Floral

The Ellison International Floriculture Chair Distinguished Lecture Series at Texas A&M University will feature O. Stanley Pohmer, chief executive officer of Pohmer Consulting Group, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minn. …

Village Nurseries, a specialty wholesale grower for landscape professionals and independent garden centers, will sponsor and showcase its proprietary and non-proprietary plants in Booth #841 at the 2013 Landscape Expo, a two-day regional conference and trade show opening here today at the Long Beach Convention Center. …

Past American Floral Endowment (AFE) Trustee David Niklas and wife Zoe Niklas established a memorial tribute honoring David’s parents, Edmund (“Ed” or “Nick”) Robert Niklas and Dorothy (“Dot”) Niklas. Ed died Sept. 16 at age 93, and Dorothy passed away Nov. 20, 2008. …

Oriental Trumpet hybrid lilies have been bred to bring fall colors to the Oriental color palette. OT Hybrids, sometimes called Orienpets, display the best qualities of Orientals with the best qualities of Trumpets. These lilies capture the wonderful reds, oranges, and yellows of fall Trumpet lilies, with the shape and scent of an Oriental. I tracked down Lane to ask him about our OT Hybrid program. …

Approx. 80 participants from 9 countries participated in Fleuroselect's 4th International Home Garden Conference 'Sharing Success in Britain, home of the hobby gardener'. The event took place in Horsley Park, Surrey, U.K. on 25th and 26th of September. Delegates included packet seed wholesalers, vegetable & ornamental breeders and suppliers to the industry. …