Fides

Fides- A new stop for us a few years back and it continues to put out a few new exciting intros each year.  As I stated in our Oro visit, Fides purchased Oro and the Fides production will be moving to the Oro facility.  We have been assured that top Oro management has been retained to make this a smooth transition.

Petunia Fortunia Purple Heart -This new addition to the Fortunia series caught every ones attention as we walked through the door.  I have been seeing an increased interest in the last two years of veined vegetative petunias, especially in the use of combos.  This color is more intense than Daddy Sugar and more purple/lavender that Bordeaux. Long story short- Very impressive color.  Please remember that the Fortunia series is not a trailing petunia, it has more standard blood in its veins(sorry for the pun), that means it is upright mounding.  It will cascade but don't expect much trailing.  With the popularity of Bordeaux this could be an exciting intro.