Acres & Acres

Employees: Blessing or Curse?

Chris Beytes

Perhaps looking at your people as a blessing rather than a curse is a first step toward creating a culture that attracts better people.

Cover Story

Nursery Breeding Breakthroughs

Matthew Chappell

What’s on the horizon in the world of woodies?

Culture Notes

A Better-Version Salvia

Seth Reed

Award-winning S. nemorosa Blue by You is a perennial evolution.

Features

5 Herbicide Myths Holding Your Program Back

Broch Martindale

Don’t let these myths limit the effectiveness of your integrated weed management program.

Features

A Focus on Root-Zone Temperature

Iro Kang & Roberto Lopez

Successfully rooting tropical foliage plants and succulents.

Features

CAST Highlights: Perennials

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins, Paul Pilon & Jennifer Zurko

Part 2 of our extended coverage of the California Spring Trials is all about perennial plants and the specific Hardiness Zones attached to them.

Features

Cultivating Profits

Wendy Komancheck

Unlocking the market potential of independent garden centers for tree and shrub sales.

Features

Optimize Nutrient Uptake

Susan Parent

Are your plants reaching those nutrients?

Features

Peak Sun to DLI

Paul Fisher

A new way to estimate daily light integral.

Growers Talk Business

The Problem With Problem-solvers

Art Parkerson

A few problem-solvers on your team can have a huge impact. It’s your job to find them.

Growers Talk Production

AI in an Emotionally Driven Market

Austin Bryant

AI can read marketing trends of the past and forecast future sales to a degree, but it won’t get any closer to ?guring out why people buy ?owers and plants.

GT in Brief

A Conversation With Dan Hinkley, Plant Explorer

Matthew Chappell

If you consider yourself a plant geek, you’ve probably heard the name Dan Hinkley.

GT in Brief

AmericanHort Welcomes New Board Members and Officers

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort announced the addition of three new industry professionals to the AmericanHort board of directors, along with the incoming slate of board officers.

GT in Brief

An Alley Upgrade

Chris Beytes

Wave Petunias are lending big color—as in 16-ft. wide by 13-ft. high—to the town of Batavia, Illinois, where this mural was unveiled June 27.

GT in Brief

Biobest Launches Online IPM Academy

Chris Beytes

Want to learn more about integrated pest management (IPM), specifically as it pertains to utilizing beneficial insects and pollinators?

GT in Brief

Canadian Orchid Grower Gets MPS-ABC Certificate

Chris Beytes

And not just any MPS-ABC certificate, but the first one issued to a Canadian orchid grower!

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Ivan Izzo

Chris Beytes

Condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ivan Izzo, Vice President of CEA & Hydroponics for BFG Supply, who passed away unexpectedly during a flight to the Netherlands.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Richard Hollander

Chris Beytes

Richard passed away on June 19 after a battle with cancer.

GT in Brief

Jiffy Group’s New Lab

Jennifer Polanz

The Jiffy Group recently announced its new Innovation Center at its flagship production facility in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

Bailey; Ball FloraPlant; Lacebark, Inc.; Pen & Petal, Inc.

GT in Brief

Premier Tech Celebrates 100 Years

Jennifer Zurko

This year, Premier Tech is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

GT in Brief

Stuppy Celebrates 150 Years

Chris Beytes

Stuppy was founded as Stuppy Floral Inc. in 1873 by Laurence Justinian (L.J.) Stuppy in St. Joseph, Missouri.

GT in Brief

Welcome, Jeb Fields to the Ball Publishing Staff!

Jennifer Zurko

We’re proud to welcome Dr. Jeb Fields as the new editor-at-large of our Nursery & Landscape Insider newsletter.

Guest Column

An Homage to the End of an Era

Zoltan Kovacs

Pierre Bennerup, the former, long-time owner of Sunny Border Nurseries in Berlin, Connecticut—which closed its doors permanently in 2017—is a true pioneer of perennials.

Guest Column

The Glorious Stages of Salvia

Lowell Halvorson

Salvia sales are growing nationally, but it’s not the usual names leading the way.

Inside Look

In It For the Long Haul

Jennifer Zurko

As I was staring at the blank Word doc on my screen, trying to come up with some brilliant prose for this column, I was thinking about the common thread in this issue.

JZ on D.C.

Farm Workforce Bill Reintroduced

Jennifer Zurko

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA) has been reintroduced in the House.

Paul's Pointers

Are First-Year Flowering Perennials Worth the Hype?

Paul Pilon

Do they truly perform as advertised?

Pest Management

Biofungicides: What to Consider

A.R. Chase

An excerpt from the first edition of our Biosolutions Guide discusses the myths, misconceptions and challenges of biofungicides and biopesticides.

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