The FloralDaily team will also visit the event and will make a full photo report of the show.
Gediflora – Keeping it in the family
This year Gediflora presents the Vigorelli family. "It is a family that has strong, long lasting colors of red, orange and violet." (Visit Gediflora to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036.Click here to email the company for more information).
Proven Winners - ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
Invincibelle Wee White™ is the new hydrangea of Proven Winners. "It is positively ground-breaking as it's the first dwarf 'Annabelle' type hydrangea in the world!" It reaches just 1-2.5' (.3-.7 m) tall and naturally grows as a tidy, rounded mound. Blooming begins in early summer and continues through frost, with new flowers appearing the whole time. "Each pure-white flower is held up on a strong, supportive stem for a display that looks more like a bouquet of flowers than a landscape plant. This cute little landscape plant ensures that any landscape can enjoy the reliability, low-maintenance, and season-long beauty of hydrangeas." (Visit Proven Winners to see more novelties at Kirigin Cellars, 11550 Watsonville Rd., Gilroy, CA 95020, Click here to email the company for more information)
ABZ Seeds - Delizz
The Delizz is a concept of ABZ Seeds. With a Delizz® strawberry plant, a consumer can grow their own strawberries at home in an easy way. When they have purchased a Delizz® plant, the first red fruit is ready to be picked. With a couple of tips, they can easily grow more of their own delicious strawberries. The presentation of Delizz® with a specially selected Tamara pot in a fancy purple colour and a colourful transport sheet and pot cover makes it a good gift to someone you love. In 2016 strawberry Delizz® was decorated as National Winner at All America Selections (AAS). Delizz® is the first ever strawberry plant to receive this prestigious prize, due to its outstanding outdoor performance in many climate zones of North America. (Visit ABZ Seeds to see more novelties at Speedling, 2640 San Juan Highway, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045. Click here to email the company for more information)
Flamingo Holland and Floricultura - Springtime orchid
New this year at Flamingo Holland is the presence of orchids. Recently, they started to work together with Floricultura to offer orchids. Phalaenopsis orchids are available as pre-cooled spiked 4" material. A grower needs only to grow for an additional 10 weeks to finish the crop! This new system of growing orchids allows standard annual/perennial growers an opportunity to add to their programs easily. Pre-cooled spiked orchids for the North American market will be produced in Salinas, CA. Phalaenopsis flasks and liners will also be available. At the California Spring Trials, the Springtime orchid will be in the spotlight. (Visit PAC-Elsner to see more novelties at Floricultura, 25425 Esperanza Road, Salinas, CA 93908, Click here to email the company for more information)
Pacific Plug & Liner - ECHIBECKIA™ SUMMERINA® BUTTERSCOTCH BISCUIT
Butterscotch Biscuit is a new variety in the lineup of Pacific Plug & Liner. It has a bright buttery flower color with a light eye and is the largest flowers in the series. This variety is more aggressive in growth and is best in larger containers. The bloom time for Butterscotch Biscuit is late, similar to Yellow, so it is great for summer and fall sales and is hardy to USDA zone 7-9. (Visit Pacific Plug & Liner at 750 Casserly Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, Click here to email the company for more information.)
Plant Development Services Inc. - Azalea Autumn Bonfire™
The Azalea Autumn Bonfire™ is new to the Encore® Azalea family of Plant Development Services. This compact shrub is a fast grower, but tops out at 3 feet. It is hardy to USDA zone 6a-10 (Visit Plant Development Services to see more novelties at Pacific Plug & Liner 750 Casserly Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, Click here to email the company for more information.)
Prudac - Pillar Peppers F1 Sweet Yellow
The Pillar Peppers F1 Sweet Yellow is one of the two new compact growing sweet peppers of Prudac. These peppers are suitable for pot-size 12-15. "Fresh, Juicy and Crunchy. A real sweet pepper with a thick skin and a real sweet taste. Use-able as snack or in combination for cooking or frying. Your consumers pick the fruits from their plant at home. Enough to prepare various dishes." (Visit Prudac to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to email the company for more information).
Sunset Western Garden Collection®/ Southern Living Plant Collection® - Feijoa sellowiana Bambina™
Richer dark pink blooms cover this compact Pineapple Guava, called Feijoa sellowiana Bambina™. It only reaches up to 5 feet in height. "Same fabulous late spring blooms, followed by fruit which ripens in the fall." This plant is hardy to USDA zone 7-10. (Visit Sunset Western Garden Collection to see more novelties at Pacific Plug & Liner 750 Casserly Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, Click here to email the company for more information.)
Bailey Nurseries - First Editions® Sweet Star™ Gardenia
Blooming into late summer and early fall, Sweet Star™ is covered in big single flowers followed by orange fruit. Plants are rounded with glossy green leaves and stay compact in habit. Sweet Star™ originated from wild collected cold hardy Gardenia jasminoides seed collected from the Beijing Botanical Garden in China. Reliably hardy in zone 7, it came through the record-setting 2013-14 winter in Athens, Georgia with minimal cold damage. Further winter testing will determine if it is also hardy to zone 6b. Makes up quickly in production. (Visit Bailey Nurseries to see more novelties at Pacific Plug & Liner 750 Casserly Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, Click here to email the company for more information.)
Hem Genetics - Tomato F1 Sweet Valentines
New for the 2017-18 season from Hem Genetics is the dwarf determinate tomato for patio garden use, F1 Sweet Valentines produces large quantities of heart-shaped sweet-tasting cherry tomatoes on cascading plants, ideal for hanging baskets and for patio containers. F1 Tomato Sweet Valentines is a Fleuroselect Approved Novelty. (Visit Hem Genetics to see more novelties at Speedling, 2640 San Juan Highway, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045. Click here to email the company for more information.)
J. Berry Nursery - Hollywood™ Hibiscus Leading Lady™
The Leading is a new addition to the award-winning Hollywood™ Hibiscus collection of J. Berry Nursery’s. The collection is characterized by the vibrant color, long-lasting, multi-day blooms, bud count, and compact growth habit, which makes them good for containers. (Visit J. Berry Nursery to see more novelties at Windmill Nursery, 925 W Hwy 246, Buellton, CA 93427. Click here to email the company for more information).
Varinova - Goblet
Goblet one of the novel varieties that Varinova will present at the California Spring Trials. This variety is characterized by the chalice shape of the flower. Goblet is available in 3 bright colours. "The white flower edges make that the Shine colours give extra sparkle to your garden." The strong weather tolerance makes Goblet very suitable for borders, terrace and flower boxes on the balcony and guarantees a long flowering period till late autumn/early winter.
This is the final part of the Sneak Peak California Trials. Below, we listed the previous parts of the last weeks.
Click here to see a novelty of Danziger, Terra Nova Nurseries, PanAmerican Seed, Hishtil, Kieft Seed, Star® Roses and Plants, Ball FloraPlant, Selecta One, Burpee, Darwin Perennials, Ball Ingenuity, Vista Farms, Jaldety, Thompson & Morgan and Cohen.
Click here to see a novelty of Morel Diffusion, Beekenkamp, Ernst Benary, Dümmen Orange, Suntory Flowers, Royal Van Zanten, Kientzler, Planthaven, Schoneveld Breeding.
Click here to see a novelty of Florist Breeding, Sakata Seed, Anthura, Westhoff, Elsner-PAC, Kapiteyn, Geranien Endisch.