Acres & Acres

Hemp: Cash Crop/Season Extender/Exit Strategy

Chris Beytes

Somebody needs to supply all the hemp young plants that will produce all that oil for all those products. Why not us?

Corr on Cannabis

Wacky Words for Wine & Weed

Dr. Brian Corr

Over the years, I’ve contributed to naming a few plants and writing catalog descriptions of them, but I never came close to the creativity (or wackiness?) found in cannabis and wine.

Cover Story

The Forces That Brought Down Color Spot

Barry Sturdivant, with Jerry Halamuda

A banker tells us how industry conditions, lending policies and bad financial decisions led Color Spot, once the nation’s largest nursery operation, into bankruptcy.

Features

30 Years of DIF

Julie Martens Forney

It’s been 30-plus years since researchers at Michigan State University discovered and developed DIF to control plant height. That research changed how growers raise crops— and the American Floral Endowment helped fund the work. Learn more about how DIF can help you grow your best crops ever.

Features

A Club Worth Joining

Jennifer Zurko

One of the industry’s young professionals explains why it’s important for everyone in horticulture, regardless of where you are in your career, to take advantage of all that AmericanHort has to offer.

Features

A Quiet Year in Cali

Jennifer Zurko, Ellen C. Wells & Chris Beytes

At this year’s California Spring Trials, there were some new color additions and new series, but overall, it was one of those quiet introduction years.

Features

Lock Drives: 175 Years of Making Greenhouse Life Easier

Chris Beytes

It’s safe to say that growers would probably say they’re happy that Lock Drives gave them their weekends back.

Growers Talk Business

Supply vs. Demand

Bill Swanekamp

Even a small decrease in supply can have a huge impact on demand.

Growers Talk Production

Embracing Change

Roger McGaughey

This spring at Pioneer, we’re involved in some major change.

Growing With Griffin

Feed Me, Seymour!

Virginia Brubaker

A modern guide to garden mum nutrition.

GT in Brief

Ball Partners with AGA Agro for Southeast Asia

Chris Beytes

Ball Horticultural Company is expanding its presence in Southern Asia (home to some 2.4 billion people, they say) by partnering with AGA Agro, a breeder, producer and distributor of garland marigolds, as well as a distributor of ornamental and cut flower seeds and plugs.

GT in Brief

FTD Files Chapter 11

Chris Beytes

Wire service florist FTD filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 3 on behalf of all its domestic subsidiaries, which includes the FTD brand, online floral service ProFlowers, Shari’s Berries, and Personal Creations.

GT in Brief

HRI Scholarships Available—Deadline September 13!

Chris Beytes

With a four-year college degree costing an average of $77 million these days (give or take), it behooves you and the student in your life to consider applying for one of the seven Horticultural Research Institute scholarships available for the 2019-2020 school year.

GT in Brief

Meet AmericanHort’s New Officers & Board Members

Chris Beytes

AmericanHort announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors, plus the installation of new officers.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Ball Seed; Beekenkamp; Emerald Coast Growers; Profile Products

GT in Brief

RIP Jerry Montgomery

Chris Beytes

Long-time industry sales and marketing specialist Jerry Montgomery passed away Monday, April 29, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 78.

GT in Brief

Syngenta Licenses Lazzeri Poinsettias and Royal Van Zanten Pot Mums

Chris Beytes

Starting with the 2020 season, Syngenta Flowers will be selling poinsettias from Italian breeder Lazzeri Societa Agricola in the U.S. and Canada.

GT in Brief

This Story is About Hemp

Chris Beytes

ColorPoint’s owners, Art and Ken VanWingerden, went and sold this location to a Canadian hemp producer.

Inside Look

When the Music Gets Real

Jennifer Zurko

We want to KNOW what’s going on all the time—especially when you hear something tragic or upsetting, the first thing you want to know is “why.”

JZ on D.C.

Dream Act and TPS Bills Advance in the House

Jennifer Zurko

On May 22, the House Judiciary Committee approved the “Dream Act of 2019” (H.R. 2820).

Pest Management

Important Considerations to Deliver Healthy Plants

Dr. Aaron Palmateer

Plant protection products are critical to help growers succeed in growing healthy, beautiful plants.

Pest Management

Whiteflies: A Major Problem That Just Doesn’t Go Away

Stanton Gill, Brian Kunkel, Suzanne Klick, Rachel Ross & Clarissa Hardcastle

Whiteflies are like a boxer who keeps getting knocked down with brutal head and torso punches, but comes back up for one more round and wins in the end.

Under an Acre

Creating a Space for Plant Enthusiasts

Anne-Marie Hardie

Led by Steve and Ruth Owens, Bustani Plant Farm is a space that shares information, encourages exploration and brings passionate individuals together to share their common love of plants.

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25 Years of Wave

PanAmerican Seed

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AL Aluminum fans

American Coolair Corporation

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Bloomables Collection

Star Roses and Plants

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EPM-20 & EPM-40 Mixes

Lambert Peat Moss Inc.

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MycoApply Injector Endo

Mycorrhizal Applications LLC

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Thunderbolt Box Honeysuckle

Van Belle Nursery Inc.