Garden-Retailers Pick Their Favorite Products From The Landscape Show
Grower-retailers have once again named their favorite new products, this time as part of the Cool Product Awards at The Landscape Show 2017 in Orlando, FL. Awards were presented to 12 companies, representing 14 products.
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Sustainable Garden (Agri-Carts/Sustainable Gardens)
A self-contained hydroponic system for homes and restaurants, Sustainable Gardens are available with or without LED lighting, with wholesale pricing for retailers. Agri-Carts.com
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Aechmea x ‘America’ (Bullis Bromeliads)
Aechmea x ‘America’ is a unique and elegant hybrid with green foliage, cream-colored variegation, and a cobalt blue and hot pink bloom. At first glance, America looks like fireworks. BullisBrom.com
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Aechmea tayoensis (Bullis Bromeliads)
Aechmea tayoensis is a native bromeliad from Ecuador, but at first glance it doesn’t look like a bromeliad with its softer foliage that does great in semi-shade and features a red-pink flower. BullisBrom.com
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Driftwood Furniture & Art (Mark Arnette)
Stunning creations of furniture and art from natural driftwood is the passion of Mark Arnette. Whether positioning them in a garden as art or as a unique focal piece of furniture, Mark Arnette is collecting wood, seeing a vision for each piece, and creating treasures. [email protected]
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Alpinia purpurata ‘Tomi Pink’ (Excelsa Gardens, Inc.)
This year Excelsa introduced ‘Tomi Pink,’ a brand new ginger that has soft-pink flower bracts, but is white on its tip. Tomi is being grown in Hawaii for cut flowers. It grows like all other purpurata gingers, with a height of 6 feet to 10 feet in full to partial sun. ExcelsaGardens.com
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Cordyline ‘Candy Cane’ (Excelsa Gardens, Inc.)
This native to Guinea and Southeast Asia features bright, pure-white leaves with red candy cane stripes, along with sporadic clusters of tiny, purple, star-like flowers. Perfect for holiday color, it reaches a height of 7 feet in partial sun to shade. ExcelsaGardens.com
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Gutter Guppy (Fresh Mulch Company)
Gutter Guppy is a no-clog rain gutter downspout replacement that creates an attractive way to move rainwater into a dry gardening bed. Used with Guppy Tails, Gutter Guppy allows for easy extension into the landscape design. WeedRecede.com
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Weed Recede Mulch Bags (Fresh Mulch Company)
Weed Recede is designed to easily open the bag, lay it out, and spread the mulch inside to cover the bag. Special instructions show how to open out the proprietary bag, which is specially-designed to match the color of the mulch. It is also biodegradable, all the while working as a weed block. WeedRecede.com
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Creative Ornamental Topiaries (Harrell’s Nursery, Inc.)
Seeing topiaries in the northwest is expected, but to see them created in evergreens for more southern landscapes is not. That’s what Harrell’s has done. Contact Harrell’s for a full list of varieties being produced in spirals, pom poms, and other statuary designs, all in living form, designed for warmer zones. HarrellsNursery.net
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Eugenia brasiliensis ‘Grumichama’ (Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery)
Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery has received previous awards for its selection of tropical fruit trees for retailers. This year, it introduced ‘Grumichama.’ commonly known as Brazilian cherry. Grumichama is a medium-sized tree native to Brazil that bears small, purple-to-black colored fruits and has a sweet, cherry/plum flavor. Hardiness Zones are reported to be 9b to10, and it has an upright, compact growth habit. HopkinsTropicalFruitNursery.com
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The Landscapers Buddy (J. West, LLC)
The new version of the Landscapers Buddy has additional features such as a new tub basin and shelf that become the ultimate bulk load mover. The new features make it an indispensable piece of equipment for landscapers and retailers, allowing heavy plants or products to be handled by fewer people, even one person. TheLandscapeBuddy.com
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Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’ (J&R Nursery LLC)
‘White Cloud’ is a cultivar of the native grass Muhlenbergia capillaris. ‘White Cloud’ produces beautiful, moonlight white, billowing seed heads and fine-textured, blue-green foliage. It has a more upright shape, grows a bit taller, and blooms shortly after pink muhly grass.
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Polyalthia longifolia ‘Pendula’ (MB Palms)
A native of India and Sri Lanka, the Mast tree derived its unusual name because its tall straight trunk made it an ideal tree for use as a ship’s mast. The Mast tree is an excellent tropical substitute for the Italian Cypress and fills a niche for a tall, narrow, upright screening tree that thrives in Florida’s warm, humid climate. As an evergreen with very little leaf drop, the Mast tree’s graceful pendulous leaves provide year-round screening and very tight planting locations. Past availability has been limited, but a group of growers that includes MB Palms, Palmco, and Botanics Wholesale, are working on bringing new production of this green wall alternative to market. The Mast trees are currently available in heights up to 12 feet with a majority of current inventory in the 8- to 10-foot range. Plantant.com
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Clay Robot Planters (The Pottery Patch, International Inc.)
The Pottery Patch is introducing four unique clay planters created as friendly robots. All four vary in size, from 11 to 23 inches tall, and each has its own name: Billie, Nellie, Gaby, and Lucy. They feature a matte finish and have drain holes. ThePotteryPatch.com
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VOLT ShadowMaster LED Path & Area Light (Volt Lighting)
Volt shows a new creative look in landscape lighting where the light casts a wonderful light pattern on the deck or patio. It has several designs. The one shown here is 34½ inches tall, 100 lumens, and 2,700 kelvin. It produces a warm, inviting light. AmpLighting.com
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Sustainable Garden (Agri-Carts/Sustainable Gardens)
Aechmea x ‘America’ (Bullis Bromeliads)
Aechmea tayoensis (Bullis Bromeliads)
Driftwood Furniture & Art (Mark Arnette)
Alpinia purpurata ‘Tomi Pink’ (Excelsa Gardens, Inc.)
Cordyline ‘Candy Cane’ (Excelsa Gardens, Inc.)
Gutter Guppy (Fresh Mulch Company)
Weed Recede Mulch Bags (Fresh Mulch Company)
Creative Ornamental Topiaries (Harrell’s Nursery, Inc.)
Eugenia brasiliensis ‘Grumichama’ (Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery)
The Landscapers Buddy (J. West, LLC)
Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’ (J&R Nursery LLC)
Polyalthia longifolia ‘Pendula’ (MB Palms)
Clay Robot Planters (The Pottery Patch, International Inc.)
VOLT ShadowMaster LED Path & Area Light (Volt Lighting)
The Garden Center Group’s Danny Summers led the product search and presented the awards on the Trends Stage on the show floor. Garden retailers and landscape professionals in search of the best new products selected both live goods and hard goods for their businesses.
A special thanks to all retailers participating in the Cool Product Awards selection process. The awards were a joint presentation by Florida Nursery Growers & Landscape Association and The Garden Center Group.
Check out the slideshow above for a closer look at the products receiving recognition (listed by company in alphabetical order).
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Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and editor of Greenhouse Grower Technology. See all author stories here.