fc: lavender
in: Hogendoorn-nl.com (online catalog spring 2004)

ht: 35cm tall x 30cm wide
ha: dwarf, compact
fc: apricot orange
bt: very long bloom period compared to other cultivars.
aw: Fleuroselect Quality Mark 2000
origin, source: Thompson and Morgan before 2000

ht: 2-3 ft. but if grown as annual usually under 1.5 ft.
ha: vigorous, forming a strong clump in time.
st: purple tinged
fc: orange buds open clean light apricot to rose peach with a showy dark red calyx.
ft: tubular corolla
infl: floriferous raceme
bt: July-October
lc: green above, grey below
ch: USDA 6-7
or: bred A. coccinea x A. aurantiaca. This series is sometimes
or: called Western Hybrids.
so: Carroll Gardens
so: Goodwin Creek Gardens

ht: 30 in. tall x 18 in. wide
fc: yellow tinged orange
lc: silvery-green

ht: 30 in. tall
fc: light pink and peach orange
lu: shown to be very heat and humidity tolerant

ht: 30 in. tall x 18 in. wide
fc: two or three shades of orange from light to medium.

ht: 120cm
ha: upright, dense
fd: 2cm
ft: sterile
fc: light to medium blue
infl: raceme
bt: June to September
or: Michael Munch
inL: Christian H. Kress, Gartenbautechniker
aw: Awarded ISU Perennials 2004

ht: 36-60 in. tall - the largest clone named to date (11/2003)
fc: bright pink - the name refers to Bazooka bubble gum as well as the size of the plant
ff: well scented flowers
ch: 6
so: Roslyn Nursery (online catalog 2003)

ht: 30 in. tall x 18 in. wide
fc: lilac-blue
so: Hopleys.co.uk  (online catalog 2003)

ht: 60-80cm
fc: purplish blue or "deep lilac blue". It more of a silvery-lavender when viewed up close. It is not Veronica!
bt: July-September (Boskoop)
infd: infl. 15-20cm long
infl: spikes upright, dense
lf: blades have a mixture of mint and either licorice or anise in their fragrance.
lc: greyish green with pleasantly rough surface.
ls: ovate
la: narrowly acute to acuminate
lm: coarsely serrate to dentate.
lb: usually truncate
or: Gert Fortgens 1993 as A. rugosa x A. foeniculum.
ch: USDA 5
in: Research Station Boskoop Netherlands 1993. Known in the US since 1997 or so.
eval: useful, colorful plant that takes drought and needs little care. Butterflies adore it.
eval: the scent foliage seems to deter many pests.
ns: it is sometimes sold as a cultivar of A. foeniculum but it is an interspecific hybrid.
li: Sieber, J. 1995. Newly registered cultivars of hardy perennials. ISU. 79.
so: Forest Farm
so: Carroll Gardens

ht: 30-36 in. tall x 18 in. wide
lc: gray-green, as species
fc: pink, a nice dusky, medium intense shade

ht: 15 in. tall and 12-15 in. wide
ha: compact, upright-spreading, vigorous
fc: lavender-pink
ch: USDA 5
eval: James Klett states it is shower than other lavender-rose cultivars, these flowers appears earlier and
eval: last longer than other named cultivars (2002).
or: found ina row of plants in Denver CO USA
in: Plant Select, Fort Collins CO USA 2002
pat: US PPAF

fc: orangish-coral, a very pleasant and glowing shade - neither too bright nor too subtle
ft: long tubular corolla, almost Salvia-like

ht: 3 ft.
ha: similar to parent A. coccinea in general appearance
fc: bright salmon red to copper red. Other like to describe it as more coral.
ft: tubular corolla
infl: floriferous raceme
bt: July-October
lf: mint scented blade.
lc: silvery green
ch: USDA 6-7
or: bred A. coccinea x A. rupestris. This series is sometimes
or: called Western Hybrids.
eval: one of the brightest modern hybrids. Hummingbirds head for this color first!
so: Carroll Gardens

ht: 36 in. tall
fc: white
lf: musk-scented, apparently differing from 'Alba' in this respect
fd: larger than typical 'Alba'

ht: 36-40 in.
fc: white. Species is violet to blue violet.
lf: anise-scented blades
so: Goodwin Creek Gardens

fc: blue
id: similar to 'Blue Fortune' overall

ns: listed name with Bastin.nl

ht: 20-40 in.
fc: white, blue, yellow, red, and pink depending on the seedling.
lf: leaves scented like anise, peppermint, spearmint, or licorice
so: Thompson & Morgan

ht: 30 in. tall x 18 in. wide
fc: lilac red
so: Hopleys.co.uk  (online catalog 2003)
so: Bastin.nl (online catalog 2001)

ht: 45cm
lc: golden yellow, sometimes greenish by summer
fc: lavender-purple
fd: 8cm
aw: Fleuroselect Quality 2003
eval: despite the prestigious award, the only plants we have seen are so horribly pale and ugly one almost averts the eyes.
so: Sahin. nl

fc: lavender-blue
infl: bottlebrush-like
wholesale source: Bluestone Perennials

fc: blue-violet
so: Bastin.nl

fc: salmon pink and rose-pink, a bicolor effect
or: Kieft Seeds c. 1998 as hybrid of unnamed seedlings.
in: Florensis 2003

fc: orange
fd: larger than species typical
or: Kieft Seeds c. 1998 as hybrid of unnamed seedlings.
in: Florensis 2003

fc: light purple
or: Kieft Seeds c. 1998 as hybrid of unnamed seedlings.
in: Florensis 2003

ht: 36 in.
fc: rose pink
lf: distinct anise scent unlike typical species with more of it minty scent.
so: Goodwin Creek Gardens

ht: 24-32 in. tal x 12 in. wide
fc: bright carmine-pink

ht: 24 in.
fc: apricot orange to creamy beige. Species is much more pink to red.
infd: narrow spike to 12 in. long
ls: ovate
lm: dentate.

fc: rich bluish-lavender to mauve-purple
infl: dense, closely packed spike

ht: 70cm
fc: carmine mauve to pinkish-mauve
so: Bastin.nl

ht: 55cm
fc: reddish-purple

ht: 70-90cm tall x 40-50cm wide
ha: upright
lc: dark green (RHS 137A)
fc: petals purplish-red (RHS 64A, 67A) fading to RHS 64C
infl: larger than most hybrids
fq: more floriferous. Approximately 1500-1700 flowers on mature plants.
pat: US #11816 to Dick Degenhardt of Boskoop, Netherlands 3/13/01
or: Dick Degenhardt of Boskoop in 1996 as seedling of A. mexicana with unnamed seedling.
dr: "resistant to pathogens common to A. mexicana" (from patent application)
in: Future Plants, Netherlands

fc: rose pink shades

ht: 6 ft.
ha: more robust
fc: magenta lavender
infl: dense heads
lf: lemon scented leaf.
in: Heronswood Nursery c. 2000
so: Heronswood Nursery

ns: a listed name. Description and source needed.

ht: 30 in. tall
fc: pink tinged red
or: pinkish sport of the hybrid 'Firebird' (see above)

ht: 18-24 in.
fc: lavender-purple
lu: Roslyn Nursery states it is more tolerant of wet soils.
so: Roslyn Nursery (online catalog 2003)

ht: 18 in. tall
fc: pink
ff: faint lemon scent - hence this cultivar name

ht: 3 ft.
fc: clear rose pink to coral pink.
ft: tubular corolla
fd: blooms to 1.5 in. long
infl: floriferous raceme
lc: deep purplish green above, often very purple below.
bt: July-October
ch: USDA 6-7
or: bred A. coccinea x A. mexicana. This series is sometimes
or: called Western Hybrids.
ns: the cartoon character of this name is a protected trademark so we do not know
ns: if use of this name is authorized or not.
so: Carroll Gardens

ht: 60cm
fc: corolla pink, calyx red
ff: well-scented

ht: 100-120cm
ha: upright
st: silvery-blue
fc: orange buds open violet-pink
lc: bluish-green
ls: lanceolate
bt: mid-June to late August in Vienna where it originated
or: Jurgen Knichmann, Vienna Higher Fed. Educ. Inst. and Exp. Stat. for Horticulture as hybrid seedling
aw: Awarded ISU Perennials 2004

ht: 55cm
ha: dwarf, compact, said by T&M to be the first uniform cultivar
fc: purple
fd: 2cm
aw: Fleuroselect Quality Mark 2001
origin, source: Thompson and Morgan before 2001

ht: 70cm
fc: white
so: Bastin.nl

ht: 45cm
st: blackish
fc: blackish buds open dark indigo purple.
so: Beeches Nursery

fc: orange
so: Bastin.nl

ht: 3 ft.
fc: lavender pink
lc: dark grey green
or: Ginny Hunt as chance hybrid from A. rupestris and possibly A. mexicana. It is named
or: because the stems way in the lightest breeze.
in: Suncrest Nurseries c. 2000

ht: 2-3 ft.
ha: compact, numerous stems.
fc: orange - darker shade than 'Apricot Sunrise'
infd: larger than 'Apricot Sunrise'
or: Ginny Hunt as selection
in: Suncrest Nurseries c. 2000

ht: 60 in. - taller than most Western Hybrids. Young plants reach 24 in. the first year.
st: purple
fc: raspberry pink to deep lavender pink. Can approach magenta. It is not fruit punch color.
ft: tubular corolla
lf: leaves have a curious lemon, mint, and bubblegum scent.
infl: floriferous raceme
bt: July-October
ch: USDA 6-7
or: bred A. barberi x A. mexicana. This series is sometimes
or: called Western Hybrids.
so: Forest Farm
so: Carroll Gardens

ht: 60cm
fc: white corolla with dark bracts.
so: Beeches Nursery

ht: 2 ft.
fc: white corolla, purple calyx.
fd: 0.5 in. long
ll: 2 in.
in: Suncrest Nurseries c. 2000