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.

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.

Today we visited PlantHaven, Pacific Plug and Liner (PP&L), Southern Living, and Dummen Orange, and were treated to the future, both in plant material and in programs being developed.

As investors and consumers seek sustainable corporate practices and products, this breeder incorporates new social responsibility strategies.

New offerings and series from PanAmerican Seed, Beekenkamp, and Green Fuse Botanicals made a great impression on the Greenhouse Grower team at California Spring Trials.

From standout calibrachoas and cupheas to a new groundcover series, here are some of Dr. A’s favorites from Green Fuse Botanicals, Ball FloraPlant, and others at CAST 2023.

What can you expect to discover at CAST this year? For one thing, check out this overview of new edibles.

What can you expect to discover at CAST this year? For one thing, check out this overview of new bicolor favorites and combos.

What can you expect to discover at CAST this year? For one thing, check out this overview of new pink favorites.

This year the Greenhouse Grower team will be moving from south to north, starting with a stop at Green Fuse Botanicals in Somis, CA, the morning of Wednesday, March 29.