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SERIES Tumbles™ MGII Matrix® Frizzle SizzleOUTSTANDING FEATURES
The best trailing pansies for baskets and beds
Well established series have all been upgraded. Extra large flowers on a compact plant
Superior plant structure and most uniform series under long days
Specialty ruffled flower form
HABIT & VIGOUR Vigorous plants ultimately spread up to 45 to 60 cm in the ground
Superior lateral branching fills pots and packs quickly. Maintain flower size under warm conditions
Less stretch due to unique plant architecture that grows out rather than up
Moderate vigour; upright, mounding habit
COLOUR RANGE Clear: 2 Novelty: 2 Mixture: 2
Clear: 1 Blotch: 13 Mixture: 3
Clear: 9 Blotch: 7 Novelty: 7 Mixture: 19
Clear: 1 Novelty: 5 Mixture: 1
TYPE & FLOWER SIZE
Multiflora pansy, 5 cm
Extra-large pansy, 9 cm
Extra-large pansy, 9 cm
Multiflora pansy, 6 cm
With the exciting addition of Tumbles spreading pansies, and a broad range of exciting pansy and viola series, Ball Australia breaks it down for you right here so you can cut through the clutter and find the easiest way to Autumn profits.
Pansy & Viola quick reference chart
Dynamite Magic Performer Sorbet® XP Sorbet® StandardDay length neutral. Flower from Autumn through to Spring, large clear colours
Consistent landscape performance with a wide colour range
Good choice for green seedling sales. Superior performance and flower quality. Day length neutral series
Uniform, bench-run viola series in top-selling colours
Novel colours round out the widest viola offering
Strong lateral branching, fills pots and packs fast. Flowers well under short days
Moderate vigour; upright, mounding habit
Good branching habit, superior performance compared to traditional varieties used for green seedling sales
Compact and most uniform viola for habit, vigour and timing
Moderate vigour; can be grown along with Sorbet XP
Clear: 9 Blotch: 5 Novelty: 9 Mixture: 5
Clear: 7 Blotch: 5 Novelty: 6 Mixture: 12
Clear: 8 Blotch: 6 Mixture: 5
Clear: 6 Blotch: 2 Novelty: 14 Mixture: 8
Clear: 5 Blotch: 4 Novelty: 13 Mixture: 5
Large pansy, 8 cm
Multiflora pansy, 6 cm
Large pansy, 8 cm
Viola cornuta, 3 cm
Viola cornuta, 2.5 cm
Making selection easy2 | Pansy & Viola Solutions Pansy & Viola Solutions | 3
288 Plug Tray 512 Plug Tray
PLUG SIZES AVAILABLE
Tumbles™
Tumbles – easy spreading colour for Autumn and Spring!
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Mixture
Frost NEW Violet Wing
White
Yellow
Pastel Mix
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 60 to 75 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
The best spreading/trailing pansies on the market make incredible cool-season baskets for Autumn and early Spring programs.
Also makes a great groundcover in the garden.
Blooms hold up in rain and weather better than larger-flowered types.
Easy spreading colour for Spring & Autumn baskets
NEW Violet Wing
Pictured: Mixture
Actual size: 5 cm
Pictured: Rose Wing
MGII
Pictured: MGII Yellow Blotch
Actual size: 10 cm
MGII Fire
MGII Sherry
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
The well established Majestic Giants II series have been upgraded from the original and offer extra large flowers size on a more compact plant.
Superior lateral branching fills pots and packs quickly.
Maintains flower size under warm conditions.
Strong flower stems and upright blooms that don’t flop for maximum colour.
17 Colours available are:• Blotch Mix• Blue & White• Blue Jeans• Clear Yellow• Deep Blue Blotch• Fire• Full Mix• Marina• Mix• NEW Mid Blue with Blotch• Red with Blotch• Rosalyn• Rose Blotch• Sherry• White with Blotch• Yellow Blotch
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Superior plant architecture for holdability, and most uniform series under long days.
Similar habit, timing and performance across the series means less handling and simplified crop management.
A 7-day bloom window in Autumn production means all colours from the same sowing ship together.
Superior branching without stretching assures more flowers per plant so you can deliver a better-looking product at retail.
MGII Blue Jeans
Matrix | 76 | MGII
Matrix for longer days…Large flowers for power
Actual size: 9 cm
Pictured: Matrix Rose Wing
Matrix®
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Rose BlotchYellow BlotchWhite Blotch Red Blotch
RoseOrangeYellowLemonPrimroseWhite Improved
Red Wing*
Ocean Deep Blue BlotchBlue Blotch ImprovedTrue BlueLight BluePurple
NEW Lavender ShadesBlue Frost*
Autumn Blaze Mixture Blotch Mixture Citrus Mixture
Sunfire MixtureClear Mixture Coastal Sunrise Mixture Halloween Mixture
Harvest Mixture Ocean Breeze Mixture Raspberry Sundae Mixture Tricolour Mixture
Mixture
Amber Mixture Amethyst Mixture Ruby Mixture Tanzanite Mixture
Sangria*
Rose Wing*
Total uniformity across 21 mixes…and extra-large blooms
MATRIX GEMSTONE MIXTURES
MATRIX MIXTURESMATRIX CLEAR, BLOTCH & NOVELTY
Jewels Mixture Opal Mixture Topaz and Garnet Mixture
*Natural variation and colour interest.
Sunrise*Morpheus*
Frizzle Sizzle
Burgundy
Raspberry
Blue Yellow-Blue Swirl
Yellow Orange
Pictured: Mixture
Actual size: 6 cm
Dynamite®
Pictured: Mixture
Actual size: 8 cm
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
A frilly flower form makes Frizzle Sizzle a retail standout!
More unique and bold colours than any other of this type!
Looks fantastic in containers and landscapes.
Stronger ruffling occurs in cool conditions.
Frilly flower form10 | Frizzle Sizzle
Large blooms for long floweringDynamite | 11
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Large flowered Dynamite does not require cool temperatures to initiate buds, so blooms under short and long days.
Compact and free flowering from Autumn through to Spring.
28 Colours available are:• Beacon Blue• Blotch Mix• Blue Blotch• Blue Centre• NEW Blue Jeans• Blueberry Thrill• Clear Mix• Clear Rose• Cream• Daffodil Mix• Deep Blue with Blotch• Deep Rose with Blotch• Lavender• Light Blue• Orange• Pink Shades• Pure White• Purple Rose & White• Purple• Red & Yellow• Red Blotch• Scarlet• Silhouette Mix• Strawberry• Waterfall• White Blotch• Wine Flash• Yellow
Novelties
Pansy Jumbo Giants Pansy Can Can Pansy Swiss GiantMixture of giant flowering Swiss types. Good rich colour blend. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Formula mix of selected blotch and fancy types in large flower size. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Mid season mix of large flowering, blotched flowers. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
NEW Pansy Fizzy ‘Grape’NEW Pansy Fizzy ‘Lemonberry’NEW Pansy Fizzy ‘Fruit Salad’
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Stronger ruffling occurs in cooler contitions in this range. Ideal for packs, pots and baskets.
Assorted pansies for all12 | Novelties Novelties | 13
garden types
Pansy Whiskers Pansy Waterfall Pansy Joker MixEach bloom in this mid sized pansy series has the unique “whiskers” effect. Great garden performance and flower power. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 15 to 20 cm
Ever popular blend of large, clear, cool colours. Lavender, White, Blue, Purple, Light blue Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Hardy pansy with a mid-sized flower with unique blotched patterns. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 10 to 15 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Pansy Regal Ruffles Pansy Rain Pansy Clear CrystalsLarge flowered ruffled blooms in red, blue, purple and yellow shades, all with blotches. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Small flowered, with a mounded and trailing habit, the Rain series is perfect for baskets and containers. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 25 to 40 cm Spread: 25 to 40 cm
Open round flowers in clear colours without blotches. Suitable for punnet production. Viola x wittrockiana Height: 15 to 20 cm Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Magic
Pictured: True Blue XP
Actual size: 6 cm
Purple XPTrue Blue XP Deep Blue Blotch XPYellow Blotch XPWhite Blotch XP
Blotch Mixture XP Mixture XP Clear Mixture XPAutumn Blaze Mixture XP
Citrus Mixture XP
NEW Baby Boy
NEW Halloween Mix NEW Jewels N Jazz
Blackberry Sundae Mixture XP
Scarlet XP
Beaconsfield XPSunburst XP Marina XP*Purple Face XP*Rose Picotee XP* Fire XP*
Lilac Shades
Silhouette Mixture
Deep Orange XPYellow XPWhite XP
Primrose
with wide colour rangeConsistent landscape performance14 | Magic Magic | 15
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Bred to handle the weather, Magic is the ultimate multi-season landscape pansy.
5 to 7-day flowering window, uniform habit and shorter peduncles let you mix and match to create custom mixtures.
Magic outperforms other medium-flowered pansies in all kinds of conditions.
Early-blooming Magic is the best choice for overwintering guaranteed pansy programs.
Free-flowering, well-branched and compact plants maintain their garden height with less stretch in warm climates.
*Natural variation and colour interest.
Red BlotchLavender Blotch Yellow & Purple
Pink Shades
MAGIC
Pictured: Sorbet Mix XP
Sorbet®
Actual size: 3 cm
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Uniform Viola…
Yellow Blotch Blotch Mix
Blue Blotch
Waterfall
Pure White Orange
Pictured: Performer Citrus Mix
Performer
The perfect punnet pansy16 | Performer
Actual size: 8 cm
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 20 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Performer is a unique series of large flowered high quality, well priced pansies, ideal for green seedling sales.Excellent garden performance and broad colour range.
Perfect for punnets.
19 Colours available are:• Blotch Mix• Blue with Blotch• Citrus Mix• Clear Mix• Deep Rose with Blotch• Form Mix• Lavender• Light Blue• Orange• Pure White• Purple Rose White• Purple• Red with Blotch• Rose• Scarlet• Waterfall Blotch• White with Blotch• Yellow Improved• Yellow with Blotch
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 15 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Uniform Sorbet XP lets you send the best-looking violas to retail.The most uniform plant habit and tightest flowering window in top-selling colours.
Fewer PGRs and superior holdability for more profit.
Plants cover the soil at flowering with less stretch for more blooms on every plant.
Performs in a range of climatic conditions with excellent overwintering – great for custom landscape mixes.
Scientific Name:Viola x wittrockiana
Height: 15 to 20 cm
Spread: 15 to 25 cm
Available in:288 and 512 plug trays
Sorbet Standards round out your offering with 23 more colours including novelties.
Standards have moderate vigour, but can be grown along with Sorbet XP.
…in best-selling colours18 | Sorbet XP Sorbet Standard | 19
…plus the novelties
Marina XPPurple Face XPYellow Frost XPYellow Blotch XP
NEW Denim Jump Up XP
Lavender Vein XP Orange XPYellow XPWhite XP
Beaconberry Mixture XP Blackberry Sundae Mixture XP Blueberry Frost Mixture XP Citrus Mixture XP
Orchidberry Frost Mixture XPMixture XP Select Mixture XP
Yellow Jump Up XPwas Yellow Duet XP
Delft Blue XP
Raspberry XP NEW Pink Halo XPPurple Ice XP
Sunny Royale
Orange Jump Upwas Orang Duet
Lilac Ice
Coconut Swirl
Black Jump Upwas Black Duet
Purple Jump Upwas Purple Duet
Ruby & Gold Babyface
Blueberry Cream
Lemon Chiffon
White Babyface
Black Delight Peach Melba
Antique Shades
Blue Heaven
Icy BlueBanana Cream YTT (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow)
YTT Babyface
Babyface Mixture
Primrose Babyface
Lemon Blueberry Swirl
Carmine Rose
NEW Red Blotch Midnight Glow
Pink Wing
Harvest Mixture XP
Jump Up Mix - was Duet Mix
Ocean Breeze Mixture
SORBET XP SORBET STANDARD
Lemon Jump Up XPwas Lemon Royale XP
White Jump Up XPwas Coconut Duet XP
Blue Blotch XP Blackberry XPViolet Beacon XPPurple XP Beaconsfield XPOrchid Rose Beacon XP
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