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® Anna Caroline Ball Pete Kruger Hey, Pete, I think you and your team are going to be pretty busy… Okay, you got my attention – what have you heard? The line between ornamentals, annuals and perennials is disappearing. Home gardeners are looking for new ways to add color to their landscapes – and they’re snapping up shrubs like they usually buy annuals! They don’t care what class it is, they just know what they like. And you know growers and landscapers are going to get in on this Good thing we have so many unique “product blending” trend. and colorful products – something for everybody. Wait until they see all the new varieties for 2013. I know; you guys have really outdone yourselves. You’ve come up with some real winners this year. What’s your favorite? Honestly, I can’t pin down any one in particular. And I hope all those gardeners feel the same way. Maybe they’ll want one of each…or two or three! ® A blockbuster new lineup for 2013 40+ new varieties feature some of the most cutting-edge genetics we’ve seen in a while! Check them out in the pages ahead – and try to pick your favorites. It’s not easy, but it’s fun! Ball Ornamentals Team Peter Kruger General Manager Cellular: 916 952-8282 [email protected] Mary Daley Administrative Assistant Cellular: 916 281-4898 [email protected] Tom Foley, Jr. Supply Chain Manager 888 426-7478 [email protected] Brugmansia Little Angel Joey Wiseman see page 9 Sales Consultant Western U.S. (see pg. 2) John McKenna Sales Consultant Southeast (see pg. 3) John McDonough Sales Consultant Midwest & Northeast (see pg. 4) Nancy Mstowski Operations Administrator 888 426-7478 Lagerstroemia Kathy Goodyear Hydrangea Savant Enduring Summer Series Linda Graff see page 37 see page 39 Teresa Hoffman Marion Meesenberg Sales Consultant Support Team 622 Town Road West Chicago, IL 60185-2698 888 426-7478 Fax: 630 562-7606 For Canadian Sales Inquiries: Curtis Friesen Territory Manager Van Belle Nursery 888 826-2355 Philadelphus Icelandic Exochorda ‘Snow Mountain’ [email protected] see page 47 see page 25 Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 1 ® Joey Wiseman Western Sales Consultant Cellular: 503 789-2590 Fax: 630 562-7993 [email protected] Randy Baldwin of San Marcos Growers was preparing a presentation on the nursery’s new Australian plants for the Berkeley Botanic Garden. He approached us to find out what kind of cool introductions we might be cooking up. We sent Randy the 411 on a lot of exciting stuff. But Randy will tell you that it was the photo of Acacia Cousin Itt’s fluffy foliage that grabbed his attention. When Randy gave his presentation, Cousin Itt really stirred up the crowd. Impressing everyone in production at San Marcos Growers, they put it in a large, stone planter in front of their sales office. Customers saw it, touched it…and then they just had to buy it. Last year, San Marcos Growers sold about 1,200 five-gallon plants. Randy thinks it could have doubled if they had ordered more! 2 Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 ® If I had to pick a favorite series in our line, it would be the Flutterby Petite Buddleia, a dwarf series with five beautiful colors. John Williams with Tom Dodd Nursery in Semmes, Alabama was one of my first customers to try them. Right from the start, John McKenna John commented how Southeast Sales Consultant easy and economical they Cellular: 770 833-0897 were to grow. The Petites [email protected] quickly filled out a three- gallon pot, so a Spring potted plug produced a finished plant for Fall sales, loaded with color at a time of year when few shrubs are in bloom. Flutterby Petites were an instant success! Consumers and landscapers love them because they stay compact and bloom from Spring to frost. What a perfect combination: a great plant for the gardener, and a truly profitable plant for the nursery grower. Order at ballornamentals.comOrder at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 or 888 C 426-7478lass NAM e 3 ® John McDonough Midwest and Northeast Sales Consultant Cellular: 312 618-6226 Fax: 630 520-9141 [email protected] One of the best parts of my job is partnering with forward-thinking growers who not only know what their customers want… they anticipate and even set the hot trends in landscaping! The Petitti group of nurseries in Ohio is a great example. They challenge me to come up with the most innovative varieties and they’re always ready to try something new. Some of their favorites are the Flutterby Series of Buddleias and our Bombshell and Pistachio Hydrangeas. Now they’re branching out with their popular tree forms of Sweet Summer, Fire and Ice and Honeycomb Hydrangeas. What’s next? There are plenty of new varieties on the horizon and I’ll bet the guys at Petitti will be all over them! 4 Class Order NAM ate ballornamentals.com Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 or 888 426-7478 ® ABeLIA Height: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Spread: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Zones: 6 to 9 All-purpose evergreen shrub has swagger in containers or in the garden Flowers give off a charming fragrance Heat and drought tolerant ABeLIA CHINeNSIS ‘White Surprise’ PPAF A Ball Ornamentals exclusive More flower clusters plus more flower power per cluster – THe bloom boss in the landscape More compact than other chinensis varieties ABeLIA GRANDIFLORA Sunshine Daydream ‘Abelops’ PP20,961 A Ball Ornamentals exclusive Awesome tricolor variegation of pink, golden yellow and green Naturally full, no shearing needed Must-have for designer gardens Fragrant, white blooms with rosy tones ABeLIA HYBRID ‘Raspberry Profusion’ PP18,834 A Ball Ornamentals exclusive Very dwarf plant with nonstop, blush blooms from Spring to Fall The fragrance champion of Abelia After flowers drop, raspberry-pink bract clusters remain for continual eye-catching color Abelia Sunshine Daydream Abelia Abelia ‘White Surprise’ ‘Raspberry Profusion’ Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 ABeLIA 5 ® Everybody wants to touch he’s Cousin so Itt – huggable! Acacia Cousin Itt 6 Acacia Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 ® ACACIA A. cognata Cousin Itt ‘Mini Cog’ Height: 3 ft. (0.9 m) Spread: 3 ft. (0.9 m) Zones: 9a to 11, West Coast A Ball Ornamentals exclusive Soft, dangling, adorable foliage you can’t help but touch – so huggable! Dwarf habit brings a whole new personality to Acacia Drought tolerant AGAPANTHUS Bunching, straplike leaves surrounded by impressive blooming in Summer Drought and heat tolerant AGAPANTHUS INAPeRTUS ‘Gold Strike’ PP20,650 Height: 1.5 to 2 ft. (0.5 to 0.6 m) Spread: 1.5 to 2 ft. (0.5 to 0.6 m) Zones: 8 to 11 Gold and green variegation hits the jackpot as the brightest of any Agapanthus Free-flowering plants will bloom the first year Vibrant blue blooms aren’t too shabby against bright foliage – an incredible contrast AGONIS (PePPeRMINT WILLOW) A. flexuosa ‘After Dark’ Agapanthus ‘Gold Strike’ Height: 15 to 20 ft. (4.5 to 6 m) Spread: 12 to 15 ft. (3.5 to 4.5 m) Zones: 9b to 11 A Ball Ornamentals exclusive extraordinary burgundy-black foliage shows off slight green overtones as it ages Foliage smells like refreshing peppermint Great tree for streets - roots go straight down ensuring concrete will not buckle Drought tolerant Agonis ‘After Dark’ Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 AGONIS 7 ® ALBIZIA (MIMOSA) A. julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’ PP13, 822 Height: 15 to 20 ft. (4.5 to 6 m) Spread: 20 ft. (6 m) Zones: 6b to 10 Burgundy foliage is all the rage in ornamental trees Umbrella shape provides inviting shade Pink, pincushion flowers Drought and heat tolerant ASTeLIA Bunching thickets of cushy foliage are very soft, including tips “No-brainers” to grow – fabulous in containers ASTeLIA BANKSII Shore Height: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Spread: 1 to 2 ft. (0.3 to 0.6 m) Zones: 9b to 11 A silver centerpiece for mixed container drama ASTeLIA NeRVOSA (ReD ASTeLIA) Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ ‘Westland’ Height: 2 to 3 ft. (0.6 to 0.9 m) Spread: 1 to 2 ft. (0.3 to 0.6 m) Zones: 9b to 11 More compact than Shore, Westland has warm red and green coloring ASTeLIA NIVICOLA ‘Red Devil’ Height: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Spread: 1 to 2 ft. (0.3 to 0.6 m) Zones: 9b to 11 The audacity of red – the deepest of any Astelia Astelia Shore Astelia ‘Red Devil’ Astelia ‘Westland’ 8 ALBIZIA Order at ballornamentals.com or 888 426-7478 ® heavenly Afragrance at night NEW Brugmansia Little Angel BORONIA BRUGMANSIA B. sauveolens BORONIA CReNULATA New Little Angel PPAF ‘Shark’s Bay’ Height: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Height: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Spread: 4 ft. (1.2 m) Spread: 3 to 4 ft. (0.9 to 1.2 m) Zone: 10 Zones: 9a to 11, West Coast A Ball Ornamentals exclusive Densely compact shrub displays bundles of sweet pink blooms The only dwarf on the block has enormous 4 to 6-in. blooms Very trendy plant with blooming to envy Trumpet-shaped blooms hang upside down and give off an intense BORONIA MOLLOYAe fragrance at night Subtropical shrub catches ‘Mother’s Day’ anyone’s attention – especially the Height: 3 ft.