Cover Story

Sweet Home Alabama

The family-owned Shed Nursery grows, breeds and retails with a sweet spot for organics and premium plants.

Features

BenchPress Profile: Tom Batt

VP of Sales and Marketing, Hines Horticulture

More Legendary Varieties

As part of Greenhouse Grower's 25th anniversary celebration, we share more readers' picks for legendary varieties.

Public Relations: DIY Or DIFM

Effective public relations requires allocated management, expertise and synergy.

Miniature Messages

Growers are having all sorts of fun with tags these days. Here's a look at some custom tags readers produced themselves that were recently submitted to us.

Tagging Plants Today

Manufacturers of labels and tags are always looking for ways to improve the marketing of new or unique plants. Here's a glance at a few tags suppliers have been producing lately.

Feeding The Global Market

Scotts' Fred Bosch shares an international perspective and what the U.S. and European markets can learn from each other.

Production Tips For Top Performers: Penstemon

An American native is regaining its popularity.

Le Grand Tour de Fleur

We bring you the latest and greatest in varieties, innovations and promotions from the California Pack Trials.

Selling Sustainability

Pot and packaging companies showcased alternatives to traditional plastic at Pack Trials.

New Varieties At Pack Trials 2008

Breeders from all over the world showed off their latest introductions.

10 Years Of California Dreamin'

Special thanks to Sakata Seed America and Suntory Corporation for supporting this program.

Rating The Varieties

Growing shrubs in the greenhouse starts with selecting the varieties that thrive on the bench.

Controlling Diseases

Innovation helps growers control multiple diseases with Pageant fungicide from BASF.

More Sensible Supply

To meet the needs of more sophisticated consumers, Senses Merchandising and Promotion partners breeders and growers in an effort to provide value-added products to retailers.

Partners Against Pests

Biologicals can work in rotation and in conjunction with traditional chemicals.

Understanding Plant Nutrition: Irrigation Water As A Nutrient Source

Argo and Fisher take a microscope to the details that can help growers make informed decisions on nutrients.

Columns

Benchmarks By Sara Tambascio

Are You Acting Insane?

Are you expecting different results from the same old products?

One To Grow On By Will Carlson

Reliving History

Looking back helps us look ahead.

Rants & Raves By Laurie Scullin

Donkeys & Elephants

The presidential election is a lesson in marketing.

Tips Of The Trade By Allan Armitage

A Few Coral Bells To Grow

The best of the best in heuchera.

Editorial By Delilah Onofrey

Cultivating Common Ground

Three leading distributors are working together to reduce costs and create more opportunities for growers and their vendors.

Meister Media Logo