The "IPM Innovations 2014" have been decided: In total, seven international new plant breeds received the coveted prizes. Within the framework of the opening ceremony for the International Plant Fair IPM ESSEN, Heinrich Hiep, President of Landesverband Gartenbau Rheinland ("Rhineland State Horticultural Association"), and Jessica Meier, reigning German Flower Fairy, handed the certificates over to the winners.
The Pelargonium grandiflorum "pac Bermuda Pink, Regbepi" from Elsner pac from Dresden was distinguished in the "Bedding and Balcony Plants" category and the Erysimum Hybride "Winter Party" from Kientzler from Gensingen in the "Spring-Flowering Plants" category. Moerheim New Plant from the Netherlands won in the "Flowering House Plants" category with the poinsettia called Euphorbia pulcherrima willd. Ex Klotzsch Princettia ® Pearl and Plantipp also from the Netherlands in the "Tub Plants" category with the Dianella revoluta Coolvista ® (Allyn-Citation). The Kalanchoe Interspecific Hybride Queen® from Knud Jepsen from Denmark was chosen in the "Cut Flowers" category and the Betula pendula "Magical Globe" from Kolster from the Netherlands in the "Woody Plants" category. The expert jury honoured the Basil Tree from Global Plant from Israel with a special prize.
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