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Syngenta Flowers packed with enough vigor to size up in large containers for mid-
Electra Amber Im- late October sales! Both varieties produce tons of mid-size deco-
proved offers a rative flowers with bicolor shading.
richer bronze color Dümmen Orange Mystic Mums
than the original Dümmen has added two new colors to its popular Daybreak
Electra Amber, family. Both Daybreak Orange and Daybreak Red display medium-
along with more sized flowers on plants with moderate to strong vigor. As the name
uniform flowering. suggests, Daybreak varieties are recommended for early natural-
Moderate vigor and season sales (mid-late August).
a mounded habit The largest family in the Mystic Mums line just got a little bigger
allow the new Elec- with the addition of two new Sunbeam colors. Sunbeam Aubergine
tra Amber to adapt turns heads with its large flowers in rich purple and its medium-
to large container Electra Amber Improved garden mum to-strong vigor. Sunbeam Flame is sure to be a fiery favorite with
red-and-yellow bicolor blooms and moderate vigor. Both fit the
sizes as well. It’s a late August-early September sales window.
great choice for fall bonze color in the very early natural season Three new additions expand the color range of the Meridian fam-
(late August/early September sales). ily—Meridian Cherry Purple, Meridian Orange and Meridian Pink
Bicolor. All offer medium flowers and moderate vigor, with Merid-
Emelda Red is a bright, showy sport of Emelda Purple with strong, ian Pink Bicolor being the largest of the new introductions. Choose
long-lasting red color. A striking choice to extend the selling sea- Meridian varieties for early-mid September sales.
son. Plants are super uniform with a spherical habit. Emelda Red
is naturally very compact; Syngenta recommends planting ahead NEW Vigorelli Violet garden mum
of other season extenders to allow extra time for plants to size up.
The biggest news in Dümmen’s Mystic Mums comes in the
Stephany Bronze and Stephany Yellow make up the all-new Eventide family. Three all-new colors have been added: Eventide
Stephany family. Stephany Bronze replaces Andrea Orange Purple, Eventide Sunset and Eventide White. All display medium-
Bicolor with a rounder, fuller and more flexible plant that packs and sized flowers on plants with moderate vigor, best suited for mid-
ships with ease. Stephany Yellow replaces Golden Andrea with a September sales. In addition, Dümmen has rolled out three new
habit that’s fuller, more round and less bulky with more flexible Confetti Garden mixes using Eventide varieties. Confetti Garden
stems for easier shipping. Stephany Yellow also replaces Babette Gemini includes Eventide Bronze, Sunset and Dark Pink. Confetti
Yellow, offering a similar habit with a bit less vigor. Both varieties Garden Scorpio is a mix of Eventide Bronze, Cream White and
are naturally compact and rounded; both are recommended for Sunset. Lastly, Confetti Garden Taurus unites Eventide Cream
late natural-season sales. White, Dark Pink and Sunset. All three of these mixes are available
as unrooted cuttings, with a natural-season finish of week 37-38.
Gediflora For late September programs, the Afterglow family includes two
Akilon Gold is a golden yellow variety with terrific bloom coverage new colors for 2016: Afterglow Orange and Afterglow Purple. Both
on spherical plants. Moderate vigor enables this variety to adapt to offer large flowers in gorgeously rich shades on plants with moder-
a range of container sizes. Akilon Gold is recommended for early- ate to strong vigor.
mid September sales. Your SHS Griffin sales representative is a valuable resource for
information and advice on varieties from these three leading mum
Amiko White displays large, white decorative flowers with ivory breeders. Let our team help you put together a mum-believable
centers. Plants time well with the rest of the Amiko family for nat- program!
ural-season sales between late September and mid-late October.
Amiko White shows moderate vigor and excellent shelf life at retail.

Aramis White features pure white flowers and a mounded habit.
This is Gediflora’s latest-blooming white, suited to mid-late Octo-
ber sales. Plants have enough vigor to size up in large containers.

Miora Orange is
a stunner! Its rich
orange flowers have
darker centers for
added dimension.
Lower vigor makes
Miora Orange a
perfect candidate
for small to mid-
size containers.
Recommended for
mid-late September
sales.

NEW Miora Orange garden mum Vigorelli is a new
family with two col-
ors, Orange and
Violet. The family
lives up to its name,

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