Tim Runte of Calloway Gardens is a member of Greenhouse Grower’s Medal Of Excellence For Industry’s Choice Panel. Here, he shares how he determines which plants shown at this year’s California Spring Trials will make the cut at his retail stores.

Michael Geary, CEO and president of AmericanHort, hit the road during California Spring Trials, and noted trends he saw at many of the stops. Here’s one that he says we’ll need to consider carefully.

While Golden State Bulb is a smaller stop at California Spring Trials, it’s always a treat. You not only […]

With its wide assortment of plants, great presenters and an amazing location atop a hill at a spa/resort, […]

Unlike many of the other breeders displaying at Spring Trials, American Takii didn’t have many new introductions. But […]

When we visited Dummen’s site at Edna Valley Vineyard, the HGTV HOME Plant Collection display was teeming with excited visitors checking out the new varieties, designer mixes and concepts.

Allan Armitage visited three breeders at Spring Trials’ newest location, Floricultura. He found several plants that made Floricultura’s debut a […]

Floricultura is a new stop for Spring Trials that hosted Westhoff, Beekenkamp and Plug Connections. It is a welcome addition […]

Dr. Allan Armitage was excited to see both new and improved breeding, as well as have the chance […]

At two separate locations, the Dümmen Group presented its new take on several lines of plant genetics from the many companies under its brand umbrella. For the second year at Edna Valley Vineyards in San Luis Obispo, the Dummen Group presented new varieties of Red Fox plants, along with the HGTV HOME Plant Collection. Meanwhile, Dummen Group held its second trial location about 30 minutes up the road, at BarrelHouse Brewery in Paso Robles. Both locations were beautiful settings, but the vineyard provided especially lovely panoramic views through the tasting room window.

Vaughn Fletcher with McHutchison Horticultural Distributors is part of Greenhouse Grower’s Medal Of Excellence For Industry’s Choice Panel. Fletcher recounted some of the standout varieties he saw while visiting Suntory Flowers and Westhoff during California Spring Trials.

The Spring Trials exhibit at Windmill Nursery in Buellton is a fairly new location as of 2014, and it continues to evolve, with a number of new suppliers presenting their wares. Kientzler, Terra Nova Nurseries and PAC-Elsner presented new varieties while McConkey, Pelemix and Dramm promoted their products.

The new milkweed ‘Monarch’s Promise’ aims to improve butterflies’ forage options, and it’s already working. Plus, chck out the action from GroLink’s 11 displaying companies.