Story Title: Hortivations
Episode: Ten
TX Date: 31st December 2011
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane

Trevor visits Melbourne's trade show, Hortivations to see what stunning plant species will be an essential addition to your garden for a season full of bloom.

Featured Plants

SunPatiens

• SunPatiens® Power To Grow TM is a breakthrough in impatiens breeding.
  It is the first Impatiens series that tolerates FULL SUN, heat, humidity, rain and shade.
• The abundance of flowers from spring through to the first frosts of winter, ensure full and decorative coverage of the flowerbeds.
• The thicker petals and foliage are less prone to disease and damage throughout the year.
• SunPatiens® Power To Grow TM continue to grow and flower where others don't, establishing themselves more quickly, with stronger roots and more vigorous growth.
• Each plant has a strong, sturdy frame that supports the plant in wind and rain.
• A single plant covers a large area without any need for replanting during the season.

Osteospermum Voltage Yellow

• When you are craving bright colour, this unique clear yellow variety will stop traffic – it's the first osteo in bloom and the last out of bloom.
• Voltage Yellow features very flexible stems that make it ideal for garden bed plantings, large baskets and containers.
• Voltage has excellent branching with a low spreading habit makes Voltage Yellow an ideal choice for your Garden.

Supercal – petchoa

• A cross between a petunia and a calibrachoa with petunia size flowers on a calibrachaoa habit, it's day lenghth neuteral, giving a solid flush of flowers from early spring right through the summer months.
• Foliage doesn't have the sticky feel of petunias and is sensational as a stand alone in pots or in hanging basket combinations

• Unique colours with large flowers.
• Ideal for baskets, containers, and mass plantings
• Sturdy flower petals for outstanding garden performance

Other featured plants

• Vanilla Blush
• Cherry
• Blue
• Purple
• Velvet
• Neon Rose
• Terracotta

All plants can be found at your local garden centre.

Contact
Ball Australia
410 Greens Road
Keysborough
Vic, 2173
Ph: 03 9798 5355
www.ballaustralia.com