I want to thank my parents, my breeder, and especially the millions of fans who have made me the Most Award Winning Plant in Proven Winners History. At my 2005 debut I was just a new, 12 -18 inch Proven Winners Euphorbia. I never imagined my career would last. I suppose it’s because of my annual nature (except in zones 10 – 11). At first, I thought you liked me solely for my incredible, continuously blooming clouds of airy white flowers. But as I grew in more containers and landscapes across North America, you praised my mounded habit, and how well I tolerate heat and drought. My versatility both as a single and in combinations. Others spoke of how easy I am to grow. In letters you wrote of my ability to stay beautiful without deadheading. And I was deeply touched by your appreciation of my deer resistance.

Without you, I would still be just another plant in the unforgiving world of commercial horticulture. If I could, I would keep you with me in the full to part shade forever.

“A Real Simple magazine – Top 10 goofproof Plant”

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I have copied the information form Proven Winners website as we began to experiment with different varieties of plant material to hopefully find something new and great for our area.  Take a look at the below information that I have provided.

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Flambé is one of Dr. Rick Schoellhorn’s top ten favorites for Florida.

Are you looking for a plant for that hot dry part of your yard that never seems to get enough water? Flambé Chrysocephalum love heat and dry conditions and flower continuously through the summer. Small round golden orange flowers cover the plants. Give them air circulation and bright sun. they can be planted at any time of year except winter in north Florida.

“This was a pleasant surprise. I’ve used this plant [Chrysocephalum] and loved it, but it took a while before it became commercially available and landscapers understood its toughness. It [Flambé Yellow] was placed at an entrance as a groundcover beneath ‘Stars and Stripes’ pentas, a welcoming sight to our visitors. Plants were less than 6 inches tall, had wonderful insect and disease-proof gray-green foliage and were covered with bazillions of bright yellow flowers just above the foliage. Congratulations to Proven Winners and thank you for allowing us to trial this cultivar.” - Dr. Allan Armitage, University of Georgia

Drought tolerant, Heat tolerant, sandy soil tolerant, frost
tolerant to 30F with minimal damage, so good for extending season both in spring and in fall. Somewhat salt tolerant.

Goes great with: Coleus Royal Glissade, Intensia Phlox, Superbells Calibrachoa, any annuals or perennials where silver foliage can act as an accent. Best in bright full sun conditions!

Habit: Low mounding cultivars

Season: Spring through fall

Where does it come from: Tasmania and Australia

Tips: Like all Chrysocephalum and Helichrysum these plants love full hot sun and good air

Features Tufted yellow flowers on silvery foliage; very heat and drought tolerant • Best Seller • Deadheading Not Necessary • Drought Tolerant * • Fall Interest • Heat Tolerant • Landscape Plant *Even drought tolerant annual and perennial plants will need water for the first few weeks while they get established. Shrubs and trees will need to be watered for the first year after they are planted. After this, little or no supplemental water will be necessary when planted in the ground. No plant is truly drought tolerant in a container; water is necessary for all plants in containers. Ornamental Characteristics Flower Color Yellow Foliage Color Silver Height 8-14″ (Short) Spacing 14-16″ Habit Trailing Container Plant Style Spiller - Trails over the side of a container Patent Information Flambe® Yellow ’Flochryel’ US PP19,175; Can. PBR 3280

Plant Needs Duration Annual Bloom Time Planting to Hard Frost Hardiness Zone(s) Annual except in zones 9 - 10 Hardy Temp 25°F (-4�C) Exposure Full sun Water Needs Dry to Normal Maintenance Easy Uses Landscapes and containers Use in planters or landscapes; great in informal drifts Great Plant for New Orleans

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I have put together a list of some of my favorite perennials for the garden. These work very well in zone 9 and I am sure they do well all the way up to zone 5. We planning to plant perennials, make sure to use a piece of paper and lay them out so you have change is height as well as size variation. Good luck and enjoy the blooms to come.

Cosmos ‘Cosmic Mixed’

NEW!! A colourful mixture of dwarf Cosmos. Large flowers bloom over attractive foliage creating a lovely and bright display. Wonderful in bedding, borders and containers.
· Height: 30cm (12in)
· Flowers: June onward
Coreopsis ‘Early Sunrise’ (Perennial)

Uniform and compact, this variety produces masses of weather resistant semi-double flowers in golden yellow. Flowers in the first year.
· Height: 24 inches
· Flowers: June onwards
Delphinium ‘Fountains Mixed’

Caution: Toxic If Eaten.
· Height: 2.5 - 3 ft
· Sow: February to April
· Flowers: June to August
Dianthus ‘Baby Doll Mixed’

Good dwarf mixture of large flowers in shades of red, rose, white and some bicolours. For borders, edging and containers.
· Height: 6 - 8 inches
· Sow: February and March
· Flowers: June onwards
Echinacea purpurea ‘Purple Coneflower’

An excellent perennial with large daisy-like purple flowers with a raised ‘cone’ center. Grown commercially as a cut flower and medicinal herb, often used with the petals removed.
· Height: 3 ft
· Flowers: June onwards

Foxglove ‘Foxy ‘

Flowers from the first year if you sow it early enough with strong upright flower stems. Shades of white, yellow, cream, lavender, rose and red, all with the gorgeous spotted flowers that are so distinctive.
· Height: 3 ft
· Sow: February to June
· Flowers: June to August
Gaura lindheimera ‘The Bride’

An excellent variety for growing towards the back of the border or in a container as a feature plant. The dainty stems paint a really pretty picture as they sway in the breeze and they make a lovely cut flower as well.
· Height: 3 - 4 ft
· Sow: January to March indoors and July outdoors
· Flowers: May to October
Lagurus ovatus ‘Bunny’s Tails’

A dwarf compact grass which makes an excellent container display. Forms neat mounds of green foliage from which the fluffy ‘tails’ emerge.
· Height: 8 inches
· Sow: March to May
· Flowers: June onwards
Pennisteum setaceum ‘Fountain Grass’

A tough and stately perennial with long, softly bristled spikes of purple tinged flower heads. Great for warm and dry positions and easily grown from divisions. Cut plants back at the end of summer.
· Height: 3 ft
· Sow: March to May
· Flowers: June onwards
Salvia x sylvestris ‘Blue Queen’

A vigorous, clump-forming perennial variety that has branching, deep blue/violet flower spikes above hairy lance-shaped leaves. An excellent garden performer from the original hybrid arising between S. pratensis and S. nemorosa.
· Height: 12 - 18 inches
· Sow: January to May
· Flowers: June to September
Iris Germanica

NEW!! These are some of the most popular irises. They are ideal border plants with large falls and standards and prominent beards. Flowering in May and June, they prefer full sun and well drained soil.
This collection contains:
· Autumn Encore - Blue tinged pink and a white beard.
· Desert Echo - A mix of tangerine and yellow
· Elizabeth of England - A delicate shade of lavender
· Night Owl - Deep purple, almost black
· I. pallida Variegata - Variegated leaves and blue flowers
Nemesia ‘Sundrops Mixed’ Ref: 10303

Plants form neat dwarf mounds that are smothered with large flowers all summer long. Use as bedding, or add to containers and baskets. An easy to grow and reliable variety. A Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner.
Diascia ‘Pink Queen’

An extremely popular and beautiful plant for hanging baskets and containers. Trailing pen habit with a mass of long spurred pink flowers.
· Height: 10 inch
· Flowers: May to October

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Coleus ‘Choice Hybrids Superb Mixed’

A special mixture which combines the best characteristics of available Coleus.
· Height: 14 inches
· Color from May to December
Cosmos ‘Sonata Mixed’

Compact plants with long lasting large flowers, a good choice for smaller gardens. In shades of rose, pink, red and white.
· Height: 24 inches
· Flowers: May to September
Zinnia

Huge showy double blooms in a wide selection of bold bright colours. A good bedding plant and cut flower.
· Height: 2.5 ft
· Halfhardy annual
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Mixture’

Maximum impact, with ten colours including bicolours with incredible flower power. This variety is day length neutral and will flower quickly irrespective of sowing date.
· Height: 12 - 14 inches
· Halfhardy annual
Vinca Pacificas Mix

Heat tolerate and require less water than most summer plants.
Water as little as 3 times per week
PACIFICAS have extra large 2 in./5 cm blooms

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Impatiens

The plants are compact and vigorous and flower profusely in a wide range of distinctive colours. Good all round garden performers making this one of the finest varieties available.
·  Height: 8 inches
·  Halfhardy perennial
Begonia

Formula mixture of colours with green or dark bronze foliage. Excellent for bedding schemes and containers.
·  Height: 8 inches
·  Halfhardy annual
Lobelia

A versatile variety that gives showy displays all summer in containers or the garden. When cut the blooms last and continue to open in the vase. Harmful if eaten.
·  Height: 30 inches
·  Halfhardy perennial
Lobelia ‘Regatta Mixture’ 

Early and incredibly free flowering all season in shades of rose, lilac, white, blue and blue splashed white. Harmful if eaten.
·  Halfhardy annual
Petunia ‘Mix’

NEW!! Very large, open trumpets in a wide range of vibrant colours. Excellent in baskets, beds, borders and tubs.
·  Flowers: February to June
Caladium

A versatile variety that gives showy displays all summer in containers or the garden.
·  Height: 30 inches
·  Colors– Red Flash, Christmas White, Carolyn Wharton, Rosebud

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Hummingbird Plants 

Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans  Giant Blue Sage, Salvia guaranitica Cypress Vine, Ipomoea quamoclit Shrimp Plant, Justicia brandegeana  Mimosa, or Silktree, Albizia julibrissin Shrub Verbena, Lantana camara Butterfly Bush, Buddleja davidii. also spelled Buddleia 

Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Common Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea  Cigar Plant, Cuphea ignea  

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So, it finally happened, a cool front that looks like it may stay for awhile. I can tell you it is time to plant the pansies.  I am a firm believer that you plant pansies in the New Orleans area when it cold enough to turn on the heat in your home. 

What pansies should I buy and is there anything special I should do? 

I am a big fan of the Majestic Giant series which are large flower plants with bright colors with a blotch of color in the center.  These plants do very well and for great results, you should remove the old  flowers every week for the best flowering results.  Also, you should plant the pansies and apply blood meal at 1 lbs. per 1000 sq. feet to make the flowers spectacular.

 

  

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