New Varieties That Stood Out at MANTS 2026
January 28, 2026
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Following high amounts of rain in the early summer, the plants at Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants flourished in more favorable conditions.
Express Seed Company showcases the newest and best cut flower varieties in its first catalog from InFlora Cut Flowers.
The Firefly Petunia, a bioluminescent plant from Light Bio, earned its spot in the “Outdoors” section of TIME’s “Best Inventions of 2024.”
This year, Schoneveld released its new series of Joybera Gerbera, and reached out to the Raker-Roberta’s team about doing a trial.
MSU Extension educators Heidi Lindberg and Caitlin Splawski highlight their favorite varieties from this year’s Michigan Garden Plant Tour.
Final variety evaluations will come later in the year, but check out these highlights from one of the 2024 Michigan Garden Plant Tour host sites.
During Cultivate’24, a panel of growers shared advice on how they have implemented engagement strategies to increase productivity, improve job satisfaction, and strengthen employee retention.
While observing new varieties, trial managers have noticed important upgrades, including disease resistance and drought tolerance.
This group of growers and industry partners from across the country will bring their expertise to help shape the direction of Greenhouse Grower across all our content platforms.
The company’s partnership with Inflora Cut Flowers/Express Seed allowed it to double the size of its cut flower trials and showcase new additions to the Specialty Cut Flower Program.
We recently checked in with Emily Wildt, Regional Sales and Trial Garden Director at Raker-Roberta, to get a sneak peek at what’s on tap this year.
Deer and weed presented some challenges, but the growing team came away inspired with ideas for its new cut flower program.