Entries for 2021 (30)
Mar 10, 2021
Ball Seed Is Your Partner For Philips LED Lighting
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Ball Seed is proud of its partnership with Philips Signify Lighting. Their wide range of GreenPower LED lighting supports your plant production and helps you send toned, beautiful product to your customers. ...
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Mar 08, 2021
Tech On Demand Newsletter Debut
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This week, Ball Publishing launches the inaugural edition of its Tech On Demand newsletter. Penned by Bill Calkins, it will be a timely and helpful resource geared for greenhouse professionals who focus ...
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Feb 01, 2021
Poinsettia Success Starts Here
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Selecta One announces the release of its 2021 Poinsettia catalog – a 45-page resource filled not only with exciting new products, it has production tips from experts providing solutions to cover all ...
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Jan 29, 2021
ProGreen EXPO Goes Virtual
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The ProGreen EXPO is the only green industry conference in the Rocky Mountain Region of its kind. In years' past, more than 6,000 green industry professionals would gather every year in Denver to ...
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Jan 26, 2021
iLandscape365
Jeff Gibson
The eigth annual iLandscape show will be hosted virtually this year, Feb. 3-4, 2021. The Illinois + Wisconsin Landscape Show is known for its creativity and fun atmosphere and is THE show ...
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Jan 18, 2021
Ball Seed at T.P.I.E.
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The 2021 Tropical Plant International Expo will be a virtual trade show and educational program for attendees interested in the highly popular indoor plant and tropical category. Connect with dozens of industry ...
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Dec 30, 2021
At this year's Lucas Greenhouse Poinsettia Trials during week 48, the Selecta One Poinsettias team were on-site to evaluate new plants and share their insights on best-performing and best-timed varieties. Territory Manager ...
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Dec 02, 2021
What better way to welcome the holiday season but with a poinsettia video. However, this is a very special video featuring our colleague Andrew Lee creating a “confetti” poinsettia at the recent N.G. Heimos ...
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Sep 10, 2021
Garden centers are in the perfect position to demonstrate how adding water-wise plants to the garden can make a big impact. Capitalize on consumer concern about conserving water with informative displays and ...
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Aug 31, 2021
Inspire shoppers to create a backyard oasis for helpful bugs, bees and birds. Attracting pollinators creates a win-win situation for you, your customers and the environment. Home gardeners will appreciate the colorful ...
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Aug 06, 2021
Our Ball Seed 2021 Customer Days event are over, but The Gardens at Ball are still open for visitors! If you'd like to tour our stunning grounds again, feel free to make ...
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Jul 16, 2021
Up and down the coast of California in June were open-house opportunities to see the latest new products from the world's leading breeding companies. At the Ball top in Santa Paula, the ...
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Dec 07, 2021
Bee’s Knees Petunia Wins AAS Gold Medal Award
Stephanie Vincenti
Even more to brag about for Bee’s Knees Petunia, featuring breeding from Ball FloraPlant. The highest honors were given to this outstanding yellow vegetative petunia with a 2022 All-America Selections Gold Medal ...
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Nov 22, 2021
View the 2022 Poinsettia Catalog from Selecta One
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Selecta One has recently released its 2022 Poinsettia catalog. This 46-page resource highlights new products for the upcoming season along with growing advice from Selecta One Technical Support Manager Gary Vollmer. ...
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Nov 03, 2021
Jurassic Rex Begonias Receive 2021 UGA Classic City Award
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Exciting news for Ball Ingenuity! The Rex Begonia Jurassic™ collection has recently been named a “Classic City Award” winner from the University of Georgia. Winners are chosen by their outstanding performance in ...
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Aug 24, 2021
Stimulating the Garden Senses
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Show your customers how a carefully planned sensory garden can be used for therapy, relaxation and to create an overall sense of well-being. With nature, there is much more than meets the ...
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Aug 20, 2021
New Website For Kitchen Minis
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Ball Seed is looking forward to supplying your business with a new way to extend your selling season with vegetables. Have you checked out the Kitchen Minis collection yet? We have seed ...
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Aug 17, 2021
Save the Date for Darwin Perennials Day 2022
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Darwin Perennials®, North America’s premier breeder of vegetative perennials, is bringing back its in-person event Darwin Perennials Day next spring to showcase the latest introductions and educate perennial plant producers in The ...
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Jul 19, 2021
Ball Seed Vegetables At Our 2021 Customer Days
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Are you visiting West Chicago next week? There’s still time to register for one of our three open days to see The Gardens at Bal. This week, we wrap up our blog ...
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Jul 13, 2021
Introducing More Jurassic Begonias
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Ball Ingenuity is thrilled to introduce four new additions to its Jurassic collection of Rex Begonias, meeting the needs of customers in four different sizes. The Jurassic lineup for 2021 now includes ...
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Jul 06, 2021
Visit Kieft Seed In The Gardens At Ball
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The Kieft Seed perennials team will showcase their latest introductions in The Gardens at Ball. Look for perennial plantings of these newly developed plants when you visit. The Leucanthemums White Lion and ...
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Jul 01, 2021
The NEW 2022 Selecta One Catalog Is Here
Stephanie Vincenti
What’s the latest from Selecta One? Innovative & New for 2022! This latest catalog features the hottest varieties of annuals, perennials, potted plants, herbs and Trixi® combos. Let’s get started with some ...
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Jun 30, 2021
What’s New In Seed & Veg?
Stephanie Vincenti
Find everything you’re looking for in Vegetative and Seed products inside the pages of the Ball Seed New Varieties 2022 Brochure. There are several categories to browse from and build successful programs ...
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Jun 29, 2021
See PanAmerican Seed in The Gardens at Ball
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PanAmeircan Seed is excited to share its 2022 launches. New from PanAmerican Seed is Spreading Petunia E3 Easy Wave™, Impatients Beacon® Rose plus new combo ideas, and the HandPicked Vegetables Collection featuring ...
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Jun 22, 2021
Check Out the Latest From Darwin Perennials
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Our Zone 5 overwintered trials in West Chicago, Ill., are bursting with perennials, and we can’t wait for you to see them! Let’s take a closer look at a few new product ...
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Jun 14, 2021
These New Burpee Vegetables Will WOW Gardeners
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The Burpee team is thrilled to share their 2022 lineup in advance of Ball Seed Customer Days. Let’s dive into three new products you'll see on-site in West Chicago this Summer: Patio ...
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Jun 09, 2021
What’s New From Selecta One
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Get ready for more beautiful new additions to the Selecta One family include Verbena Beats, Dahlia Dahlita and Petunia Headliner Enchanted Sky. All starring this summer in The Gardens at Ball in ...
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Jun 03, 2021
See Ball FloraPlant Highlights In The Gardens At Ball
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Mark your calendars: We're hosting guests in The Gardens at Ball at the end of July for our Ball Seed Customer Days (July 28-30). We can't wait to welcome you back! ...
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May 05, 2021
The New 2022 Ball FloraPlant Catalog Is Here
Stephanie Vincenti
In the latest catalog from Ball FloraPlant, the team calls out its newest varieties and improvements, but more than that they've set their sights on growing better together in 2022. Providing Ball ...
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Feb 23, 2021
Meet Plant-Shopper Demand With Zesty Zinnia
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We’re living in an age of millions of new gardeners, created out of 2020’s stay-at-home guidelines, where a fresh perspective was given to outdoor living spaces and new hobbies were cultivated with ...
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