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DARWIN PERENNIALS ®

CENTAUREA SILVER SWIRL

Centaurea Silver Swirl is a stunning new Snowflake
Dusty Miller featuring wavy silver-white leaves on
mounded plants. Silver Swirl adds texture and brightens
borders and mixed containers. This sturdy low
maintenance plant is drought tolerant once established
and rabbit resistant. Hardy in zones 6b to 9b.

PLANT HAVEN

ROYAL HAWAIIAN WAIKIKI
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Royal Hawaiian calocasias are bred for use in full sun
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to part shade as striking focus plants in the garden or
as container specimens on the patio. All 13 varieties
in the collection have fabulous foliage colors on tidy
clumping plants with disease resistance. The newest
introduction, Waikiki, is an All America Selections
winner noted for it’s standout deep-green glossy foliage
with white markings and vivid pink veins. Waikiki is
a manageable size reaching 36" x 36" at maturity. An
irresistible retail plant in 10 -12" pots.

KIENTZLER

LOBELIX BLUE BREEZE

Lobelia Lobelix series is bred for improved summer
performance. Branching plants form a mounded plant
habit. Flowering semi-early, Lobelix will perform
well into the heat of summer. This heat-tolerant
breeding program takes a giant step forward with
the introduction of Blue Breeze. A new generation of
interspecific lobelia, Blue Breeze is the most heat and
drought tolerant variety to date. Rose Pink is also new
for 2024 bringing the series up to 8 colors.

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