This year you will find several new plants at Colonial Nursery. It's likely that many of you have been looking over the current gardening magazines and have seen some new outstanding plants for your yard and garden. There is a good chance that we have some of them in stock, if not most of them.

To start with, you should check out a new salvia called 'Cathedral'--it's purple and blue and is a must for mixed combos. Also new is 'Calliope' geranium; a cross between a regular geranium and an ivy geranium, it is the best red I have ever seen on a geranium and the leaves are dark green. This plant has quickly made my top ten list of must-haves.

We also have new 'sun impatiens' that did remarkably well last year in trials all over the Midwest. If you've liked calibrachoa (million bells), you will love 'Tiny Tunia,' a new petunia with a ton of flowers on each plant. If you like 'Bacopa,' wait until you see 'Scopia Pink'--this will sell out fast!

We have a new potato vine which is more compact and more manageable then the old one. And check out the new colors in the 'Potunia' series; if you grew them last year, you know that they take a beating and keep on blooming. We have several new perennials, like echinacea 'Twilight,' coreopsis 'Crème Brûlée,' sedum 'Autumn Fire' and many more. You will be impressed with this year's line up--it's the best yet!