2026-2027 Star® Roses and Plants New Woody Ornamentals

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Discover What’s New

Get to know our woody ornamental introductions for 2026–2027! For each plant in this brochure, you will find three specific reasons to consider growing the variety, whether that be earlier blooming, faster finishing, improved sterility, or another improvement.

What Makes Our Genetics Unique

The market is full of woody plants that come with mandatory brand requirements, but you’ll gain increased versatility with our varieties. Grow them in a black pot, add them to your house brand, or sell them in our Bloomables® brand and let our marketing campaigns work for you!

Bloomables® is a fully developed, non-mandatory brand complete with retail-ready pots, tags, P.O.P. materials, marketing support, national advertising, consumer website, and social media. Its purpose is to support higher-margin sales for our top genetics and bring increased value to the grower, retailer, and consumer.

Within Bloomables® are two specialty programs: the Scentables® fragrant collection and the Droughtables™ drought-tolerant collection. These curated programs are ready-made collections of plants featuring the traits consumers are looking for in the modern garden.

Dapper ® Blue

Buddleia davidii ‘Bud18blu20’ PP 36,916

This new Buddleia expands the Dapper® Series to four colors! It possesses the self-cleaning and labor-saving traits that the other varieties do, while also demonstrating the highest sterility, as reported by the Journal of Environmental Horticulture.

Buddleia

Reasons to Grow

• Reduced fertility compared to market varieties

• Self-cleaning with continuous reblooming

• Compact, dense habit with minimal trims

Dapper ® Buddleia Series

Why are Dapper® Buddleia the best compact varieties on the market?

They eliminate the extra time and cost for upkeep and deadheading with new blooms that hide the spent ones. When we say compact, we mean non-spreading and ideal for small gardens and containers. They’ll flower for you spring though fall, too. Give all four colors a try and keep your sell-through looking sharp! Blue, Lavender, and White ranked high for reduced fertility in a study by the Journal of Environmental Horticulture. Official testing for Pink is underway.

Bellini ® Cherry Lagerstroemia

Lagerstroemia indica ‘NCLI1’ PPAF

The latest addition to the Bellini® Series has deep red flowers with a compact habit and powdery mildew resistance that matches the rest of the series. Drought tolerant, early blooming, and hardy to Zone 5, these Lagerstroemia are a versatile option for landscaping and make a colorful retail presentation.

Reasons to Grow

• Compact, dense habit with early blooming

• Drought tolerant and powdery mildew resistant

• Hardy to Zone 5

Bellini ® Lagerstroemia Series

Hardy to Zone 5!

The Bellini® Lagerstroemia series flowers earlier so you can get plants to retail sooner. They offer exceptional powdery mildew resistance and abundant flowering in a breakthrough, compact size with a range of sweet colors!

Grape

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Congrabel’ PP 28,975

Guava

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Bellaggua’ PP 33,482

Raspberry

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Conlagras‘ PP 29,006

Strawberry

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Strawconbel‘ PP 33,517

Pink Pearl ™ Rhaphiolepis

Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Haw3125Phk’ PPAF

This new Rhaphiolepis produces an abundance of pink blooms and demonstrates an increased resistance to leaf spot diseases, making it a standout over other pink varieties on the market. It retains a compact, dense habit with minimal trims and is an excellent selection for hedges.

Reasons to Grow

• Increased resistance to leaf spot diseases

• Brighter pink flowers than other varieties

• Drought tolerant in the landscape

StraightUp! ™ Liquidambar

Liquidambar styraciflua ‘NCSG-14’ PPAF

Shorter, tidier, better color – you can expect all of these attributes in our new Liquidambar tree. The columnar habit doesn’t open up as much as other varieties, so the final result is always attractive in the landscape. It also has deeply vibrant foliage through summer and fall. Developed by the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.

Reasons to Grow

• Fastigiate branching with less irregular growth

• 25% reduction in mature height

• Native to North America with good drought tolerance and deer resistance

Garden Gems ® Amethyst Falls ™ Cercis

‘NC2017-8’ PP 35,832

The compact, weeping habit and beautiful foliage give a similar effect as a Japanese Maple with the added benefits of being native to North America, having a faster finishing time for growers, and producing a flush of pink blooms in spring. Developed by the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.

Reasons to Grow

• Compact, weeping habit for gardens and containers

• Native alternative to Japanese Maple

• Inputs finish well in 3- or 5-gallon containers

Garden Gems ® Emerald Falls ™ Cercis

PP 35,634

The compact, weeping habit and beautiful foliage give a similar effect as a Japanese Maple with the added benefits of being native to North America, having a faster finishing time for growers, and producing a flush of pink blooms in spring. Developed by the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.

Reasons to Grow

• Compact, weeping habit for gardens and containers

• Native alternative to Japanese Maple

• Inputs finish well in 3- or 5-gallon containers

Garden Gems ® Citrine Cercis

Cercis canadensis ‘NC2017-92’ PP 36,009

The compact size and orange-to-yellow foliage give a similar effect as a Japanese Maple with the added benefits of being native to North America, having a faster finishing time for growers, and producing a flush of pink blooms in spring. Developed by the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.

Reasons to Grow

• Compact size for gardens and containers

• Native alternative to Japanese Maple

• Inputs finish well in 3- or 5-gallon containers

Garden Gems ® Collection

Every garden needs a gem! The 5 varieties in this revolutionary collection of compact Cercis trees are ideal for small gardens and patio spaces. Young plant inputs finish beautifully in 3- or 5-gallon pots and deco containers, making trees a saleable option for any grower.

Emerald

Amethyst

Emerald Falls

Falls

More To Explore

With so many introductions to the market each year, it can be easy to overlook varieties that were recently launched but haven’t made it into your program yet. These top selections are plants with increased availability and growing acclaim for performance year over year.

About Star ® Roses and Plants

It’s in our name: not just roses, all plants. While our start as a pioneer in the bare root rose business paved the way for our success, our current plant portfolio is far more than roses. We can serve as your broker for roses, woodies, trees, perennials, and edibles.

You can purchase young plants from us in numerous forms, including bare root and liners. Our reliable supply chain ensures product is high-quality and readily available. You can even order select plants directly from our West Grove, PA greenhouses.

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