During the 2023 California Spring Trials, Michael Wiebe of Sakata offered an update on new varieties Sunpatiens ‘Compact Red Candy’ and ‘Supercal Premium Red Maple’ petunia.

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.

Kris Carlsson comes to Sakata with extensive technical production, marketing, sales, team building, and management experience in the North American ornamentals market.

As more growers produce cut flowers, they are looking for new varieties and growing tips.

Learn more about what you can expect to see from breeders on display at Sakata Ornamentals and Syngenta Flowers’ CAST host locations.

Sakata Ornamentals’ new-and-improved website officially went live this past week, reimagined with enhanced design, functionality, and a better user experience.

SakataCEA.com is a full-scale, online resource cataloging of all that Sakata’s controlled-environment agriculture program has to offer.

John Lindbo will be responsible for the management of the biotechnology team, which includes a new tissue culture lab.

There are differences between developing vegetables for greenhouse production versus field production. Here’s how breeders are addressing them.

Ed Flores will assume responsibility for all of Sakata’s logistics, operations, and seed production activity in North and Central America.

The growing media community is innovating quickly to keep up with evolving markets in the controlled-environment industry.

There is no shortage of great vegetative products for you to choose from to fit the hottest consumer trends imaginable.