At the experimental Centre Po di Tramontana at Rosolina (RO)-Italy the following dates will be available for visits to the petunia and the interspecific geranium variety trials: 14 to 18 … [Read more...]
Coleus’ that steal the spotlight at retail
March 31, 2014
Burpee Home Gardens introduces a collection of “densely branched, late-flowering coleus varieties that are bright and vibrant for retail sales”. The lanceolate leaves are described as unique … [Read more...]
First seed annual Euphorbia graminea
March 31, 2014
“Glitz is the first seed annual Euphorbia graminea on the market”, claims PanAmerican Seed. “It has an open architecture, allowing for better-looking mixed combos.” The company recommends … [Read more...]
UK trials with over 200 new varieties
March 26, 2014
Monday 14 July to Friday 1 August Ball Colegrave (UK) welcomes bedding and pot plant producers, garden centres, parks, landscapers and garden designers to its Trials Grounds in West … [Read more...]
Brunnera just half the size
March 25, 2014
“Brunnera ‘Little Jack’ is a smaller and more compact version of ‘Jack Frost’, that grows to just half the size”, states Blooms of Bressingham (UK). In spite of this comparison it would be … [Read more...]
Abutilon breeding: bringing new excitement to an old class
March 25, 2014
“What can we do with abutilon to turn them into great garden plants”, asks Rick Grazzini, executive director from Garden Genetics (G2) in the US rhetorically on his blog. G2X abutilons are … [Read more...]
Unique bicolor pentas
March 10, 2014
Israeli propagator Jaldety will introduce Pentas Bicolor during the California Spring Trials which will be held April 5-10 in the US. Pentas Bicolor has a pale pink flower with a dark pink … [Read more...]
newPlantsandFlowers’ second anniversary
February 28, 2014
In our February update we want to go two years back in the history. On February 24, 2012 the first news on newPlantsand-Flowers was published. Since then more than 1 530 news posts have … [Read more...]
Funding of UK trials in pot and bedding plants industry
February 25, 2014
A new opportunity for the funding of trials to address new product opportunities relevant to the production of pot and bedding plants has been launched in the UK by the Horticultural … [Read more...]
US plant trials ratings are now accessible to industry
February 25, 2014
After its creation in 2012, the Plant Trial Database announces that there is now an appropriate amount of plant trialing data to share with the industry. The initial concept of an online … [Read more...]
