(Flossflower)

Stellar™ Series flossflowers are known for improved summer heat tolerance, non-fading flowers and no need for deadheading (trimming off dead flower heads to encourage continued blooming). These tender perennials are widely planted as bedding annuals and will bloom all season long.

The compact bushy plants have lush, deep green leaves. When temperatures are warm and growing conditions good, they produce big clusters of button-like flowers that may be dusty purple, violet-blue or nearly white,...

(Flossflower, Tycoon Ageratum)

The branching, dwarf flossflowers in the Tycoon Series are compact plants that tend to reflower readily from secondary branches in a range of white, violet-pink or lavender-blue. These tender perennials are widely planted as bedding annuals and will bloom all season long.

These bushy plants have lush, deep green leaves. When temperatures are warm and growing conditions good, they produce airy clusters of button-like flowers with spidery petals that attract bees and butterflies. Deadheading will...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender or violet-blue flowers bedeck this old-fashioned bedding plant when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The fragrant foliage is medium green, heart-shaped and...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Cloud Nine™ Blue Ageratum, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender to violet-blue flowers bedeck Cloud Nine™ Blue flossflower ('Balclinebu')when temperatures are not hot and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe. The Cloud Nine Series was developed by Ball Horticultural...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, Leilani Blue Ageratum)

Fluffy, nearly true blue flowers bedeck the Leilani Blue flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage of 'Leilani Blue' is dark emerald green, heart-shaped and...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, Neptune Blue Ageratum)

Fluffy, pale cobalt blue or light sky blue flowers bedeck the Neptune Blue flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage of 'Neptune Blue' is deep green, heart-shaped...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Flossflower, White Bouquet Ageratum)

Fluffy, white flowers bedeck the White Bouquet flossflower when temperatures are warm and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, this selection is widely grown as an annual bedding plant favored as a cutflower with its tall, sturdy, well-branched stems. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe.

The foliage...

(Ageratum, Blue Mink, Cloud Nine™ Ageratum, Flossflower)

Fluffy, cool lavender to violet-blue or white flowers bedeck the plants in the Cloud Nine™ Series of flossflower when temperatures are not hot and growing conditions favorable. Though technically a tender perennial, flossflower is widely grown as an annual bedding plant. It is native to Mexico and Central America where it grows as an evergreen subshrub with a dense, bushy habit, but it has also become naturalized in tropical and subtropical countries across the globe. The Cloud Nine Series was developed...

(Aglaonema)

Aglaonema is a genus of more than 20 species and many cultivated varieties and hybrids. The members of the genus are naturally distributed across the warm, humid, tropical forest of Asia. The cultivated varieties are highly prized as easy, tough indoor plants, selected for their striking leaves and used as houseplants, conservatory specimens, container plants, or bedding plants where growing conditions are favorable.

These plants are evergreen, tender perennials. Most grow fleshy stems...

(Aglaonema, Blush Chinese Evergreen, Chinese Evergreen)

Chinese evergreen ‘Blush’ is a clump-forming tropical perennial prized for its uniquely patterned foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped, broad and glossy. They are bright green, silvery between the veins and blushed pink-red on the new leaves, mid-veins and white stems. This tropical does bloom and produces small, rather uninspiring white spathes (sail-shaped flowers) among or just below the foliage.

This tropical is very frost tender so protect the plants from a chill whether grown inside...