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You're Invited to California Spring Trials 2012

Ball Ornamentals Team — Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0600

Nursery growers across the country are cordially invited this March to visit with Ball Ornamentals and Darwin Perennials during Spring Trials 2012 in Santa Paula, California.

See new introductions and top-selling shrubs and perennials ... The products you know and grow, such as:

Flutterby....

Flutterby rules the Midwest

Ball Ornamentals Team — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0600

Home gardening magazines are all a “flutter” about Ball Ornamentals' Flutterby series of buddleia. Better Homes & Gardens recently showcased Flutterby Petite as part of its “Top Garden Trends for 2012”, and garden editor Justin Hancock named Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven as one of "A Business Perspective in Global Horticulture" at the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, October 27, 2011.

The North American and international horticultural business climate is experiencing rapid changes. Markets, customers, supply....

Flutterby Grande™ Peach Cobbler Named ‘Best of Show’

Ball Ornamentals Team — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0600

During this year’s Farwest Show in Portland, Oregon, Flutterby Grande™ Peach Cobbler Buddleia was named "Best of Show" by New Varieties Showcase judges. Peach Cobbler grows 4 to 6 ft. tall and wide, with bright peach-and-pink, full-size blooms with silvery-colored foliage. Notably, it is certified by the Oregon Department of Agriculture as a non-invasive/sterile buddleia....

Creating demand – Garden writers sample program

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Ball Ornamentals is here to assist you and create pull through. In April 2011, we shipped out samples of Ball Ornamental’s best products. This sample program exposes 75 garden writers to BOS products. The list included 17 different products that were mixed and regionally adjusted. Some of the highlights: Fire and Ice Hydrangea, ODA Approved Sterile Buddleia for sale in Oregon, and has now listed it on its website as such. Fourteen Nectar Bush cultivars are approved at the ODA site; seven varieties are offered by Ball Ornamentals.
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Johnson Farms

Ball Ornamentals Team — Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0600

IGNITE™ Scarlet Red Hypericum – These plants are compact, no rust. Full of fruit during September and October – perfect for retailers selling to garden centers. These plants are also deer resistant, an important factor for Johnson Farms as they have a customer base of landscape contractors and rewholesalers. This plant is easy to grow, and easy to have success....

Centerton Nursery

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Centerton Nursery is excited to grow Sweet Summer Hydrangea – strong branching, white flowers that stay upright (easier to ship, and less need for excessive summer pruning).

Bombshell Hydrangea – These plants are grown to perfection! Great branching habit. How did they do it? Prune one time, in late August. NO pruning during the spring....

Pleasant Run Nursery

Ball Ornamentals Team — Thu, 1 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Rich and Heidi D. Hesselein are the owners of this amazing nursery. They offer many unique, perennials, grasses, vines and woody ornamentals. They work closely with cutting edge landscape designersand they spoke to me about the work they do with my classmate Richard Hartlage as an example of the type of artistic garden design gurus that use the high quality, cutting edge plants that are offered by Pleasant Run Nursery.

Van Belle Nursery

Ball Ornamentals Team — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Van Belle's Bombshell Hydrangea crop was almost completely sold out. Strong reorders; the remainder of the crop will be shipped next week. Dave Van Belle said that the plants filled out better than other Hydrangea paniculata. One of my photos (below center) shows the field EMPTY of plants – they have all shipped and sold through retail. The plant was compact with no flopping. Grown in full sun helps the plant habit stay compact, neat and attractive. This plants needs to be potted....

Ball Tagawa Growers

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Flutterby Grande™ Blueberry Cobbler plants are being grown to showcase at the TAN and Farwest Tradeshows in August. The plants continue to be in full bloom. This is one of the positive outcomes of having plants that are 100% sterile – WOW blooms! The length of the flower scapes are more than 12 inches long, and the hummingbirds in California were going crazy – fluttering all....

Homestead Growers

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Bombshell Hydrangea is shipping to our customers in August. At this trial in July, plant quality looks very good. We are impressed by the results this summer of the crop read dates.

The overall professionalism of James Doukas and Lee Heyl is appreciated by our customers.After the untimely death of Don Riddle, owner of Homestead Growers, the company continues to move forward in....

Obra Verde Nursery

Ball Ornamentals Team — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0600

Here are a few interesting findings during our trip to Obra Verde.

Leucodendron Safari Sunset is a wonderful evergreen shrub. This is perfect for the growers and landscape of California. The foliage is soft to the touch. The highlight is the awesome burgundy red-colored foliage. Liner orders need to be placed in August to ship in March through May of next year.

For Photinia Cracklin Red, the production of liners for sales next year....

Prides Corner Farms

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0600

The Bombshell Hydrangea crop was perfect. The plants were compact, without the need of expensive plant growth regulators. The crop did not need to be hand pruned to keep the compact growth habit. The plants were showing the golden fall color. The grower indicated that the plants could have been sold during the summer, as the plant filled out better than other....

Flutterby™ Pink Nectar Bush

Ball Ornamentals Team — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0600

National grower reports have indicated this plant to have numerous flowers and flower profusely from June until hard frost in the fall. Flowers are fragrant. We see the color to be a richly pink. The plant is more compact than competitor cultivars. The pink flowers are numerous, giving the plant high retail and consumer appeal.

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Ligustrum sinense trial

Ball Ornamentals Team — Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0600

This landscape evaluation confirms: compact habit over several years in the landscape; no flowers (ecologically suitable); golden foliage does not burn in sun.

The trials have been on going for approximately seven years. The plant continues to stay compact (5 feet tall and 4 feet wide).

The golden foliage....