Meet the All-America Selections AAS winners for 2025

All-America Selections has announced its AAS winners available for the 2025 gardening season.

Brokers, growers and retailers will want to add these proven garden performers to their assortments to prep for demand coming in 2025.

All AAS winners are trialed throughout North America by professional, independent, volunteer judges who grow new entries next to comparisons that are considered best-in-class.

The AAS winners for 2025 (in alphabetical order) are:

Dahlia Black Forest Ruby: AAS Ornamental Winner, National

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This plant from Takii Europe B.V. features deep black foliage and abundant ruby-red flowers. Blooms range from semi‐double to double. This is a seed-raised variety with pinnate leaves that has impressive overall durability. Plants are sturdy, do not flop open and are disease-free all season long.

Dianthus Capitan Magnifica: AAS Ornamental Winner, National

AAS Judges were impressed with this new dianthus bred by Selecta One, as it continued blooming and growing even through summer’s heat. One quick shearing after blooming, and it bounced back with a profusion of beautiful pink blooms that sport a consistent, light pink edging. New interspecific breeding gives it more heat tolerance than traditional dianthus varieties, with stems long enough to use as cut flowers. The more flower stems are cut for indoor enjoyment, the more blooms it puts forth.

Kohlrabi Konstance F1: Edible — Vegetable, National

This new purple kohlrabi from Bejo Seeds has a longer harvest window, an improved smoother skin and a vibrant purple color that extends out through the leaf margins. No matter if you grow in spring or fall, Konstance continues to produce flavorful crunchy bulbs that are crack-resistant and long-lasting. A bonus to the crisp, sweet, peppery bulb is that the leaves are also highly flavorful when roasted or sauteed, or they can be eaten raw when the leaves are young and tender.

Marigold Mango Tango: AAS Flower Winner, National

Mango Tango from Benary features super-saturated bi-color flowers of yellow and red. Compact, vigorous plants bloom prolifically over a long flowering window.

Nasturtium Baby Gold: AAS Ornamental Winner, Regional (Heartland, Northeast, Mountain/Southwest)

Nasturtium Baby Gold

A new color in the popular Baby series of nasturtiums bred by Takii EU and distributed by American Takii, the Baby series is known for being a petite-flowered, mounding variety with healthy, dark foliage ideal for containers and small space gardens. AAS judges praised the uniformly compact plants that produced intense gold-colored flowers that did not fade. Their compact habit means less “flower flopping,” with their blooms remaining upright throughout the season. The golden yellow color is contrasts beautifully with the dark-green foliage. Both the leaves and flowers are edible.

Nasturtium Baby Red: AAS Ornamental Winner, Regional (Heartland, Northeast, Mountain/Southwest)

Nasturtium Baby Red

A new color in the popular Baby series of nasturtiums bred by Takii EU and distributed by American Takii, the Baby series is known for being a floriferous, petite, mounding variety with healthy, dark foliage ideal for containers and small space gardens. AAS judges praised the uniformly compact plants that produced rich, red flowers. Their compact habit means less “flower flopping,” with their blooms remaining upright throughout the season. The red blooms provide a nice contrast against the dark-green foliage. Both the leaves and flowers are edible.

Nasturtium Baby Yellow: AAS Ornamental Winner, Regional (Heartland, Northeast, Mountain/Southwest)

Nasturtium Baby Yellow

A new color in the popular Baby series of nasturtiums bred by Takii EU and distributed by American Takii, the Baby series is known for being a floriferous, petite, mounding variety with healthy, dark foliage ideal for containers and small space gardens. AAS judges praised the uniformly compact plants that produced soft yellow flowers. Their compact habit means less “flower flopping,” with their blooms remaining upright throughout the season. The soft yellow color provides a nice contrast against the dark-green foliage. Both the leaves and flowers are edible.

Pepper Pick-N-Pop Yellow F1: Edible — Vegetable Winner, National

These snack-sized mini peppers from Seminis Home Garden are extra sweet with just the right amount of juiciness and crunch. They produce continuously on a moderate sized plant with outstanding bacterial leaf spot resistance and produce a prolific number of bright, canary yellow-colored, uniformly shaped peppers.

Petunia Dekko Maxx Pink: AAS Ornamental Winner, Regional (Great Lakes, Heartland, Northeast, West/Northwest)

This petunia from Syngenta Flowers dazzled the judges throughout the summer trials with its fast, compact spreading habit featuring loads of beautiful pink blooms. Delicate yet vibrant pink non-fading flowers covered the plant that held up extremely well to heavy rains and inclement weather throughout the season. Dekko’s versatile habit works well in garden beds, borders and landscape installations. It is a top performer by keeping a nice habit all season with a tremendous number of flowers that are resilient and maintenance-free.

Petunia Shake Raspberry F1: AAS Ornamental Winner, National

Petunia Shake Raspberry from Hem Genetics has the coloration of a blended raspberry milkshake swirled with lemon-lime green sorbet on a superior performing petunia. Naturally compact, this petunia will not melt in summer heat but instead will provide season-long color.

Snapdragon DoubleShot Yellow Red Heart F1: AAS Ornamental Seed Winner, National

Snapdragon DoubleShot Yellow Red Heart F1

Yellow Red Heart from Hem Genetics blooms early and holds up well through summer’s heat better than the comparison variety. The judges loved the early blooms, healthy plants, vibrant colors and long-lasting flowers. It also features a candy-like scent.

Squash Green Lightning F1: Edible — Vegetable Winner, National

Green Lightning squash, bred by Joseph Stern and marketed by PanAmerican Seed, impressed the judges with its early maturity. The color and pattern of the squash was novel and pretty enough to use as a decoration. When cooked, this squash had a nice robust flavor that stood up to added seasonings. The medium and light green rind has a glossy sheen, and the small seed cavity on a smaller squash means more edible flesh.

Squash Thriller F1: Edible — Vegetable Winner, National

Squash Thriller from Sakata Seed America brings new psychedelic color patterns to fall décor. The 1- to 2-pound dumpling squash has shallow vertical ridges that alternate between a variegated cream and green with bright orange. The dark green stems are decoratively twisted and well-attached. The semi-bush plants mature in 75 to 80 days from planting. The fruit colors shift and change as they mature for early to late season color. Judges across the U.S. and Canada agreed that Thriller is unique, well-adapted and easy to grow.

Tomato Tonatico F1: Edible — Vegetable Winner, Regional (Mountain/Southwest, Northeast)

Tomato Tonatico from Bejo Seeds features high yield, great texture, disease resistance and less fruit cracking and splitting. Judges were pleased with the superior sepals and pedicels, the taste and texture, and the uniform fruit clusters that held on long, easy-to-harvest trusses.

Zinnia Zydeco Fire: AAS Ornamental Winner, National

Inspired by the lively, foot-stomping music of southwest Louisiana, this zinnia bred by Syngenta Flowers bursts with bright, fully double flowers that are noticeably larger than the comparisons. A kaleidoscope of fiery orange blooms sway on sturdy stems all summer long, right up until the first frost. Judges across North America couldn't resist its infectious charm — the Zydeco boasts not only incredible flower power, but also long-lasting blooms on disease-resistant foliage.

More about the AAS winners for 2025

Each of the new AAS Winners will be featured in custom videos on their individual AAS winner web page and on the AAS YouTube channel.

All AAS Winners are marketed through social media, public relations and trade shows, and are grown in AAS Display and Introduction Gardens across North America.