| Starter Collection |
| We have over 250 varieties of vireyas that we are growing. Difficult to make a choice! In addition to the Proven Performers above, most of which we also grow, here's a selection that will give you a good start on a wonderful vireya collection. |
Criteria
- Good choices for a starter collection
- Easily grown, not fussy
- Handles sun OK
- Usually a good supply
- Various colors, heights, foliage, distinctiveness
- Fulfill different landscaping situations
- Include substitutes with similar characteristics
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| Aleksandr | Large flowers and plant size, bright pink w/yellow throat, vertical growth |
| Cyril | Similar, cream with pink accents, dark leaf color |
| Birat's Red | Reliable rosy-red flowers, tall, open, vertical form, red stems |
| Red Prince X R. viriosum | Low growing, medium size red bell shaped flowers |
| Ne Plus Ultra | Medium strong red bell flowers bushy shrub |
| Charming Valentino | Similar, medium size leaves, bushy |
| Littlest Angel | Similar, slightly smaller flowers and leaves than Little Maria, good for hanging baskets |
| Cristo Rey | Large flowers, orange/yellow bicolor, upright, open |
| Simbu Sunset | Similar |
| Tropic Glow | Similar |
| Belisar | Similar, smaller funnel shaped flowers, more intense orange and yellow, more narrow and upright |
| Doris Mossman | Narrow, long leaves, orange bells |
| Little Ginger | Similar, denser form, yellow bells turning orange as they age |
| Lucie Sorenson | Narrow, short leaves, orange bells |
| Fireplum | Intense red, medium size, relatively bushy |
| Showstopper | Similar, red stems |
| Golden Charm | Polished glossy leaves, upright but bushy, dense domed truss with small strong orange flowers |
| Rocky's Mom | Intense orange, upright open form, large orange trusses |
| Will Silent | Similar, double flowers, more spreading |
| Kiandra | Similar, large flowers, most intense orange, unusual drooping leaves |
| Great Scentsation | Fragrant, fuzzy new growth, medium-large pink flowers |
| Kurt Herbert Adler | Similar |
| Calavar | Strong reddish-pink and yellow flowers, strong fragrance |
| Moonwood | Similar, fragrant, white flowers, rounded leaves |
| Lake Habbema | Dark and scaly foliage, large ivory white to cream flowers, fragrant |
| Highland Arabesque | Medium pink flowers, upright plant with rounded leaves |
| Terebinthia | Dark foliage (in sun), strong pink flowers, good branching |
| Marshall Pierce Madison | Small tree, large domed pink truss, impressive |
| Harry Wu | Big flowers, yellow with pink blush, upright, open, nearly vertical leaf petioles |
| Kisses | Rich pink halo, cream throat, lots of flowers, very bushy form |
| Princess Alexandra | Very bushy, white flowers, frequent flowering |
| Popcorn | Lime green rounded leaves, white flowers that fade to a pink blush, smaller plant, best in some shade |
| Teddy's Best | Lots of yellow flowers, orange halo in sun |
| Gilded Sunrise | Similar |
| 24K | Solid yellow flower, upright and open habit |