After the pandemic led to a boost in sales, natives and pollinator-friendly varieties are gaining traction in the perennial market.

During the 2023 California Spring Trials, Greenhouse Grower’s Julie Hullett and Allan Armitage gave their take on a full-flowering yellow petchoa from PanAmerican Seed.

The Gold Medal Plant Program was created by PHS in 1979 to celebrate and showcase beautiful, easy-to-grow plant species ideal for home gardening.

Check out some of the highlights we’ve posted so far, and watch for much more coverage, including on-site videos featuring breeders from across the industry.

We saw a ton of fabulous plants at Benary, Nir Nursery, and Syngenta Flowers. Here are a few of my favorites.

A recent e-GRO Alert highlights the factors influencing consumers’ perceptions of native plants and their personal importance.

At the 2023 California Spring Trials, Leslie Bayas at Dümmen Orange highlights the company’s new series of fuchsia that are day length neutral and named after French dance techniques.

Begonias are hot, as was evidenced by new introductions from a number of breeders at California Spring Trials. Here’s what we found from Benary and Syngenta Flowers.

Enza Zaden has introduced Analisa, a dark-green mini cucumber that complements the company’s expanding cucumber program.

Greenhouse Grower’s Julie Hullett and Allan Armitage get up close and personal with new Tecoma and Anigozanthos (Kangaroo paws) at Ball Ingenuity at California Spring Trials.

Visits to Sakata Ornamentals, Kientzler, American Takii, Danziger, and others included new series and updates to familiar names.

Here are a few plants that caught my eye on our third day of CAST 2023, when we visited Sakata, American Takii, and Danziger.

This online retailer is changing the way consumers think about and source native plants.