The California Spring Trials is a week-long event held at various locations throughout California, from April 9-14. Breeders, growers and suppliers will showcase their newest varieties and products.
Schoneveld Breeding - Mini Winter in Fuji color
This is the new Mini Winter variety of Schoneveld Breeding. This cyclamen is different to the other cylamen in the Mini Winter series as it has a different color, the so-called Fuji colors. These cyclamen have all the well-known plant and bloom characteristics as the ‘normal’ Super Series variety, but with unique variations in color. There is a special effect in the tips of the blooms, they fade out to white: just like the snow-covered tip of Mount Fuji. This color was first discovered by a cyclamen breeder in Japan – so it just had to be named after Japan’s famous mountain. The Fuji colors are introduced in the Super Series Compact, Verano, Allure and Macro series. (Visit Schoneveld Breeding to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to email the company for more information).
Gediflora - Vega Red
Gediflora is introducing the new variety Vega Red in 2017. This decorative variety will flower in early September, has large burgundy flowers with excellent color retention and shelf life. Vega Red has medium vigor and is suitable for any pot size. It has a good round habit and flexibility. (Visit Gediflora to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to email the company for more information).
Green Fuse Botanicals - Saliva splendens "Grandstand Red-Lipstick Pink"
The Saliva splendens "Grandstand Red-Lipstick Pink" is one of three new offerings in the Saliva Splendens Grandstand series of Green Fuse Botanicals. The plants in this series are early to bloom and will continuously develop new flower spikes throughout the growing season. The multiple flower spikes will display a mass of color on a compact plant frame, good for use in the landscape and in containers. Garden height is 15” to 20”. The other novelties in this series are the Blue Bicolor, and Salmon. (Visit Green Fuse Botanicals to see more novelties at 15245 Telegraph Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060. Click here to email the company for more information).
Ameriseed - Hotunia F1 Radiance Grape
The Hotunia F1 Radiance Grape is a novelty from Ameriseed. This variety is part of the Hotunia Radiance series, which is the first F1 hybrid trailing Petunia to be bred and produced under tropical hot & humid conditions. Radiance has a mounding plant habit with large flowers in 10 colors. A heat loving plant with good disease tolerance. (Visit Ameriseed to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to email the company for more information).
Royal Van Zanten - Blue Bayou
The Blue Bayou is a new aster variety in the Showmakers series from Royal Van Zanten. Novelties in the other aster series of Royal van Zanten, called ‘Tiara’ , will also be on display at the Trials. Their Aster series features plants covered with daisy-like flowers in a wide range of intense blue-violet colors. These varieties do well all on their own in large pots on the patio and are also perfect for combining with other flower varieties. (Visit Royal Van Zanten to see more novelties Grolink at 4107 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to email the company for more information).
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 Dan Flower Farm, Benary, Cohen, PAC-Elsner. Proven Winners, American Takii, Beekenkamp, Thompson and Morgan, HilverdaKooij, Golden State Bulb Growers, and Jaldety.
Click here to a novelty of Hishtil, Westhoff, Suntory Flowers, Varinova, ABZ Seeds, Ball FloraPlant, Selecta, PanAmerican Seed, Kieft Seed, Burpee, Darwin Perennials, and Ball Ingenuity.
Click here to see a novelty of PlantHaven, Sakata Seed America, Flamingo Holland, Terra Nova Nurseries, Morel Diffusion, Florist Holland, Pacific Plug and Liner, Geranien Endisch, Volmary.
Click here to see a novelty of Cultivaris, Bailey Nurseries, Southern Living Plants Collection, Sunset Western Garden Collection, Dümmen Orange, Kientzler, Florensis, Vista Farms, Kapiteyn-Holland.