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Tagetes patula Orange Boy
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1979
Colour: Deep Orange
Awards: Gold Medal
In 1979, Orange Boy was a breakthrough in breeding compact, double Tagetes patula. The Boy series gives excellent pot and garden performance. Bright blooms are 4 cm across, on very free-flowering plants. Very uniform for habit and flowering time.
Pelargonium zonale Red Express
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1979
Colour: Signal red
Awards: Gold Medal
In 1979 Pelargonium zonale Red Expess was awarded a Fleuroselect Gold medal for its outstanding red flower colour, its extremely early flowering and its excellent garden performance.
Zinnia elegans Cherry Ruffles
Breeder: Bodger Seeds
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Year: 1978
Colour: Rose-red
Awards: Gold Medal
Introduced in 1978, Zinnia Elegans Cherry Ruffles was awarded Gold for its new flower colour in this class of Zinnias.
Cherry Ruffles is also the recipient of the All-America Selections award for performance in North American trials.
Zinnia elegans Yellow Ruffles
Breeder: Bodger Seeds
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Year: 1978
Colour: Yellow
Awards: Gold Medal
Introduced in 1978, Zinnia Elegans Yellow Ruffles was awarded Gold for its new flower colour in this class of Zinnias.
Yellow Ruffles is also the recipient of the All-America Selections award for performance in North American trials.
Salvia farinacea Victoria
Breeder: Floranova
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Year: 1978
Colour: Violet
Awards: Gold Medal
Awarded in 1978 and still successful, Salvia farinacea Victoria is compact, branching and early flowering.
Lobularia maritima Wonderland
Breeder: Booker
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Year: 1978
Colour: Carmine Rose
Awards: Gold Medal
In 1998 Lobularia (Alyssum) maritima Wonderland was awarded a Fleuroselect Medal for its brilliant novel rosy-red flowers on compact, flat-growing plants. The variety was considered to be excellent for edging.
Helichrysum bracteatum Hot Bikini
Breeder: Benary
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Year: 1977
Colour: Bright red
Awards: Gold Medal
Helichrysum Hot Bikini was awarded Fleuroselect honours in 1977 for its dwarf habit and bright fiery red flowers. The variety was good for bedding and as a dried flower.
Calendula officinalis Fiesta Gitana
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1977
Colour: Mixture of colours
Awards: Gold Medal
Awarded a 1977 Gold Medal, Fiesta Gitana was a very beautiful addition to the range of annuals. Easily grown on practically any soil. Dwarf and compact growing, so, suitable for any garden. Fiesta Gitana; the right name for this charming, richly coloured mixture varying from cream-yellow to the deepest orange; for more than 50% with deep dark-brown eyes. Fiesta Gitana is an attractive article for both for the amateur gardener and for the professional grower. A major advantage for the professional grower is that the plants can be marketed in flower in early spring.
Zinnia elegans Pink Ruffles
Breeder: Bodger Seeds
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Year: 1976
Colour: Bright pink
Awards: Gold Medal
When it was awarded a Gold Medal in 1976 Zinnia Pink Ruffles was the second in a series of Zinnia so called because of the attractive rulled effect of the petals which are informal and yet retain a neat and tidy appearence. Ruffles types are vigourous growing to a height of 60 to 80 cm. The variety is excellent for cut flowers or summer bedding.
Impatiens walleriana Miss Swiss
Breeder: Samen Mauser
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Year: 1976
Colour: Orange cinnabar
Awards: Gold Medal
Impatiens Miss Swiss Scarlet was an F1 hybrid which was trialled in 1974 and introduced in 1976 as a Fleuroselect Award Winner. The variety has attractive large rounded flowers and the plant habit is vigorous, robust and spreading.
Nicotiana affinis Crimson Rock
Breeder: Floranova
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Year: 1975
Colour: Crimson red
Awards: Gold Medal
Nicotiana Crimson Rock was awarded a Fleuroselect Gold Medal in 1975 for its distinct colour and upright flowering habit.
Callistephus chinensis Pinocchio
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1975
Colour: Forumula mix of 7 colours
Awards: Gold Medal
Aster Pinocchio Mix was awarded a 1975 Fleuroselect Gold Medal for its dwarfness and excelelnt garden performance. The variety bears a mass of small, double, ball-shaped blooms, that form compact mounds. The dwarf cultivars of Chinese aster reach 15 to 30 cm high and bloom from late summer to well into autumn. Pinocchio Mixed is an excellent blend of lovely shades, including pink, red, crimson, purple and white. Very easy to grow from seed they are invaluable for beds and borders and an excellent cut flower.
Dianthus chinensis Crimson Charms
Breeder: Syngenta/Goldsmith Seeds
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Year: 1975
Colour: Crimson-red
Awards: Gold Medal
Dianthus chinensis Crimson Charms was awarded a Fleuroselect Gold Medal in 1975. This now well-known series has profuse flushes of blooms on a compact, but vigorous habit.
Dianthus chinensis Scarlet Charms
Breeder: Syngenta/Goldsmith Seeds
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Year: 1975
Colour: Scarlet red
Awards: Gold Medal
Scarlet Charms was awarded a Fleuroselect Gold Medal in 1975. This now well-known series has profuse flushes of blooms on a compact, but vigorous habit.
Dahlia variabilis Redskin
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1975
Colour: Mixture
Awards: Gold Medal
Redskin received both the 1975 Gold Medal and the All-America Selections award. Particularly appealing because of its dwarfness, the rich dark bronze foliage serves as a dramatic background for the large, spectacular flowers in a delightful mix of rich colours and includes shades of purple, orange, bronze, garnet and maroon.
Tagetes patula Honeycomb
Breeder: PanAmerican Seed
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Year: 1975
Colour: Orange and mahogany bicolor
Awards: Gold Medal
Tagetes patula Honeycomb was awarded a 1975 Gold Medal for for is free compactness and uniformity in both colour and habit.
Antirrhinum majus Orange Pixie
Breeder: Syngenta Flowers
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Year: 1974
Colour: Deep Orange Bronze
Awards: Gold Medal
The variety was awarded a 1974 Gold Medal as the first orange Antirrhinum majus in dwarf habit.
Tagetes patula Showboat Yellow
Breeder: Originator Ferry Morse
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Year: 1974
Colour: Deep yellow
Awards: Gold Medal
Snowboat was the first variety to win a Fleuroselect Gold Medal and an All-America Selections award. As a triploid this hybrid Marigold showed considerably better uniformity. It was also found to be earlier than existing varieties, the first flowers appearing within five weeks from seed.
Dianthus chinensis Snowflake
Breeder: Syngenta Flowers
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Year: 1973
Colour: White
Awards: Gold Medal
When trialled in 1971 this variety was awarded a Gold Medal for its floriferousness, vigour and dwarf habit.
Lavatera trimestris Tanagra
Breeder: HM. CLAUSE
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Year: 1973
Colour: Carmine red
Awards: Gold Medal
When trialed in 1971 Tangara was judged to be a perceptible improvement the flowers being bigger than the varieties available at that time. It is compact and stands erect thanks to the rigidness of its stems. Sown in spring, it flowers unceasingly from July to September. A hardy annual, it adapts itself to any soil and any condition (sun or shadow).