New Products

Adriana Heikkila

Van Belle Nursery Inc.
Any outdoor space will shine with the long-lasting, deep orange blooms of Bloomin’ Easy Bella Sol Potentilla. This new and improved variety continues to please throughout the season with flowers that intensify as they age in full sun. Compact and resilient, Bella Sol is the perfect addition to any landscape design. Pair with its pink flowering partner, Bella Bellissima for a stunning combination at home or in the garden center. Brighten your product offering next season with Bella Sol.

Envirotech Cultivation Solutions
You’re a year-round grower of high-value plants. You struggle to fight the dreaded fungal diseases such as botrytis, downy mildews and powdery mildews that strike during the dark, cool hours when humidity levels are too high and foliage becomes wet. You thought that humidity couldn’t be controlled. Agam VLHC provides dehumidification that allows growers to keep screens/curtains closed and cease nighttime ventilation. Airborne spores are continuously collected and neutralized within the machine’s liquid desiccant. Gain greater control and keep your crops dry while reducing your annual heating requirements by 60%.

Ball FloraPlant
Notable for its big vigor and big garden performance, the ColorRush Petunia series is ideal for 12-in. (30-cm) and larger containers and baskets, as well as for landscapes. Its mounds of color hold up to the heat and rain. The series includes a range of bright, eye-catching colors and novelties, each nicely matched in habit, making production planning easier. New for 2018 retail sales is Pink Vein (pictured), with a more intense light-pink coloration that helps it stand out.



Jiffy Products of America Inc.
The Orchid plug is a uniform substrate featuring a structure with hundreds of micro air pockets throughout the media stimulating root growth. Orchid plug has perfect drainage with quick and easy water uptake, allowing roots to develop optimally, resulting in a more uniform growth. Used in combination with the transparent growing tray Orchid plug eliminates any chance of root damage or transplant shock.

Scotts
Root Factory O6 is an organic mix for edible production. It contains coconut husk fiber, which improves the moistening of the soil mix. Scotts has tested the effectiveness of several organic wetting agents and the results show that coconut husk fiber is most effective for long-term moistening. RFO6 also contains Biosol compost, which adds organic matter and nutrients. Scotts’ research shows that Biosol highly contributes to growth comparable to other growth stimulators found on the market.

Bushel and Berry
Baby Cakes is a dwarf and thornless blackberry plant. Its compact habit makes it perfect for patio pots. In summer, large berries present in firework-like displays of fruit. In most regions, this blackberry will produce twice in one season. GT