Columnist Chris Beytes

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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for more than 40 years. He owned his own greenhouse - Indian River Ornamentals - in Merritt Island, Florida, after he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism and a minor in horticulture. After he and his wife Laurie sold the greenhouse business, he started writing full-time, first for local publications in Florida and then moving to the Chicago area when he began writing for GrowerTalks. He's been with Ball Publishing since 1993 and only thinks about retirement once in a while.

Recent Articles

Unpacking New Crops, Colors & Trends

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko

Based on our five fast-paced days on the Spring Trials tour—28 companies, nine locations and almost 650 miles—the Ball Publishing Bobbleheads present standout new varieties, plus our key “ups and downs” so you can spot what makes sense for your greenhouse to stay on the cutting edge of your market.

Plant Breeders Conference in Miami This Fall

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Miami (Coral Gables, actually) will be the venue of the 11th Independent Plant Breeders Conference November 16-18.

In Memoriam: Bill Van Houten

William “Bill” van Houten, co-founder of bulb and plant supplier Abbott-IPCO in Dallas, Texas, passed away peacefully on May 24.

In Memoriam: Evelyn Weidner

The industry has lost a pioneering woman who probably never saw herself as one: Evelyn Weidner of Weidner’s Gardens in Encinitas, California, passed away May 15 at the venerable age of 96.

Ball Announces Organizational Changes

Ball Horticultural Company announced that Al Davidson, Alan Rouse and Jim Kennedy will be making significant career moves.

A Spring of Four-Letter Words

Spring 2026 was the usual rollercoaster ride, up one week and down the next, up in one region and down in another.

Independent Thinking

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko

While most any introduction at the California Spring Trials can be sold through most any outlet, we think these new varieties are especially suited to the attention and care they’ll get at IGCs.

Dümmen Orange, Syngenta Flowers to Combine Their Global Businesses

It’s been rumored for several years that two of the world’s large breeding companies have been seeking buyers, but I’m not sure how many in our industry imagined the buyers would be each other!

Is This Your Next Daylily?

A new rust-resistant daylily collection from Darwin Perennials called DayScape got an impressive 8,000-plant landscape debut this spring at Apogee, an ultra-exclusive golf complex in Hobe Sound, Florida.

What, Me Worry?

There’s one single sound piece of advice that will help you deal with uncertain times.

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