(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, Chinese Evergreen, Silver Bay Chinese Evergreen)

Silver Bay Chinese Evergreen is a clump-forming tropical perennial prized for its uniquely patterned foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped, broad, glossy and colored a pale, silvery green between the veins. The edge of the leaves is dark green with silver markings. This tropical does bloom and produces small, rather uninspiring white spathes (sail-shaped flowers)among or just below the foliage.

Chinese evergreen prefers partial to heavy shade outdoors and moderately fertile, moist, well-drained...

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen)

This bushy tropical is a popular houseplant and garden plant for warm shade gardens and container plantings. In its native Philippines and Indonesia it grows thickly to create a lush groundcover under large shade trees. It is a fully evergreen tender perennial with large, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves and lovely silver blotching. The upright plants spread slowly from fleshy rhizomes (underground stems) to form substantial clumps.

This thick, leathery leaves alternately clasp the stem with...

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen, Emerald Beauty Chinese Evergreen)

The name ‘Emerald Beauty’ says it all. This compact, well-branched tropical evergreen has dark green leaves blotched with lighter green-gray markings.

This bushy tropical is a popular houseplant and garden plant for warm shade gardens and container plantings. In its native Philippines and Indonesia it grows thickly to create a lush groundcover under large shade trees. It is a fully evergreen tender perennial with large, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves and lovely silver blotching. The upright...