Seminis Peppers and squash

‘Bossa Nova Emerald fire Flaming FlareA delicious, award-winning trifecta of brands

Catalog pages 240-241

Pan American Seed HandPicked varieties

Go CUKE CRAZY with NEW Gherking Pickling and NEW Martini Slicing Cucumbers, part of the fi rst-of-its-kindHandPicked Collection. This novel group of vegetables and herbs offers home-grown flavor, exceptional fruit quality, earlier and longer harvests, and options for smaller growing spaces. Both fresh market farmers and hobby gardeners will love these high-quality, easy-growing varieties. Catalog page 234

Raker/Roberta Annual/Perennial/vegetable plugs and liners

Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants is the leading wholesaler of custom grown plugs and liners in North America. Through both seed and vegetative propagation, Raker-Roberta’s supplies over 3,000 plant varieties to greenhouses and nurseries around the planet.

Catalog page 234

ROD’S RECOMMENDEDSeptember 2018

Optimara Pilea/Ferns/Violets‘With the widest selection of full-blooming varieties, Optimara continues to advance the industry with new plant varieties and innovative growing techniques, constantly refined over years of research and development. We create new, exciting plants and care products which are trend-setting and truly functional. Our effort is to continue offering customers a unique selection of flowers in a beautiful product line.

Ohp Fungicides

Fight off Phytophthora root and crown rot with these great products:

• Terrazole® L • Areca® • Segway® O

Catalog page 293

Patchwork Benary+Plus varieties

Patchwork and Benary have teamed up to bring you Benary+ rooted liners. These liners are priced for you to purchase without breaking the bank. Offering an assortment of colors and variety to catch the eye of potential customers.

Colorful Standouts:• Thunbergia Sunny Susy• Petunia Tumbelina Bella• Fuchsita Special Magenta Purple• Buddeleja Summer Bird White

ROD’S RECOMMENDEDSeptember 2018

Suntory Grandaisy

• Big, bright, beautiful blooms• Full, vigorous plants• Excellent color range• One cutting per gallon pot• Perfect for premium patio pots• Stunning in landscapes• Early through peak spring sales

Catalog Page 54

Lake County Nursery For over 60 years, Lake County NURSERY has been providing quality plant material along with top notch service to garden centers, landscapers, landscape contractors, rewholesalers and municipalities.

Catalog Pages 30-31

Bluelab equipment pH and EC meters

Our product range of pH meters and pH controllers and nutrient meters and controllers, measure parameters such as pH, conductivity and temperature. They’re used worldwide in applications from home-based hydroponics through to the most demanding of commercial food-growing environments.

ROD’S RECOMMENDEDSeptember 2018

ROD’S RECOMMENDEDSeptember 2018

Grimes Garden Leaders Sun & Shade Begonias

Beautiful landscape Begonias that thrive in sun or shade. These selections passed the same full sun and shade requirements that we use to develop our iconic Sun and Shade Impatiens series. Begonia Sun & Shade is a full, 3 color series of large flowered, large green leaf plants. Start from Advance Vigor pelleted seed or from 288 or 144 plugs.

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