FlowerTrials 2024 – Chapter 4

FlowerTrials, the annual open days for the global bedding plant industry, was back in bloom from 11-14 June 2024, attracting…

UK presence at IPM Essen 2025

The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is partnering with the British Government Department for Business & Trade to put on a…

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND PROSPERITY IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT IN…

FlowerTrials 2024 – Chapter 2

FlowerTrials, the annual open days for the global bedding plant industry, was back in bloom from 11-14 June 2024, attracting…

Discover Italian horticulture

Italy is a country with a great ornamental horticulture tradition dating back to the Roman era. The industry is still…

FlowerTrials 2024 – Chapter 3

FlowerTrials, the annual open days for the global bedding plant industry, was back in bloom from 11-14 June 2024, attracting…

IBMA and FAO sign Letter of Intent

The International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) is proud to announce that the association has signed a Letter of Intent with…

Apology to Augusto Solano
Apology to Augusto Solano

Last week, we published a news item on Asocolflores president Augusto Solano, stating that he was to step down as…

Expo 2024 Chengdu in full bloom

FCI’s editor dashed to Chengdu, where the gargantuan international horticultural exhibition Expo 2024 Chengdu is designed to delight, nurture, and…

Fleuroselect welcomes four new members

Cerny Seeds, Floritec, Graines Lecouf-Mailliet and P. van der Haak have joined the Fleuroselect organisation. During its Annual General Meeting,…

IPM Essen revamps floorplan

Germany’s horticultural trade exhibition IPM Essen last week announced that it has revamped its show floor layout which will see…

VGB‘s conference has an impact

The Dutch Association of Wholesalers in Floricultural Products (VGB) hosted a conference to share the latest practices in sustainable horticulture…

To Peat or not to peat

German-born Susann Warnecke began working for the Finland-based International Peatland Society (IPS) in 2002 as a communications assistant. In October…

Growing peat-free in Australia

John McDonald is National Biosecurity Manager at Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA). He wrote this opinion column for the May 2024…

Tulips galore at Expo 2024 Chengdu

On Friday 26 April, the  International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu opened its gates in the Chinese city of Chengdu. With…

CHA UK group at GreenTech announced

The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) has announced its exhibitor line-up for GreenTech Amsterdam 11 to 13 June at RAI Amsterdam.…

Stolze acquires Elektravon Tuinbouw

Dutch-based horticultural engineering company Stolze Installatietechniek has acquired all activities of Elektravon Tuinbouw. The acquisition marks an important step in…

Native plants are on the rise

Native plant consumption in the US continues to grow organically from consumer demand and through purchases mandated by legislation. Debbie…

Decowraps opens remodeled showroom

More recently, Decowraps, a supplier of floral and potted packaging options, has opened its  remodeled showroom. Decowrap says the minute…

Girl power, girl flower and plant power

In the ornamental horticulture industry, there are few companies managed and run exclusively by women. For International Women’s Day this…

IPM Essen attendance declines 9%

This year’s 40th IPM Essen show occurred in Essen, Germany, between 23 and 26 January 2024. It featured 1,403 exhibitors…

TULIP BUNCHING in HUISKULA OY FINLAND
Finland’s Winter Tulips Wonderland

Volume-wise, Finns and Swedes buy the most tulips per person in the world, writes Timo Taulavuori for FloraCulture International. The…

Plant Profile: Astrantia (Masterwort)

Astrantia is one of several umbellifers (see also Eryngium) with ornamental bracts, a feature that offers significant added value in…

Counting down to Myplant&Garden in Milan

The 8th edition of Italy’s most influential commercial ornamental horticulture event, Myplant&Garden opens tomorrow in Milan and will last until…

Midwinter Plant Fair 2024 Review

Royal FloraHoland’s Midwinter Plant Fair, held between 10 and 11 January 2024, featured nearly a hundred plant exhibitors spread across…

Introducing the new-look Anthura

In 2020, Anthura won the AIPH International Grower of the Year Award. A lot has changed since then. FCI interviews…

On to a flourishing future

Hilverdaflorist became an AIPH Affiliate Member during the 75th AIPH Annual Congress in September 2023. Bart Sneek, Commercial Director of…

IPM ESSEN celebrates 40 years

IPM Essen is arguably the world’s premier horticultural trade exhibition. Next week, it will be 40 years since trade show…

Selecta one with premiere at IPM

  Selecta One, Stuttgart’s well-known breeding and young plant company, is presenting a world premiere at IPM Essen 2024. The…

Proflora 2023 Review

Asocolflores, the official voice of Colombia’s flower cut flower and cut foliage export, hosted its 30th Proflora show at Bogotá’s…

Ten Questions: Greenn

GREENN is an enterprise created by Maaike Koop that offers horticultural companies tailor-made support to help them get the most…

Organics is a mixed picture in the UK

British growers serving the UK’s garden centres and supermarkets assert low consumer demand for organically-produced ornamental plants and cut flowers.…

EU Parliament rejects pesticide law

A majority of the European Parliament rejected the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) on November 22, 2023. The International Biocontrol Manufacturers…

Plant Profile: Perovskia

Native to arid areas of Central Asia, Perovskia is a woody perennial or sub-shrub to 100-120cm, now recognised as a…

Proflora makes a colourful comeback

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Proflora 2023 was, in the words of many attendees, ‘the best edition ever’. The…

Copenhagen
Lessons learned from Green Cities Denmark

Susanne Renee Grunkin, former President of the Danish Association of Landscape Architects (DL) and professional for the Scandinavian architecture firm…

Are you ready for Trade Fair Aalsmeer?

Anticipation is building as green professionals line up to join the 24th Trade Fair Aalsmeer. Bringing ‘the world’s largest selection…

Plant Profile: Kniphofia

Glowing inflorescences of Kniphofia hovering above the foliage layer of perennial plantings are a striking and dramatic effect available to…

State of the pot carnation

Thanks to innovative Dianthus breeding and marketing, one of Europe’s oldest cultivated ornamentals has staged a comeback as the newest…

A step beyond just light

Heliospectra, a Swedish horticulture LED lighting solution provider and AIPH Affiliate Member, explains how its smart LED lighting technology and…

The right tree in the right place

Professor Francesco Ferrini, Full Professor of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry at the University of Florence and President of the Nursery…

Successful succession planning

Second-generation Patrick Barendse is a production manager at Holambra-based potted plant nursery www.symphony.com.br, where he and his brother Frank and…

Keukenhof announces new CEO

The world’s largest spring garden, Keukenhof, has appointed Sandra Bechtolt as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2023.…

Plant Profile: Eryngium

Eryngiums are a large genus of annuals, biennials and perennials with spiky leaves and prickly, globe-shaped inflorescences often mistaken for…

Magic happens with Fairy Magnolia

With their revolutionary line of compact, evergreen and profusely flowering Fairy Magnolia, Australian plant breeder’s agent Anthony Tesselaar and award-winning…

Iris Japonica
Plant Profile: Iris Japonica

With a few exceptions, the forms of Iris most familiar in European contexts require open conditions and full sun to…

Lush lilies in the limelight

The Dutch lily industry ran its 11th open house in the second week of June when it opened its doors…

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Are we preparing for a peat-free future?

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) will be debating sustainable growing media solutions and industry readiness in a panel…

Improving the modern cut Hydrangea

Industry veteran, and former FCI publisher, Jaap Kras provides valuable insights into the genus of Hydrangea, its origins, and the…

Pablo Costa oversees the Finished Plants Business Unit at Van Belle Nursery in Canada
Educating the end consumer

Pablo Costa’s love for horticulture began on his family’s farm in Chile. He studied agricultural engineering at Santiago’s Pontificia Catholic…

PanAmerican Seed launches new website

PanAmerican Seed is proud to announce the launch of its redesigned website. With advanced features like regional-based information, better product…

New CEO of the Viscon Group takes the reins

Viscon Group, a provider of horticultural automation solutions has appointed third-generation Charlotte Langerak-Visser as the company’s new CEO. Langerak-Visser succeeds…

SGD Soirée at LANDSCAPE 2023

LANDSCAPE – The Industry Trade Show and the SGD – Society of Garden Designers have joined together to put on…

A new date for Expo 2023 Kahramanmaraş

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) welcomes rescheduling the opening for Expo Kahramanmaraş 2023 to Saturday, 12 August, considering…

Delphy opens cannabis research centre

Delphy, the Dutch knowledge-sharing organisation and service provider for horticulturalists worldwide, in association with a group of horticultural suppliers, has…

New World Salvias
Plant Profile: New World Salvias

Urban microclimates tend toward extremes, particularly heat and drought. Plants that are tough enough to survive heat and water stress…

Voshol joins GreenV group

Voshol, a supplier of advanced climate control systems (heating, isolation and electrical engineering) for the global greenhouse horticulture industry, will…

HTA appoints a new Media Relations Manager

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has appointed a new Media Relations Manager, strengthening its commitment to increasing communications and cut-through…

Growing interest in Portugal

The ornamentals sector in Europe reports significant interest in growers of bulbs, cacti, young plants, perennials and grasses and horticultural…

Little Pistoia in Albania

In the mid 2000s, Ethiopia emerged as the next production hot spot for fresh-cut roses. In nursery stock, something similar…

New World Salvias
Plant Profile: New World Salvias

Salvias have become valuable contributors to the urban landscape in recent decades, notably the many cultivars of Salvia nemorosa (S.…

Floral marketing the American way

Happily, the California Association of Flower Growers & Shippers (CalFlowers) team began 2023 by floating on cloud nine after winning…

All was not rosy in San Remo

Industry veteran Charles Lansdorp provides his thoughts on this year’s Festival di Sanremo – not so much for the music…

Modiform opens Naaldwijk office

Dutch-based horticulture packaging and plastic manufacturer Modiform has opened a new office at the World Horti Center (WHC) in Naaldwijk…

Mitsui takes stake in CB-Agri

Mitsui is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement to acquire a share of C&B AGRI ENTERPRISES LIMITED (“CB-Agri”,…

Sesleria Caerulea
Plant Profile: Sesleria Caerulea

Prone to hybridisation and back-crossing, the ±30 species of Sesleria are a taxonomic tangle of poorly differentiated species, forms and…

Tulip time in the Netherlands

The Dutch cut tulip season kicked off on National Tulip Day, Saturday, 21 January. This year marked the first time…

Next Gen Colombia

FloraCulture International sat down with Pablo Bazzani, a second-generation flower grower/exporter from Colombia and recipient of AIPH’s 2022 Young International…

Peony continues its rise to prominence

The peony market remains buoyant despite the challenges of climate change, an ever-increasing regulatory burden and diminishing crop protection and…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

From all of us in the FCI Newsroom. May the new year bring you health, peace, prosperity and much fun.

Growing data in a garden centre

Ohio-based GIE Media Inc. hosted a ‘How to leverage existing customer data or… how to obtain it’ webinar on 27…

New look for Van der Ende Group

Van der Ende Group is introducing a new logo. The story behind this change exemplifies this family company ethos –…

Barbiecore and biophilia

Barbiecore and biophilia are two very different trends – both work hard to grab consumers’ attention with our products. The…

The Green Masters of CSR

Reflecting on Dutch Flower Group’s sustainability aims, the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager, Raimon Loman and chief marketing officer/chief…

The waxflower ‘wow che bello’ factor

In Italy, Pescia-based cooperative FloraToscana does an excellent job coordinating the production and sales of Helix Australia’s potted waxflower, aka…

ExpoFlor Ecuador 2022 review

After a four-year hiatus, ExpoFlor Ecuador 2022 opened its doors to a floral extravaganza. FCI’s correspondent William Armellini travelled to…

Flormart 2022 exceeds expectations

Italy’s second-largest trade show and conference for the horticultural sector took place at Padua’s PadovaFiere convention centre from 21 to…