Wave Blue Skies & Cool Wave Golden Yellow transform into
“easy-sow, easy-
grow” plugs…
to grow great-
looking, balanced
combos that sell!
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cool wave® plug & play combos
NEW OCEAN BREEZES BETTER
Cool Wave Blue Skies, Cool Wave Purple & Cool Wave White
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7-8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Cool Wave Blue Skies Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave Purple Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave White Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Grow cool for best finish.
NEW ON A CLEAR DAY BETTER
Cool Wave Purple, Cool Wave White & Cool Wave Golden Yellow
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7-8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Cool Wave Purple Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave White Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave Golden Yellow Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Grow cool for best finish.
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cool wave® plug & play combos
NEW PURPLE SUNSET BETTER
Cool Wave Purple, Cool Wave Golden Yellow & Cool Wave Blue Skies
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7-8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Cool Wave Purple Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave Golden Yellow Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
PLUG & PLAY
Cool Wave Blue Skies Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Grow cool for best finish.
NEW YELLOW HEAVEN BETTER
Cool Wave Lemon Improved, Cool Wave White & Cool Wave Golden Yellow
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7-8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Cool Wave Lemon Improved Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave White Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Cool Wave Golden Yellow Pansy 1 128 1 2 3
Grow cool for best finish.
NOTE: Individual varieties sold separately.
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key grower tips
Start out right! Easy does it!
The first step in defining the Plug & Play Next up is PGR application, specifically for
combination pot starts on the planting multi-species combinations.
line. Follow the recipes and planting We recommend the following for the
diagrams for best success. Plug size, best toned and fully mixed multi-species
number and planting position is key. combination finish.
PLUG SIZE: Every Plug & Play recipe takes PGRS*: Daminozide spray at 2,500 to 5,000 ppm
each ingredient’s growth rate and flower (depending on your conditions) 1 week after
timing into consideration. Larger inputs are transplant, followed by a second daminozide
used when necessary to obtain the best spray 7 to 10 days later. Daminozide will allow the
*Rates are based on trials in the northern U.S.
balance of growth and flowering. axils to expand, versus a paclobutrazol treatment
which can lock up axillary branching. The result is
controlled growth early, while still allowing good
branching for the combination’s development.
PLUG NUMBER: It is important to
When plants grow to the rim and begin to fill the
use the right ratio of inputs, just as
pot, switch to a repeated low rate paclobutrazol
with vegetative intermingled combos.
The correct number of plugs per drench at 1 to 2 ppm (depending on your
component leads to the best balanced conditions). Go easy – too high a rate for the
paclobutrazol drench can stop the non-petunia
combination finish. Note that there
components and lead to a bad mix result.
is an additional input needed in the
center of the pot in some mixes in this
collection.
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm
PLUG POSITIONING: Plant your plugs
1. 1.
halfway between the middle of the
pot and the rim. A tight circle of plugs
is key to getting the intermingled look
desired in a multi-plant combination.
Planting at the rim results in a “clumpy,”
less intermingled look. All varieties Transplant Transplant
in each Plug & Play combo are 2. 2.
transplanted at the same time in order
to finish at the same time. Sow times
may vary.
After 3 weeks After 3 weeks
NOTE: In multi-species combos, shear Kabloom 3. 3.
plugs before transplanting.
After 6 weeks After 6 weeks
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single-species plug & play combos
VALUE
NEW AIRBRUSH'D
Tattoo Raspberry, Titan Polka Dot & Titan Rose Halo Vinca
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Tattoo Raspberry Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
Titan Polka Dot Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
PLUG & PLAY
Titan Rose Halo Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
NEW BERRY BURST VALUE
Tattoo Black Cherry, Titan Really Red & Titan Rose Halo Vinca
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Tattoo Black Cherry Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
Titan Really Red Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
Titan Rose Halo Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
NOTE: Individual varieties sold separately.
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single-species plug & play combos
NEW SUMMER SMOOTHIE VALUE
Valiant Orchid, Valiant Pure White & Valiant Burgundy Vinca
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Valiant Orchid Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
Valiant Pure White Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
Valiant Burgundy Vinca 1 288 1 2 3
NEW CHRISTMAS IN JULY VALUE
Lucky Star White & Lucky Star Dark Red Pentas
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Lucky Star White Pentas 1 288 2 3 4
Lucky Star Dark Red Pentas 1 288 2 3 4
10 PLUG & PLAY Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailssingle-species plug & play combos
NEW SHINING STARS VALUE
Lucky Star Lavender, Lucky Star Deep Pink & Lucky Star White Pentas
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Lucky Star Lavender Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
Lucky Star Deep Pink Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
PLUG & PLAY
Lucky Star White Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
NEW STAR BRIGHT VALUE
Lucky Star Dark Red, Lucky Star Deep Pink & Lucky Star Lavender Pentas
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 8 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Lucky Star Dark Red Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
Lucky Star Deep Pink Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
Lucky Star Lavender Pentas 1 288 1 2 3
NOTE: Individual varieties sold separately.
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NEW BERRY SPARKLER PREMIUM
Serena Purple Angelonia, Titan Punch Vinca & Purple Flash Ornamental Pepper
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Serena Purple Angelonia 1 128 1 2
Titan Punch Vinca 1 288 1 2
Purple Flash Ornamental Pepper 1 105 1 1
NEW CHERRY JAM PREMIUM
Chocolate Covered Cherry Premium Sun Coleus, Valiant Punch Vinca & Purple Prince Alternanthera
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Chocolate Covered Cherry
1 288 1 1
Premium Sun Coleus
Valiant Punch Vinca 1 288 1 2
Purple Prince Alternanthera 1 288 1 2
Treat Alternanthera plugs with 0.5 ppm paclobutrazol drench 1 week before transplant.
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NEW INK'D PREMIUM
Tattoo Raspberry Vinca & Serena Blue Angelonia
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Tattoo Raspberry Vinca 1 288 2 3 4
Serena Blue Angelonia 1 128 2 3 4
PLUG & PLAY
NEW PEACH MELBA PARFAIT PREMIUM
Valiant Apricot Vinca, Serenita® Pink Angelonia & Silver Falls Dichondra
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Valiant Apricot Vinca 1 288 1 2
Serenita Pink Angelonia 1 128 1 2
Silver Falls Dichondra 3 288 1 2
NOTE: Individual varieties sold separately.
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NEW SEASIDE DELIGHT PREMIUM
Valiant Orchid Vinca & Serena Blue Angelonia
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Valiant Orchid Vinca 1 288 2 3 4
Serena Blue Angelonia 1 128 2 3 4
NEW SUMMER CANDY PREMIUM
Titan Really Red Vinca & Serena White Angelonia
8 in./20 cm
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
8 in./20 cm 10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Titan Really Red Vinca 1 288 2 3 4
Serena White Angelonia 1 128 2 3 4
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NEW SUN JEWELS PREMIUM
Zahara Yellow Zinnia, Valiant Pure White Vinca & Purple Prince Alternanthera
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 6-7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Zahara Yellow Zinnia 1 128 1 2
Valiant Pure White Vinca 1 288 1 2
PLUG & PLAY
Purple Prince Alternanthera 1 288 1 1
Treat Alternanthera plugs with 0.5 ppm paclobutrazol drench
1 week before transplant.
NEW YELLOW TAMBOURINE PREMIUM
Serena Blue Angelonia, Zahara Yellow Zinnia & Purple Flash Ornamental Pepper
10 in./25 cm
12 in./30 cm
Transplant to finish: 7 weeks
Variety Seeds Plug Plants per Pot
per Cell Size
10 in./25 cm 12 in./30 cm
Serena Blue Angelonia 1 128 1 2
Zahara Yellow Zinnia 1 288 1 2
Purple Flash Ornamental Pepper 1 288 1 1
NOTE: Individual varieties sold separately.
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CALIBRACHOA
Calibrachoa x hybrida
Kabloom® Series F1 Ease and
efficiency, at your
Height: 8 to 12 in./20 to 30 cm
Spread: 10 to 14 in./25 to 36 cm fingertips!
Seed supplied as: Pelleted The first seed
Plug crop time: 5 to 8 weeks calibrachoa, Kabloom
Transplant to finish: 7 to 11 weeks lets you move beyond
URCs and liners,
• First-of-its-kind Kabloom is the and gives you peace
ideal input for grower choice
premium quarts. Also well-suited
of mind in this very
to 4 to 6-in./10 to 15-cm pots, popular class. You
hanging baskets and mixed can schedule based
combos. on your needs, not
• Easy-sow pelleted seed makes it on cutting availability
easy to order and ready to ship, fits
right into mechanized production dates. You can still
and assures easy inventory receive product when
management. the weather holds up
• Bushy, trailing plants show off vegetative shipments.
abundant, bright blooms in core
solid colours.
Best of all…grown side
by side with vegetative
New Denim Flat, mounded plants
produce flowers with darker blue varieties, it’s impossible
tones under lower light and cooler to tell the difference.
conditions; the blooms age to
silver-blue under higher light
and warmer conditions. Optimal
daylength for best flowering is
11 hours. The most prostrate in
the series, with a height of 6 to 10
in./15 to 25 cm.megawatt
Megawatt Rose Green Leaf Improved Megawatt Red Green Leaf Improved
BEGONIA
Begonia interspecific
MEGAsize + Megawatt Series F1
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MEGAcolour =
Height: 20 to 28 in./51 to 71 cm
MEGAsales! Spread: 16 to 24 in./41 to 61 cm
Megawatt offers even Seed supplied as: Pelleted
more opportunities Plug crop time: 7 to 8 weeks
for 2019 with another Transplant to finish: 7 to 9 weeks
colour addition plus
two key timing/habit • Striking, non-stop flowers keep
plants covered in huge colour from
improvements. This Spring through Autumn…even in
fresh, high-energy heat and drought.
begonia option has • Sturdy flower stems hold flowers
quickly proven itself in above the foliage for superior show
the marketplace with versus others.
• Shows well at retail and perfect
great timing benefits, for landscapes, baskets, big tubs
one-of-a-kind varieties, and borders.
ultimate garden power New Pink Green Leaf A “must-
and more. These have” colour for retail programs.
bigger-than-life hybrids More uniform than the competition,
with similar or earlier timing.
let you offer the earliest
colour to early-bird New Red Green Leaf Improved
Upgraded to match the series for
gardeners. timing and plant habit.
Look to PanAmerican New Rose Green Leaf Improved
Seed for your complete Upgraded to match the series for
timing and plant habit.
interspecific program,
starting with fastest-to-
market BabyWing® for
day-neutral growing…
Megawatt for big
Spring sales…and
main-season Dragon
Wing® to round out the
season.
Megawatt Pink Green Leaf
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17First Flame Purple Celosia Sonata Purple Shades Cosmos
CELOSIA COSMOS ORNAMENTAL CORN
Celosia plumosa Cosmos bipinnatus Zea mays
First Flame Series Sonata Series New Pink Zebra
Height: 10 to 14 in./25 to 36 cm Height: 24 in./61 cm Height: 48 to 60 in./122 to 152 cm
Spread: 10 to 16 in./25 to 41 cm Spread: 12 to 14 in./30 to 36 cm Spread: 12 to 18 in./30 to 46 cm
Seed supplied as: Coated Seed supplied as: Raw Seed supplied as: Raw
Plug crop time: 3 to 4 weeks Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks Plug crop time: 1 to 2 weeks
Transplant to finish: 8 to 10 weeks Transplant to finish: 6 to 7 weeks Transplant to finish: Late Spring
4 to 6 weeks, Autumn 3 to 5 weeks
• Excellent, brightly colored • The best-performing garden
Summer crop finishes 10 to 14 cosmos. • Grow late Summer and Autumn
days earlier than competing • Extremely easy to grow, sales with the only dwarf variegated
varieties to reduce production professional growers choose ornamental corn on the market.
costs. Sonata because of its capabilities Home gardeners will love the
• Mid-height series branches like a for blooming in the pack and pot. dramatic colour and texture in their
regular C. plumosa to produce full • Recommended for 5 to 6-in./13 late-season mixed planters and
blooms. to 15-cm pots. gardens, and fresh market farmers
• Ideal for Asian and southern New Purple Shades Unique variety will captivate their customers, too!
markets. shows off shades of purple that • Green and white striped foliage
New Purple Unique colour to hold colour well in high light. adds showy purples/red/pinks in
this type of celosia. About 1 week cool nights/long days.
earlier to flower, with a thicker • Better tillering in Autumn than
plume compared to First Flame other ornamental corns – each stalk
Red, Yellow and Scarlet. Non-fading produces many small ears with
in high light/high heat. NOTE: Not purple kernels and tassels.
included in First Flame Mixture. • Great for quarts and gallons,
with fast finish from plugs or direct
sown.
Pink Zebra Ornamental Corn
18 ANNUALS Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailsCYCLAMEN
Cyclamen persicum
Dreamscape Series F1
Height: 6 to 9 in./15 to 23 cm
Spread: 9 to 13 in./23 to 33 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw
Plug crop time: 8 to 9 weeks
Transplant to finish: 19 to 20 weeks
• Dreamscape varieties are
specially bred and selected
Dreamscape Deep Burgundy to deliver the best outdoor
performance of any cyclamen.
• Pro landscapers and home
gardeners alike can now
confidently plant cyclamen in-
ground and count on better, longer
performance.
• Sow all colours at the same time
to ship and sell together.
New Deep Burgundy Unique
colour for the outdoor cyclamen
market.
New Deep Rose Unique colour for
outdoor and landscape use. The
model for the series, Deep Rose
is outstanding in landscape and
garden beds.
New Purple Deep, intense purple
colour.
New Salmon Eye Large, dark
ANNUALS
salmon flowers with very nice eye,
on a slightly larger plant than the
other Dreamscape varieties.
New White The best white
cyclamen for outdoor performance.
New Dark Flamed Mixture Well-
balanced mix of dark Flamed
colours.
Dreamscape Deep Rose Dreamscape Purple
Dreamscape Bright Red Dreamscape Salmon Eye Dreamscape White
Dreamscape Dark Flamed Mixture
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19corona
Crowned with
huge flower
power
Wow ’em with the
biggest blooms of any
dianthus of this type…
exceptional flower
form…and a palette of
showstopping colour
choices. Corona adds a
regal touch to cool-
season landscapes,
gardens and patio
planters.
Corona Strawberry
DIANTHUS
Dianthus chinensis
Corona Series F1
Height: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm
Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm
Seed supplied as: Pelleted
Plug crop time: 4 to 6 weeks
Transplant to finish: 6 to 8 weeks
• Corona features larger blooms
than the competition, plus uniform
flowering time and habit.
• Produces multiple flowers on a
compact, mounded plant.
• Gives its best performance in
cool weather, making it great
planted along with other cool-
season annuals such as pansies.
New Cherry Red Solid cherry
colour; some flowers show a darker
red centre.
New Rose Solid rose colour, with
some blooms showing a darker
centre.
New Salmon Red Eye Consistent
bicolour pattern of salmon/coral Corona Cherry Red Corona Salmon Red Eye Corona White
with darker red centre.
New Strawberry Variable pattern in
coral/salmon shades. Some flowers
are solid coral, some are coral
bicolour and some have a darker
coral picotee against a lighter
background.
New White Clean, clear white.
20 ANNUALS Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailscorona
Corona Cherry Red Floral Lace Mixture Improved
DIANTHUS
Dianthus chinensis x barbatus
Floral Lace Series F1
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Height: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm
Spread: 8 in./20 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw, Pelleted
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: 4 to 5 weeks
• Early flowering with the largest
blooms of any D. chinensis x
Floral Lace Picotee Improved barbatus – up to 1.5 in./4 cm across.
• Performs well in gardens under
tough conditions as an annual or
biennial.
• Good for high-density Spring
and Autumn pack or small pot
programs.
New Picotee Improved More
uniform habit, less stretch and 1
week earlier to flower than original
Picotee. Colour pattern is not as
distinct a traditional “picotee,” but
delivers a nice novelty white and
rose-red bicolour.
New Purple Improved More
Corona Rose Floral Lace Purple Improved controlled habit and richer colour.
Replaces both Purple and Violet
to offer the best genetic in this
important colour class.
New Mixture Improved
Streamlined mix includes the most
uniform, brightest colours in the
series for better uniformity for the
finished grower.
FUSEABLES
See Plug & Play, p. 5
L: Corona Strawberry R: Competing variety
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21bonanza
Bonanza Flame Improved Marigold Promise Antique Shades Promise Rose Blotch Pansy
Improved Pansy
PANSY
Viola x wittrockiana
Promise® Series F1
Height: 8 to 12 in./20 to 30 cm
Spread: 8 to 12 in./20 to 30 cm
Flower size: 2.75 in./7 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed
Plug crop time: 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 7
weeks, Autumn 4 to 5 weeks
Bonanza Flame Improved Marigold Bonanza Deep Orange Improved Promise Pure Silver Azure • Selected for European growing
Marigold Improved Pansy conditions, Promise is ideal for
FRENCH MARIGOLD high-density, pot-tight Spring
Tagetes patula programs for the European market.
All-around Bonanza Series
• Early, compact plants with large
flowers will not extend beyond the
performance edge of the pot in production.
Height: 10 to 12 in./25 to 30 cm
The market leader Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm New Antique Shades Improved
in French marigolds, Better plant habit and earlier
Seed supplied as: Coated, flowering than the original variety.
Bonanza is the series De-tailed
New Pure Silver Azure Improved
to choose when Plug crop time: 3 weeks Better plant uniformity and habit.
you want to pump Transplant to finish: 3 to 4 weeks
New Rose Blotch Replaces Rose
up your pack sales. Shades.
This popular series • Double crested flowers are the
largest of any in this type – 2 to Promise Yellow Blotch New Yellow Blotch Improved
delivers earliness, large 3 in./5 to 8 cm across – in a wide Improved Pansy Better plant branching and habit
flowers, uniformity and range of pure, intense colours. plus narrower flowering window.
superior performance • Fast to flower with a tight
under a wide range of flowering window.
• Excellent garden performers
conditions. under a wide range of conditions.
New Flame Improved Larger
flowers and less stretch in the pack;
this upgrade brings even greater
uniformity into the series.
New Deep Orange Improved
Improved habit brings this colour
class into line with the series.
Replaces Deep Orange (more
compact than others in the series).
22 ANNUALS Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailsmatrix®
Halloween Improved
Matrix Deep Blue Blotch Improved Matrix Light Blue Improved Spring Matrix Blue Improved Frizzle Sizzle Yellow Improved
Matrix® Series F1 Spring Matrix Series F1 New Halloween
Height: 8 in./20 cm Height: 8 in./20 cm
Improved F1
Make your life Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm
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easier Flower size: 3.5 in./9 cm Flower size: 3 in./8 cm Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm
Flower size: 1.75 to 2 in./4 to 5 cm
Matrix is your best Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed
option for longer days Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed
Plug crop time: 5 weeks Plug crop time: 5 weeks
and warmer growing. Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 8 Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 7 Plug crop time: 5 weeks
Uniformity of timing weeks, Autumn 4 to 6 weeks weeks, Autumn 4 to 5 weeks Transplant to finish: Autumn 2 to
3 weeks
and plant habit simply • Matrix offers less handling, less • Your best option for shorter days
can’t be beat by any waste and exceptional holding and cool growing – plants look • Replaces Halloween II with less
other varieties in the power for higher profitability. better, last longer and have the stretch under Autumn growing
marketplace. Only • Extra-large flowers hold up to the tightest flowering window for less conditions and a larger flower size.
Matrix has a tight heat and PGR stress in Summer/ dump. • Blooms are a unique, uniform
Autumn production. • Most uniform Spring-flowering pure black colour, on strong, short
7-day bloom window • Gives pro landscapers the best series produces large blooms that peduncles.
in Autumn production choice for uniform colour striping, maintain good presentation under • Early, well-branched and
that allows every plus the most flowers per plant of cold, dark, wet Winter production. floriferous plants are great for
colour to ship the same any large-flowered pansy. New Blue Improved Earlier flower Autumn pots and packs, and
New Deep Blue Blotch Improved timing is in line with the series overwinter with ease when planted
week. in-ground.
Greater plant vigour and better during Spring production. Flower
uniformity to match the series. colour is now a more true blue
New Light Blue Improved Earlier tone. Frizzle Sizzle Series F1
flowering fits series timing; flower
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm
colour is upgraded to a lighter blue
Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm
shade.
Flower size: 2.5 in./6 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed
Plug crop time: 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 8
weeks, Autumn 4 to 6 weeks
• PanAmerican Seed is the only
professional supplier of this unique
frilly flower form – count on reliable
seed supply.
• Great for cool-season Winter and
early Spring end cap displays.
• Stronger ruffling occurs in cool
conditions; Spring production is
recommended.
New Yellow Improved Flowers
5 days earlier with greater hybrid
uniformity.
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23cool wave®
Cool Wave Fire Top: Shows more yellow in face during Summer/Autumn production (warm season)
Bottom: Shows more red in face during Winter/Spring production (cool season)
SPREADING PANSY
Viola x wittrockiana
Cool Wave® Series F1 Twice the
spread…double
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm
Spread: 24 to 30 in./61 to 76 cm the colour!
Flower size: 2 to 2.25 in./5 to 6 cm Wow ’em with Cool
Seed supplied as: Primed Wave – hands down,
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks it’s the fastest-growing,
Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 7 longest-lasting, truly
weeks, Autumn 4 to 5 weeks trailing pansy for
• The best-performing spreading
Spring and Autumn.
pansy series delivers easy One trip to the garden
spreading colour for Spring and centre for lush baskets
Autumn, so you can extend your or pots for in-ground
growing and selling season for the planting is enough
popular Wave® Brand.
• Superior overwintering hardiness – to convince anyone
Cool Wave is the earliest pansy to that Cool Wave is a
return in the Spring. cool-season gardener’s
New Fire All-new colour joins Cool dream.
Wave! Rich dark red with a yellow
face brings “fire” to Cool Wave.
New Lemon Improved Clear,
buttery lemon blooms show some
genetic dark and light shading.
Replaces Lemon Surprise.
Cool Wave Lemon Improved
24 COOL WAVE Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailslucky star®
Lucky Star Mixture Lucky Star Raspberry
PENTAS
Pentas lanceolata
Stays in colour… Lucky Star® Series F1
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Really!
Height: 12 to 16 in./30 to 41 cm
Lucky Star is bred Spread: 12 to 14 in./30 to 36 cm
for the fastest follow- Seed supplied as: Pelleted
up blooming of any
Plug crop time: 6 to 7 weeks
pentas on the market. Transplant to finish: 7 to 8 weeks
Non-stop colour
• With the fastest follow-up
means plants look blooming of any pentas on the
better getting off the market and a 1-week bloom
truck and they just window, Lucky Star maintains a
keep getting better consistent show of colour from
retail through end-of-season.
in the store! Plus, this
• Follow-up blooms do not eclipse
colour-rich series the prior flush, so plants stay
has a tight, compact compact, tight and ready for sale at
habit that keeps them retail with minimal work.
looking tidy with New Raspberry Bright, no-fade
virtually no effort. The colour is the first-of-its-kind for
pentas!
promise of continuous,
New Mixture Dark Red, Deep Pink,
show-stopping colour
Lavender, NEW Raspberry, Violet,
on full, lush plants… White.
now that’s a huge plus!
Lucky Star arrives tidy and ready for retail sale.
L: Lucky Star Violet R: Competing violet variety
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25easy wave®
Easy Wave Red Improved Easy Wave Violet Improved
SPREADING PETUNIA New Violet Improved 2 to 3
Petunia x hybrida days slower to first flower than
Easy Wave® Series F1 original Violet. Improved and All-season
more densely branched for a salesmakers kick it
Height: 6 to 12 in./15 to 30 cm fuller plant. Less upright vigour
Spread: 30 to 39 in./76 to 99 cm and shorter peduncles for up a notch!
Flower size: 2 to 3 in./5 to 8 cm improved manageability. Deeper Red and Violet get
colour for improved retail show.
Seed supplied as: Pelleted big-time upgrades for
Sturdier flowers for a less floppy
Plug crop time: 4 to 6 weeks appearance – delivers a better retail 2019…and that moves
Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 7 and garden show. 6 eye-catching mixes
weeks, Summer 4 to 5 weeks New Formula Mixture Improved to the next level, too!
NEW Violet Improved, NEW Always a standout in
• Exceptional uniformity means Red Improved, Blue, White, Pink Easy Wave Red Improved
simplified production, maximized the petunia market,
Passion, Neon Rose, Silver.
plug yields and the ability to meet bold and creative
New Great Lakes Mixture
every ship date for every colour. Easy Wave lets you
Improved NEW Violet Improved,
Lets you grow specialty mixes, too! bring in a wide array
Blue, White. Flower window is now
• More mounded with more
controlled spread than Wave
2 days shorter. of decorator colours.
varieties. New Opposites Attract Mixture Put the huge versatility
• Recommended in Wave branded Improved NEW Violet Improved, to work – they’re
packaging: 6-in./15-cm pots, Coral Reef. Same time to first
perfect for solo and
premium quarts and gallons, flower, with a narrower window to
306 premium packs with handle, 50% flower by 3 days. mixed planters and
hanging baskets. New Plum Pudding Mixture baskets, gardens and
New Red Improved Offers many Improved NEW Violet Improved, landscapes. Best of
upgrades compared to original Plum Vein. Flowering time to 50% all, Easy Wave delivers
Red. Improved seed quality. flower narrows to 1 day. customer-pleasing Easy Wave Violet Improved
Denser plant with more branching New South Beach Mixture performance all
and shorter peduncles for a more Improved NEW Violet Improved,
controlled, holdable plant structure. NEW Red Improved, Coral Reef.
Summer.
Plant is slightly smaller with Window to first flower shortens
approximately 10% less spread. from 5 to 3 days.
Foliage is dark green. Flowers are a New The Flag Mixture Improved
deeper, richer red colour that does NEW Red Improved, White, Blue.
not wash out. Flower size is slightly Time for first flower is the same;
smaller, yet not as small as Easy however, the time to 50% flower
Wave Yellow. Timing to first flower narrows from 3 days to 1 day.
is similar; however Easy Wave Red
Improved is approximately 3 days
faster to salable stage.
26 EASY WAVE Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailseasy wave®
Easy Wave Formula Mixture Easy Wave Great Lakes Mixture Optic Mixture Primula
Improved Petunia Improved Petunia
PRIMULA
Primula acaulis
Optic Series F1
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Height: 4 to 6 in./10 to 15 cm
Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm
Seed supplied as: Primed
Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks
Transplant to finish: Autumn, 13 to
15 weeks
• Full-flowering varieties with tidy
Easy Wave Opposites Attract Mixture Easy Wave Plum Pudding Mixture Optic Blue Primula Optic Yellow green foliage provide bright and
Improved Petunia Improved Petunia Primula rich, non-fading color in Autumn
and Winter gardens and planters.
• Compact plants require less
PGRs, and the series needs less
cold to initiate flowers, making for
easier programming.
• Superior seed quality results in a
very uniform crop.
New Blue One of the most
compact in the series, featuring
small, ruffled leaves.
New Copper Shades of copper
spark up Autumn mixes.
Easy Wave South Beach Mixture
New Cream One of the fastest to
Easy Wave The Flag Mixture Optic Cream Optic Rose
Improved Petunia Improved Petunia Primula Primula flower in the series.
New Rose One of the earliest to
flower in the series, and one of the
best varieties due to its uniformity
and great habit.
New Scarlet One of the latest to
flower in the series, with a more
Optic White
compact habit.
Primula
New White Flowers can be slightly
ruffled.
New Mixture All of the important
colours and some novelties, for a
good, balanced, uniform mix with
short flowering window.
Optic Scarlet Optic Copper
Primula Primula
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27big blue
The name says
it all!
Big Blue salvia
is exactly that – a
vigorous flowering
annual in a sales-
inspiring clear blue
colour. The first of its
type from seed, this big
beauty will pump up
mid-Summer sales in
large containers. Super
easy and super showy
for both landscapers
and home gardeners
for their back-of-border
plantings, sending
out blue spires
continuously from July
to first frost with little to
no extra care.
Big Blue US PVPAF
SALVIA INTERSPECIFIC
Salvia longispicata x farinacea
New Big Blue
Height: 24 to 36 in./61 to 91 cm
Spread: 18 to 20 in./46 to 51 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw
Plug crop time (288 tray): 4 weeks
Transplant to finish: 8 to 13 weeks,
depending on light, heat and
daylength conditions
• Great performer in heat and low-
water conditions.
• Low-maintenance plant does not
need deadheading.
• Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies
and more flock to Big Blue in the
garden.
• At its best in full sun, but will
tolerate dappled shade or partial
sun.
Big Blue US PVPAF
28 ANNUALS Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailstitan®
Snapshot Burgundy Bicolor Snapshot Coral Bicolor Snapdragon
Snapdragon
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Mediterranean XP Burgundy Halo Trailing Vinca Titan Dark Red Improved Vinca US PAF
SNAPDRAGON TRAILING VINCA UPRIGHT VINCA
Antirrhinum majus Catharanthus roseus Catharanthus roseus
Snapshot Series F1 Mediterranean XP Series Robust and ready Titan® Series F1
for anything Height: 14 to 16 in./36 to 41 cm
Height: 6 to 10 in./15 to 25 cm Height: 4 to 6 in./10 to 15 cm
Spread: 10 to 12 in./25 to 30 cm Spread: 20 to 30 in./51 to 76 cm Mother Nature Spread: 10 to 12 in./25 to 30 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw Seed supplied as: Raw
sends! Seed supplied as: Raw
Titan is up to 2 weeks Plug crop time: 5 weeks
Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks Plug crop time: 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: 3 to 4 weeks
Transplant to finish: 6 weeks Transplant to finish (basket): Spring faster to flower than
12 to 14 weeks, Summer 8 to 10 open-pollinated • More stress-tolerant due to
• Perfect balance of pack weeks vincas, with superior hybrid vigour – tolerates heat and
performance and landscape
success, with uniform flowering • The only full series of trailing branching and the drought and can withstand cooler
biggest flowers in all and wetter conditions compared to
and a 7 to 10-day window for vinca offering a true red.
O.P. types.
Spring and Autumn sales in packs • Mediterranean XP varieties fill in the top-selling colours. • Perfect for landscapes and
and small pots. fast with terrific coverage. The most uniform F1 containers of all types.
• Bushy, compact plants are • XP genetics deliver a tight, 5 to
topped by closely spaced, full 7-day flowering window; luxurious
vinca series on the • Well-suited to packs, 4-in./10-cm
market shows off and 6-in./15-cm pots.
flower spikes. spreading habit; larger flowers and
reliable germination. flowers that are up New Dark Red Improved Matches
to 50% larger than the series for both flowering and
New Burgundy Halo Vibrant, deep
finish timing.
burgundy with bright white eye. O.P. types in cooler
temperatures.
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29tattoo
Tattoo Raspberry US PVPAF Tattoo Papaya US PVPAF
UPRIGHT VINCA
Catharanthus roseus
Tattoo Series Make your mark
on vinca sales!
Height: 10 to 14 in./25 to 36 cm
Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm The art of plants comes
Seed supplied as: Raw alive on every Tattoo
Plug crop time: 5 weeks
bloom – each petal
Transplant to finish: 5 to 6 weeks looks like it is inked
or airbrushed with
• Very floriferous and well- soft brush strokes of
branched plants display one-of-a- black. Adding these
kind flowers with an overlapping, Tattoo Black Cherry US PVPAF Tattoo Papaya US PVPAF
fully rounded form that won’t show standout newcomers
gaps in hot temperatures. to your lineup shows
• 3 to 5-day flowering window with that you have your
an appealing upright habit across finger on the pulse of
all colours.
• Outstanding in hot and sunny
what today’s gardener
conditions. really wants: bold, fun,
• NOTE: Tattoo blooms display head-turning. Tattoo…
the best colour contrast under without a doubt, the
warm conditions with higher light; most unique vinca on
colours brighten with increased
temperatures and light. Grown the market today!
under cooler conditions and lower
light, colours appear darker overall
with less contrast. Tattoo Raspberry US PVPAF Tattoo Tangerine US PVPAF
New Black Cherry Swirls of
cherry and raspberry are lightly
airbrushed with black tones.
New Papaya Beautiful, soft
“orangesicle”-toned petals are
marked with an inky black eye.
New Raspberry Deep raspberry
blooms mature to a soft rose
colour, each accented with an inky
black eye.
New Tangerine Swirls of black
airbrushed onto tangerine-colour
blooms with a bright eye.
30 ANNUALS Request your Product Information Guide for full culture detailssorbet® xp
Sorbet XP Yellow Burgundy Jump Up Viola Double Zahara Salmon Zinnia Double Zahara Bright Orange Zinnia
Sorbet XP Pink Wing Viola Sorbet XP Yellow Improved Viola Sorbet Yellow Blue Jump Up Viola Double Zahara White Zinnia
VIOLA Sorbet® Series F1 ZINNIA
Viola cornuta Zinnia marylandica
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm
Send the Sorbet® XP Series F1 Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Double Zahara Series
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best-looking Flower size: 1 to 1.5 in./3 to 4 cm
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Height: 16 to 20 in./41 to 51 cm
violas to retail Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed Spread: 16 to 20 in./41 to 51 cm
Grow, ship, sell and Flower size: 1 to 1.5 in./3 to 4 cm Plug crop time: 4 weeks Seed supplied as: Raw, Coated
plant the best-looking Seed supplied as: Raw, Primed Transplant to finish: Early Spring 6
to 9 weeks, Autumn 4 to 6 weeks Plug crop time: 3 weeks
violas for Spring and Plug crop time: 4 weeks Transplant to finish: Spring 8 to 9
Autumn – Sorbet XP Transplant to finish: Early Spring 6 • Plants cover the soil at flowering weeks, Summer 5 to 6 weeks
genetics deliver a to 8 weeks, Autumn 4 to 5 weeks with more blooms and less
• The only fully double, disease-
uniform plant habit • Sorbet XP needs fewer PGRs,
stretching, and fewer PGRs are
resistant zinnia series has bigger
and the tightest bloom needed.
with superior holdability and less • Superior holdability and less flowers than the competition for a
window. shrink. Their F1 vigour assures shrink. huge colour show!
greater germination, earliness, • Use in Autumn and Spring • Award-winning, all-season
and excellent plug and garden programs – the novelty colors have performance and durability
performance. good retail and home garden in landscapes and containers,
• Violas are a key pro landscaper appeal. especially in sunny, hot and dry
item and Sorbet XP excels at conditions.
every turn: plants cover the soil at • Intermediate size is perfect
flowering, with more blooms on for mid-level plantings in
every plant and less stretching; the landscape. Works well in
stay compact in both heat and containers, too.
cold; excellent overwintering; wide New Bright Orange Intense bright
range of clear colors allows for orange colour on highly double
custom mixes. flowers. Very floriferous, with
New Pink Wing Highly sought- slightly smaller flowers than others
after pink cap/white face colour in the series.
pattern joins the Sorbet XP series. New Salmon Holds its colour
Replaces Sorbet Pink Wing. under hot conditions, while others
New Yellow Burgundy Jump Up in this colour class start to wash out.
Yellow face with burgundy cap. New White Outstanding white
New Yellow Improved Upgraded joins the series, with larger and
flower quality shows little to no more double flowers than the
whiskering; delivers greater flower competition. Up to 2% of plants
power than original XP Yellow. can show pink blushing in the
flowers.
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31double the sun
perennials
Double the Sun
COREOPSIS
Coreopsis grandiflora
The early bird gets New Double the Sun
the…Sales!
Height: 12 to 14 in./30 to 36 cm
There’s early…and Spread: 12 to 14 in./30 to 36 cm
then there’s Double USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a to 9b
the Sun! This bright (-30 to 25°F/-34 to -4°C minimum
newcomer is 2 to 3 temperatures)
A First-Year-Flowering Perennial.
weeks earlier than our
Early Sunrise and other Seed supplied as: Primed
comparable varieties in Plug crop time: 5 to 7 weeks
the early cool season. Transplant to finish: 9 to 12 weeks
In Summer, it finishes
• Semi-double, clear golden
1 to 2 weeks earlier. yellow flowers are the same large,
Get this favourite 2.5-in./6-cm size as SunKiss and
perennial class into the Early Sunrise, and bigger than
store before any other Sun Up and Sunfire.
• Great controlled habit with strong
compact, semi-double
flowering.
yellow coreopsis, and • Ideal for quart and 1-gallon
listen as those registers production in Spring and Summer
ring. with 13-hour critical daylength.
For 2-gallon and larger containers
in Summer, Early Sunrise is the
optimal choice.blue spear
PERENNIALS
Avignon Early Blue Blue Spear
LAVANDULA New Blue Spear
Lavandula angustifolia
Height: 11 to 13 in./28 to 33 cm
Pump up your
New Avignon Early Blue Spread: 9 to 11 in./23 to 28 cm
lavender program! USDA Hardiness Zones: 6a to 8b
Height: 10 to 12 in./25 to 30 cm
Spread: 9 to 11 in./23 to 28 cm These two newcomers (-10 to 15°F/-23 to -9°C minimum
join the Ellagance temperatures)
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6a to 8b A First-Year-Flowering Perennial.
(-10 to 15°F/-23 to -9°C minimum series and Lavance
temperatures) Deep Purple to boost Seed supplied as: Raw
A First-Year-Flowering Perennial. our regionally focused Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks
Seed supplied as: Raw program and round Transplant to finish: 11 to 15 weeks
(24 to 36 weeks overwintered)
Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks out the Lavandula
Transplant to finish: 10 to 14 weeks angustifolia assortment • The showiest English Lavender
(24 to 36 weeks overwintered) from Kieft Seed. Find you can grow and sell! Blue Spear
detailed information in shows off bigger, taller spikes
• Grow early, grow easy, grow than any other seed lavender, with
beautiful! This tight, well-branched the regional Lavender
more upright flower stems that
and strong-stemmed plant shows Scheduling Tool at stand closer to each other for huge
deeper blue blooms earlier than panamseed.com/ impact from a distance.
similar English Lavenders. perennials. • Very easy to grow, with high
• Grown as annual in the early uniformity, good habit and
cool season, Avignon Early Blue earliness (if grown with minimum
finishes about 2 weeks earlier than 13-hour daylength).
our Ellagance Purple and 1 week • Bred for maximum show, Blue
before the competition. Spear is best used as a perennial in
• Critical daylength is only 10 USDA Hardiness Zones 6a to 8b.
hours, like Ellagance Purple, but
Avignon Early Blue grows better in
cool conditions.
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33
33revolution
pot plants Revolution Red with Dark Eye Improved Gerbera
GERBERA
Gerbera jamesonii
Revolution Series F1
Height: 4 to 8 in./10 to 20 cm
Spread: 10 to 12 in./25 to 30 cm
Flower size: 3 to 4 in./8 to 10 cm
Seed supplied as: Coated
Plug crop time: 6 to 7 weeks
Transplant to finish: 8 to 10 weeks
• The most uniform gerbera you
can grow! When it comes to Revolution Select Mixture Improved
uniformity of flowering window Gerbera
across a complete colour range,
Revolution is the leading standard-
size pot gerbera. Hit your schedule
• Industry-leading seed quality.
• Better second flush of flowers every time
than the competition assures Flower timing is
much longer bloom time for the
consumer. synchronized across
New Red with Dark Eye Improved the colour range
Replaces Scarlet Red with Dark Eye in each Revolution
with more uniform colour, stem series, so your product
length and plant size, plus shorter flows smoothly. No
flowering window.
surprises…you grow,
New Select Mixture Improved
pick, pack and ship
Uniform mix of bold, bright colours
now includes the latest and best just as you planned.
genetics of the Revolution series. High uniformity
More uniform for flower timing, enables a consistent,
plant size and stem length than fully programmable,
original Select Mixture.
high-density crop year-
round.sunbuzz
More colour =
repeat sales!
Meet the pot sunflower
they’ll want again
and again. SunBuzz
keeps pumping out
more blooms, thanks
to the big show of
secondary flowers. On
the production end,
SunBuzz lets you grow
and sell a compact
plant with fewer PGRs,
so you send a good-
looking and cost-
effective product off to
market.
Hot Pops Yellow Ornamental Pepper SunBuzz
US9,307,712
ORNAMENTAL PEPPER SUNFLOWER
Capsicum annuum Helianthus annuus
Hot Pops Series New SunBuzz F1
POT PLANTS
Height: 4 to 5 in./10 to 13 cm Height: 12 to 20 in./30 to 51 cm
Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 8 to 12 in./20 to 30 cm
Seed supplied as: Raw Seed supplied as: Treated
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks Plug crop time: 2 to 3 weeks
Transplant to finish: 7 to 13 weeks Transplant to finish: 6 to 8 weeks
for Autumn finish
• Clear, yellow-filled flowers make
• Hot Pops Purple has a new SunBuzz a real standout!
companion! Pump up your • Compact, smaller-leafed plants
Autumn pot plant sales with a new are more manageable and
fruit form and multicolours. programmable on the bench, and
• Small, round peppers show off more appealing in the store.
multiple colours simultaneously • Delivers better seed uniformity
to make a high-impact display for and needs fewer PGRs than similar
outdoor and indoor decorating. varieties.
• Best for ornamental use. Fruit is • A big improvement over Ballad,
edible but not palatable – Hot Pops with less long day sensitivity, faster
Yellow fruit is medium hot, while flowering and a more compact
Hot Pops Purple is very hot. habit.
New Yellow Shows both yellow
and red fruit. Sow Hot Pops Yellow
1 week earlier to time finish with
Hot Pops Purple.
SunBuzz
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35
35sweet
cut flowers
Sweet Purple Improved
DIANTHUS
Dianthus barbatus
Sweet Series F1 Best in class
makes the best
Height: 18 to 36 in./46 to 91 cm
bouquets
Seed supplied as: Pelleted
Sweet offers the
Planting density: 4 to 6 plants/ft.2
(42 to 64 plants/m2) best commercial
Best for: Greenhouse, high tunnel; D. barbatus series
also suitable for field available. With no
vernalization needed
Plug crop time: 4 to 5 weeks
Transplant to finish: Late Spring/
for first-year-flowering,
Summer greenhouse/field, 8 to you can program for
9 weeks; Late Summer/Winter year-round production.
greenhouse, 9 to 13 weeks; Field, Add to that the very
15 to 18 weeks uniform height and
• Top-notch filler series features flowering, excellent
large, fragrant and long-lasting retail holdability and
blooms on strong, straight stems. 11 separate bright
• Produces high yields of saleable colours, and you’ve
stems.
• Taller growth comes from early,
got one sweet series
Autumn-transplanted, greenhouse- to grow and send to
grown plants. market!
New Purple Improved Richer
colour and improved uniformity.Sunday Cherry Sunday Bright Pink Sunday Orange Improved
PRODUCTION GUIDE CELOSIA
Celosia plumosa
Class/Variety Greenhouse High Tunnel Field
Sunday® Series
CUT FLOWERS
CELOSIA
Sunday Bright Pink, Cherry, Orange
Height: 28 to 40 in./71 to 102 cm
X X
Improved & Purple
Seed supplied as: Coated
DIANTHUS Planting density: 6 to 8 plants/ft.2
Sweet Purple Improved X XX X (64 to 80 plants/m2)
Best for: Greenhouse, high tunnel
See the full chart of all PanAmerican Seed cut flowers on page 197 of the 2018-2019 Catalogue.
Plug crop time: 2 to 3 weeks
Transplant to finish: 12 to 16 weeks
• First professional cut version of
the popular plume-shaped celosia.
FLORAL SELECTION GUIDE FOR BOUQUETS
• Full plumes and long, strong
Class/Variety Focal Filler Line Volume stems enhance high-end retail
CELOSIA mixed bouquets.
• Short programmable production
Sunday Bright Pink, Cherry, Orange time and high yield – ideal for high-
X X X
Improved & Purple
density programs.
DIANTHUS New Bright Pink Slightly shorter
Sweet Purple Improved X X X plumes compared to other Sunday
varieties.
See the full chart of all PanAmerican Seed cut flowers on page 179 of the 2018-2019 Catalogue.
New Cherry Bright cherry colour.
Slightly larger leaves than other
Sunday varieties.
Sunday Purple
New Orange Improved More stem
length, less daylength sensitivity
and darker orange colour than
current Orange.
New Purple Unique colour.
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