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Danziger & Benary Sunday April 6 th 2014. Galen Dokter Heather Hydoski Andrew Konicki. Headstart / Danzinger. Well laid out displays- New selections separated from existing lines Very nicely grown display samples Helpful, informative guide and staff
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Danziger & Benary Sunday April 6th 2014 Galen Dokter Heather Hydoski Andrew Konicki
Headstart/Danzinger • Well laid out displays- New selections separated from existing lines • Very nicely grown display samples • Helpful, informative guide and staff • Great education on the Danzinger breeding and how to position them in the market • Great education on the Headstart programs and how to offer them to customers
Headstart/Danzinger- Impressions • Headstart- • Unique Cyclamen • Hirari Double • Rocolina • Programs • Veggies • Cut Flowers • 200-cell vegetative • Danzinger • Comprehensive line of offerings • Reliable and innovative breeding • Position in market against proprietary competition
Headstart/Danzinger-New Introductions OsteospermumOstica Meringue
Headstart/Dazinger- Top Five Items • Ray Petunias • Day length Neutral • 15 colors in series • Mounding habit • Good for tight 4in production, container & basket component • BacopaScopia • Excellent breeding • Largest Flowers • 21 colors in series • 4in, baskets, containers • Sunharmony Impatiens • More compact than the competition • Easier to manage • Alternate supplier • Argyranthemum Angelica • Well matched series-timing • 10 colors in series • Yellow is compact and times with other colors • Headstart Cyclamen • 200 cell program • NovetiesHirari Double & Rocolina
Headstart/Danzinger- Advantages • Headstart • 200 cell vegetative program- Show to finish as quickly as a 72 • Large vegetable transplant offering • Excellent customer service • Danzinger • Large offering of annuals and perennials that can ship together • Good breeding • Supply benefits Trial showing plants growing from 200, 128 & 72 trays. 200 as nice as 72s
Benary • Product displayed by Genus and Series in a linear layout • Plants looked nice, a few new items worth noting. • Great introduction as to Benary’s direction and some insight into future breeding. • Just a few perennials on display. Focus on annuals.
Benary - Impressions • Product Highlights • Pansy/Viola • Pansy Inspire Line • New XL Pansy breeding next year • New Viola Admire Series • Big Begonias • Featured in Landscapes around the world including the Whitehouse • Great uniformity and unmatched by any other series on the market • Petunias • New Success Series • Bred by the breeder of Ramblin’ • Competing with Wave
Benary - New Introductions Pentas Graffiti Red Velvet Petunia Success! series Viola Admire Series Begonia Big Pink Green Leaf
Benary- Top Five Items • Begonia Santa Cruz • Boliviensis from seed • 1 color for now • Good for HB and smaller 4” production • Future Breeding hinted as more colors and double flowers in a few years • Begonia Big Series • Featured in many landscapes around the US and World (Whitehouse) • Large landscape Begonia • Bronze and Greeleaf varieties • Large 3” flowers • Begonia Nonstop • Full Dark Leaf ‘Mocca’ line • Continue to improve colors and breeding • Everyone knows the Nonstop name • Pentas Graffiti Series • Well matched series-Habit/timing • New Bright Red to replace Red Lace when seed sold out • Bright red looked a little more compact • FasttraX perennials • First year blooming quick finish perennial program • Save Money, Time, and Space vs Fall planting/Vernalized