HAPPY NEW YEAR

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

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,…

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…

Plant Profile: Kniphofia

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

Plant Profile: Eryngium

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

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…

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…

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.…

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…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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

Horticulture is their life

Leonardo Capitanio is the new President of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH). Taking a ‘huge’ step back from…

AIPH elects a new President

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), the world’s champion for the power of plants, has elected Leonardo Capitanio as…

New look for Fleuroselect logo

VOORHOUT, Netherlands: Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plant industry, is reintroducing itself with a fresh, distinguished look. Fleuroselect’s…

Genista Aetnensis
Plant Profile: Genista aetnensis

“Here on the arid spine of the formidable mountain, destroyer Vesuvius, brightened by no other tree or flower, you scatter…

Carex
Plant Profile: Carex

As a landscape architect working mostly in the public realm, I am always looking for tough plants that are visually…

Sustainability pioneers

The AIPH International Conference: The Path to Sustainability in Ornamental Horticulture boasted an international line-up of 27 industry expert panellists…

Creeping Jenny
Plant Profile: Creeping Jenny

The Guangzhou Garden RHS Chelsea 2021 perfectly illustrated the role for chartreuse foliage plants in a late season planting scheme…

Beech Tree
Plant Profile: Beech Tree

Plants are increasingly recognised for their contribution to climate change mitigation, as well as climate change adaptation. After COP26 in…

AIPH welcomes new Board Members

DIDCOT, UK: The General Meeting of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) concluded the online edition of the 73rd Annual…

Urban October in review

Each year, Urban October provides a platform for the global urban community to mobilise awareness of the challenges and opportunities…

VANCOUVER, Canada/WESTERLO, Belgium: Biobest, a global leader in biocontrol and pollination and ecoation, a pioneer in robotics and artificial intelligence…

PBR in relation to harvested material

Mia Buma is Ornamentals Production Advisor to AIPH, wrote in the July-August 2021 edition of FloraCulture International magazine. AIPH’s Novelty…

Between pandemic and plantdemic

DIDCOT, United Kingdom: Between pandemic and plantdemic: how can the industry sustain the houseplant trend? This was one of the question…

Air cargo: recovery is in the wings

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand…

Remmy Substrates earns RHP certification

WESTLAND, Netherlands: Remmy Substrates India Private Limited, a manufacturer and exporter of coir fibre and coir pith has achieved RHP certification.…

Login to interact with Biobest at ABIM

BASEL, Switzerland: With this year’s Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) moving to a digital platform, biocontrols supplier Biobest is very…

Traveler survey reveals Covid-19 concerns

GENEVA, Switzerland: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released public opinion research showing the willingness to travel being tempered by…

ISF elects new president

NYON, Switzerland: Australian seedsman and business leader Donald Coles has succeeded Eduard Fito as President of the International Seed Federation…

A clear vision for 2020

As the year 2020 gathers momentum, promises are made globally to secure the future of humankind and this planet that…

Mandatory eco-certification at RFH

NAALDWIJK, Netherlands:Royal FloraHolland will require phased environmental registration and certification for all growers (members and non-members) supplying flowers and plants…

On the wings of love
On the wings of love

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands: It’s Valentine’s Day and, true to tradition, AFKLMP Cargo shipped about 3,000 tonnes of flowers to Europe…

Late bird registration Floriforum

BRUSSELS, Belgium: How to adapt and thrive in an era of automation, digitalisation, AI, shifting trade policy and rising labour…

Counting down to CIOPORA’s 58th AGM

CIOPORA, the International Association of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Varieties, will host members and friends from around…

Be seen – in Hi-Viz Green

Time to take off those rose-coloured spectacles – the future is Green. Let’s be positive about this, embrace the benefits…

Flying flowers on the wings of love

Once again this year, AIR FRANCE KLM MARTINAIR Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) reaffirmed its commitment to the flower market, meeting seasonal…

Shipping flowers by sea?

ANTWERP, Belgium:  Shipping is entering a very difficult phase, with ongoing amalgamation, fewer large scale customers and less competition on…

Syngenta Acquires Floranova

BASEL, Switzerland/FOXLEY, UK: Flower and home garden vegetable seed breeder Floranova has been sold to Syngenta, a leading agriculture company…

Responsibly Produced Peat Promise

Responsibly Produced Peat (RPP) has this month launched Europe’s first mark to make it easier for B2B customers to find…

AIPH IGOTY
AIPH IGOTY

In January 2018 Ter Laak Orchids won the AIPH International Grower of the Year Award 2018 (IGOTY) and scooped the AIPH…

Plant trend watching

Every year Dutch sector organizations in flowers and plants, bulbs and trees and gardening present new green trends based on…

Big Data in floral

You think the digital revolution is over? You’re wrong. We’re in the midst of it. Finding, processing, analysing and distributing…