Dr. Julia L. Kerrigan of Clemson talks about her team’s project focused on ways to combat petal blight in the cut flower industry.

Looking back at video interviews taken at CAST 2024, here are highlights from Green Fuse Botanicals, Sakata, and Syngenta Flowers.

Here are Dr. A’s hot takes on sunflowers, salvia, and daphne varieties, as part of the new episode of Greenhouse Grower’s ‘Shop Talk’.

This annual sunflower is a profuse bloomer with strong branching that produces multiple flowers per plant from spring to fall.

‘Sunfinity’ Sunflower produces multiple branches with numerous flowers that bloom all season long, while ‘Obsession Cascade’ Verbena quickly fills containers with vibrant flower patterns.

‘Vincent’s Choice Deep Orange DMR’ has a deep orange color and a bit more pointed petal form than the other varieties in the Vincent series. It is resistant to more than 10 races of downy mildew that currently affect sunflower.