Pansy & Viola Solutions Cool-season quick reference chart
PanAmerican Seed cut through the cluttered pansy market with the 2005 debut of Matrix and its revolutionary plant architecture and uniformity. Next came exciting breakthroughs with Panola XP and Sorbet XP. Frizzle Sizzle added a new dimension with unique colors and texture for planters. Our newest evolution in the pansy market is trail-blazing Plentifall, with awesome trailing plants that make out-of-this- world baskets and spreading groundcovers.
Series Matrix® Plentifall® Panola® XP Frizzle Sizzle Sorbet® XP Sorbet® Standard Outstanding Features Superior plant structure Unique trailing and Consistent landscape Specialty ruffled Uniform, bench-run Novel colors round in extra large-flowered spreading habit for performance with a flower form viola series in out the widest viola pansies baskets and beds wide color range top-selling colors offering Habit & Vigor Less stretch due Vigorous trailing habit; Moderate vigor; Moderate vigor; upright, Compact and most Moderate vigor; can be to unique plant ultimately spreads up upright, mounding mounding uniform viola for habit, grown along with architecture that grows to 18 in./45 cm in the habit habit vigor and timing Sorbet XP out rather than up ground Optimal ProductIOn Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots 4-in./10-cm pots, Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots 4-in./10-cm and Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots Container hanging baskets larger pots Color Range Clear: 9 Clear: 2 Clear: 6 Clear: 1 Clear: 6 Clear: 5 Blotch: 8 Novelty: 3 Blotch: 4 Blotch: 3 Blotch: 2 Blotch: 4 Novelty: 5 Mixtures: 2 Novelty: 5 Novelty: 3 Novelty: 6 Novelty: 8 Mixtures: 24 Mixtures: 9 Bicolor: 3 Bicolor: 4 Mixtures: 9 Mixtures: 3 type & flower size Extra-large pansy, Multiflora pansy, Multiflora pansy, Multiflora pansy, Viola cornuta, Viola cornuta, 3.5 in./9 cm 2 in./5 cm 2 in./5 cm 2.5 in./6 cm 1.25 in./3 cm 1 in./2.5 cm
A cool-season variety for every program
2 | Cool Season Solutions | Find product & growing info at panamseed.com Series Matrix® Plentifall® Panola® XP Frizzle Sizzle Sorbet® XP Sorbet® Standard Outstanding Features Superior plant structure Unique trailing and Consistent landscape Specialty ruffled Uniform, bench-run Novel colors round in extra large-flowered spreading habit for performance with a flower form viola series in out the widest viola pansies baskets and beds wide color range top-selling colors offering Habit & Vigor Less stretch due Vigorous trailing habit; Moderate vigor; Moderate vigor; upright, Compact and most Moderate vigor; can be to unique plant ultimately spreads up upright, mounding mounding uniform viola for habit, grown along with architecture that grows to 18 in./45 cm in the habit habit vigor and timing Sorbet XP out rather than up ground Optimal ProductIOn Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots 4-in./10-cm pots, Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots 4-in./10-cm and Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots Packs, 4-in./10-cm pots Container hanging baskets larger pots Color Range Clear: 9 Clear: 2 Clear: 6 Clear: 1 Clear: 6 Clear: 5 Blotch: 8 Novelty: 3 Blotch: 4 Blotch: 3 Blotch: 2 Blotch: 4 Novelty: 5 Mixtures: 2 Novelty: 5 Novelty: 3 Novelty: 6 Novelty: 8 Mixtures: 24 Mixtures: 9 Bicolor: 3 Bicolor: 4 Mixtures: 9 Mixtures: 3 type & flower size Extra-large pansy, Multiflora pansy, Multiflora pansy, Multiflora pansy, Viola cornuta, Viola cornuta, 3.5 in./9 cm 2 in./5 cm 2 in./5 cm 2.5 in./6 cm 1.25 in./3 cm 1 in./2.5 cm
A cool-season variety for every program
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Cool Season Solutions | 3 Superior plant ® architecture results in retail holdability, so you Matrix can grow your profits. Similar habit, timing and performance across the series lets you streamline production and deliver a better-looking product at retail.
A 7-day bloom window in Autumn Pictured: Blotch Mixture production means all colors from the same sowing ship together.
Superior branching without stretching assures more flowers per plant.
Short, strong peduncles hold the large, thick-petaled, 3.5-in. (9-cm) flowers beautifully over the foliage.
Height: 8 in./20 cm Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm Viola x wittrockiana
Morpheus had Excellent Performance in 2010 at Oklahoma State University.
Actual size: 3.6 in. Superior plant structure and large blooms
24 | ClassMatrix name | Find | Findproduct product & growing & growing info atinfo panamseed.com at panamseed.com matrix clear, blotch & novelty
White Primrose New Lemon Yellow Orange Rose ‘PAS491298’ ‘PAS334536’ ‘PAS835623’ ‘PAS334564’ ‘PAS491790’ ‘PAS537117’
Purple New Light Blue Improved New True Blue Yellow Blotch Red Wing ‘PAS770616’ ‘PAS786626’ ‘PAS770615’ ‘PAS334561’ ‘PAS491798’
Rose Blotch New Red Blotch Improved White Blotch Ocean Blue Blotch Deep Blue Blotch ‘PAS419956’ ‘PAS770611’ ‘PAS334560’ ‘PAS419918’ ‘PAS284635’ ‘PAS426588’
Blue Frost* Morpheus* Rose Wing* ‘PAS284632’ ‘PAS460054’ ‘PAS491796’
Sangria* Sunrise* ‘PAS770618’ ‘PAS334539’
*Natural variation and color interest. Superior plant structure and large blooms
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Matrix | 5 matrix Mixtures
New Autumn Blaze Mixture Improved Blotch Mixture Citrus Mixture
Clear Mixture Coastal Sunrise Mixture Halloween Mixture
Harvest Mixture Ocean Breeze Mixture Raspberry Sundae Mixture
New Red and White Mixture New Red, White and Blue Mixture Sunfire Mixture
New Tricolour Mixture Mixture
Total uniformity across 24 mixes
6 | Matrix | Find product & growing info at panamseed.com matrix gemstone Mixtures
Amber Mixture Amethyst Mixture
Diamonds Mixture Jewels Mixture
Opal Mixture Ruby Mixture
Sapphire Mixture Tanzanite Mixture
Topaz and Garnet Mixture Yellow Topaz Mixture
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Matrix | 7 The unique spreading habit of Plentifall ® creates out-of-this-world pansy baskets and Plentifall groundcovers.
Incredible cool-season baskets for early Spring and Autumn sales.
Nice spreading groundcover with superior overwintering hardiness – the earliest pansy to come back in the Spring!
Medium-sized blooms hold up in rain and weather better than larger-flowered types.
A great spiller in mixed containers, Plentifall is quickly becoming a consumer favorite.
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 18 to 24 in./45 to 60 cm Viola x wittrockiana
Pictured: NEW Yellow
Actual size: 2.25 in. Trailing for baskets & containers
68 | ClassPlentifall name | FindFind product product & growing& growing info info at panamseed.comat panamseed.com “Finally, a true trailing, ever blooming, cascading carpet of cool season color…Plentifall flowered here in Texas from September through the Winter, and took our early Spring Texas heat right up until May.” Jimmy Turner, Senior Director of Gardens, Dallas Arboretum and New Frost Lavender Blue White ‘PAS835629’ ‘PAS730659’ ‘PAS738747’ Botanical Garden
“ They have been excellent landscape performers in LSU AgCenter landscape trials. This new pansy is very exciting, and the plant has an enormous amount of potential.” Allen Owings, Director, Research and Education, New Yellow Purple Wing New Mixture Improved Louisiana Nursery and ‘PAS738749’ ‘PAS730658’ Landscape Association
Plentifall (left) outperforms standard multiflora and grandiflora pansies in Blueberry Frost Mixture overwintering trials.
Lavender Blue White
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Plentifall | 9 Bred to handle the weather, Panola XP is the ® ultimate multi-season Panola XP landscape pansy. 5 to 7-day flowering window, uniform habit and shorter peduncles let you mix and match your pansy crop and create custom mixtures.
Panola outperforms other medium-flowered pansies in all kinds of conditions.
Early blooming Panola is the best choice for overwintering guaranteed pansy programs.
Free-flowering, well-branched and compact plants maintain their garden height with less stretch in warm climates.
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm Viola x wittrockiana
Pictured: Scarlet, Orange, Yellow , True Blue, Purple
Actual size: 2.25 in. Consistent landscape performance with wide color range
810 | | Class Panola name | Find | Find product product & growing & growing info info at panamseed.comat panamseed.com White XP Yellow XP Deep Orange XP Scarlet XP True Blue XP Purple XP ‘PAS702648’ ‘PAS543864’ ‘PAS702640’ ‘PAS702646’ ‘PAS702634’ ‘PAS702644’
White Blotch XP Yellow Blotch XP Sunburst XP Deep Blue Blotch XP Beaconsfield XP Fire XP* ‘PAS543862’ ‘PAS702649’ ‘PAS490181’ ‘PAS702632’ ‘PAS702631’ ‘PAS702663’
Rose Picotee XP* Purple Face XP* Marina XP* ‘PAS702645’ ‘PAS702643’ ‘PAS702639’ *Natural variation and color interest.
Autumn Blaze Mixture XP Baby Boy Mixture XP Blackberry Sundae Mixture XP Blotch Mixture XP
Citrus Mixture XP Halloween Clear Mixture XP Jewels ‘N Jazz Mixture XP Mixture XP Mixture XP
Consistent landscape performance with wide color range
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Panola | 11 A frilly flower-form makes Frizzle Sizzle a retail standout! Frizzle Sizzle More unique and bold colors than any other of this type!
Looks fantastic in containers and “close-up” landscapes.
Great choice for cool-season end cap displays.
Stronger ruffling occurs in cool conditions – Spring production is recommended.
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 8 to 10 in./20 to 25 cm Viola x wittrockiana
New Mixture Improved
Blue Burgundy New Orange New Passion Fruit
New Raspberry Yellow Yellow-Blue Swirl
Actual size: 2.5 in. Frilly flower form
12 | Frizzle Sizzle | Find product & growing info at panamseed.com Uniform Sorbet XP lets you send the best- ® looking violas to retail. The most uniform plant habit and Sorbet tightest flowering window in top- selling colors.
Fewer PGRs and superior holdability for less shrink.
Plants cover the soil at flowering with more blooms on every plant and less stretching.
Performs in a range of climatic conditions with excellent overwintering – great for landscape custom viola mixes.
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Viola cornuta
Round out your offering with 21 more colors including novelties with Sorbet Standards.
Standards have moderate vigor, but can be grown along with Sorbet XP.
Height: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Spread: 6 to 8 in./15 to 20 cm Viola cornuta
See the following pages for the entire color assortment.
Pictured: Lemon Parfait Mixture XP Actual size: 1.25 in. Delivering uniformity…
Find product & growing info at panamseed.com | Sorbet | 13 Sorbet XP
White XP Yellow XP Orange XP Lavender Vein XP New Purple Ice XP New Raspberry XP Beaconsfield XP ‘PAS737505’ ‘PAS737507’ ‘PAS733562’ ‘PAS733555’ Improved ‘PAS867915’ ‘PAS786641’ ‘PAS733479’
Orchid Rose Beacon XP Violet Beacon XP Purple XP Blue Blotch XP Yellow Blotch XP Lemon Royale XP ‘PAS733560’ ‘PAS733566’ ‘PAS733569’ ‘PAS736763’ ‘PAS733573’ ‘PAS733564’
New Coconut Duet XP Yellow Duet XP Purple Face XP New Delft Blue XP Beaconberry Mixture XP Improved ‘PAS786647’ ‘PAS733574’ ‘PAS733563’ ‘PAS733551’
Blackberry Sundae Mixture XP Blueberry Frost Mixture XP Citrus Mixture XP Harvest Mixture XP
Lemon Parfait Mixture XP New Mixture XP Improved Orchidberry Frost Mixture XP Select Mixture XP
…in best-selling colors
14 | Sorbet XP | Find product & growing info at panamseed.com Sorbet Standard
New Banana Cream New Lemon Chiffon Peach Frost Yellow Frost Blueberry Cream YTT (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow) ‘PAS733571’ Improved ‘PAS872977’ ‘PAS352786’ ‘PAS211823’ ‘PAS211786’ ‘PAS211827’
New Lemon Blueberry Coconut Swirl Lilac Ice Icy Blue Blue Heaven YTT Babyface Swirl ‘PAS867905’ ‘PAS211795’ ‘PA211805’ ‘PAS221920’ ‘PAS221919’ ‘PAS221917’
Marina Babyface New Antique Shades Plum Velvet Black Delight Babyface Mixture ‘PAS211759’ Improved ‘PAS786643’ ‘PAS221925’ ‘PAS211779’
White Babyface Primrose Babyface Sunny Royale Ruby & Gold Babyface Duet Mixture ‘PAS211764’ ‘PAS221910’ ‘PAS211820’ ‘PAS211763’
Purple Duet Black Duet Orange Duet Ocean Breeze Mixture ‘PAS221926’ ‘PAS211781’ ‘PAS221927’
…plus the novelties at retail
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