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November 2013 – FINAL VERSIONThis Master New Variety Presentation contains all 2015 introductions from PanAmerican Seed. You will need to version this presentation for your specific customer needs.

Serenita® Pink F1 Angelonia

Growers: Excellent solution where shorter, more manageable material is needed. Naturally more compact than Serena with all the same perks plus less PGRs. Retailers: Durable, long-flowering, no-shatter = better sell-through.

Serenita® Pink F1 Angelonia

NEW Pink Lavender Pink Raspberry

Kong® Lime Sprite Coleus

Growers & Retailers: Striking and unique “half-and-half” bicolour joins this shade-loving, extra large-leafed series. Mixed container friendly!

Kong Jr. Series Coleus

Growers: 30% smaller leaves than Kong mean easier shipping – less breakage, less loss. Retailers: Big-appeal shade options with landscape longevity. Available in EU and ROW for 2015 exclusively through Ball partners.

Green Halo

Kong Jr. Series Coleus

Lime Vein Rose Scarlet

Dash Series F1 Dianthus

Growers: Now you can produce D. barbatus in premium containers with little or no PGRs. Retailers: Attractive, fragrant blooms on long, strong, straight stems make long-lasting retail displays.

Crimson

Magician

Glitz F1 Euphorbia

Growers: First seed annual E. graminea on the market. Ease of seed without the vegetative headaches. A “Think Outside the Pack” premium variety for quarts, gallons, baskets. Retailers: Mid-vigour, good branching, open architechture – “plays well with others” in mixed containers.

Glitz F1 Euphorbia

NEW Glitz with NEW Easy Wave Burgundy Velour Spreading Petunia

Fuseables®

Growers: Patent-pending Precision Multi-seed Pellet (PMPL) is a brand new seed technology for Fuseables which assures more precision and balance with the mixes.

Fuseables provide a balanced formulation at 90% germination which offers more flexibility in finish size.

Fuseables®

Retailers: All Fuseables have been selected and tested to assure that they grow compatibly to produce more natural-looking mixes at retail that continue to look great throughout the season.

Multispecies Healing Waters

Fuseables®

Petunia Ooh La La is the first all-Wave Fuseables! Includes Easy Wave® Burgundy Star, Easy Wave Neon Rose and Shock Wave® Coconut.

Fuseables®

Cool-season combos in a pellet – no cool-season equivalents in any vegetative program! Wine Cooler includes Sorbet® Midnight Glow Viola and Clear Crystal® Purple Shades Alyssum

Sunny Day is reformulated for better balance in all regions. Includes Cool Wave® Golden Yellow Pansy and Clear Crystal® White Alyssum

Multispecies Wine Cooler

Multispecies Sunny Day

New Day® Series F1 Gazania

Growers: Compact habit and uniform flowering make is easier for high-density packs and small pots.

Yellow Improved

Rose Stripe

New Day® Series F1 Gazania

New Day Yellow (left) vs. New Day Yellow Improved

Divine Series F1 New Guinea Impatiens

If you want vegetative performance at seed prices… If you’ve put your standard Impatiens walleriana program on hold… If your landscaper clients want lots of brilliant shade colour… If you’re stressed out about where to take your shade program… Divine is your solution.

Divine Series F1 New Guinea Impatiens

Growers & Retailers: It‘s the affordable, high-quality shade alternative to Impatiens walleriana. This professional-quality seed-grown I. hawkeri has high impatiens downy mildew resistance. Available in 12 core colours of I. walleriana, substantially more options than with Florific.

Islander Mixture

Divine Series F1 New Guinea Impatiens

Fresh Mixture Hot Cha Cha Mixture Islander Mixture

Flare Series F1 Double-Flowered Lisianthus

Growers & Retailers: The best spray type Lisianthus series in the industry – every stem looks like a bouquet. Flare has more flowers on the top of each stem that open in a short window with no pinching needed.

Ball Seed Exclusive series in North America

ABC 1 Purple vs. NEW Flare Deep Blue (Speed Group 2)

Pictured above is a single stem of each

Flare Series F1 Double-Flowered Lisianthus

Deep Rose (Speed Group 2) White (Speed Group 2)

Flare Series F1 Double-Flowered Lisianthus

Flare White Flare Deep Rose Flare Deep Blue ABC1Purple

Akila® Daisy White Osteospermum

Growers: 5% higher germination than the competition for higher yields. Series of bench-run uniform colours for ease of growing.

Retailers: Offer a top-quality Osteo series in premium packs during cool shoulder seasons for mass plantings.

Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner

Akila® Daisy White Osteospermum

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

Growers & Retailers: Your best pansy option for longer days and warmer growing – looks better, lasts longer, tightest window for less dump.

Primrose Improved

Rose Improved

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

Bloom size comparisonMatrix Primrose (left) versus NEW Matrix Primrose Improved (right)

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

NEW Matrix Primrose Improved (left) shows better flower quality and less stretch compared to Matrix Primrose

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

Bloom size comparisonLeft to right: Delta Pure Rose, Colossus Rose, Matrix Rose, NEW Matrix Rose Improved

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

NEW Matrix Rose Improved (right) shows better flowering and similar flower size compared to Colossus Rose (left)

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

NEW Matrix Rose Improved (left) shows better habit, richer colour and less stretch than Delta Pure Rose (right)

Matrix® Series F1 Pansy

NEW Matrix Rose Improved (left) shows less stretch and better flower quality than Matrix Rose (right)

Matrix EU Series F1 Pansy

Growers & Retailers: Your best pansy option for longer days and warmer growing – looks better, lasts longer, tightest window for less dump.

Delft

Primrose Improved

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

The fastest-growing, longest-lasting trailing pansy keeps more colour than any other pansy – redefines the pansy class!

Blueberry Swirl

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Growers: Cool Wave Pansies deliver easy spreading colour for Spring and Autumn – now you can extend your growing season for the in-demand Wave Brand to Spring and Autumn, too! HOT OFF THE PRESS! Named by a Southern Living reader in Autumn 2013 contest. Will be promoted by the publication team in Autumn 2013 and 2014. This slide for use in North America only.

Sunshine ‘N Wine

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Red Wing

Growers: Cool Wave Pansies deliver easy spreading colour for Spring and Autumn – now you can extend your growing season for the in-demand Wave Brand to Spring and Autumn, too! This slide for use in all areas except North America.

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Retailers: Showier baskets and premium packs of Cool Wave Pansies inspire consumers and can be sold at higher price points. The best choice for colour all season for landscapers and gardeners.

Mixture Improved

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Distinctive Cool Wave packaging and POP let customers immediately know this is part of the popular Wave Brand! Cool Wave lets growers and retailers think about pansies differently – this premium product moves them out of a risky, low-margin commodity product.

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Red Wing, U.S. grower trial January 2013

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Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Sunshine ‘N Wine, U.S. grower trial January 2013

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Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Red Wing container overwintered outdoors in Europe, photo taken in April. Flowers show more burgundy red colour of cap in lower light/cold conditions.

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Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Sunshine ‘N Wine container overwintered outdoors in Europe, photo taken in April. Flowers show more burgundy red colour of cap in lower light/cold conditions.

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Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Blueberry Swirl showing variation of colour in landscape population

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Blueberry Swirl showing variation of colour in EU Spring conditions. Note more blue and muted yellow.

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Blueberry Swirl baskets overwintered, shown in Spring. Note darker, more defined picotee/swirl in Spring

Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Cool Wave series FY15, shown left to right by plant vigour: Purple, Yellow, Frost, White, NEW Red Wing, NEW Blueberry Swirl, Violet Wing, Golden Yellow

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Cool Wave® F1 Trailing Pansy

Cool Wave series FY15, shown left to right by plant vigour: Purple, Yellow, Frost, White, NEW Sunshine ‘N Wine, NEW Blueberry Swirl, Violet Wing, Golden Yellow

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Easy Wave® F1 Spreading Petunia

Growers & Retailers: Wave® brand petunias make it easy to stand out and profit in the crowded petunia market, thanks to brand awareness and product performance. New colour-rich Easy Wave Velour varieties are another “first” for seed spreading petunias. Each bloom has velvety undertones and slightly darker throat – adds a textural, multi-dimensional look and brings new depth to the series.

Red Velour

Easy Wave® F1 Spreading Petunia

Berry Velour Burgundy Velour Red Velour

Easy Wave® F1 Spreading Petunia

Production plant structure of NEW Easy Wave Velour varieties

Berry Velour

Burgundy Velour

Red Velour

Easy Wave® F1 Spreading Petunia

Burgundy Velour

Colour comparison of Easy Wave Red (top) versus NEW Easy Wave Red Velour

Wave Medleyse MedleysGrowers & Retailers: Grow and sell well-balanced, natural-looking mixes. You get multi-colour in one pot from the world’s best-known petunia brand!

Easy Wave Burgundy Velour & Easy Wave Neon Rose

Easy Wave Burgundy Velour, Easy Wave White & Easy Wave Neon Rose

Wave Medleys

Progressive growth of Wave Medley Easy Wave Burgundy Velour & Easy Wave Neon Rose

Wave Medleys

Progressive growth of Wave Medley Easy Wave Burgundy Velour, Easy Wave White & Easy Wave Neon Rose

Pretty Grand Coral Improved F1 Compact Grandiflora Petunia

Growers: Naturally compact and measurably shorter, designed to reduce and possibly even eliminate PGRs. Now you have one less crop to worry about! Available only in North America, supplied exclusively through Ball Seed.

Pretty Grand Coral Improved F1 Compact Grandiflora Petunia

Timing comparison of Pretty Grand Coral (left) and NEW Coral Improved

Colour comparison of Pretty Grand Coral (left) and NEW Coral Improved

Sophistica® Twilight F1 Single Grandiflora Petunia

Growers: Unique decorator colours with professional seed quality. They’re easier to manage and easier to mix with other petunias than vegetative varieties. Retailers: “New and different” petunias command a higher price point than standard varieties.

Sophistica® Twilight F1 Single Grandiflora Petunia

Premium mix idea: Sophistica Twilight, Lime Green and Blackberry

Premium mix idea: Sophistica Twilight, Lime Green and Dreams Sky Blue

Sophistica® Twilight F1 Single Grandiflora Petunia

Production plant structure of NEW Sophistica Twilight demonstrating branching

Snapshot Sunset F1 Snapdragon

Growers & Retailers: Dwarf series delivers the ideal balance of good pack performance and garden/landscape success. Sunset adds a much-wanted bright bicolour!

Quartz Merlot Mixture XP Improved Verbena

Growers: Quartz XP varieties are easier to produce, thanks to their tight 7-day flowering window, earlier and better branching, and reduced internode length. Retailers: Slightly spreading, mounded plants with huge umbels over dark green foliage make eye-catching displays.

Jams ‘N Jellies Blueberry F1 Upright Vinca

Growers, Retailers & Gardeners: At last…a TRUE BLUE vinca that fades less than those “purply” blue-wanna-bes! Durable, heat-loving and drought-tolerant series meet the growing demand for water-wise varieties.

Ideal for patriotic red, white and blue combos.

Titan® Series F1 Upright Vinca

Growers: Performs with hybrid vigour from seedling to finish in the garden. Powers through cooler conditions where other vincas suffer. Retailers: Great alternative to water-hungry crops – it’s a Hot Summer Survivor!

Lilac Improved

Romance Mixture

Sorbet® Series F1 Viola

Growers: Uniform, bench-run series in the top-selling colours lets you send the best-looking violas to retail. Retailers: Use in Autumn and Spring programs where maximum colour and superior holdability in the pack is a must.

Morpho XP

Sorbet® Series F1 Viola

Lemon Ice Blotch XP Marina XP Improved

FireWhite Blotch XP

Primrose Blotch XP

Phantom

Sorbet® Series F1 Viola

NEW Primrose Blotch XP (right) shows better plant and flower quality compared to Primrose Babyface

Sorbet® Series F1 Viola

NEW Sorbet White XP (right) shows better plant quality, flower size and colour compared to Sorbet White Babyface (front left) and Penny White Blotch (back left)

Zahara® XL Series Zinnia

Growers: Easy-grow, heat-loving series delivers great disease resistance for less shrink…bigger blooms for huge shelf appeal. Retailers: Great garden performance, today’s hot colours and big blooms equal lots of retail appeal.

Fire

Zahara® XL Series Zinnia

Fire Pink White Yellow

Zahara® Series Zinnia

Growers: 20% larger flowers on a disease-resistant plant puts more colour on the bench than any other Z. marylandica. Retailers: Bigger blooms = more colour, faster turns, less dump, better sell-through!

Raspberry

Yellow Improved

Vegetables

“HandPicked Vegetable Collection”

PanAmerican Seed is bringing vegetable varieties to market that are specially trialed, tested and selected for: Super taste and fruit quality Earlier harvests Longer harvest periods More controlled plant habits High productivity Unique shapes/sizes/colours Novel varieties that bring fresh flavours into the kitchen The collection includes varieties that are well-suited for those who supply both hobby gardeners and fresh market farmers.

Patio Baby F1 Eggplant

Growers & Retailers: One of a kind! These compact plants produce baby-size eggplants early and often. Easy-grow and easy-harvest in patio planters and small-space gardens.

Patio Baby F1 Eggplant

SimplySalad Series Multi-Species Multi-Pellets

Growers & Retailers: Easy, economical way to grow and sell tasty, well-balanced mixes of lettuce and greens for Spring, Summer and Autumn sales. Wonder Wok is Asian greens including mustards, kale, bok choy with lots of texture, shape and colour.

Wonder Wok

SimplySalad Series Multi-Species Multi-Pellets

Endless Summer is a heat-resistant and late-bolting all-lettuce mix that performs well through Summer and does not develop bitter taste. Extends retail selling season and gardener salad season. Growers can add a late Spring turn and start Autumn sales earlier.

Endless Summer Mixture

Honeynut Butternut Squash

Growers & Retailers: First-ever widely available small-fruited butternut produces lots of tasty, mini-fruit on a plant with intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. PanAmerican Seed offers a high-germinating, uniform strain.

Orange Zinger F1 Tomato

Growers & Retailers: High-quality, great-tasting and crack-resistant dark orange cherry tomato is a nice alternative to others on the market. Yields a similar number of fruit as Sun Gold, but a higher number of usable fruit.

Heirloom Marriage™ Collection F1 Tomato

Growers, Retailers & Gardeners: Heirloom Marriage varieties cross two heirlooms to create a tomato that is much higher yielding and earlier maturing than their heirloom parents, with all of the same great flavor and less of the fruit blemishes.

Genuwine F1

Heirloom Marriage™ Collection F1 Tomato

Big Brandy F1 Perfect Flame F1

Heirloom Marriage™ Collection F1 Tomato

Big Brandy (right) is a cross of Big Dwarf (left) and Sudduth’s Brandywine (center)

Heirloom Marriage™ Collection F1 Tomato

Genuwine (right) is a cross of Costoluto Genovese (left) and Sudduth’s Brandywine (center)

Heirloom Marriage™ Collection F1 Tomato

Perfect Flame (right) is a cross of Peron (center) and Flamme (left)

Dolce Fresca Sweet Italian Basil

Growers & Retailers: Tidy, high-quality basil has a unique bushy habit that looks good at retail and in the garden. Won’t get tall and leggy but still delivers traditional basil leaf size and flavour.

'Try Basil' Mixed Pellet Basil

Growers: 1 pellet in a 4-in./10-cm pot gives a nice fast fill. No more seed broadcasting or scoops across the soil. Retailers: Better-looking, healthier plants = better sell-through. 2015: Now available for open distribution in North America.

SimplyHerbs Single-Species Multi-Seed Pellets

Growers: One plug in a 4-in./10-cm pot gives a nice fast fill. No more seed broadcasting or scoops across the soil. It’s the easy and economical way to grow the most popular herb classes. Retailers: Healthier, more uniform plants make great-looking 4-in./10-cm programs, mix components and garden specimens.

NEW Curled Parsley

SimplyHerbs Single-Species Multi-Seed Pellets

NEW Oregano NEW Rosemary