Variety Info

Star Roses and Plants Wins Four Awards

Star Roses and Plants, a leading genetics company involved in breeding roses, edibles, perennials and woody plants, has announced it recently won four award from The American Rose Trials for Sustainability (A.R.T.S.) A.R.T.S. identifies the... more »

Precocious Annual Introductions for 2021

The 2020 trial season begins at Costa Farms in Miami, Florida, and I visited in late January to evaluate the 2021 annual introductions. The beds were planted week 50, and I chose the adjective “precocious”... more »

Culture Report: Coleus ‘Main Street Beale Street’

Coleus ‘Main Street Beale Street’ is the first coleus ever to win the All-America Selections award. The results of four years of breeding, selection and testing, Beale Street is a significant improvement on a classic,... more »

Darwin Perennials Day Goes Digital

Darwin Perennials has made the decision to re-imagine its annual Darwin Perennials Day event to become a week-long schedule of education and activities. It will replace its single-day live event. Darwin Digital Days will run... more »

Bushel and Berry Introduces Three New Blueberry Plants for 2021

Bushel and Berry, the collection of homegrown berries from Star Roses and Plants, is introducing three new blueberry plants for 2021. Included in the lineup are two of the first-ever hanging blueberry plants. The new... more »

Bodacious Begonias

The prolific breeding and interspecific hybridization and introduction of new begonia cultivars, specifically in the past 10 years, is unprecedented. The commercial varieties available today originated from wild sources throughout the world, and the variation... more »

Culture Report: Bandolero Lantana Series

Bandolero lantana (Lantana camara) was bred to have large flowers and a vigorous branching habit. It’s an excellent series for large containers, premium summer combos and the landscape. It has an easy, mounded habit reaching... more »

A Passion for Breeding

Petunia and calibrachoa are two of the biggest genera in our industry today. As a flower breeding company, Westhoff has focused on distinguishing itself from their competitors by developing varieties that exceed the diversity that... more »