Every year, AAS trials new, never-before-sold varieties. Only the best are awarded an AAS Winner designation. These are the eight from 2013.

1. All-America Selections
2013 Winners

2. Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
2013 Flower Winner

3. Genus species: Echinacea hybrida
Common name: Coneflower
Unique qualities: Vivid color range in a first year
flowering perennial from seed
Flower color: Shades of purple, pink, red, orange,
yellow, cream & white
Foliage color: Green
Flower form: Single daisy
Flower size: 3-3.5 inches
Plant height: 26-32 inches
Plant width: 25-30 inches
Plant type: First year flowering perennial
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 24 inches
Length of time from sowing seed to flower:
23-24 weeks from a January sowing

4. Canna ‘South Pacific Scarlet’ F1
2013 Flower Winner

5. Genus species: Canna generalis
Common name: Canna
Unique qualities: First F1 seed canna, more
vigorous and sturdy than other seed propagated
cannas, non-stop flowering all season long
Flower color: Scarlet
Foliage color: Green
Flower form: Standard
Flower size: 4-4.5 inches
Plant height: 4-5 feet
Plant width: 12-18 inches
Plant type: Tender perennial in zones 7-10
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 18-24 inches
Length of time from sowing seed to flower:
11-12 weeks
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Tropical’
series

6. Geranium ‘Pinto™ Premium
White to Rose’ F1
2013 Bedding Plant Winner

7. Genus species: Pelargonium x hortorum
Common name: Geranium
Unique qualities: Flower coloration starts out
white then deepens to deep rose-pink as the
flowers mature
Flower color: Bicolor white to rose
Foliage color: Dark green
Flower form: Upright
Flower size: 5 inches
Plant height: 14-16 inches
Plant type: Annual
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 12-18 inches
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Pinto™
Blush,’ Maverick Appleblossom,’ ‘Diva Rose Ice’

8. Zinnia ‘Profusion
Double Deep Salmon’
2013 Bedding Plant Winner

9. Genus species: Zinnia hybrida
Common name: Zinnia
Unique qualities: Unique salmon double flower,
disease tolerant, early flowering
Flower color: Vibrant, deep salmon
Foliage color: Green
Flower form: Mounded
Flower size: 2.5 to 3 inches
Plant height: 8 to14 inches
Plant type: Annual
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 24 inches
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Zahara
Double Fire,’ ‘Profusion Double Golden,’
‘Profusion Deep Apricot’

10. Zinnia ‘Profusion
Double Hot Cherry’
2013 Bedding Plant Winner

11. Genus species: Zinnia hybrida
Common name: Zinnia
Unique qualities: Vivid deep rose double flower,
flower petals do not fade under high
temperatures, disease tolerant, early flowering
Flower color: Vivid deep rose
Foliage color: Green
Flower form: Mounded
Flower size: 2.5 to 3 inches
Plant height: 8 to 14 inches
Plant type: Annual
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 24 inches
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Profusion
Double Cherry,’ Double Zahara Cherry’

12. Melon ‘Melemon’ F1
2013 Vegetable Winner

13. Genus species: Cucumis melo L.
Common name: Piel de Sapo type melon
Unique qualities: Unique sweet-tart taste, fruits
hold one month after harvest
Fruit size: 4.5 pounds
Fruit shape: Oblate
Fruit color: Green rind turns to chartreuse at
maturity, white flesh
Plant type: Vining
Plant height: 10 to 12 inches
Plant width: 28 inches
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 14 inches
Length of time to harvest: 70-80 days from
transplant, 85-95 days from sowing seed
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Lambkin’ F1,
‘Kermit’ F1, ‘Saporosa’ F1

14. Tomato, Cherry ‘Jasper’ F1
2013 Vegetable Winner

15. Genus species: Solanum lycopersicum
Common name: Cherry tomato
Unique qualities: Superior eating quality and
taste
Fruit size: ¾ - 1”, 7-10 grams
Fruit shape: Round
Fruit color: Uniform red
Plant type: Vigorous indeterminate
Plant height: 7 feet
Plant width: 3 feet when staked
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 1-2 feet
Length of time to harvest: 60 days from
transplant, 90 days from sowing seed
Disease resistances: Late Blight, Early Blight,
Fusarium races 1, 2
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Suncherry
Premium’ F1, ‘Juliet’ F1, ‘Sweet Baby Girl’ F1

16. Watermelon ‘Harvest Moon’ F1
2013 Vegetable Winner

17. Genus species: Citrullus lanatus
Common name: Watermelon
Unique qualities: First hybrid triploid
watermelon bred specifically for the Home
Garden market. Note: Triploids require planting
with a diploid pollinator in a ratio of three
triploids to one diploid and perform best if started
indoors with a consistent soil temperature of 90
degrees F until germination.
Fruit size: 18 to 20 pounds
Fruit shape: Elongated round
Fruit color: Dark green rind with large and small
yellow spots; flesh is red/pink
Plant type: Large vigorous spreading and trailing
yellow spotted vines
Plant height: 15 inches
Plant width: 3-5 feet
Garden location: Full sun
Garden spacing: 3-5 feet
Length of time to harvest: 80-100 days from
transplanting
Closest comparisons on market: ‘Moon and
Stars Red,’ ‘Moon and Stars Yellow’