Nearly 150 cultivars were put to the test at the school’s off-campus field site located in Ithaca, NY.

The 2018 tour turned the spotlight on the newest, top-performing plants, and gave visitors plenty of ideas on how to use them.

The event will highlight a comparison trial of hundreds of poinsettia varieties from six different breeders.

Dr. August De Hertogh was known as a premier researcher and champion of flowers, a mentor, advisor, and friend to many.

Holden, who recently retired as Global Head of Breeding at Benary, has a long legacy of plant breeding for Benary, Syngenta, Goldsmith, and other companies.

In his latest Greenhouse Grower column, Allan Armitage says it’s important to support trial gardens because they can truly show which plants might perform best at the local level.

The move integrates one of the industry’s most well-respected bareroot growers into the Bailey organization, while offering customers an expanded product portfolio.

A short list of early-release varieties gives growers access to top-performing new introductions for the upcoming Spring 2019 season, one year early.

The company has added 39 acres in Oxnard, which has a coastal climate conducive to proper orchid cultivation.

The expansion provides more space and better temperature management for the cuttings and tissue culture products offered by Darwin Perennials.

The new partnership expands both Ball Seed and Syngenta’s production capabilities, as the newly built facilities assist growers with improved quality.

Check out some of the displays and annuals and perennials found on the 2018 Michigan Garden Plant tour.

With more perennials breeding and ongoing efforts by breeders to provide the supply chain with clean material for improved perennials production, it’s good to see companies working together to mainstream these beauties.