Entries for 2024 (32)
Dec 24, 2024
Time to Order Mums: Growing Tips from Jessie McMillin
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It’s that time of year to start thinking about your Mums order. Ordering now for your next growing season is the best time to do so since growers have a pretty good idea of what ...
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Nov 26, 2024
2025 Poinsettias Catalog Has Arrived from Selecta One®
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Find what you’re looking for in every size, shape, color and timing! The 2025 Poinsettias Catalog is available from Selecta One with 50 pages worth of top-selling and on-trend varieties. ...
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Oct 31, 2024
Ball Mums New Varieties and Fall Favorites Catalog is Here
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New for Ball Mums from Ball Seed are four new colors and several new “Fall Favorites” that pair well with mums. Not only are these varieties on the same schedule for late Summer and Fall ...
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Oct 04, 2024
2024 Classic City Awards from UGA Trial Gardens
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The University of Georgia Trial Garden Classic City Awards have been awarded for 2024. The UGA winners include two Ball Seed Exclusives from Ball FloraPlant and one from Darwin Perennials. These awards are reserved for ...
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Oct 01, 2024
New Resources for Ball Seed Cut Flowers Now Available
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Find the latest in Ball Seed Cut Flowers through its new website and all new catalog. Check out www.BallSeed.com/CutFlowers to learn about top plant classes that consumers are most interested in ...
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Sep 05, 2024
Podcast with Cut Flower Expert Dave Dowling
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Ball Seed’s own Cut Flower Expert Dave Dowling was featured on a recent podcast of Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne. On the podcast, he shares ...
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Aug 08, 2024
Top Products in The Gardens at Ball (VIDEO)
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Explore our latest designs with new varieties in The Gardens at Ball. Not only do we have new varieties, but we’ve also matched them with some trusted varieties that have done very well in the ...
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Aug 05, 2024
Award Winners Include Ball Seed at UGA Trial Gardens
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The University of Georgia has announced this year’s UGA Plants of Distinction. This collection represents the plants in different categories that have received the best ratings through 100-degree temps, as well as long periods of ...
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Jul 31, 2024
Find the Latest Ball Seed New Varieties
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Place your orders today! The 2025 Ball Seed New Varieties Catalog is now available. Featuring both vegetative and seed products, we provide our customers with a thorough listing of all the new genetics available to ...
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Jul 25, 2024
Cultivate’24 Recap
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What a great time at Cultivate’24! Hosted over four days in Columbus, OH, from July 13-16, 2024, this year’s tradeshow had our booth bustling with attendees eager to network or catch up, as well as ...
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Jul 23, 2024
Latest Ball Seed Catalog Now Available in New Digital Format
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The new 2025-2026 Ball Seed Catalog is now available. You’ll find all the new product highlights and introductions right here. Check out this edition for top new series and varieties that make your success our ...
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Jul 03, 2024
Plan Your Visit to Ball Seed Customer Days
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Have you seen the full schedule of events for Ball Seed Customer Days? If not, you’ve come to the right place. Check out all there is to do, so you can plan your visit accordingly ...
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Jun 17, 2024
Registration Now Open for Ball Seed Customer Days
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It’s been on your calendar! Get ready to visit us in West Chicago, IL. Registration is now open for this year’s ...
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May 20, 2024
Tagawa Pansies Are Ready
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It’s fall-pansy-booking season! Ball Seed wants you to offer the best to your customers. For quality pansies at great prices, the best Fall Pansies come from ...
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May 16, 2024
CAST 2024 Wrap-Up
Jaime Kedrowski
We had a great time at CAST24 this year. It was full of exciting conversations, beautiful plants and wonderful weather up and down the California coastline. Here, our team shares a few of our Top ...
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Apr 08, 2024
Ball Perennials are Supported by Top-Quality Service, Supply and Delivery
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Ball Seed® has the widest assortment of perennials in the forms you need: Seed & Plugs, URC & Liners, and Bareroot. It’s all delivered from a network of the industry’s most reliable suppliers: ...
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Apr 05, 2024
Primula and Early Spring Perennials: Order Now
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Spring is upon us and that means you’ll need to start ordering for next season’s Primula and Early Spring Perennials. Here are some tips for when it’s time to order your Early Spring or Vernalized ...
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Mar 29, 2024
Gold Supplier Spotlight: Bob’s Market and Greenhouses
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Our suppliers are very important to us. Ball Seed Gold Service Suppliers set us apart from the rest by delivering top-quality assistance that makes all the difference. Here, we introduce you to Bob’s Market and ...
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Mar 14, 2024
Cut Flower Plugs for Summer/Fall: Order Now
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If you haven’t already gotten your orders in for Cut Flower Plugs for Summer/Fall, then you better hurry. Here, we have expert advice on this topic from Dave Dowling, Cut Flower Specialist for Ball ColorLink. ...
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Feb 23, 2024
Cyclamen: Order Now
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Time to get your Cyclamen orders ready! In the meantime, here’s some helpful advice for greenhouse growers when planning your cyclamen crop. These tips have been ...
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Feb 19, 2024
What to Know About Ferns and Tropicals
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Are you new to producing Ferns and Tropicals? Have you thought about getting into this market? Although it is very different from Spring annuals, perennials and ...
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Feb 19, 2024
Gold Supplier Spotlight: Tagawa Greenhouses
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Our suppliers are very important to us. Ball Seed Gold Service Suppliers set us apart from the rest by delivering top-quality assistance that makes all the difference. In our first installment of this video series, ...
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Feb 12, 2024
Order These Top Perennials Now for 2024 Spring Sales
Jaime Kedrowski
There's still time to book and grow perennials for June sales. Take a look at the following recommendations that will fit right into your current spring program. Each is first-year-flowering AND popular with consumers for ...
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Feb 06, 2024
Horticultural Lighting Workshop at Michigan State University
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Michigan State University recently hosted a Horticultural Lighting Workshop sponsored by Ball Seed and Philips/Signify Lighting. The workshop provided greenhouse growers with education on supplemental lighting in indoor controlled environments, including methods to increase Daily ...
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Jan 29, 2024
What’s Up with Wave Petunias in 2024
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Here’s what Wave® Petunias and Cool Wave® Pansies will be up to this year! Mark your calendar for the latest events. • The Wave brand kicks ...
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Jan 24, 2024
Beacon® Impatiens Announces New Charity and New Varieties
Jaime Kedrowski
Beacon Impatiens continues to stay fresh and relevant in 2024. The brand is building its ongoing outreach to consumer media to drive demand in the marketplace, including announcing its latest annual charitable endeavor. Beacon has ...
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Jan 09, 2024
Poinsettias, Christmas Potted Bulbs, Fall Perennials: Order Now
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January is the time to begin thinking of the holidays for next season. We’re talking about Poinsettias and Christmas Bulbs, such as Amaryllis. It’s easier to ...
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Jan 04, 2024
PANTONE Color of the Year 2024: Peach Fuzz
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Let’s celebrate the Color of the Year: Peach Fuzz. 2024 rings in the new year with a color described as “a cozy peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange,” according to PANTONE®, the global ...
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Sep 19, 2024
The Ball Seed Perennials Brochure is now available to view and download right here at your fingertips! Find the information you need to grow the very best in perennials, including a helpful “Booking Calendar” on ...
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Jul 15, 2024
There's still time to RSVP for Ball Seed Customer Days 2024! Watch the video below (featuring yours truly) to hear all about the new features on display in The Gardens at Ball. ...
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May 01, 2024
Cost Accounting is the process of calculating your fixed and variable costs of production and identifying on what products and activities you are spending your resources. It may not be glamorous, but taking the time ...
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Mar 06, 2024
Perennial production doesn't have to be a PAIN ... Ball Seed experts have the information you need to succeed! Optimize your best-perennial-crop-yet with tips from the pros in-the-know. Like our recent GrowerTalks Magazine webinar "Your ...
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