2008 All America Selections Flower Display Garden

Burlington Waterfront Park

The All America Selections (AAS) is a national program to select the best of the new varieties each year. This is done in about 30 trial gardens throughout North America. Although mainly annuals, perennials can be included if they are grown from seed and bloom the first year. The varieties proving new or better than similar existing ones are given the “All America Award”, and are displayed in over 200 display gardens, such as this one. The flowers below represent some of the most recent winners and other new introductions such as from Park Seed (Parks), and are primarily annuals.

We are especially pleased and thankful this year once again for many new “specialty annuals” (those generally grown from cuttings and not seeds) provided by two wholesale greenhouse propagators in New Hampshire—Pleasant View Gardens (PVG) and DS Cole Growers (DSC). The PVG annuals are from their Proven Winners and Proven Selections series. Those from DSC are from several other brand name series.

Flower	Source	Comments
Ageratum Artist Alto Light Blue	PVG	Floss Flower
Angelonia Angelface Wedgwood Blue	PVG	Summer Snapdragon
Angelonia Carita Deep Pink	DSC
Begonia Bellagio Apricot	PVG	Angelwing Begonia
Begonia Bellagio Blush	PVG
Begonia Bellagio Pink	PVG
Begonia Mandalay Flamingo	PVG
Begonia Mandalay Mandarin	PVG
Begonia Mandalay Pearl	PVG
Bidens Solaire Yellow	PVG	Bidens
Brachyscome Jumbo Mauve	DSC	Swan River Daisy
Calibrachoa Million Bells Yellow	DSC	Trailing Petunia
Calibrachoa Minifamous Double Dark Pink and Blue	DSC
Calibrachoa Superbells Cherry Blossom	PVG
Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Lilac Mist	PVG
Celosia Chinatown	Parks	Europe Fleuroselect winner
Celosia Fresh Look Gold	AAS	2007 winner
Celosia Fresh Look Red	AAS	2004 winner
Celosia Fresh Look Yellow	AAS	2004 winner
Coleus Alabama Sunset	DSC	New genus: Solenostemon
Coleus ColorBlaze Kingswood Torch	PVG
Coleus ColorBlaze Royal Glissade	PVG
Coleus ColorBlaze Sedona	PVG
Coleus Gay's Delight	DSC
Coleus Glennis	DSC
Coleus Lancelot Velvet Mocha	PVG
Coleus Moonglow	DSC
Coleus Mt. Washington	PVG
Coleus Saturn	DSC
Coleus TiltaWhirl	DSC
Coreopsis Creme Brulee	PVG	Tickseed
Cuphea Totally Tempted	PVG	Cuphea
Cynara Cardoon	DSC	Globe Artichoke
Dianthus Can Can Scarlet	AAS	2003 winner
Dianthus Supra Purple	AAS	Dianthus, 2006 winner
Diascia Diamonte Coral Rose	AAS	Twinspur, 2006 winner
Diascia Flirtation Pink	PVG
Diascia Genta Pink	DSC
Euphorbia Diamond Frost	PVG	Spurge
Gypsophila Gypsy Deep Rose	AAS	Baby's breath, 2004 winner
Heliotrope Fragrant Delight	DSC	Heliotrope
Heliotrope Incense	PVG
Heliotrope Nagano	PVG
Hollyhock Queeny Purple	AAS	Hollyhock, 2004 winner
Impatiens Celebration White	DSC	New Guinea impatiens
Impatiens Infinity White (Imp)	PVG
Impatiens Sonic Salmon	DSC
Impatiens Supersonic Flame	DSC
Lantana Bandana Cherry	DSC	Lantana
Lantana Luscious Citrus Blend	PVG
Lantana Luscious Grape	PVG
Lantana Luscious Lemonade	PVG
Lantana Luscious Tropical Fruit	PVG
Lantana Patriot Classic Passion	PVG
Lantana Samantha	PVG
Lantana Silver Mound	PVG
Lantana Tiddley Winks Red	PVG
Lobelia Laguna Heavenly Lilac	PVG	Lobelia
Mecardonia Prima Lemon Yellow	DSC	Axilflower
Nemesia Compact Pink Innocence	PVG	Nemesia
Nemesia Honey Cloud Lavender	DSC
Nicotiana Perfume Deep Purple	AAS	Flowering Tobacco
Ornamental Millet Purple Majesty	AAS	2003 winner
Ornamental Pepper Black Pearl	AAS	2006 winner
Osteospermum Asti White	AAS	2008 winner.
Osteospermum Flowerpower Purple Red	DSC	South African Daisy
Osteospermum Kenai Orange Dream	DSC
Petunia Cascadia Mystic Purple	DSC	Petunia
Petunia Fortunia Purple Picotee	DSC
Petunia Limbo Violet	AAS	2004 winner
Petunia Opera Supreme Pink Morn	AAS	2006 winner
Petunia Petitunia Blue Dream	DSC
Petunia Supertunia Blue (Imp)	PVG
Petunia Supertunia Vista Silverberry	PVG
Petunia Surfinia Blue Vein	DSC
Petunia Surfinia Patio Yellow	DSC
Petunia Surfinia Sky Blue	PVG
Portulaca Yubi Apricot	PVG	Moss rose
Salvia (farinacea) Evolution	AAS	Sage, 2006 winner
Salvia Sallyfun Blue Emotion	DSC
Sanvitalia Tequila	DSC	Creeping Zinnia
Scaevola Surdiva Blue	DSC	Fan Flower
Sedum (hakonense) Makino	PVG	Sedum
Torenia Catalina White Linen	PVG	Wishbone flower
Torenia Magenta Moon	DSC
Torenia Yellow Moon	DSC
Verbena Little One	PVG	Verbena
Verbena Tukana Scarlet Star	PVG
Vinca First Kiss Blueberry	AAS	Annual Periwinkle, 2005 winner
Vinca Pacifica Burgundy Halo	AAS	2007 winner
Viola Skippy XL Red Gold	AAS	AAS Classic variety
Zinnia Magellan Coral	AAS	Zinnia, 2005 winner
Zinnia Zowie Yellow Flame	AAS	2006 winner

A cooperative program of the Burlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation and University of Vermont Extension (Dr. Leonard Perry). Appreciation is expressed to the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association and the Burlington Garden Club for funding and support.