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Turn It On Again!

How to Extend Your Selling Season and Enhance Your Bottom Line

March 3, 2015

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Why One More Turn?

•  Extend your selling season— and enhance your bottom line

•  Keep bench space working for you •  Keep fresh product on hand •  Larger product forms are more

expensive, but cost is often offset ►  Shorter crop times ►  Simplified culture—less pinching,

fewer PGRs ►  More product to sell!

•  For many growers, the rewards outweigh the risks!

Lantana liner Photo courtesy of Costa Farms

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Unique Benefits of Late Crops*

•  Due to production under longer days and higher light levels ►  Improved plant quality with fewer

inputs ►  Faster, more consistent flowering ►  Bench-run shipping ►  Premium plants with strong sell-

through in larger containers •  Less crowding in the liner stage

results in longer shelf life of finished product

•  Greater holdability and value retention at retail Kwik Kombos Lantana Lemon Squeeze Mix

Photo courtesy of Syngenta Flowers, Inc.

*Benefits compared to crops produced earlier in the season, under shorter days

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Vegetative Options: Proven Winners®

•  Leverage the #1 Plant Brand •  ‘Supercharged’ liner options are

available from each of the Proven Winners partners ►  Pleasant View Gardens:

FastTracks™ 32 program ►  Four Star Greenhouse:

Supernova® program ►  EuroAmerican Propagators:

EuroMazing™ program •  Deliver a consistent finish with

increased branching and flowering •  Reduce crop time by up to three

weeks Calibrachoa Superbells Pomegranate Punch

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Vegetative Options: Kwik Kombos™

•  Popular vegetative mix program from Syngenta Flowers

•  Multi-cutting liners in 50-cell tray ►  Pre-lit, pre-pinched and ready to

perform •  Finish 6” pots or gallons in 5-7 weeks

for June sales •  Available from Lucas Greenhouses,

TGS and others

KK Grape Expectations Mix

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Kwik Kombos: Consumer Benefits

•  All Kwik Kombos are extensively trialed across North America to ensure compatibility in timing, balance and habit

•  Instant gratification for consumers: seasonal mixes are ready to look great NOW: ►  37 combos for mid-season sales ►  18 suited to summer programs,

featuring Heat Lovers® varieties

KK Night in Pompeii Mix

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Kwik Kombos: Top Sellers

1 Night in Pompeii™ Mix 2 Pink Lemonade™ Mix 3 Grape Expectations™ Mix 4 Fire And Ice™ Mix 5 Blue Lightning™ Mix 6 Primary Perfection™ Mix Improved 7 Bandana® Lemon Squeeze™ Mix 8 Plum-Tastic™ Mix 9 Lanai® Red Devotion™ Mix

10 Cranberry Bliss™ Mix

KK Fire and Ice Mix

KK Pink Lemonade Mix

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Vegetative Options: 32-Cell Ellepot from TGS

•  Large-cell liner from Total Growth Solutions (TGS)

•  High-light production in Miami, Fla. •  Liners contain multiple cuttings,

pre-pinched for quick container fill •  4-6 weeks to finish in quarts or

gallons •  Program includes items well-suited

to warm-weather finishing ►  Alternanthera ►  Cuphea ►  Lantana ►  Evolvulus Cuphea liner

Photo courtesy of Costa Farms

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Perennial Options: Hostas and Ornamental Grasses

•  From Walters Gardens •  20-cell liners

►  Recommended for gallons ►  Finish in 6-10 weeks for most

varieties ►  Liners measure approx.

3.25” deep x 2.75” wide

Hosta ‘Blue Ivory’

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Perennial Options: Hemerocallis and Hibiscus

•  From Walters Gardens ►  Largest wholesale grower of

bare-root perennials in the U.S. ►  Also a reputable perennial

breeder, including many Proven Winners varieties

•  #1 Grade ►  Sold in multiples of 25 ►  6-10 weeks to finished gallons

for most varieties •  #2 Grade

►  Sold in multiples of 100 ►  4-6 weeks to finished quarts;

8-12 weeks for gallons

Hemerocallis ‘Going Bananas’

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Perennial Options: Grasses from Emerald Coast Growers

•  Ornamental grasses ►  38- and 21-cell liners

available ►  38-cell:

3” deep x 2.12” wide ►  21-cell: 3.875” deep x 2.75” wide

Wide range of grasses in both of these tray sizes.

Muhlenbergia ‘Fast Forward’

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Perennial Options: Clematis

•  From Donahue’s Greenhouse •  130+ varieties to choose from •  2.5” liners

►  Well rooted, one-year-old plants ►  Ideal for gallon programs

•  3.5” liners ►  Two-year-old plants with strong

root systems ►  Great for quick-finish gallons or

larger pots

Clematis ‘Kilian Donahue’

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Seed Options: Zinnia elegans

•  Zinnia are on-trend with consumers

•  Quick 4-6” pots from plugs, or direct sow!

•  Dreamland Series ►  Excellent garden performer ►  Garden height: 9-12”

•  Magellan™ Series ►  Fully double blooms ►  Garden height: 12-14” ►  SHS Griffin-exclusive mixes:

•  Buttered Popcorn Mix •  Sunburst Mix Magellan Orange

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Seed Options: Zinnia hybrida

•  Profusion Series ►  Interspecific hybrid blends

garden vigor and disease resistance of Z. angustifolia with larger flower size of Z. elegans

►  Days to flower: 55-60 ►  Vivid 1.5” flowers ►  Three AAS® winners in the

series: •  Cherry •  Orange •  White

Profusion Cherry

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Seed Options: SUNFLOWERS!

•  Fantastic choice for summer impulse sales in 6” pots ►  Flowers 60 days from direct

sowing ►  Big Smile

•  6” blooms ►  Pacino

•  5” first flowers and second flush on lateral branches

►  Sunny Smile F1 •  Pollenless with good

branching •  “Cleaner” pot

presentation

Profusion Cherry Helianthus Sunny Smile  

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Seed Options: SimplyHerbs

•  Spice up your summer assortment the easy way with SimplyHerbs ►  Multi-seeded pellets are

quick and easy to sow ►  Assures uniformly full pots ►  Finish most varieties in

6 – 8 weeks from sowing ►  Can direct sow into final pot

•  1 MPLT/pot for up to a 4” pot

►  Be creative with container options for windowsills and patios

Profusion Cherry

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