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Last year I had the opportunity to trial a new daylily and I can tell you it went out in a blaze of glory. This happened for a couple of reasons. The first and foremost is that its name is Blazing Glory and it is making its debut this year as part of the Proven Winners Rainbow Rhythm collection.
Sitting on my driveway right now are three Luminary Sunset Coral tall garden phlox, Phlox paniculata. Just saying that color makes me expect a bolt of lightning to strike and a mysterious voice to say: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." This variety, still new to almost everyone, is so beautiful in color it defies description.
Sparkling Rose may sound like an adult libation at your favorite Italian restaurant, but in the gardening world it is a Superbena or, should I say, a Super Verbena. Some in the green industry might consider it a novelty bedding plant mainly because of its coloration. Personally, I don't like the adjective "novelty," mostly because of the dictionary's No. 2 definition of the word, which is "small and inexpensive."
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column that stressed you grow containers in a mono culture style and cluster them together to create a garden look, when designing mixed
It's planting season for many and verbenas are high on the list. We had just fallen in love with Superbena Imperial Blue verbena and piled on a bunch of awards then, stop the presses! It has a new name, which is now Superbena Cobalt. Not sure if this would be similar to Shakespeare's "what's in a name" scenario, but one thing is for certain: It is even better than The Garden Guy thought.