The team at Plants For Europe Ltd is announcing six brand new plant launches for this year. The new varieties are a mix of perennials and bedding plants, with three of these launches forming part of a series.

The new varieties have been selected to offer good value to both grower and consumer. 

The Plants For Europe team is particularly interested in breeding that prioritises climate resilience, suitability for smaller outdoor areas, low-maintenance, and disease and breakage-resistant plants.You can see all six new varieties at FlowerTrials® this year, in week 24. The Plants For Europe stand will be at the Vitroflora location, in Lisse. In the meantime, the details of the new launches are below.

Agapanthus AtomicBloom™ Santorini (ALTBLOOM)
Huge flowers on a compact plant.The ground-breaking Agapanthus AtomicBloom™ Santorini has huge blue inflorescences on sturdy, compact stems. Flowering in the first year, buyers can expect a mature flower height of 60cm, with umbels of 12cm diameter!

Santorini is a repeat-bloomer, is winter hardy, and forms a neat plant with arching green foliage. And the best part? This is just one of a whole series – visit the Plants For Europe FlowerTrials® display in week 24 to get a glimpse of the first four colours, and stay tuned for the rest.

Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae Va Va Voom™ (SHEEN01)
A tough and resilient Euphorbia.Another brand new launch for 2026, Euphorbia Va Va Voom™ is the best form of robbiae. Selected for its robust character, Va Va Voom™ has excellent branching and a beautiful habit.

Offering unrivalled ground cover, Va Va Voom™ will tolerate both damp and dry soils once established. Perfect for low-maintenance gardens and amenity sites. In spring, this variety lights up a dark spot with many more flower spikes than you get on typical robbiae. Trust us - gardeners and landscapers will want this!

Nepeta faassenii EarliBlue (G20-010)
Early flowering, low maintenance Nepeta.Coming into bloom a week earlier than competitor varieties, EarliBlue is an outstanding Nepeta. Large, dense flower spikes sit atop tidy, healthy foliage.

One of the best traits of this new variety is its ability to withstand summer storms, with no breaking open in the middle. Growers can also rest easy that this Nepeta doesn’t fade to yellow at the base, like so many Nepetas. The foliage remains lush and green throughout the growing season, with continuous flowering. Easy to grow, and with showstopping blooms, this variety will fly off the shelves. 

Coleus scutellarioides Gothica™ series 

Frighteningly good bedding plants!Coleus Gothica™ is a sister series to the award-winning Coleus Skeletal®. Hot off the breeding bench, Gothica™ currently features four colours, all with weird and wonderful foliage. Like the Skeletal® series, the Gothica™ breeding prioritises excellent basal branching and neat habit. This series also enjoys strong disease resistance.

Perfect for containers and mixed displays, the Gothica™ leaves simply glow in the sun. Skeletal® made headlines on its launch in 2024, and we expect demand to be swift and strong for the Gothica™ range.

Coleus scutellarioides Gothica™ - new colours!

Brand new Skeletal® colours! Right from launch day in 2024, Coleus Skeletal® has been intensely popular. The quirky fishbone-shaped leaves, along with the colour contrast of that rich burgundy against the vivid lime catches the attention of whoever sees it! After two fantastic years of popularity, Plants For Europe is launching three new colours to sit alongside the original variety.The new colours include a vibrant magenta edged with lime, deep purple edged with lime, and a shocking lime green – all with that signature fishbone leaf shape. Perfect in mixed pots and containers, or even for front-of-border interest, the Skeletal® series can’t help but make an impression.

Euphorbia griffithii x polychrome Walberton's® Embers Glow (WALEUEMGL)

Robust Euphorbia with fiery late-season colour. This brand new, fiery hybrid brings glowing orange tones and robust adaptability. Hitting shelves in 2026, Walberton's® Embers Glow handles damp soils and drought with ease once it’s established. The leaves change from deep green to a glowing red at the end of the season, adding glorious autumn colour – bonus! Plant this beauty in part-shade or full sun for glowing bracts of joy. It even makes a good container plant.

This year is already ramping up to be busy, and with the glorious weather of the past few weeks, we can only hope that consumers are keen to get out to their local garden centres and shows to shop for new varieties and problem-solvers in the garden.

Are you heading to FlowerTrials this summer? Do go and see Plants For Europe in Lisse, where they’ll be showcasing all of these new varieties to the trade. Questions about any of the plants above? Get in touch at hello@plantsforeurope.comwww.plantsforeurope.co