1. All-America Selections 2011 Winners

2. Pepper ‘Orange Blaze’ AAS Vegetable Winner

3. Pepper ‘Orange Blaze’ Genus species: Capsicum annuum
Common name: Pepper
Unique qualities: Earlier maturing orange pepper, very sweet, disease resistance
Fruit size: 3 to 4 inches
Fruit color: Orange
Plant height: 24 inches
Plant spread: inches
Garden location: Full sun
Length of time from sowing seed to harvest: 100 days
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Gourmet’ and ‘Gypsy’

4. Gaillardia ‘Arizona Apricot’ AAS Flower Award Winner

5. Gaillardia ‘Arizona Apricot’
Genus species: Gailardia x grandiflora
Common name: Blanket flower
Unique qualities: Earlier flowering, unique apricot color for this class
Flower size: 3 to 3.5 inches
Flower form: Daisy-like single flower
Flower color: Apricot
Foliage color: Bright green
Plant height: 12 inches
Plant spread: 12 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Length of time from sowing seed to flower: 90 days
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Granada’ and ‘Golden Goblin’

6. Salvia ‘Summer Jewel Red’ AAS Bedding Plant Winner

7. Salvia ‘Summer Jewel Red’
Genus species: Salvia coccinea
Common name: Hummingbird sage, Scarlet sage, Texas sage
Unique qualities: More compact and earlier to flower
Flower color: Bright red
Foliage color: Dark green
Flower form: Spike
Flower size: ½ inch
Plant height: 20 inches Width: 16 inches
Plant type: Dwarf, branching
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 10 to 12 inches apart
Days from sowing seed to flower: 50 days
Closest comparison: ‘Lady in Red’

8. Kale ‘Glamour Red’ F1 AAS Cool Season BP Winner

9. Kale ‘Glamour Red’ F1 Genus species: Brassica oleracea
Common name: Ornamental kale
Unique qualities: Non-waxy shiny leaves, brighter color tone
Flower size: Head size is 10 to 12 inches
Flower form: Fringed leaf type
Flower color: Purple Foliage color: Green
Plant height: 12 inches Width: 14 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 12 inches apart
Days from sowing seed to flower: 90 days to first color.
Closest comparisons: ‘Kamome Red’ and ‘Nagoya Red’

10. Viola ‘Shangri-La Marina’ F1 AAS Cool Season BP Winner

11. Viola ‘Shangri-La Marina’ F1
Genus species: Viola cornuta
Common name: Viola
Unique qualities: Early flowering, new color
Flower color: Light blue with baby face
Flower size: 1.25 inches
Flower form: Single flower
Foliage color: Green
Plant type: Low growing, mounding habit
Plant height: 6 inches Width: 12 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 8 inches apart
Days from sowing seed to flower: 70 days
Closest comparison on market: ‘Four Seasons Cooler Improved’

12. Pumpkin ‘Hijinks’ F1 AAS Vegetable Winner

13. Pumpkin ‘Hijinks’ F1 Genus species: Cucurbita pepo
Unique qualities: Uniform shape and size, easy harvest, excellent stem attachment
Fruit size: 5.6 inches long with 7.4 inch diameter; weight of 6 to 7 pounds
Fruit color: Deep orange
Plant type: Typical long vines
Plant height: 2 feet Width: up to 15 feet
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: Allow 10 feet between rows of plants, space 2-3 feet apart in row
Disease tolerances: Powdery mildew
Length of time to harvest: 100 days from sowing seed, 85 days from transplant
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Orange Smoothie’ and ‘Hybrid Pam’

14. Tomato ‘Lizzano’ F1 AAS Vegetable Winner

15. Tomato ‘Lizzano’ F1 Genus species: Solanum lycopersicum
Unique qualities: First Late Blight tolerant cherry fruited semi-determinate variety on the market
Fruit size: 0.4 ounces Color: Red
Plant type: Semi-determinate small cherry, compact bush, trailing habit
Plant height: 16 to 20 inches
Plant width: 20 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 20 inches apart
Disease tolerances: Late Blight tolerant
Days to harvest: 63 days from transplant
Closest comparisons: ‘Tumbler’ and ‘Tumbling Tom Red’

16. Tomato ‘Terenzo’ F1 AAS Vegetable Winner

17. Tomato ‘Terenzo’ F1 Genus species: Solanum lycopersicum
Unique qualities: Tidy trailing plant, easy- to-grow, little maintenance
Fruit size: 0.67 ounces Color: Red
Plant type: Determinate cherry, Trailing habit
Plant height: 16 to 20 inches
Plant width: 20 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 20 inches apart
Length of time to harvest: 56 days from transplant
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Tumbler’ and ‘Tumbling Tom Red’