2022 CAST preview: Green Fuse Botanicals

Notable new varieties to be introduced at CAST 2022 by Green Fuse Botanicals:

An all-new addition to the Green Fuse Lifestyle collection, Begonia Citizen Cane Pink will absolutely demand retail attention.  Its crisp dark foliage with clean white polka dots lends well to foliage programs.  It will also maintain massive strings of deep pink blossoms with strong fragrance all growing season. Tight internodes and strong stems allow for worry-free shipping.

Extremely unique color patterns burst from this all new Calibrachoa Cruze Control Pink Flair. The series’ tight habit has made it a grower favorite. Its day length neutrality allows for sales as soon as the season allows. Strong color patterns will be a retail hit and an easy impulse sale!

A breeding breakthrough allows the all-new Tradescantia Pistachio White to maintain heavy white variegation while still supporting vigorous growth. It’s an excellent selection for monoculture in quarts through hanging baskets, as well an eye-popping combination item. Year-round sales are simple as a spring or foliage item.

A classic houseplant has all new life with Streptocarpus Ladyslippers Azure. Not only great timing for Pantone’s color of the year, Azure delights homeowners with dozens of blooms every day of the year. Extremely simple culture virtually guarantees grower and consumer success!

A truly unique breeding selection will enter the Dianthus Constant Cadence series next season. Potpourri offers a multitude of color as the flowers open a deep fuchsia and fade to a bright rose. Many flowers are even half and half in this extremely stable selection.  While Zone 4 hardy, Potpourri also makes a beautiful potted plant crop!

A complete reinvention of the “crazy daisy” type of shasta, Leucanthemum Whisker White is completely day length neutral and requires zero cooling hours to bloom. This is scheduling ease for all growers.  Its massive 5-to-6-inch flowers will continue in the garden all growing season.

An all-new selection to the wildly popular Lupinus Staircase series will explode onto the market next season. This bicolor Staircase promotes rose and yellow shades, clearly living up to its name. Like all Staircase, Pink Grapefruit blooms via temperature and not cooling or daylength. It is ready to show off any time of year!

• Stop location: 8220 Stockton Road, Somis, CA 93066
• Dates: March 30 - April 3 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.