Gardening enthusiasts, prepare to elevate your green spaces with the latest additions to the All-America Selections 2024 National award-winning plants. Chosen through rigorous testing across the United States and Canada, these winning varieties promise enhanced performance, exceptional flavor, disease resistance, and other unique attributes tailored for gardens and containers alike.
Among the notable victors is the Celosia Burning Embers, recognized for its captivating bronze foliage adorned with dark pink veins, complemented by vibrant pink flowers. Praised for its resilience to heat, humidity, and drought, this variety thrives equally well in containers or garden beds, adding a pop of color to any sunny location.
Siam Gold Marigold emerges as another standout, boasting season-long blooms and a remarkable ability to flourish under full sun while enduring heat and drought. With its three-to-four-inch double flowers crowning 18 to 20-inch tall plants, staking becomes unnecessary, making it an ideal choice for both transplants and direct garden seeding.
Interspecific Solarscape™ XL Pink Jewel Impatiens brings a tropical flair to full and partly sunny spots, offering continuous blooms and superior disease resistance, including protection against downy mildew disease. Whether mass-planted in garden beds or showcased in containers on patios, decks, or balconies, this variety adds a touch of exotic beauty to any space.
Sure Shot™ White Petunia proves its mettle against unpredictable weather conditions, from scorching heat to chilling rain and bright sunshine. Standing eight to ten inches tall, this hybrid petunia flourishes in containers, hanging baskets, and garden beds, its lightly fragrant flowers serving as a beacon for bees and other pollinators.
EnViva™ Pink Petchoa, a captivating hybrid of petunia and calibrachoa, captivates judges with its enduring mounded habit and bright pink flowers accented by a yellow throat, resilient against both heat and rain. Versatile in application, it thrives in containers, hanging baskets, and garden beds alike.
Sweetheart Kisses Verbena injects a burst of color with its vibrant mix of red, rose, pink, and white, thriving in full and partly sunny locations. Acting as a delightful groundcover, border accent, or standalone container plant, its airy foliage serves as the perfect canvas for attracting butterflies and bees.
Completing the roster, Big EEZE Pink Batik Geranium mesmerizes with its distinctive pink and white mosaic blooms, delivering consistent performance under varying sunlight conditions in both containers and garden beds.
Gardeners are encouraged to incorporate these award-winning varieties alongside their favorite blooms to craft captivating landscapes and visually striking containers throughout the growing season.
