Spring Trials Slideshow Day 3: John Henry, GGG, Florist De Kwakel, Northern Innovators, Skagit Gardens, Hort Couture
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Among the most exciting developments Tuesday at Imagination Canyon in Santa Barbara was John Henry Company's partnership with Al© 2010 -
The Bee Friendly program, another John Henry initiative, offers a fun look and promotes pollination. Says John Henry's Kristi Hu© 2010 -
How much were sales up for vegetable plant tags for John Henry in 2009? Try 38 percent. John Henry is continuing its edibles pu© 2010 -
These teensie-sized potted plants are great gifts for moms and would be a cute addition to the family Christmas tree later this© 2010 -
Why just sell plants when you can sell decorative material to go with them? Merchandise like these pot holders for John Henry's© 2010 -
Florist de Kwakel's Garvinea perennial gerbera series is hardy to USDA Zone 7. One upside to the series is its disease resistanc© 2010 -
Bidens '2 Tooth' from GGGÂ International is ideal for container gardens and appears to have a nice spreading habit.© 2010 -
GGG International introduces four new helichrysum to its Xagros series in 'White,' 'Yellow,' 'Gold' and 'Yellow Sun.' 'Yellow Su© 2010 -
Petunias, petunias and more petunias. GGG International showcased plenty of them Tuesday in Santa Barbara as seen here in variet© 2010 -
Jiffy is active on the grower side of the industry developing paper plugs like these here. Jiffy acquired a European growth medi© 2010 -
Rick Friedrich, the North American general manager for Jiffy, shows off a tray of plugs grown with Jiffy's new Preforma bonded m© 2010 -
Marketing consultant Laurie Scullin says branding Jiffy's products as impulse items is next. The Plant In A Jiffy program featur© 2010 -
Jiffy's Rick Friedrich shows off one of the company's new paper sleeves for Preforma plugs. He envisions young plants, like this© 2010 -
Can't have much more fun with a coreopsis series name than Coloropsis. 'Salsa,' seen on the left, is a new standout featuring go© 2010 -
The hellebore Gold Collection was a big seller for propagator Skagit Gardens last year, as it sold out of every hellebore in the© 2010 -
Fashion-forward brand Hort Couture made its Spring Trials debut at Island View Nursery. New this year are proprietary genetics,© 2010 -
Hort Couture is exploring positioning argyranthemums as a blooming potted alternative to mums.© 2010 -
Hort Couture's Perfectunia petunia series was bred by Westhoff in Germany, which also exhibited at the trials.© 2010 -
Panache grandiflora petunias were bred by David Kerley in England and present and old fashioned look in flower form and habit. I© 2010 -
One of the most exciting lines are tropical orchids in the spathiglotis genus bred in Thailand. They are being test marketed in© 2010 -
Hort Couture is making a fashion statement creating combination plantings named for cities. There is a great deal of potential h© 2010
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Take a look inside our trip to California Spring Trials. On Day 3, we visited John Henry, GGG, Florist De Kwakel, Northern Innovators, Skagit Gardens and Hort Couture.
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