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"Battery Crops" are grown with minimum night temperatures (26 to 35°F) and utilize the natural warm-up energy of the day. Plants stockpile more energy and strengthen the overall structure.
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Ball FloraPlant at a glance
- 1990 Ball FloraPlant is launched to develop new vegetative crops and distribute them exclusively through Ball Seed.
- 1991 Ball FloraPlant debuts the first fully dedicated vegetative breeding location for bedding and specialty annual plants in the U.S. at Arroyo Grande, California, with a 1-acre greenhouse and field trial location.
- 1991 Pilot production is moved to full-scale production at Linda Vista in Costa Rica and Natural Flowers in Mexico. The standard of pre-cleaned geranium cuttings is introduced and becomes the backbone for our patented Ball Certified Plants® program of clean, healthy cuttings.
- 1993 Linda Vista establishes a new farm for Ball FloraPlant and by 1995 includes more than 25 acres of production.
- 1993 Designer – the first-ever series of matched landscape geraniums – is introduced and ranks as the top choice of growers 17 years later!
- 1995 Fiesta becomes the “must-have” double impatiens, with more branching and many more flowers.
- 1996 Galleria, the world’s first trailing zonal geranium, is introduced.
- 1998 Colorcade and Fantasia geraniums debut at California Pack Trials.
- 1999 AngelMist is brought to market as the first certified clean source of angelonia. Ball FloraPlant Guatemala (now Floricultura SA) is established as our third major vegetative production farm in Central America, to supply North America and other international customers.
- 2000 Growers meet Fanfare, the first sun-tolerant spreading impatiens.
- 2004 Allure geraniums and Serenity osteospermum are introduced.
- 2006 Our 1 billionth cutting is harvested and shipped! The same year, Cabaret calibrachoa and Mystic Spires Blue salvia are launched.
- 2008 Henna kicks off our premium coleus collection and takes “leafy” to a whole new level.
- 2009 Euphorbia takes an exciting twist with the introduction of Breathless Blush, the first of its type with red-flushed leaves and pink-flushed flowers.
- 2010 The curtain rises on Black Velvet – the world’s only black petunia.
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