 Cool-Season Color
It’s hot outside now, but the cool color season is right around the corner! Nothing adds more vibrant color to Fall or early Spring landscape projects than mass plantings of pansies.
Ball offers your choice of flower sizes – from big Matrix® and XXL pansies, to medium-sized Panola® series, all the way to the petite petal power of Sorbet® violas.
- Matrix is your all-around best choice for a large-flowered Fall pansy. Strong plants with big blooms offer clear colors plus novelties like Matrix Morpheus.
- The XXL series is ideal for landscapes in the deep South. XXL builds plant mass before blooming in areas with high day/night temperatures. Super-large XXL flowers won’t shrink in the heat.
- Panola – THE landscape pansies – offer the widest range of landscaper-friendly clear colors. They’re ideal for “school color” plantings.
- If you’re looking for the best selections for overwintering ability, count on Panola pansies and small-but-mighty Sorbet violas to come back reliably in the Spring from a Fall planting in cold climates.
Growers are ordering pansies and mums now! Don’t wait a minute longer to get your orders in so you get the best and newest varieties. Turn the page for several
“must-have” perennials and grasses, too.
Landscape Problem Solvers
Cool-Season Color
Plant loads of vibrant color into landscape projects with these exceptional candidates for early Spring and Fall. All perform best in full to partial sun, and are useful in beds and containers.
Matrix® Pansies Height: 8 in. (20 cm). Spread: 8 to 10 in. (20 to 25 cm). Large-flowered, Fall-performing series.
Panola® PansiesHeight: 6 to 8 in. (15 to 20 cm). Spread: 8 to 10 in. (20 to 25 cm). THE landscape pansy with the most clear color choices.
Sorbet® Violas Height: 6 to 8 in. (15 to 20 cm). Spread: 10 in. (25 cm). The best landscape viola in the widest color range!
Pansy Pals® The plants that work well with pansies! Visit balllandscape.com for the full lineup, including New for 2009 Clear Crystal™ Alyssum in White (pictured), Lavender Shades and Purple Shades.
Ball Chrysanthemums Choose from 80+ garden mum varieties in an unbeatable array of colors, flower forms and sizes. Every one is trialed, tested and selected by Ball experts for its performance power specifically in North American conditions. Pictured here: Five Alarm Red.
Try New Mammoth Mums, the true perennial garden mums…visit balllandscape.com to learn more.
Perennials
Deliver striking looks and strong garden strength with these durable and reliable selections. They’re the ideal choices for low-maintenance, high-impact borders and backgrounds.
Jim Crockett Boltonia Height and spread: 18 to 24 in. (45 to 60 cm). Full sun. Lots of cheery yellow-eyed lavender blooms all Summer. Zones 4 to 9.
Sunny Side Up Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy) Height: 30 in. (90 cm). Spread: 18 to 24 in. (45 to 60 cm). Full sun. Double-petaled blooms keep coming all through Summer heat. Zones 4 to 9.
Purpleicious Veronica (Spike Speedwell) Height: 16 in. (40 cm). Spread: 14 in. (35 cm). Full sun. The richest purple ever seen in a veronica! Great for border fronts. Zones 4 to 8.
Harvest Heuchera (Coral Bells) Height: 12 to 16 in. (30 to 40 cm). Spread: 18 to 24 in. (45 to 60 cm). Sun to shade. Standout foliage displays Spring through Fall. Available in Burgundy (pictured), Lemon Chiffon, Silver. Zones 4 to 9.
Peppermint Twist Phlox Height: 16 in. (40 cm). Spread: 20 in. (50 cm). Full sun. Combines a unique “WOW” color pattern with great mildew resistance. Zones 4 to 8.
Grasses
Use the linear shapes and stand-out textures of ornamental grasses to make striking contrasts to your annual and perennial plantings. You can’t beat ‘em for reliability, long-season interest, and tolerance to heat, drought and other landscape stresses.
Wind Dancer Eragrostis Height and spread: 3 to 4 ft. (90 cm to 1.2 m). Full sun. Bluish-green foliage is topped by airy plumes in late Summer. Hardy to at least Zone 6.
Capriccio Stipa Height: 14 to 16 in. (35 to 40 cm). Spread: 24 to 28 in. (60 to 70 cm). Full sun. Wispy and fine-textured; adds a soft touch to in-ground plantings and containers. Turns red in Fall. Hardy to at least
Zone 7.
Blue Arrows Juncus Height: 3 ft. (90 cm). Spread: 12 in. (30 cm). Full sun. Stiff, upright, blue-green foliage. Takes drought, but makes a good pond plant, too. Accent plant in containers. Zones 5 to 9.
Ruby Ribbons Panicum Height: 3 ft. (90 cm). Spread: 2 ft. (60 cm). Full sun. Dense, compact plant sets landscapes ablaze early with deep red color. Hardy to Zone 4.
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Ball EasyScape Planting Combinations
Eye-popping color stands tough against heat, humidity and drought all Summer! Full sun.
Bed Dimensions: 10 ft. (3 m) x 10 ft. (3 m); 100 sq. ft. (9.3 sq. m) total
Plant Counts (all plants grown in 3.5-in./64-mm EasyScape Plantable Pots)
- AngelMist® Spreading Pink Angelonia: 45 plants
- Lucky™ Honey Blush Lantana: 30 plants
- Prairie Sun Rudbeckia: 65 plants
- Total plants: 140
Another heat-hardy winner…this one adds rich texture and vibrant color to plantings. Full sun.
Bed Dimensions: 10 ft. (3 m) x 10 ft. (3 m); 100 sq. ft. (9.3 sq. m) total
Plant Counts (all plants grown in 3.5-in./64-mm EasyScape Plantable Pots)
- Janie Primrose French Marigold: 90 plants
- Victoria Blue Salvia: 45 plants
- Total plants: 135
Ball EasyScape®: Save Time, Save Labor & Reduce Planting Waste!
- Plant up to 30% faster with EasyScape® Plantable Pots…go straight from tray to ground
- Less plastic means less waste for faster clean-up…just stack your trays and go
- No “depotting,” no torn roots, less plant damage, no cut fingers
- Certified EasyScape growers use organic-based fertilizer to get plants off to a healthy, sustainable start
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