Archive for February, 2012

WHAT A GEM! Terra Nova's Echinacea 'Leilani'

Look out, Windy City! Our very own Dan Heims will be blowin’ your way in just two-and-a-half weeks.

Dan will be speaking at this year’s Chicago Flower Show and will speak on two separate occasions on Saturday, March 10, and Sunday, March 11.

Beginning at 11:00 a.m. on March 10, in Room A, Dan will speak on “Garden Gems.” He will discuss the latest and most exciting perennials, tropicals and woodies in today’s market.

DAN HEIMS

Known for traveling the world to gain insights about international plant trends and new introductions, Dan will reveal several of his top plant secrets to gardening enthusiasts.

Additionally, Chicago Flower Show attendees will not want to miss Dan’s second speaking event at 12:15 p.m. on March 11, in Room A. He will share some great container combination ideas as well as tips for creating beautiful gardens in limited spaces during his “Container Crazy and Small Space Gardening” talk.

This year, the Chicago Flower Show’s theme is ‘Hort Couture’, with a focus on original flower and garden designs as well as drawing inspiration from different plant textures, colors and fabrics. With a newly redesigned show floor, the 2012 Chicago Flower Show is sure to be one of the best yet. To learn more, visit www.chicagoflower.com.

For more information about Dan Heims and Terra Nova Nurseries, click here.

Growers, our newest Sneak Peek, Penstemon ‘Watermelon Taffy’, is making its grand debut. The latest addition to the Taffy™ Series, ‘Watermelon Taffy’ produces stunning watermelon-pink blooms with a white eye. Vigorous and showy, these great bloomers provide flowers for up to 20 weeks. ‘Watermelon Taffy’ has a strong, upright habit and short stems. Additionally, this yummy new variety is loved by hummingbirds and butterflies. ‘Watermelon Taffy’ is low-maintenance, deer-resistant as well as heat and humidity-tolerant. The average size includes 18” Width / 18” Height / 28” Flower Height and it performs well in zones 7 – 9. This sweet variety is perfect for mixed beds, sun gardens, cottage gardens and banks. To view the full plant profile and Grower Recipe for Pensetmon ‘Watermelon Taffy’, click here.  Also, watch our YouTube video to learn more about the other varieties in our Taffy™ Series by clicking here.

Terra Nova Nurseries breeds a wide variety of plants in addition to penstemon, for example, our Tradescantia Charm™ Series. This series includes ‘Luck Charm’, ‘Sunshine Charm’, ‘Angelic Charm’, and ‘Regal Charm’, all of which are a new and improved version of ‘Blue and Gold’. These tradescantia varieties were bred for golden-yellow foliage with compact habits. Most notable, the flower color palette has been expanded to pink, white and purple. Growers, the Tradescantia Charm™ Series and Penstemon ‘Watermelon Taffy’ are available for immediate shipping. Contact one of our sales representatives at sales@terranovanurseries.com and place your order today. To learn more about our current liner availabilities, click here.

The breeding team at Terra Nova has done it again! Heuchera ‘Rio’, our newest Sneak Peek, is the latest addition to the Heuchera City™ Series. This multicolored plant is named for the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro. With H. americana, H. micrantha, and H. villosa breeding, ‘Rio’ can be enjoyed throughout all four seasons. This stunning new heuchera produces beautiful, short maroon flower spikes with white flowers that bloom in the summer. Its foliage color is ever-changing from peach-amber, to amber, then to tan, and finally to yellow-amber.  ‘Rio’ is a large and vigorous plant that makes a great garden performer and container star. Its average size includes 14” W / 9” H / 14” Flower Ht, and it grows well in zones 4 – 9. To learn more about this amazing new heuchera, click here to visit the plant’s full profile. Also, check out the Grower Recipe below.

In addition to our extensive heuchera collection, we offer our grower customers a large selection of other genera, including geum varieties. Geum ‘Eos’ has bright-orange flowers with golden-yellow foliage. The plant’s compact habit makes it perfect for sunny containers. Geum ‘Fireball’ has large, profuse, orange-yellow, semi-double flowers. This beauty blooms from spring until fall. Geum ‘Fire Storm’ is our newest variety, and is an improved version of ‘Fireball’. It has twice the flower-power with half the plant size. This vigorous, compact and long-blooming plant is easy to grow in almost any garden.

Growers, to learn more about our current liner availability listings, click here. Also, to place an order for Heuchera ‘Rio’, or our geum varieties, contact one of our sales representatives at sales@terranovanurseries.com.