AAS Winner Container: Red White and Boom

Red, White and Bloom!

This dynamic, all-season combination container features a structured, colorful mix perfectly suited for a sunny patio or doorstep.

Salvia Evolution Violet - 2006 AAS Flower Winner - Evolution is the first Salvia farinacea with violet flower spikes.

1. Blue Background: Salvia Evolution Violet

Anchoring the back is the robust Salvia Evolution Violet, adding vertical height with its strong spikes of deep purple flowers. It creates a striking architectural backdrop for the surrounding plants.

Vinca Sphere Polkadot - AAS Winner

2. The Filler: Vinca Sphere Polka Dot

Filling the middle and foreground is a dense, colorful carpet of Vinca Sphere Polka Dot. Its tight, mounded habit and profusion of clean white flowers with distinct red centers provide a continuous layer of high-contrast bloom.

Pepper Pot-a-peno - AAS Winner

3. The Boom!: Peppers

Interspersed throughout this mounded tier are the Pepper Pot-a-Peno and Pepper Quickfire, adding completely different textures. The vibrant green foliage of the peppers is heavily laden with jalapeno and Thai-type hot peppers in varying stages, from emerald green to brilliant red, offering ornamental appeal that transitions to a fresh, compact harvest for all types of cuisines.

AAS Winner Pepper Quickfire produces plenty of hot delicious peppers on a compact, sturdy plant perfect for containers

This combination thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, offering low-maintenance beauty and flavor that continues to perform all summer long.

AAS Winners

When you see the red, white and blue AAS seal, you’re looking at a plant that has been proven to succeed…”Tested Nationally & Proven Locally.”

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