Start Planning for Next Season With News About Plant Introductions for 2021

By Janeen Wright|April 1, 2020

California Spring Trials (CAST) is just one of many COVID-19 event casualties in 2020 that has shaken up the ornamentals industry. With everyone sequestered indoors and socially distanced, sharing new plant variety news has taken on a different format. And while the ideal is seeing the plants in-person, thankfully technology allows breeders to still get the word out about their 2021 introductions.

The editorial team at Greenhouse Grower wants to make sure you stay safe, while also not missing out on any of the news. That’s why we’re bringing new variety information to you in several ways.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll bring you our version of the next best thing to seeing the new plant varieties in person. You’ll want to check GreenhouseGrower.com regularly and enter “2020 California Spring Trials” to see the latest plant variety news from breeders. You can learn about these new plants in several ways.

Check our live blog for the latest updates on breeders that are planning virtual events.
Watch for a series of special ShopTalk videos featuring Greenhouse Grower Editor Janeen Wright and Contributing Editor Allan Armitage where they discuss their top new intro picks from each breeding company.
Editor Janeen Wright will also talk with plant experts from each breeding company via video to hear firsthand about their 2021 intros.
Be on the lookout for coverage of the various webcasts and other digital events put out by breeding companies.
And don’t forget our famous slideshows, where we’ll include plenty of beauty shots of the new varieties for you to peruse at your leisure.
You can also see individual posts for the breeding companies that include all their information in one place.
And if you still want more after that, there is always our series of preview slideshows with new varieties coverage from earlier in the year.

COVID-19 unfortunately put the brakes on CAST for this year. Our hope, though, is that 2021 will be a new year free of pandemics and full of awesome new plants for consumers to try in their gardens.