Acres & Acres

“Network or Not Work”

Chris Beytes

If you’re there, live and in person, face-to-face with the folks who have what you want, you have the best chance of getting it.

Cover Story

A Walk on the Woodies Side

Matthew Chappell

Trends and new introductions for the latest shrubs and trees.

Features

10 Ways to Improve Weed Control in the Landscape

Dr. Chris Marble

And reduce maintenance costs while you’re at it!

Features

Perennials First

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins, Paul Pilon & Jennifer Zurko

What? No annuals? Just perennials in our California Trials coverage? That’s almost sacrilegious! Well, worry not, we are simply changing up the order of our coverage this year—much like the Trial hosts did when they moved the annual event from spring to summer. Annuals will take center stage next month.

Features

The Best Perennials for Fall

Laura Robles

When we talk about “shoulder seasons” to extend plant sales, we should also include perennials in the conversation. So many of them allow for multiple uses, and mature into colors and textures that offer fall and early winter interest.

Features

Using Growth Regulators Wisely

Joyce Latimer

Building a PGR program for herbaceous perennials.

Growers Talk Business

Basic Driving

Art Parkerson

I’ve been thinking about what my sales manager Jason learned from driving with his son because right now I feel like I’m supposed to be a fortune teller, but I can’t see the future.

Growers Talk Production

What’s “Normal” for the Houseplant Industry?

Austin Bryant

To try and answer that question, I can only share pre-COVID knowledge completely excluding 2020 as the outlier.

GT in Brief

BFG Adds Structure Company to Portfolio

Chris Beytes

Horticultural supplies distributor BFG Supply has acquired DeCloet Greenhouse Manufacturing Ltd., a manufacturer of greenhouse structures and related components.

GT in Brief

Diamantina Dipladenia/Mandevilla Moves to Florensis & Ball Horticultural Company

Jennifer Zurko

Florensis and Ball Horticultural Company have acquired the dipladenia/mandevilla breeding program from the French company D.H.M. Innovation(DHMI) as of June 2021.

GT in Brief

Dramm Breaks Ground for New HQ

Chris Beytes

Congrats to The Dramm Corporation on the groundbreaking for their new headquarters in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

GT in Brief

Floriculture Sales Up, Foliage Way Up, Florida #1, Says USDA

Dr. Marvin Miller

A quick first analysis of the just-released 2020 Floriculture Crops Summary, with a more in-depth analysis coming soon.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: A.M.A. Founder Allen Monsma

Chris Beytes

A.M.A. Horticulture Inc. announced the passing of company founder Allen (Eelke) Monsma. Allen died suddenly yet peacefully on June 10.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Juan St. Amant

Chris Beytes

Juan St. Amant, the retired “Face of Plug Connection,” passed away Sunday, June 13, at his home in Vista, California. He was just 63.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Russell Weiss

Chris Beytes

It’s sad to lose anyone in the industry, but when an icon like Russell Weiss passes, it almost feels like the end of an era.

GT in Brief

Learn Costing and Profitability Online!

Chris Beytes

The University of Florida IFAS Extension Greenhouse Training online courses program has added Costing and Profitability to its curriculum.

GT in Brief

Live and In-Person at Cultivate’21

Chris Beytes

Attendees explore the trade show at Cultivate’21 in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time since the 2019 event.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

BioWorks, Inc.; Dramm Corporation; Eason Horticultural Resources; Must Have Perennials; Mycorrhizal Applications; Pleasant View Gardens; Syngenta Flowers

GT in Brief

Signify’s New Partner

Jennifer Polanz

Signify recently announced it has a new partner in Hortipar, a Dutch-based company that operates mainly in North America, Eastern Europe and the Netherlands.

Inside Look

Playing the Perennials Game

Jennifer Zurko

During the last 10 years or so, I’ve turned my perennial gardens into a game of sorts.

JZ on D.C.

Dealing With Labor Issues Post-COVID & Beyond

Jennifer Zurko

Among the large breadth of educational sessions during AmericanHort’s Cultivate’21 event in July, there were a couple that focused on advocacy and government affairs.

Paul's Pointers

Weeds and Liverwort and Nostoc, Oh My!

Paul Pilon

As cumbersome as they may be, weeds can be managed and don’t have to take over the facilities year after year.

Pest Management

Redheaded Flea Beetles: An Invasive Native

Brian Kunkel

Redheaded flea beetles are probably shipped from one nursery to another accidentally in the root balls of various plants, and have become a prevalent pest in the mid-Atlantic and southeast regions during the past decade.

Under an Acre

Shedding Light on Indoor Orchid Growing

Anne-Marie Hardie

It may look like a typical warehouse, but inside the doors of High Desert Orchids in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is 2,000 sq. ft. of beautiful blooming orchids.

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19th Edition of the Ball RedBook

Ball Publishing

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Mycorrhizal Applications

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Finale XL T&O Herbicide

BASF

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SF-100 Steam Generator

Sioux Corporation

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