The Greenhouse Grower team spent a busy day visiting Ball Horticultural Co. and GroLInk Plant Company. Darwin Perennials displayed 19 perennial introductions for 2018, and is venturing into new territory with offerings in the grass and dianthus categories. Both Darwin and Kieft Seed have been putting some research into helping growers learn to program and time perennials, so they are in flower and fresh on the retail shelf. Burpee and PanAmerican had several new vegetables for all categories of growers, from those looking to sell produce and veggie starts to home gardeners and foodies. Selecta offered several new intros, as well. Among them was a pink Night Sky petunia, now part of the Headliner Series. Notable at Ball FloraPlant was one of the first sterile lantanas, certified by the University of Florida.
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Armeria pseudarmeria 'Dreameria Sweet Dreams' (Darwin Perennials)
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Begonia 'Megawatt Red Bronze Leaf' (PanAmerican Seed)
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Calla 'Captain Solo' (Kapiteyn)
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Dianthus hybrida 'Mountain Frost Pink Pom Pom' (Darwin Perennials)
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Gerbera 'Garvinea Berries and Cream' (Florist)
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Geranium 'Glitteratii Diva Queen' (Hort Couture)
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Gerbera 'Capitol Reef' (Florist)
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Iberis sempervirens 'Snowsation' (Darwin Perennials)
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Ornamental Millet 'Jade Princess' (PanAmerican Seed)
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Ornamental Oregano 'Kirigami' (PanAmerican Seed)
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Pelargonium 'Dark Chocolate Cherry' (available through Vivero Internacional)
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Pentas 'Lucky Star Violet' (PanAmerican Seed)
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Sweet Yellow Pillar Pepper (Prudac)
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Flutter Pure White' (Darwin Perennials)
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Viola 'Sorbet Honey Bee' (PanAmerican Seed)
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Cyperus 'A Lil in da Nile' (Hort Couture)
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Mentha 'Zest Mint Beehaving' (Hort Couture)
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Senecio 'Crushed Velvet' (Hort Couture)
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Little Duck Orange and Yellow Marigold (AmeriSeed)
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Osteospermum Daisy Falls Mix (Selecta)
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Fun Flame Cyclamen (Ch. Morel Diffusion)
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Mini cyclamen (Ch. Morel Diffusion)
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Begonia 'Canary wings Red' (Ball Ingenuity)
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New packaging and vegetables from Burpee
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New sweet peppers and hot peppers from Burpee
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Angelonia 'Angelmist Spreading Bluebird' (Ball FloraPlant)
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Dahlia 'Gardenetta Passion Fruit' (Ball FloraPlant)
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Calibrachoa 'Can-Can Bumble Bee Pink' in a combo (Ball FloraPlant)
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Salvia 'Mysty' (Ball FloraPlant)
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Ipomoea 'Solar Tower' (Ball FloraPlant)
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Lantana 'Bloomify' (Ball FloraPlant)
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Calibrachoa 'MiniFamous Double Silver Blue' (Selecta)
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Petunia 'Headliner Night Sky Pink' (Selecta)
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Corydalis 'Porcelain Blue' (PlantHaven)
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Nemesia 'SunGlow Yellow Bicolor' (PlantHaven)
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Salvia 'Rhythm & Blues' (PlantHaven)
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Mandevilla 'Sun Parasol Giant Pure White' (Suntory Flowers)
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Bee Colorful Beedance Mix (Suntory Flowers)
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Bee Bananas Beedance Mix (Suntory Flowers)
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Calibrachoa 'Million Bells Butter Pop (Suntory Flowers)
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Petunia 'Surfinia Trailing Red' (Suntory Flowers)
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Aster 'Showmakers Pretty Pink' (Royal Van Zanten)
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Aster 'Showmakers Blue Bayou (Royal Van Zanten)
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Skyfall Chrysanthemums Mix (Royal Van Zanten and Ball Ingenuity)
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Ranunculus Dwarf Sprinkles and Regular Sprinkles (Schoenveld)
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Mini Sprinkles Ranunculus (Schoeneveld)
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Vinca 'Mega Flow' (Ameriseed)
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More than 14 companies displayed at GroLink Plant Company. Hort Couture’s farm-to-table display caught everyone’s eye, with new plant intros as the main course. It was also hard not to miss Suntory Flowers’ display of bright-red Surfinia Trailing Red petunias. Plant Haven featured a mix of new intros, ranging from dianthus and dahlias to colocasia and miscanthus. There were also some striking vincas at Ameriseed.
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California Spring Trials Day Five: Notable New Plant Varieties from Ball Horticultural Company and GroLink
Janeen Wright is former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. See all author stories here.
Laura Drotleff is a former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. See all author stories here.
April 7, 2017 
