QCT is thrilled to unveil an exceptional lineup of breakthrough genetics from our valued partners — Garden Choice™, Garden Genetics™, Bloomin’ Easy®, and Westhoff™ — at this year’s California Spring Trials!
Get ready to experience bold innovation, vibrant new varieties, and game-changing introductions that are set to inspire!
GardenFest® Coleus
Bred by Rick Grazzini of Garden Genetics, and represented by Garden Choice ™️, the GardenFest® Coleus program represents a premium Garden Choice collection developed for performance, versatility, and visual impact.
The collection features two distinct series: a flexible, compact habit ideal for containers and mixed combinations, and a traditional landscape series bred for bold garden presence and season-long color. Together, they offer growers and retailers a comprehensive coleus solution suited for a wide range of production programs and end-use applications.
Coleus Flexi Series
Engineered for performance from production to retail, the Coleus Flexi™ Series combines durability, versatility, and premium garden appeal.
A soft, flexible growth habit allows for efficient shipping and transport with minimal stem breakage, helping ensure plants arrive retail-ready. Dense branching creates a naturally self-supporting, well-filled form, while its balanced structure makes it an ideal partner in mixed containers and combination programs.
Late flowering extends foliage performance deep into the season, with no flowering observed before Labor Day in trials conducted in State College, PA and Columbus, OH. Select varieties offer excellent sun tolerance, expanding placement options at retail and in the landscape. Enhanced resistance to common coleus leaf pathogens supports cleaner production and stronger sell-through.
Available throughout the United States and Canada through the Quality Cuttings Team.
Reliable in production. Resilient in transit. Remarkable at retail.
Flexi-Coleus is a brand new, QCT exclusive variety that boasts bright and bold fuschia and burgundy colors in the middle of wide-bodied leaves that fan out to a strikingly contrasted lime green, serrated edging. Flexi-Coleus was designed to have softer stems, giving great flexibility for baskets or edge-fillers. The flexibility in the stems also results in a great increase in durability, reducing shipping losses and breakage during transport.
GardenScape™ Series
The GardenScape™ Series represents a traditional landscape coleus, distinguished by brilliant leaf colors and striking patterns that deliver bold, dependable garden performance.
Selected for sun tolerance and season-long durability, GardenScape™ varieties maintain their vibrant foliage deep into the season. In trials conducted in State College, PA and Columbus, OH, no flowering was observed prior to Labor Day, ensuring extended color impact where it matters most.
Improved tolerance to common coleus leaf pathogens supports cleaner production and stronger landscape performance. Dense branching develops early, minimizing breakage while creating a sturdy, self-supporting habit ideal for landscape applications and large-format containers.
This series of 5 varieties is available throughout the United States and Canada through the Quality Cuttings Team.
More from Garden Choice
This genetic breakthrough Rudbeckia is just the flair that every landscape needs! This hot new plant is self -branching with a compact habit, reaches 18-24”, and will show continuous bloom for 8+ weeks. Along with great programmability for the grower, plant 1 plant per pot to finish in approximately 8-12 weeks. Watch this plant quickly become an industry favorite, from the breeding of Rick Grazzini at GardenGenetics®.
MiniBeckia™ brings us 4-6”, semi-double flowers on a well mounded, densely branched habit.
Cold hardy to Zone 5.
Sturdy, strong & stunning! Leucanthemum FlowerPower™ has a lot to offer the landscape and container world. This lovely new Leucanthemum, is another fine addition from the breeding of Brent Horvath, brought to you by GardenChoice™. In trials this plant has shown stunning performance with an overabundance or 2-3” white with yellow flowers on strong and sturdy stems.
Zone 4 hardy, this Leucanthemum will reach 18-24” Tall and 24-32” wide.
View Flyer here.
Beautiful, densely branched and flower laden! Want reliable blue color in your landscape? Enjoy the flowers of SylvesterBlue™ from early summer through mid-fall. Reliable and hardy in zones 3-8. This densely-branched variety offers sturdy stems, larger flowers and more substance than many leading catmints. Great for containers and a fantastic garden performer, with prolific flowering and large blooms. This blue delight is another introduction from GardenGenetics®. Watch for future companions for this guy!
SylvesterBlue™ is a densely branched, single mid-blue flowered, groundcover perennial, reaching 12-14” High by 24-30” wide.
View Flyer here.
An Abundance of True-Blue Plumes! Looking for a standout thriller in the Garden? Look no further! Veronica Seaside offers us an abundance of true-blue plumes that stand up nicely, above bright green foliage, all summer long. This taller true-blue Veronica, is not only a great garden performer but is coastal friendly, salt tolerant and attracts Hummingbirds. This new fantastic Veronica is another example of outstanding breeding from Brent Horvath.
View Flyer here.
Beaugonias
The Beaugonia series from Westhoff brings real flower power to the shadiest parts of the garden. A tuberous hybrid series, Beaugonias have the large blooms normally associated with tuberous begonias, but with more unique colors, enhanced branching, and excellent performance for the end consumer
Begonias are consistently in high demand and often in short supply. Most breeders rely on long, complex international supply chains stretching from Vietnam, Kenya, El Salvador, and beyond. That means higher freight costs, longer lead times, and more opportunities for delays and disruptions.
With a strong stock base in Mexico, QCT dramatically shortens the supply chain. Growers get faster access to product, simplified logistics, and reduced risk.
Crazytunias®
Petunia Crazytunias® by Westhoff bring bold personality and nonstop color to gardens, patios, and retail benches. Bred for performance and wow-factor, this premium petunia series is known for its wildly unique patterns, rich hues, and season-long flowering power.
Unmatched Color & Patterns
From electrifying picotees to dramatic star patterns and saturated solids, Crazytunias® offer eye-catching combinations you won’t find in ordinary petunias. Each variety is designed to stand out—whether in hanging baskets, mixed containers, or landscape beds.
Season-Long Performance
Crazytunias® are bred for vigorous growth, excellent branching, and continuous blooming from spring through frost. Their mounding to trailing habit makes them ideal for creating lush, full displays with minimal gaps.
Crazy Color. Crazy Performance. Crazytunias®.
Products we are showcasing at CAST 2026
Rudbeckia hirta x hybrid MiniBeckia™ ‘Flame’
This genetic breakthrough Rudbeckia is just the flair that every landscape needs! This hot new plant is self -branching with a compact habit, reaches 18-24”, and will show continuous bloom for 8+ weeks. Along with great programmability for the grower, plant 1 plant per pot to finish in approximately 8-12 weeks. Watch this plant quickly become an industry favorite, from the breeding of Rick Grazzini at GardenGenetics®.
MiniBeckia™ brings us 4-6”, semi-double flowers on a well mounded, densely branched habit.
Cold hardy to Zone 5.
Leucanthemum
Flower Power™
Sturdy, strong & stunning! Leucanthemum FlowerPower™ has a lot to offer the landscape and container world. This lovely new Leucanthemum, is another fine addition from the breeding of Brent Horvath, brought to you by GardenChoice™. In trials this plant has shown stunning performance with an overabundance or 2-3” white with yellow flowers on strong and sturdy stems.
Zone 4 hardy, this Leucanthemum will reach 18-24” Tall and 24-32” wide.
View Flyer here.
Nepeta
Sylvester Blue™
Beautiful, densely branched and flower laden! Want reliable blue color in your landscape? Enjoy the flowers of SylvesterBlue™ from early summer through mid-fall. Reliable and hardy in zones 3-8. This densely-branched variety offers sturdy stems, larger flowers and more substance than many leading catmints. Great for containers and a fantastic garden performer, with prolific flowering and large blooms. This blue delight is another introduction from GardenGenetics®. Watch for future companions for this guy!
SylvesterBlue™ is a densely branched, single mid-blue flowered, groundcover perennial, reaching 12-14” High by 24-30” wide.
View Flyer here.
Veronica Seaside™
An Abundance of True-Blue Plumes! Looking for a standout thriller in the Garden? Look no further! Veronica Seaside offers us an abundance of true-blue plumes that stand up nicely, above bright green foliage, all summer long. This taller true-blue Veronica, is not only a great garden performer but is coastal friendly, salt tolerant and attracts Hummingbirds. This new fantastic Veronica is another example of outstanding breeding from Brent Horvath.
View Flyer here.