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Pictures from the California Pack Trials |
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Posted:30th Apr, 2008
Royal Hawaiian Colocasia
Bandana Lantana
Dipladenia Rio
Hilo Bay Colocasia
Wave Double Red
Calliope Dark Red Geranium
Some interesting new plant material was displayed at Pacific Plug & Liner in Watsonville, Ca. Among them were some Colocasias which were developed by Hawaiian breeder Dr. John Cho and being marketed under the “Royal Hawaiian Colocasia” label. Five new varieties were offered this year; and, while they weren’t quite as different as we might like, there are several really different varieties now being developed by Dr. Cho. But, with the five varieties on display, a couple of them did stand out. ‘Blue Hawaii’, for example, had combined large green leaves with prominent bluish-purple veins and a bluish purple leaf margin. ‘Hilo Bay’ had large glossy, olive-green leaves that are ruffled in texture. We spoke with Dr. Cho at the Plant Haven display and were told of some very exciting new Colocasias for future release; totally unique from the current offerings.
Karen Franck at Greenheart Farms in Arroyo Grande showed us a couple of new varieties of Knock Out roses, the Pink Double and their new yellow, Sunny. These will be available beginning in January 2009. Karen was also recommending Drift Roses, a cross between full-size ground cover roses and miniatures. Drifts are sold primarily in 6” pots, quarts and 1-2 gallon containers. They continuously bloom, are creepers and are perfect for the small space gardens, containers and hanging baskets.
At Fides we saw one of the more exciting new petunias. The Wave Double Red was extraordinary.
There were some very interesting new offerings from Syngenta Flowers; one of which we noticed last year; the Rio Dipladenias. This was breed for pot production only, with minimal tendency to vine. There is limited amount available this year for trial. Also, the Bandana Lantanas put on a tremendous display of color. There was also Calliope Dark Red Geranium which is an interspecific variety, a new break-through in geranium breeding. It is said to have excellent heat performance. For Florida growers there will be trials at the University of Florida in which Harmony New Guinea Impatiens will be compared with Syngenta’s Super Sonics.
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April 7, 2008 |
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Posted:7th Apr, 2008
Sun Parasol® New Web site
Suntory Flowers Limited has launched Sun Parasol® Web site. This site offers a vast majority of information for not only growers, but for gardeners as well. The site has numerous pictures of the products available. There is also a virtual garden available, where the viewer can create their own garden of Sun Parasol® products. To check this website out for yourself, please visit: www.sunparasol.net
‘Zena’ Spotlight
Philodendron ‘Zena’, which is solely brokered through Bill Moore & Co., Inc., was recently showcased in Greenhouse Grower’s Variety Central section. You can read the article by clicking on the following link: http://www.greenhousegrower.com/grower_tools/200801_vc2.html
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March 24th |
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Posted:24th Mar, 2008
Floriculture Field Days
The University of Florida presents the 2008 Floriculture Field Days May 14th and 15th in Gainesville, Florida. This event is in partnership with the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association. This is a two day event providing information in the floriculture industry. Interests include new crops and research results from the university. Registration, schedule of events, hotels, direction and sponsors are now available on their website, http://trialgarden.ifas.ufl.edu.
Karen Arrington and Liliana Delgado will be in attendance.
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Travels Part 1 |
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Posted:26th Feb, 2008
Tim Mitchell’s Trip to Louisiana and Texas
I just recently returned from a two week customer trip to Texas and Louisiana. In an effort to see as many customers as possible following my weekend flight into Houston from SUNNY San Diego, with an emphasis on SUNNY, I might add, I did manage to see many of my past customers from days working at Twyford International. Unfortunately, after having driven over 2,400 miles I failed to see just as many. I really expect to have guilt feelings, at least until August when I’ll be back in Texas for the Texas Nursery and Landscape Expo (BOOTH # 2514). Hopefully, I’ll be able to catch up with many of those that I missed come the dog days of summer.
The first week of this trip was spent darting between Houston and the San Antonio area while attempting to unsuccessfully dodge both rain and mid 30 degree temps. Sometimes it’s a bummer when you don’t own a jacket! By mid week Shiner, Texas was looking like a place I needed to be, but guilt once again set in and customer visits won out keeping me away from the well known AND historic Shiner Brewery. All in all it was a much needed, fun, wet, cold week of seeing some fantastic customers and friends.
Leaving the southern part of the state I headed into north to Forest Hill, home of nursery after nursery after nursery not to mention some great ‘community coffee’. I didn’t even scratch the surface of seeing everyone I wanted to see here in town (and I’ve already been hearing about it!) so I think I’ll hold off talking about this area of my sales territory until next time, after all…I really do need to get back to work.
An alligator that is near the property of one of our customers, Live Oaks Garden in Louisiana
Good ol’ Bourbon Street
New Orleans
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Travels Part 2 |
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Posted:26th Feb, 2008
Bill and Judy’s Trip to Florida Plant Specialist, a supplier for Bill Moore & Co., Inc.
Judy and Bill Moore visited Florida Plant Specialist on February 7, 2008. FPS is a new supplier for us and our visit was made to become more familiar with this operation. Ron Fox gave us a great tour and showed us some very innovative and exciting features of his nursery operation. We were very impressed with the LTL Pallet Shipper on which he can ship in excess of 40,000 plants in 288 flats, enough to fill an acre of six inch pots spaced on one-foot centers. Reliability, quality and the ability to communicate extremely well is a wonderful combination of traits for a propagator/supplier.
Ron Fox
Judy Moore and Ron Fox
Florida Plant Specialist Flat Trimmer
Florida Plant Specialist
Florida Plant Specialist Plant Shipper
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Company and Industry News |
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Posted:11th Feb, 2008
Company News
25th Anniversary
This year marks 25 years since the start of Bill Moore & Co., Inc. We are looking forward to another great 25 years. Look forward to more information on our anniversary.
Newsletter
Bill Moore & Co., Inc. is currently distributing newsletters to our customers. The following is a link to our February newsletter: http://www.billmooreco.com/JanuaryNewsletter.pdf
California Pack Trails
Bill Moore and Tim Mitchell will be attending the California Pack Trials in late March.
Industry News
New Misting/Growing Greenhouse Facility
http://www.hatchettcreek.com
Hatchett Creek’s New Misting/Growing Greenhouse Facility is now open.
Mesa Magic Nursery now a division of Greenheart Farms
Mesa Magic Nursery is now a division of Greenheart Farms, Inc. This will help to expand the production of high quality cyclamen liners using Greenheart’s advance greenhouse technology. This acquisition will also help to introduce new product forms.
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Early Order Discounts for Poinsettas |
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Posted:4th Feb, 2008
A friendly reminder to put in orders for Poinsettas. Here is a list of suppliers nearing the end of their Early Order Discounts:
Ecke Geranuims- February 8, 2008
Syngenta- February 29, 2008
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1st Blog |
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Posted:24th Jan, 2008
Hello Everyone!!
Welcome to the new Bill Moore & Co., Inc. blog. I will be updating bi-weekly with information on our company, industry news and upcoming events.
Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Jillian Mann and I am the most recent addition to BMC. I am an intern working on order tracing as well as developing communication tools for the company. I am brand new to the industry but can’t wait to learn all about it.
TPIE SHOW
The Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition Show was my first trade show. I was overwhelmed by the beautiful plants and set-ups that people had created. I hope that everyone got a chance to stop by and see our booth. We were able to feature many plants from our suppliers. Here are some of the pictures:
George Griffith from Hatchett Creek Farms, Steve Grant from Grants Farm Nursery, Lucille Dillin, Jillian Mann and Jason Wetherington from Bill Moore & Co., Inc.
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Mandevilla from one of our customers: Specialist Growers
Work, work, work
Our booth at the show
Costa Party, Friday Night
Time to party
Upcoming Trade Show
Nursery and Landscape Expo
August 15-17, 2008
Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Convention Center
Check back again on the 11th of February for our next blog!!
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