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By Robin Siktberg|March 22, 2024

The Greenhouse Grower team’s second day of the 2024 California Spring Trials featured stops at the Santa Barbara Polo Club and Dümmen Orange. Throughout the day, they discovered new series and updates to familiar names from the Ball family of breeders, Green Fuse Botanicals, and Westhoff. On display were a range of new varieties and series from PlantHaven, Pacific Plug & Liner, Plant Development Services, Suntory Flowers, Vivero International, Green Trade Horticulture, and Dümmen Orange.

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Dahlia 'Hypnotica Candy Corn' (Dümmen Orange)
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Verbena Empress Sun Kiss series (Dümmen Orange)
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Carex 'Moonfalls' (Pacific Plug & Liner)
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Senetti 'Blue Spoon' (Suntory Flowers)
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Agapanthus 'Blackjack' (PDSI/Sunset/Southern Living)
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Salvia 'Vibe Ignition Orange' (PlantHaven)
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Pelargonium 'Glory Days Red-Orange Bicolor' (Dümmen Orange)
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Primula 'Pretty Polly Blushing Peach' (Pacific Plug & Liner)
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Mandevilla 'Sun Parasol Fired Up Orange' (Suntory Flowers)
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Yucca 'Nice and Easy' (Southern Living Plant Collection)
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Rhododendron 'Encore Autumn Moonstruck' (PDSI)

Check out the slideshow above for top selections from the team!

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Robin Siktberg is a former Editor of Greenhouse Grower. See all author stories here.