8 new varieties named AAS Winners for 2024
All-America Selections (AAS) has announced eight new AAS Winners available for 2024.
Brokers, growers and retailers will want to add these proven garden performers to their assortments. Breeder sales contacts are included below each winner’s description.
All AAS Winners are trialed throughout North America by professional, independent volunteer judges who grow new, never-before-sold entries next to comparisons that are considered best-in-class. Only those entries that have superior garden performance, better than the comparisons, are granted the AAS award designation.
The winners are:
Broccoli Purple Magic F1
AAS Edible Winner
National Winner
This purple broccoli is magical! How else do you explain a broccoli that has it all? From its beautiful purple color, tight uniform heads and bright beads to its great broccoli flavor, this easy to grow broccoli is also stress and heat tolerant. A showstopper.
“Wicked good! Nicest purple broccoli we’ve ever seen,” one very experienced edible judge said.
Excellent broccoli to try growing in cooler seasons. Can be eaten raw, stir-fried, roasted, lightly blanched, or steamed for the best texture, either way, you will find it sweeter and more tender than traditional green broccoli.
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Broccoli ‘Skytree F1‘
AAS Edible Winner
Regional Winner – West/Northwest
Skytree broccoli is a towering AAS Winner that will take your garden and your taste buds to new heights. Its upright stems make it easy to harvest, and its deliciously tender stems and florets are sure to please even the most discerning broccoli lover.
One judge said, “A truly fresh punch of wonderful broccoli deliciousness!”
Skytree is very versatile and can be steamed, roasted, stir-fried and eaten raw.
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Celosia plumosa ‘Burning Embers’
AAS Seed Annual Winner
National Winner
‘Burning Embers’ is a new celosia bred for its gorgeous bronze foliage with dark pink veins that contrast nicely with the vibrant pink flower plumes. Plants are well branched and produce more flowers over a longer bloom time. Numerous AAS judges commented that this entry had the largest and longest lasting flowers of all the celosia varieties they trialed. Plus, ‘Burning Embers’ does very well in both heat and humidity while remaining completely covered with blooms that withstood the test of time.
Bred by Clover Seed
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Geranium Interspecific Big EEZE Pink Batik
AAS Non-Seed Annual Winner
National Winner
The Big EEZE geranium series is known for its superior container performance, medium vigor, and heat tolerance. The newest addition to the series, Pink Batik, is an AAS National Winner that is sure to impress gardeners with its unique coloration and minimal maintenance requirements. Batiking is known for being a labor-intensive way to produce beautiful colorations on fabric but this new geranium is an easy way to get stunning petal colors on a very floriferous plant with very little effort needed.
Saiid one judge: “The combined flower output of all our entry plants totaled well over 100 blooms and each one was the same size with an equal amount of pink and white striations.” That sounds like multiple-winner qualities!
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Impatiens Interspecific ‘Solarscape XL Pink Jewel’
AAS Seed Annual Winner
National Winner
Solarscape seed-propagated impatiens provide unbeatable color in full or partial-sun garden areas. Durable Solarscape outperformed the comparison varieties and because it is grown from seed, gives you more options for starting impatiens at home. Vibrant pink satiny blooms cover the mounded plants non-stop all season, adding a bright and pleasing tropical appeal to the garden. ‘Solarscape XL Pink Jewel’ has superior disease resistance, especially to the dreaded impatiens downy mildew. Looks great when massed in beds and borders and since it was trialed in both containers and in-ground, we know it does well in both.
*Seed is available immediately in North America. Seed will be available for sale outside of North America on April 1, 2024.
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Pepper ‘Red Impact F1’
AAS Edible Winner
National Winner
Lamuyo-type peppers are notoriously difficult to grow, but the new ‘Red Impact’ variety is here to change that. This AAS-winning pepper is easy to grow and produces thick, sweet walls, even when green. It is also much sweeter than other varieties and loaded with fruits for a high yield. Red Impact plants are upright and tidy, with a strong disease package that protects your investment. The fruit is dark red and highly uniform in shape and size.
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Petchoa ‘EnViva Pink’
AAS Non-Seed Ornamental Winner
National Winner
AAS Judges were wowed by the well-controlled mounding plant habit of EnViva Pink over the entire season. The bright pink flower with a yellow throat is very eye catching … “Absolutely stunning!” according to one judge. The flowers have a nice iridescent shimmer that toughed it out even when conditions got tough, like an irrigation system failure! All season long, EnViva stayed in glorious color even during the heat of the summer. Large flowers bloom from Spring through Fall in garden beds, containers and hanging baskets. Plants are heat tolerant and flowers bounce back after rain.
Bred by Selecta One North America
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Petunia ‘SureShot White‘
AAS Non-Seed Ornamental Winner
Regional Winner: Great Lakes and West/Northwest
The versatile SureShot petunias are garden gladiators that can withstand any bizarre weather conditions. Whether you plant them in garden beds, containers, or hanging baskets, these beauties will thrive, come rain or shine, heat or cold. Their vibrant white blooms cover the plants, attracting bees and other pollinators to their lightly fragrant blossoms. SureShots are a “sure bet” for any garden, and they’re sure to turn heads with their stunning display of color.
If you’re looking for a petunia that can handle anything your garden throws at it, then SureShots are the perfect choice for you. Plant them today and watch as they transform your garden into a show-stopping oasis!
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