Acres & Acres

Where Plants and Tech Meet

Chris Beytes

Tech is highly popular these days and we should be capitalizing on tech to get more people interested in our world of growing and gardening.

Cover Story

Something for Your Woody Wish List

Matthew Chappell

The newest shrubs and trees coming in Spring 2019.

Culture Notes

Going Native: Echinacea Mellow Yellows

Mary Vaananen

Native to most of the eastern half of the U.S., Eastern purple coneflower is a delightful, easy-to-grow plant that’s spurred breeders‘ imaginations, resulting in the dynamic range of colors and forms currently available.

Features

A Leader of a Different Stripe

Allison Westbrook

Even with horticulture’s shaky labor situation, one landscape operation finds a way to acquire—and keep—talented employees.

Features

Fertilizer Refresher

Nelson Gonzalez

Best practices for applying controlled-release fertilizer when stepping up to a larger container.

Features

Light Learning

Roberto Lopez

The third article in a four-part series focuses on what you’ll learn about supplemental and sole-source lighting in sessions at this year’s Plug & Cutting Conference.

Features

More of the Good Stuff

Paul Pilon, Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

Part 2 of our coverage of the California Spring Trials includes perennials, shrubs, potted plants and more.

Features

Spinning the Herb Wheel

Christopher J. Currey & Thabisa Z. Mazur

The first article in a six-part series on containerized herb production, we focus on what to think about when selecting herb cultivars for containers

Features

Step 4: Honoring Your Customer’s Problem

Dean Bemis

The fourth step in effective salesmanship: Give your customer’s problems and questions careful consideration before commenting. Part four of a six-part series.

Growers Talk Business

The Missing Key to Automation

Art Parkerson

Nursery growers and allied suppliers should examine ways our industry can standardize areas of production and material handling in order to increase efficiency through automation.

Growers Talk Production

Having Six Legs at a Career Fair

Sylvia Schaap

It turns out you get genuine and spontaneous questions from high schoolers when you show them a butterfly or beetle.

Growing With Griffin

Cover or Uncover?

Virginia Brubaker

How to manage temperature in outdoor perennial production.

GT in Brief

Bailey Becomes … Bailey

Chris Beytes

Bailey Nurseries is updating its corporate identity to a more modernized brand position: Bailey.

GT in Brief

Date Week/Fecha Semana—A New Mobile App

Matthew Chappell

Date Week is a new free mobile app available at BackPocketGrower.org that does date conversions for you.

GT in Brief

Gardens Alive! to Close Former Zelenka Location

Chris Beytes

A WARN Act (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice submitted to the state of Michigan on May 31 stated that Indiana-based online and mail order retailer Gardens Alive! would be closing the 1,745-acre nursery in Grand Haven for good on Friday, August 3.

GT in Brief

HRI Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2018-2019

Jennifer Zurko

The Horticultural Research Institute is currently accepting applications for the upcoming school year.

GT in Brief

Kickin’ It @Cultivate’18

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Polanz

Two Cultivate’18 insiders, Mary Beth Cowardin and Stacy Buttari, enjoy the fruits of their labor as they take in the New Varieties display at the big industry trade show, held July 15-17 in Columbus, Ohio.

GT in Brief

Lambert Celebrates 90 Years

Jennifer Zurko

Lambert Peat Moss Company is celebrating its 90th anniversary of premium peat moss production.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Bailey; J.Berry Nursery; Harris Seeds; Mycorrhizal Applications

GT in Brief

Philips Lighting Has a New Name

Jennifer Polanz

The Dutch company Philips Lighting N.V. is now Signify N.V., but it will still use the Philips brand for its products.

GT in Brief

Proven Winners Delays Launch of Coral Creations

Jennifer Zurko

After running the numbers from growers and retailers across North America who are interested in carrying the new Coral Creations succulent line, Proven Winners has decided to delay the first sale of Coral Creations.

GT in Brief

Sun Gro Goes Direct

Chris Beytes

In news that may not have come up on your radar, but has the hardgoods distribution world buzzing, potting mix giant Sun Gro has decided to bypass the traditional hardgoods distribution channel and sell their drop-shipped products directly to growers.

Inside Look

Getting Comfy

Jennifer Zurko

I’m starting to get an understanding of the nuances of the businesses that grow and sell woody ornamentals.

Paul's Pointers

Look Out Below!

Paul Pilon

The quantity and health of the roots are directly related to the health and quality of the top growth.

Pest Management

What Happened with Ambrosia Beetles in 2018?

Stanton Gill

Two invasive ambrosia beetle species of Xyloborini beetles have become a problem for several nursery growers in the Midwest and East Coast.

SAF in the Lobby

USDA to Publish 2018 Floriculture Crops Report

Society of American Florists

A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus.

Under an Acre

A Little Garden Center with a Big Outreach

Anne-Marie Hardie

Founded in 1994, Ouestville Perennials was inspired by Alice d’Entremont’s passion for perennials and her need to bring the plants that she loved to her local community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

TRENDING NOW

Ball Landscape

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Bloomin’ Easy Bella Bianca Potentilla

Van Belle Nursery Inc.

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Cherry Explosion Hydrangea

Star Roses and Plants

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Roll-on Cargo Heater

Elston Manufacturing Inc.

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Steam-Flo Steam Generator

Sioux Corporation

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True Quart Square Pot and Tray

Landmark Plastic Corporation