Christmas Stars align for Poinsettia Day on 12th December

If you want to bring a naturally elegant style into your home this season, without losing any of the traditional charm associated with Christmas, poinsettias are the perfect place to start. Read more - open to all

British Ornamentals Association presents the BOA Technical Conference 2025

The British Ornamentals Association (BOA) is delighted to invite you to our upcoming Technical Conference – New Horizons for Horticulture on 5th February 2025. Read more - open to all

Diary

Blue Diamond acts to secure plant supply chain

Blue Diamond agrees strategic partnership with European Group to ensure plant supply chain keep's pace with the continued expansion.  Read more - members only

Forestry England's £14.5m nursery upgrade for climate-resilient trees

Forestry England is investing £14.5m to enhance its tree nursery in Cheshire, incorporating a new seed extractory.  Expected to open in spring 2025, this facility will be the UK's largest. Read more - open to all

Sarah Raven achieves B Corp certification

Sarah Raven has achieved B Corp status, becoming the first online garden retailer to earn the prestigious certification. The milestone is a result of the brand's long-term dedication to sustainability and ethical business practices. Read more - open to all

Provender Nurseries wins Inspirational Business Award

Provender Nurseries wins the prestigious Inspirational Business Award at the Horticultural Trade Associations Grower of the year Awards 2024.   Read more - open to all

 HTA Awards presentation

Ball Colegrave’s spectacular showcase

The Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase has been as spectacular as ever despite the weather.  This is partly because Ball’s breeding strategy… Read more - members only

Petunia Bees Knees

Chat from the HTA National Plant Show

Chat from the aisles of the HTA National Plant Show after ‘an alright’ season include importing from Kenya, under insurance and rising Xmas tree prices. Read more - members only

A fresh, new look for The Bransford Webbs Plant Company

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company are exceptionally proud to unveil a stunning new company logo as launched at The National Plant Show at Stoneleigh Park. Read more - open to all

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company Team with the new logo

Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® wins Peter Seabrook Award

Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® has been crowned Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live and wins grower Allensmore Nurseries the coveted Peter Seabrook Award.

 

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Apple Peter’s Gold by FP Matthews

Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 

Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® wins Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live.  Thrive wins a Gold.  Read more - open to all

Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse®

Dutch Spring Trials take place in week 18

Dutch Spring Trials take place in week 18 during week 18, with eight breeders in North-Holland.  Visits held by appointment only. Read more - members only

Staff take control at Majestic Trees

Majestic Trees has announced that MD Steve McCurdy and his wife Janet have sold 74% of Majestic Trees to their team via an Employee Ownership Trust. Read more - members only

Fern Snowling, Sarah Shynn, Eliot Barden, Helen Morgan, Maria Bengtsson, Carlos Guinand

Gardeners invited to help solve aphid mystery

The RHS is calling on gardeners to send in sightings of the giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) to help learn more about this elusive species and the ways it interacts with garden plants. Read more - members only

Giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) on Willow (Salix daphnoides) - RHS / Andrew Halstead

Allensmore reaches final for International Grower of the Year

Allensmore reaches the final 10 from growers around the world in the AIPH International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2023. Read more - members only

Bulrush helps growers achieve success in 2025

Bulrush has been busy behind the scenes throughout 2024, ploughing revenue back into the business to the benefit of its customers. Read more - open to all

Ten Finalists for the AIPH IGOTY Awards

Ten ornamental horticulture growers from around the world have reached the finals for the AIPH International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2025.  Read more - open to all

Sustainable peat-free mixes for poinsettia by Neil Bragg

UK based soil scientist, Neil Bragg, shares his experience of working with peat-free substrates, in an article commissioned by the poinsettia specialists at Stars for Europe. Read more - open to all

It’s time for the Christmas Star to shine in store!

The houseplant section is about to undergo a radical transformation, with beautiful poinsettias set to take centre stage. The experts at Stars for Europe (SfE) are, as ever, keen to support retailers in any way possible as we head into the key trading period. Read more - open to all

Jobs

The latest innovations from Schoneveld Breeding

This autumn, Schoneveld Breeding opens its doors to growers and retailers during the Open Days, from week 43 to week 45. Read more - open to all

Super Series Dragon F1

Ball’s ‘Stand-Out’ Plants for 2025

Ball reveals customers’ favourite varieties that were shown at the Ball Summer Showcase in its Oxfordshire Trial Grounds. Read more - members only

Lantana Passion Fruit

Rosa ‘Believe in Yourself’

The Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres of which Fryer’s Roses is a part of, will donate £1 from every Believe in Yourself rose sold through their garden centres and through Fryer’s online or by phone, to the Stroke Association. Read more - open to all

Believe in Yourself Rose

Spiraea WALBERTON’S® PLUM CARPET wins the Visitor Vote

Farplants Sales Ltd - Spiraea WALBERTON’S® PLUM CARPET has been awarded the Visitor Vote, sponsored by Floramedia, at the HTA National Plant Show 2024 at the NAEC, Stoneleigh.

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Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom wins Best in Show

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company’s Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), at this year’s HTA National Plant Show. Read more - open to all

New Plant Award winners

Dahlia Dalina Maxi Starburst Pink wins FleuroStar Award 2024-25

Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, is proud to announce that the FleuroStar Award 2024-25 has been awarded to Dalina Maxi Starburst Pink from Florensis. Read more - open to all

Excitement builds for The National Plant Show

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company eagerly await the National Plant Show next week and are excited to present to you our new look along with a number of exciting new plant introductions for 2025.
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Plants for Europe and Altman working together

Plants For Europe Limited (PFE) is working with California-based Altman Plants, to bring their stunning plant varieties to Europe and the UK.  Read more - members only

 Agapanthus Atomic Bloom

Impressions from the HTA National Plant Show

Most exhibitors at the HTA National Plant Show were pleased with the year to date. Stock has been selling through well; one grower stating sales were high, peaking “at Covid levels.” Read more - members only

New supplier for British grown orchids and green houseplants

Double H nurseries is on a mission to transform houseplant wholesale. The Horti House web shop will supply garden centres with British grown orchids and green houseplants. Read more - members only

The Orchid House

Fears of a poinsettia import ban subside

Reports earlier this week that the UK had put a total halt to poinsettia imports from Holland have been quashed by Defra. Read more - members only

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