The annual California flower trial event is back! Formerly known as CAST and now moved to summer and renamed California Summer Trial 2021, breeders are showcasing new flower varieties. Ball Bloom Studios, the Ball division focused on cut flowers introduced new cut flower varieties including a new Stock – Katz Hi Double White-a nice improvement in the number of double flowers on each stem! See the Bloom Studios video showcasing their new flowers!
Who said mums aren’t romantic! New Stresa Salmon from Deliflor has the antique salmon shade that blends in the popular antique color palettes. Currently only available in Holland, Stresa Salmon is a beautiful pastel shade in a dark-centered anemone style chrysanthemum variety! See more about Deliflor's Stresa Salmon.
With impressive bloom size and a brilliant copper-orange color, Sunset Glory from Rosen Tantau can make any design stand out. Find all the roses you love by searching by color online at the IFD Flower Search
SENTI Light Peach is one of the new SENTI (feel and experience) roses being introduced to growers this month. Danziger’s new series includes SENTI Dark Red, SENTI Dark Pink, SENTI Yellow, in addition to Light Peach. See more on the Danzinger SENTI rose launch!
TPIE announced the 2021 Cool Product Awards and plant lovers will have more to collect! From the ‘Ultra Pink’ Aglaonema from Costa Farms to the ‘Jurassic’ Rex Begonia from Ball Seed there are plenty of new cool products. Eleven companies were awarded for 14 “Cool Products”, see the Garden center Group's recap!
The plant boom is creating a new group of hobby plant collectors. Caudex, or fat-bottomed plants (the caudex is the stem where new growth arises) and Caudiciform plants, having a fat stem or trunk, are all the rage! These are typically easy to grow and do not require much maintenance! This Thursd.com article shares some of the favorites being collected!
We never knew the Talinum plant genus! But we love it thanks to Marginpar’s introduction of ‘Long John’, the Glazen Tulp 2021 cut flower category winner! Covered in small seed pods in red and orange Talinum paniculatum, brings more nature into our world of cut flowers. Its enough to want fall all over again. See Long John and see all of the Glazen Tulp winners!