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The quality of Taiwan's orchids earned a gold medal in the Great Pavilion Award at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show in London Tuesday, the second consecutive year in which the country has received the honor. …

Upon its return to Europe from Miami, FL, where the latest Annual General Meeting of the association took place, CIOPORA draws a balance of the productive and intensive work & fun week in Miami. …

McConkey Company has acquired the rPET manufacturing capabilities of Kentucky-based Five Boro Plastics, Inc. The acquisition enables McConkey to increase their product offerings of rEarth™ containers made from recycled water bottles. This expansion of McConkey’s rPET capabilities will make McConkey the leading horticultural rPET manufacturer in North America. Five Boro will maintain their recycling and regrind operations. …

The OFA Short Course trade show has been named the 150th largest trade show by the annual edition of Trade Show News Network. The largest horticulture event for garden center retailers, greenhouse and nursery growers, landscapers, florists, and interior plantscapers, the show debuted on the list six years ago at #194. …

One of the best performing new plants the past two gardening seasons has been this incredibly vigorous Geum. A genus not often used here in gardens (I don’t have any idea why), this selection was given to us by Skagit Gardens who asks us to evaluate its performance. …