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After four years of debate, the UPOV Council, in its 57th Session on 27th October 2023 adopted the new Explanatory Notes (EXN) on Essentially Derived Varieties, which replaced the EXN of 2017.
Breeder MNP/Suntory has seen a significant increase in demand since receiving the 2023 - 2024 FleuroStar Award for Mandevilla Sundaville® Double Blush Pink. Together with its partners in production, the breeder is running at full speed to maximise the availability for the upcoming season.
This year's Trade Fair Aalsmeer will take place from Tuesday to Thursday November 7-9, 2023. Selecta one will be joining the exhibitors in the auction building of Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer, presenting their assortment at booth B.5.
Discover what’s new for 2025 as Danziger unveils the future of bedding plant genetics. The 2025 season is launching now, with virtual and in-person meetings. Danziger’s global team is ready help you learn more about the new varieties, series and programs created to help your business thrive.
How do we optimally combine the power of people and robots? This question is moving in times when labor costs are rising immensely and the number of skilled workers is declining.In a podcast from the Greentech trade show, experts talk about how robots and automation are becoming an asset in...
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is once again organising a British exhibitor group and pavilion at IPM Essen 2024.
Signify announced that a Philips Horticulture LED Solutions partnership agreement has been signed with Houweling Americas, a horticulture and solutions-based firm located in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. As a certified Philips LED horticulture partner, Houweling Americas will offer only the...
Bestseller pot rose which is loved by greenhouse growers worldwide.The breeding company Roses Forever in Denmark developed in 2009 a white extra long-lasting pot-rose with extraordinary large flowers. The rose was especially easy to grow and required only one cut, i.e., a shorter production time...
On 3–4 October 2023, breeders and distributors of pot and bedding plants united in Venlo/The Netherlands for a two-day programme packed with inspirational visits and informative presentations in both The Netherlands and Germany.
Nezapar has won the Bronze Award in the 2023 Bernard Blum Awards at the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM). This award is an annual recognition of the year's most innovative biocontrol product, one that significantly impacts the management of pests and diseases while having minimal impact...
September’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have just been released and they show it was a ‘good month’ for members with an already ‘strong’ start to Christmas sales (2023). The BoT saw an uplift in nearly all the GCA’s 13 categories recorded at member garden...
You don’t have to tell Rob van Geneijgen anything about crate washing. He has become familiar with Limex washing machines from an early age because his father is also selling and servicing them In New Zealand for decades. Family ties are a common thread in the history of both Limex and MatMan...
The 15th Anniversary of Fruit Attraction came to a close on 5 October 2023 with the best participation figures in the history of the trade fair. In total, 103,868 professionals from 145 countries — eight more than last year — attended the event, 16% more than last year's edition.
New colours all over the place. The breeders from Schoneveld Breeding have been working hard on the innovation of existing products. At the same time, they kept developing new varieties for the assortment. Altogether, this results in a broad range of fresh coloured flowering pot plants. And anyone...
In one month, the International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) will start in Amsterdam: The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be present with 16 producers of cut flowers from Colombia, Ecuador and Kenya at the three-day fair from 8 to 10 November. A major focal point will be carnations from...
Booking has now opened for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference next January (2024) and the organisation has also revealed its 21st century themes and its top-quality speaker line-up too. The conference, which takes place at De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester...
At the end of September 2023, company boss Josef Gramann made good on his promise: "When the plant in Spain is running, we'll all go there together!" 100 Gramoflor employees from Germany, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal and Spain met in Valencia for the "Team Tour España", as...
Over the past 20 years, the ornamental horticulture industry in the Republic of Korea has been in decline. Korean industry professionals offered their insights into why this is at the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)’s Horticultural Industry Conference, held on 19...
Expo 2023 Doha is the first Horticultural Expo in the desert. It will demonstrate the urgency to address climate change and provide solutions to the desertification of the Earth with its four topics: Modern Agriculture, Technology and Innovation, Environmental Awareness, and Sustainability. Under...
Environmental footprinting in horticulture was the topic of discussion in the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)’s Horticultural Industry Conference, held on 19 September 2023 in Suncheon, Republic of Korea as part of the 75th AIPH Annual Congress.
