BHG.com to feature plants at the 2012 National Green Centre

BHG.com will give consumers a heads-up on some of the exciting new plants in the Sweet Melissa Fashion Show at this year's National Green Centre. The Better Homes and Gardens website will feature select varieties prior to the show.

The Sweet Melissa Fashion Show is set for Day One of the National Green Centre, which will run Jan. 8-9 in Kansas City, Kan. Upwards of 50 of the hotter new plants in horticulture will rock the runway during the popular program. Early plant entries include: 

Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. -- Sonic Bloom Pink Weigela (Weigela florida ‘Bokrasopih’ ppaf, cbraf)

Plantpeddler -- Ageratum (Ageratum Monarch houstonianum Hybrid)

PlantHaven, Inc. -- Pennisetum (Pennisetum ‘Burgundy Bunny’); Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla You-Me Passion (‘RIE 4’); Blanket Flower (Gaillardia ‘Fanfare Blaze’); Dianthus (Dianthus Promotional Line Starburst (‘WP07YETIS’) and Dianthus Promotional Line  Silver Star (‘WP10 HELO1’); Daphne (Daphne Eternal Fragrance (‘Blafra’); Elephant Ears (Colocasia esculenta Royal Hawaiian ‘Black Coral’)

LCN Selections -- Weeping Extraordinaire Double Flowering Cherry

J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. --  Royal Raindrops Crabapple; Redpointe Maple

Honey Creek Nursery -- Whitewater Red Bud (Cercis Canadensis ‘Whitewater’)

Greenleaf Nursery Company -- Urban Columnar Apple Series

EuroAmerican Propagators -- Superbena Peachy Keen (Verbena hybrid); Home Run (Rosa hybrid); Supertunia  White Russian (Petunia hybrid); Vogue Ruby (Mandevilla hybrid); SUPERBELLS  Cherry Star (Calibrachoa hybrid)

Cedar Valley Nurseries -- Rhapsody in Pink Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica ‘WhitVIII’)

Ball Horticultural Company -- Akila Purple Osteospermum; Akila Lavender Osteospermum; Sombrero Salsa Red Echinacea.

To register to attend the show, click here. The Sweet Melissa Fashion Show is part of an extensive National Green Centre program that includes the horticulture market's first trade show of 2012, education programs and entertainment.