News Releases

Proven Winners^® is excited to announce a new location for their 2013 California Spring Trials event. Next April 6^th through the 11^th you will now find the Proven Winners staff and plant exhibits in Santa Cruz, California at The Chaminade Resort and Spa.

Proven Winners New Intro All-Star List for 2012
Sycamore, IL., October 2011 – If you are looking for the top new Proven Winners plants, we've got five annuals that are sure to be a hit in gardens across the country.

The 5 Most Exciting Flowering Shrubs for Your Garden in 2012
Grand Haven, Mich., Fall 2011 – If you are looking to add exciting color and interest into your garden from spring
until frost, with very little work required, consider these new shrubs from the Proven Winners^® ColorChoice^®
line of flowering shrubs. All of these new shrubs will be widely available in garden centers across North America
in spring 2012.

Top 5 Proven Winner Perennials for 2012
New Zeeland, Mich., Fall 2011 – New this year, Proven Winners^®, the #1 plant brand in America, has partnered with
Walters Gardens, Inc., the leading US wholesale perennial grower, to bring superior new perennials to today’s busy consumers. Only the very best new and exclusive varieties make the cut, including the 27 new varieties available this year.

Pink Home Run Rose:
Never Worry About Black Spot or Powdery Mildew Again
Grand Haven, Mich., March 2011 – Now the “most disease resistant rose on the market today” is available in both red and pink colors, with the addition of the Pink Home Run^® to the Proven Winners^® ColorChoice^® line of flowering shrubs. Home Run roses are recently developed hybrids, derived from a bestselling black spot-free rose, with the added benefit of the highest resistance to powdery mildew. Home Run roses are easy-to-grow, thrive in most landscape conditions and require little maintenance. They are also tolerant of heat, humidity and drought, bloom from spring until frost and produce nearly non-stop blooms. Pink Home Run is identical in every way to Home Run rose except for the flower color. This sport of Home Run has showy 3-inch wide, 5-petal blossoms of an intense shade of pink. And just like Home Run, it produces fresh flowers every day and requires no deadheading.

New Thornless Flowering Quince Bring Burst of Color in Early Spring
Proven Winners Double Take^™ Series of Chaenomeles Are Thornless, Have Higher Petal Counts
Grand Haven, Mich., December 2010 – Flowering quince might be seen as “old fashioned” by home gardeners today. But new and improved varieties are bringing this classic back into popularity, thanks to Proven Winners.
Also known as chaenomeles or “Japanese quince,” flowering quince is among the first shrubs to flower in early spring. It
also flowers before it has leaves, creating an interesting contrast of colorful flowers on bare wood.

Have You Met This Hydrangea?
Introducing Blue Bunny^™ Bracted Hydrangea
Grand Haven, Mich., April 2011 – There is no doubt hydrangeas are hot right now with home gardeners. With all the new cultivars of hydrangeas on the market, it is time for gardeners to discover Blue Bunny^™ Bracted Hydrangea (Hydrangea involucrate), a recent introduction by Proven Winners^® ColorChoice^®. Blue Bunny is a blue hydrangea that blooms no matter what – year after year. It features stunning clusters of blue flowers surrounded by light blue to white florets. Blue Bunny blooms every summer, even if you cut it back to the ground before the season. The blue color of its flowers are unaffected by aluminum, acidic or alkaline pH in the soil. Blue Bunny is hardy to USDA zone 6, and easy to grow for gardeners of any skill level.

PROVEN WINNERS^® NOW ON NBC-TV
Over 15 million impressions anticipated during important spring months
This spring Proven Winners^® is extending its ever-growing media portfolio by adding seven NBC-TV local station affiliates to the mix. In addition to their extensive print, radio and online advertising campaigns, gardeners will now see and hear the Proven Winners’ 30-second television commercial while watching The Today Show and other morning and evening news programming in seven major markets.