The Passion of White

Vinca Titan Pure White is our #1 Vinca

Last year, we noticed that the white mums sold out first. Then, we saw that the white poinsettias also sold out first. These sales caught our eye, so we pulled some data to look into it. What we suspected turned out to be true – white is now the new black. Here are some reasons why we think white is surging back into prominence. We also found that, although the totals may change, the sales of white material is always important.

We also decided to create a White Directory this year, organizing the relevant cultivars by their dominant season, to help you in your creative planning. Most of our customers are color conscious to some degree, and we want to point to our pretty deep commitment to white material regardless of its fashion status.

Angelonia ‘Archangel Blue Bicolor’

Long-time readers will know that we get excited over Angelonias in general, so adding a new color is a special moment for us, especially if it is ‘Blue Bicolor’.

Taller with bigger blooms

It belongs to the Archangel series from Ball, which has the taller versions and the bigger blooms. Their genetics lean hard towards the purple, so we are not surprised to see tinges of purple in the bloom. Still, it’s a bicolor and it adds new dappling to the summer snapdragon look.

Be sure to check our availability list for ordering.

Impatiens in hanging baskets--always a great choice

By this, we mean sales. To our surprise, we’ve sold twice as many hanging baskets of impatiens in the past three years than the previous three years. We think several factors are at play here. Impatiens stay drier up-in-the-air rather than down-on-the-ground due to better air circulation.

People also don’t have the same expectation of hangers that they have of garden beds. Hangers tend to get replaced automatically every few months or so, much more frequently than garden beds do.

People still like the impatiens look A LOT, and nothing does that look better than impatiens. The demand is still there, and the desire is still strong. Hangers look great at the moment of sale, and they don’t hang around in the lot or the bench for very long.

So that explains the robust sales of impatiens hangers in our mind. That said, we don’t grow a lot of extra impatiens (of any size) for general availability. If you know you want them for this spring, you really should submit your order in January so we can reserve the crop for you.