The All America Selections (AAS) is a national program to select the best of the new varieties each year. This is done in about 30 trial gardens throughout North America. Although mainly annuals, perennials can be included if they are grown from seed and bloom the first year. The varieties proving new or better than similar existing ones are given the "All America Award", and are displayed in over 200 display gardens, such as this one. The flowers below (green labels) represent some of the most recent winners and other new introductions, and are primarily annuals. Perennials on display, not part of this program (black labels), can be found on a separate list.

We are especially pleased and thankful this year for many new "specialty annuals" (those generally grown from cuttings and not seeds) provided by two wholesale greenhouse propagators in New Hampshire—Pleasant View Gardens (PVG) and DS Cole Growers (DSC). Those from PVG marked "new" are just that, new introductions to the trade this year. The PVG annuals are from their Proven Winners and Proven Selections series. Those from DSC are from several other brand name series.
 

Flower	Source	Comments
Agastache Golden Jubilee	AAS	AAS 2003
Ageratum Artist Blue	PVG
Ageratum Artist Purple	PVG
Angelonia Blue Angel	DSC
Angelonia Angelmist Purple Stripe	DSC
Angelonia Carita Deep Pink	DSC
Arctotis Wine	DSC
Argyranthemum Butterfly	PVG	Cobbity Daisy
Argyranthemum Comet White	DSC
Argyranthemum Molimba Helio White	PVG	new
Argyranthemum Vanilla Butterfly	PVG	new
Bidens Peter's Gold Carpet	PVG
Bidens Solaire Yellow	PVG	new
Bracteantha Dreamtime Antique Shades	DSC
Bracteantha Sundaze Bronze	PVG	new
Calibrachoa MiniFamous Apricot	DSC
Calibrachoa Superbells Pink Kiss	PVG	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Red	PVG	Million Bells
Calibrachoa Superbells White	PVG
Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Blue	PVG	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Rose	PVG	new
Carnation Can Can Scarlet	AAS	AAS 2003
Centaurea gymnocarpa	DSC
Cleome Sparkler Blush	AAS	Spider Flower, AAS 2002
Coleus Saturn	PVG	slow growth
Coleus Freckles	PVG	removed 6/26, poor growth
Coleus Peter Wonder	DSC
Cosmos Cosmic Orange	AAS	AAS 2000
Dianthus Corona Cherry Magic	AAS	AAS 2003
Dianthus Melody Pink	AAS	AAS 2000
Diascia Flying Colors Apricot	PVG
Gaillardia Sundance Bicolor	AAS	AAS 2003
Gaillardia Torch Yellow	DSC
Geranium Americana White	PVG
Geranium Americana Red	PVG
Geranium Black Velvet Rose	AAS	AAS 2002
Gypsophila Festival Star	PVG	Baby’s Breath, new
Impatiens Paradise Salmon	PVG
Impatiens Paradise Mango Orange	PVG
Impatiens Paradise Red	PVG
Lantana Lemon Frost	DSC
Lantana Pink Dawn	DSC
Lantana Patriot Classic Passion	PVG
Lantana Hallelujah	PVG
Lobelia Laguna Sky Blue	PVG	new
Marigold Bonanza Bolero	AAS	AAS 1999
Nemesia Safari Pink	PVG
Nemesia Sunsatia Peach	PVG	new
Ornamental Millet Purple Majesty	AAS	AAS 2003
Ornamental Pepper Chilly Chilly	AAS	AAS 2002
Osteospermum Passion Mix	AAS	AAS 1999
Osteospermum Soprano Purple	PVG	new
Pansy Ultima Morpho	AAS	AAS 2002
Pentas Mars	DSC
Perilla magilla	DSC
Petunia Lavender Wave	AAS	AAS 2002
Petunia Mini Blue Veined	PVG
Petunia Supertunia Double Pink Veined	PVG
Petunia Supertunia Royal Velvet	PVG
Petunia Surfinia Lime	PVG
Plectranthus Mona Lavender	DSC
Portulaca Fairytales Cinderella	DSC
Portulaca Margarita Rosita	AAS	AAS 2001
Portulaca Sundial Peach	AAS	AAS 1999
Rudbeckia Cherokee Sunset	AAS	AAS 2002
Rudbeckia Prairie Sun	AAS	AAS 2003
Salvia argentea	DSC
Salvia guaranitica Black and Blue	DSC
Salvia Navajo series	DSC
Sanvitalia Sunbini	PVG	Creeping Zinnia
Scaevola New Wonder	PVG	Blue Fan Flower
Scaevola Whirlwind White	PVG	new
Scaevola ZigZag	DSC
Sunflower Ring of Fire	AAS	AAS2001
Sunflower Soraya	AAS	AAS2000
Sutera (Bacopa) Glacier Blue	PVG
Tithonia Fiesta del Sol	AAS	Mexican Sunflower, AAS 2000, eaten by rabbits
Verbena Babylon Neon Rose	PVG	new
Verbena Babylon White	PVG
Verbena Quartz Burgundy	AAS	AAS 1999
Verbena Superbena Lilac Blue	PVG
Verbena Superbena Pink Shades	PVG
Verbena Tukana White	PVG
Vinca Jaio Dark Red	AAS	AAS 2003
Vinca Jaio Scarlet Eye	AAS	AAS 2002
Vinca Stardust Orchid	AAS	AAS 2000
Zinnia Profusion Cherry	AAS	AAS 1999
Zinnia Profusion Orange	AAS	AAS 1999
Zinnia Profusion White	AAS	AAS 2001

A cooperative program of the Burlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation and the University of Vermont (Dr. Leonard Perry). Appreciation is expressed to the Burlington Garden Club, and Friends of the Garden for funding and support.