2025's Best New Plants!

Are you ready to start planning for next year's garden? A few new plants might be just what you need to bring those dreams to reality.

- Sherri Ribbey

Imagine this stunning new epimedium filling those empty spots in your shade garden or a flower-covered Agastache bringing hummingbirds to sunny borders. It's easy to envision your containers filled with color when you see the newest super-flowery annual geranium, heat-tolerant tuberous begonia, double mandevilla and many others on the following pages.

TRENDING PLANTS This year's crop of new introductions has lots of eye-catching blooms, from lush doubles to exceptional colors or patterns and fantastic foliage plants too. Many have multiseason appeal, so just one plant provides interest from spring to frost. If you're tired of the same old standbys, check out some improved classics to mix things up this year. And be sure to find out how to enter our drawing for new selections from our friends at Proven Winners and Southern Living Plant Collection.

'Dream Catcher' epimedium

Epimedium hybrid

The out-of-the-ordinary blooms of 'Dream Catcher' epimedium have a rose-red and yellow color combination that will add a spark to your shade garden. Its long-lasting flowers sit on tall stems above the mound of foliage so they're easy to see and enjoy near a shady path or patio. But this tough perennial isn't just a pretty face. Plants thrive even in dry shade without much work - just cut off dead foliage in late winter. In addition, deer and rabbits won't nibble the wiry stems and green leaves, which get a bronze flush in cool weather.

Perennial Best feature: Rosy-red sepals with large yellow wings in mid- to late spring Light: Part to full shade Size: 18 to 24 in. tall, 24 to 36 in. wide Cold hardy: USDA zones 5 to 8 Introducer: Walters Gardens Inc. Source: Local garden centers

BEST NEW SUN PERENNIALS

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