Senetti Offers Cool Colors for the Cool Season
THRIVING in cool temperatures, Senetti is the perfect plant to launch your spring season. Vivid blues, magentas and purples provide electric color. Senetti season begins in January in the South, as a winter crop, and in late March further North. Plants can withstand temperatures down to 35°F.
The main Senetti series spans 16 colors and there are four compact Baby Senetti.
We have published a new chart in our Suntory Flowers catalog that sorts Senetti varieties by vigor and earliness to flower. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1049734878/14/
We’ve also worked with the cutting farms to rate varieties as Senetti Select. The varieties marked with a blue “S” demonstrate better stock performance and disease resistance and resilience during peak weeks of cutting harvests. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1049734878/12/
NEW FOR 2023
Be among the first to offer two new colors – White Red Heart and Blue Halo. Both have medium vigor and time with most of the series.
White Red Heart features bright white daisy flowers with striking velvety red center discs. Southern growers and retailers could offer in Valentine’s Day promotions.
SENETTI® White Red Heart – Suntory Flowers
Blue Halo has a compact, floriferous habit. Each blue flower has a sweet white halo around the center eye. We expect this variety to become the new favorite blue in the Senetti series.
SENETTI® Blue Halo – Suntory Flowers
DYNAMIC DUOS
Take your early season color to the next level with Suntory Mixers featuring vibrant Senetti pericallis. Suntory Mixers are a line of combo cuttings kits. These have been available for key annuals, such as Surfinia petunias, Million Bells calibrachoas, Surdiva scaevolas and Beedance bidens. This is our second season offering Suntory Mixers for Senetti. It just so happens the top sellers mix nicely together in combinations.
Bicolor Blitz mixes Senetti Blue Bicolor and Magenta Bicolor. Plant two liners of each in a large patio pot. If you’re already growing Senetti, this is a natural next step and an opportunity to command a premium. These two bicolors are by far the top sellers in the Senetti line.
SENETTI® Bicolor Blitz Mix – Suntory Flowers
Senetti’s solid colors can be just as intense. Neon Nites mixes Magenta and Deep Blue. Plant two liners of each in a large patio pot. Set these on endcaps and you’ll stop shoppers in their tracks!
SENETTI® Neon Nites Mix – Suntory Flowers
One advantage to purchasing the combo kits is bundled royalty pricing. With Suntory Mixers, the price is 3 royalties instead of 4, a 25% savings on the royalty portion of the price. Two farms offering Suntory Mixers featuring Senetti in 2020 are Kientzler North America in Costa Rica and Vivero Internacional in Mexico.
If there ever was a crop we’d recommend an early booking, it’s Senetti. Top sellers sell out quickly for peak weeks. For this reason, major producers pounce. We continue to expand supply and sources. Unrooted sources for Senetti include Kientzler, Vivero, Cohen, Selecta, Quality Cuttings and Beekenkamp.