The 2024 California Spring Trials are underway! Team GPN and Lawn & Garden Retailer started off yesterday at Headstart Nursery in Gilroy, where Danziger exhibited. Its main theme was: cultivating the future — resilient, adaptable, unstoppable.
Then, we headed to Syngenta Flowers, which once again showcased ThinkPlants’ partners, displaying an assortment of perennials like echinacea, salvia, lavender and more!
From there we traveled to our final stop, Benary, where we saw the FleuroSelect Gold Medal winner lobelia ‘Masterpiece Blue with Eye’, new seed introductions and enjoyed some innovative displays.
As you're reading this, we'll have started Day 2 here in California, which we can’t wait to share with you tomorrow. Check out the new varieties and retail concepts below that caught our eye on Day 1.
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Kim Sammartino and Teresa McPherson enjoying Day 1 of the California Spring Trials in Gilroy! First stop: Danziger.
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‘Cascadias Rose’ is early blooming for all markets. It blooms a hot pink flower with a yellow eye and has nice branching for a petunia. This is expected to be a consumer favorite.
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Begonia ‘Big White Bronze Leaf’
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This is the first interspecific White Bronze Leaf begonia. It has a very uniform plant habit with tons of flowers making it an outstanding garden performer. The flowers are slightly...
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This petunia has new blooms that start yellowish and turn rosy with dark centers. It has potential for fall programs with its coloring. Works great in the landscape and combination planters.
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Brassica Bright and Early series
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Bright and Early ornamental kale is genetically compacted and up to two weeks earlier than other varieties. It's great for small pot and pack production, with minimal need...
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Sunflower ‘Sunfinity Double’
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The top-selling retail favorite, Sunfinity, now has a new variety addition! A vegetative double-bloomed sunflower with the same nonstop blooms as the original seed Sunfinity.
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Petunia Painted Love series
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‘Painted Love Purple’ (shown) has bicolor, stable flowers that perform through the summer. Its mounding habit is great for hanging baskets and containers...
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Hydrangea ‘My Beautiful Forest’
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From Creekside Greenhouses, this compact hydrangea has great branching for a full canopy. The long-lasting blooms start green, fade to white, then stay pink for extended...
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CAST Day 1 Retail Inspiration
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Retailers and growers alike could get plenty of ideas with these displays. From a focus on cut flowers and easy giftables at Syngenta Flowers to an Italian-inspired vignette at Danziger, the ideas are endless. At Benary, grasses were front and center, which inspired a fun display that was quite the hole in one.
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