Dümmen Orange Highlights Top Performers from 2025 Summer Trial Season

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug. 25, 2025) – Dümmen Orange just finished a busy but successful summer trial season in North America. 

The following Dümmen Orange 2025 spotlight selections represent the best in class for color, habit and overall garden performance. These annuals and perennials rose to the top across multiple regions, showing exceptional resilience, bloom power and consumer appeal. For anyone planning retail programs or production schedules, these trial-tested varieties deliver results. 

Begonia I’Conia® Bacio Lemon is new for 2026 and already a winner, earning the Retailers’ Choice Award at Cultivate’25. This variety features soft yellow blooms with peach undertones, striking dark foliage and a compact habit which makes it perfect for smaller containers and ideal for strong retail appeal. 

Coleus Main Street Franklin Street is new to the Main Street series. Franklin Street is a true landscape performer, thriving in both full sun and full shade. It features a large, full-figured habit with bright rose and orange tones which are accented by chartreuse edges.

Confetti Garden® Cosmic Blues is a Trio Mix which brings the magic of Milky Way to the garden with moody blues and a splash of sparkle. Featuring well-timed blooms from spring through early summer, this multi-species combo shines with Petunia Surprise® Sparkle Blue Vein and it has built-in TMV resistance powered by Intrinsa® for confident performance.

Petunia Surprise® Sparkle Blue Vein is the most stable sparkle yet. Holding its color from early spring through the heat of summer, it is powered by Intrinsa®. Sparkle Blue Vein offers TMV resistance and medium-high vigor, making it ideal for mixed combinations and hanging baskets. Retailers and gardeners can expect strong flower power and outstanding garden performance.

Scaevola Scala Cappello White is heat and drought tolerant. This variety features crisp, white-fan shaped blooms that create a carpet of color. With excellent branching, medium vigor and a bushy habit, it is perfect for premium pots, baskets and the landscape. 

Agastache FlutterFriendly Orange is first-year flowering and part of a new series. Vibrant, large flowers that bloom all summer long make it ideal for pollinator programs. Thriving in hot and humid conditions, this variety is perfect for a 2.5-quart or 2-gallon program with its large growing habit and even larger flowers. It performs well in zones five through nine. 

Lavender La Diva Eternal Grace is a new addition to the Eternal series. Eternal Grace complements Elegance with the same outstanding performance. Now in a larger, standard-sized English lavender, it has a bigger habit and larger blooms. First-year flowering, it is hardy in zones five through nine.

Leucanthemum Sweet Daisy® Kylie is new for 2026. Sweet Daisy® Kylie features oversized white blooms with a striking double row of petals. This first-year flowering Leucanthemum offers 8–10 weeks of color and standout garden performance. It is hardy in zones four through nine.

Nepeta Serene Frost features a compact habit and continuous blooms all season long. This white-flowering variety offers exceptional landscape performance and reliable perennial color from May through September. It is hardy in zones four through nine.

Viola Spring Morning Bumblebee is part of the new Spring Morning series of perennial violas. It brings the promise of a sunny, colorful day to any garden. Hardy in zones five through eight, Bumblebee’s early, long-lasting blooms, heat tolerance and medium-sized flowers provide vibrant color throughout the season.