Spring Trials

Some of the photos taken @ PlugConnection during 2016 California Spring Trials. Pass your mouse over them to see details.

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Welcome to Plug Connection @ the Floricultura facility in Salinas, CA for Spring Trials 2016, featuring a full line of Certified Organic Herbs & Vegetables, from classic to artisan, including 60+ herbs, 50+ peppers, 200+ tomato varieties and a great selection of other garden fresh vegetables.

From Plug Connection for Spring Trials 2016: Pixie® Grapes, offering Grape Expectations such as a patio-sized plant, grapes the first year and continuous fruiting.

From Plug Connection for Spring Trials 2016: Kosmic Kale™. Out of the World! Unusual, ornamental, edible variety with out-of-this-world coloring – blue-green leaves edged in cream. Eye-catching greens in mixed beds or containers.

'Sweet Tooth'

From Plug Connection for Spring Trials 2016: Considered one of the world's best-tasting tomatoes. This famous heirloom produces 1-2 pound scarlet-pink beefsteaks with high acid sugar content. Sudduth's strain indeterminate, produces all season long, 80-90 days after transplant. Grafted tomatoes offer the benefit of stronger, more vigorous plants, longer seasons with incredible harvest, improved ability to withstand temperature extremes, offering a superior defense against soil-borne diseases and pests. www.MightyMato.com

'Grafted Brandywine'

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From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: Emerges with dark foliage and stems in spring. Light blue flowers mid-spring through early summer; longer blooming due to secondary flowers. Attractive olive green foliage in summer. Low maintenance, shrub-like perennial. Zones 4-9. Height: 24-30 inches. Spread: 38-42 Inches. Full Sun to Light Shade.

'Storm Cloud'

'Perfectly Pink'

'Super Blue'

'Super Pink'

'Super White'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: Three Argyranthemum on display, 'Butterfly', 'White Butterfly™' and 'Vanilla Butterfly'.

'White Butterfly™'

'Quicksilver™'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: a full display of all the great Superbells® calibrachoa varieties.

'Coralina'

'Grape Punch Improved'

'Hollywood Star'

'Morning Star'

'Red Improved'

'Tropical Sunrise'

'Yellow Improved'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016, Virus-free, free-flowing thriller for containers and landscapes. Vibrant colors from coral-pink to scarlet-red to orange and yellow with bold foliage. Heat tolerant and disease resistant. Grow in 4.25 Grande™ and 1.0 Royale™containers, monocultures, or in combination with other high-vigor varieties or as a landscape thriller. Height: 48 inches. Spread: 18-24 Inches. Full Sun. Vigor 4.

'Red'

'Rose'

'Scarlet'

'Yellow'

'Prince Tut™'

'Paint the Town Fuchsia'

'Paint the Town Magenta'

'Black Cherry Frost'

'Spiked Punch'

'Tiger Swirl'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: The total package -- great foliage and flowers. Iridescent, semi-glossy, silver foliage. Vibrant pink flowers in early to midsummer. Vigorous, yet compact growth habit. Heuchera villosa hybrid; naturally vigorous with good heat and humidity tolerance. Zones 4-9. Height:6-24 inches. Spread: 20-24 Inches. Full Sun to Part Shade. USPPAF. CanBRPAF.

'Appletini'

'Silver Gumdrop'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: Bronze-red, lobed leaves with dark red center. Brightest foliage coloration in spring. Mellows to a deep green blend in summer. H. villosa hybrid; naturally vigorous with good heat and humidity tolerance. Cream flowers in late spring. Zones 4-9. Height: 10-20 inches. Spread: 20-24 Inches. Part Sun to Full Shade. USPPAF. CanPBRAF.

'Hopscotch'

'Red Rover'

'Ballet Slippers'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: Huge pink blooms that age to attractive green. Native. Zones 3a-9b. Height:48-60 inches. Spread: 48-60 Inches. Full Sun. Sturdy Stems. Mounded Habit. 'NCHA4' USPPAF. CanPBRAF.

'Blush'

'Ruby'

'Rhythmic Blue™'

'Sweet Caroline Bewitched After Midnight™'

'Sweet Caroline Bewitched Green with Envy™'

'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black™'

'Purple Chablis™'

'Cat's Meow'

'Lavender Improved'

'Yellow'

'Quartz Improved'

'Lavender Improved'

'Orange'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016, the 2017 National Plant of the Year.

'Daybreak Charm'

'Pink Star Charm'

'Pretty Much Picasso®'

'Vista Bubblegum®'

'Vista Fuchsia Improved'

From Proven Winners® Spring Trials 2016: Bright, canary-yellow flowers with no fading. Disease resistant. Award of Excellence from American Rose Society. Ideal in containers or landscapes. Zones 4a-9b. Height:24-48 inches. Spread: 24-36 Inches. Full Sun. 'ChewHocan'. Can5130.

'Lemon Zest'

'Mango Salsa'

'Urban Legend™'

'Blue Paradise'

'Candy Corn™'

'Blue Bubbles®'

'Blue Improved'

'Snow Globe®'

'Charlotte's Web'

'Peachy Keen Improved'

'Red'

'Romance'

'Whitecap'

'Enchanted Indigo'

'Pink Potion'

'White Wands'

Some of the photos taken @ Prudac™ during 2016 California Spring Trials. Pass your mouse over them to see details.

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'Spicy'

New, as seen @ Prudac™ Spring Trials, 2016. www. Prudac.com

'Donna'

'Dora F1'

'Vallery F1'

'Vita F1'

'Sturdy Jo F1'

'Mandarin'

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From Royal Van Zanten @ Spring Trials 2016. Happy garden days on your deck, patio, terrace, balcony, garden with the Colorita® Alstroemeria. www.colorita.eu

'Eliane Orange'

'Louise'

You don’t get a royal-sounding name like ‘Tiara®’ for nothing! At Royal Van Zanten, however, we know that this Aster deserves it. Our Tiara® series features plants covered with daisy-like flowers in a wide range of intense blue-violet colours. Tiara® varieties will look beautiful all on their own in large pots on the patio and are also perfect for combining with other flower varieties. A complete series from 'White' to 'Blue Bayou'. RoyalAster.com

'Blue Parrot'

'Hot Pink'

'Opal White'

'Royal Purple'

From Royal Van Zanten @ Spring Trials 2016.

'Firossa'

'Merida'

On display @ Royal Van Zanten, Spring Trials 2016, a full compliment of Mums.

'Ciao Improved'

'Pink Improved'

From Royal Van Zanten @ Spring Trials 2016. The Skyfall® basket mums offer a beautiful mounding habit. Stick and root cuttings for about 2 weeks. Plant three rooted cuttings in 7-9 inch hanging basket. Give six weeks of long-day, followed by short-day conditions. Response tim eof six weeks. Natural flowering mid-October. Total crop time about 14 weeks.

'Pink'

'Rose'

'White'

'Yellow'

Some of the photos taken @ Sakata Ornamentals during 2016 California Spring Trials. Pass your mouse over them to see details.

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'Neon Pink Fuji'

'Orchid'

'Red Fuji'

'Orchid'

'Scarlet'

'Neon Flamed'

'Cream White'

'Dark Violet Fuji'

'Blue'

'Light Pink'

'Scarlet Improved'

NEW from Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: A new a series of Gerbera called Majorette™, the most uniform Gerbera series EVER! Offered as Slick Coat seed for streamlined sowing and singulation. Perfect for quarts and larger containers with multiple plants.

'Blazing Eyes'

'Bright White with Dark Eye'

'Orange with Dark Eye'

'Pink Halo'

'Red with Dark Eye'

'Rose'

'Sunset Orange'

'Yellow with Dark Eye'

NEW from Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: the Ping Pong® Series of Gomphrena, a drought-tolerant and low-maintenance series that explodes with color in containers and in mass plantings, adding height and dimension. Great as a cut flower.

'Lavender'

'Mix'

'Purple'

'White'

From Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: Celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of SunPatiens® with these Top Ten Ideas: 1) DIY planting party, 2) Game-day Tailgates, 3) Wedding centerpieces, 4) Summer BBQ parties, 5) Bridal and baby showers, 6) Show your school spirit, 7) Support a cause, 8) Living backdrop for photos, 10) Gifts and party favors.

'Compact Fire Red'

'Compact Orchid'

'Spreading Pink Kiss'

From Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: Do You Love SunPatiens? Brag about it! #SunPatiensSelfie

'Compact Fire Red'

'Compact Orchid'

'Compact Tropical Rose V/L'

'Spreading Pink Kiss'

NEW from Sakata Home Grown Spring Trials 2016: A new variety of Pepper named 'Takara', a hybrid shishito pepper with tons of quality fruit and a mild but rich flavor. A compact plant which has well-branched, mounding habit, short internodes and high production potential. Expect maturity 60 days from transplant. Great for containers and small spaces. Also, the new 'Midas', a sweet F1 hybrid yellow lamuyo (or half-long) type with a strong, prolific plant that sets continuously throughout the season. Smooth with thick walls, sweet flavor and crunchy texture. Plants have good cover for sun protection and disease resistance. Matures in about 75-80 days.

'Midas'

'Takara'

New from Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: the Colorworks™ Series of Petunia, ideal for the grower with easy-to-bloom varieties with a strong-mounding, semi-trailing habit ideal for both basket and pot production. For the retailer, extremely florifierous plants with striking colors make a statement. And for the consumer, these plants offer outstanding garden performance with stunning colors that make an impact in patio pots or in he garden.

'Homare'

'Pink Radiance'

'Violet Bouquet'

'Violet Star'

New from Sakata Ornamentals Spring Trials 2016: A new and improved seed Ranunculus mix.

'Mix'