he 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. 

Rated 8/25: 1=no flowers, 2=some flowers, 3=excellent flowering with best * indicated.  

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Flower	Source	Rating	Comments
Agastache Color Spires Orchid	PVG	--	Anise Hyssop, died
Agastache Color Spires Steel Blue	PVG	2	new
Agastache Golden Jubilee	AAS	3*	AAS 2003
Ageratum Artist Blue Violet	PVG	3*	Floss Flower
Alternanthera Gail’s Choice	PVG	3*	Calico Plant, very vigorous, spreading
Anagallis Wildcat Blue	PVG	1	Pimpernel
Anagallis Wildcat Pink	PVG	1	new
Angelonia Angelface Blue	PVG	3*	Summer Snapdragon
Angelonia Blue Angel	DSC	3*
Argyranthemum Angelica Dark Pink	DSC	1	Cobbity Daisy
Argyranthemum Butterfly	DSC	1
Argyranthemum Courtyard Buttercream	PVG	1	new
Argyranthemum Molimba Helio Double Pink	PVG	2	new
Argyranthemum Molimba Mini Double White	PVG	1	new
Argyranthemum Molimba Mini Frizzle Pink	PVG	1	new
Argyranthemum Molimba Mini White	PVG	1	new
Argyranthemum Molimba Mini Yellow	PVG	1	new
Argyranthemum Neptune	DSC	1
Bidens Marietta Gold Spark	DSC	2	Bidens
Brachyscome Blue Zephyr	PVG	2	Swan River Daisy
Brachyscome Toucan Tango	PVG	1
Browallia Endless Illumination	PVG	3*	Browallia, new
Browallia Endless Sensation	PVG	3	new
Calendula Maritime Skyfire Yellow	DSC	3*	Calendula
Calibrachoa Minifamous Lavender	DSC	2	Trailing Petunia
Calibrachoa Superbells Cherry Blossom	PVG	2	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Coral	PVG	2	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Red	PVG	2
Calibrachoa Superbells Tickled Pink	PVG	2	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Light Blue	PVG	2	new
Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Plum	PVG	2	new
Calitunia Purple	DSC	2	Calibrachoa Petunia hybrid
Carex Amazon Mist	DSC	*	Sedge, no flowers, good foliage
Carex Bronzita	DSC	*	No flowers, good foliage
Celosia Fresh Look Red	AAS	3*	Plumed Cockscomb, AAS 2004
Celosia Fresh Look Yellow	AAS	3*	AAS 2004
Centaurea gymnocarpa Colchester White	DSC	3*	Dusty Miller
Chrysocephalum Flambe Orange	PVG	3*	Common Everlasting, new
Chrysocephalum Flambe Yellow	PVG	3*	new
Cleome Senorita Rosita	PVG	3*	Spider Flower, new
Cleome Sparkler Blush	AAS	3*	AAS
Cleome Spirit Appleblossom	PVG	3	new
Cleome Spirit Frost	PVG	3	new
Coleus Fishnet Stockings	PVG	3*	Coleus (Solenostemon)
Cuphea Allyson Heather	DSC	2	Cuphea
Cuphea Flamenco Samba	PVG	3*	new
Cuphea Lavender Lace	PVG	2
Dahlia Secret Glow	DSC	2	Dahlia*
Dianthus Can Can Scarlet	AAS	2	Carnation, AAS 2003
Dianthus Corona Cherry Magic	AAS	2	Pinks, AAS 2003
Dianthus Ideal Violet	AAS	1	AAS Classic
Dianthus Supra Purple	AAS	--	AAS 2006, died
Diascia Diamonte Coral Rose	AAS	3	Twinspur, AAS 2006
Diascia Flying Colors Orange	PVG	3	new
Diascia Little Charmer	PVG	2
Euphorbia Diamond Frost	PVG	3*	Spurge
Gaillardia Arizona Sun	AAS	3*	Blanket Flower, AAS 2005
Gaillardia Sundance Bicolor	AAS	3*	AAS 2003
Geranium Black Velvet Rose	AAS	3*	AAS 2002
Geranium Elite Red	seed	3*
Geranium Horizon Picotee Mix	seed	2
Geranium Orange Appeal	seed	3
Geranium Red Orbit	seed	3*
Gypsophila Gypsy Deep Rose	AAS	2	Baby’s Breath, AAS 2004
Heliotrope Atlantis	PVG	3	Heliotrope
Heliotrope Scentropia Silver	PVG	3	new
Hollyhock Queeny Purple	AAS	3*	Hollyhock, AAS 2004
Impatiens Sonic Magic Pink	DSC	2	New Guinea Impatiens
Lantana Goldsonne	PVG	2	Lantana
Lantana Patriot Pillar Marc Cathey	PVG	3*	&n