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Colorful SunPatiens Hybrid: Something new under the sun

From The Sun - San Bernardino County ::

By Joshua Siskin

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Success With SunPatiens

From GPN ::

SunPatiens are growing in market visibility due to several enhancements over traditional New Guineas Impatiens:

They have a faster production schedule.
They can be grown cooler.
Their landscape performance in both sun and heat is very good.

SunPatiens are a relatively easy crop to grow; however, like all crops, they do have a few nuances that are important to understand in order to have consistent success.

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Sakata Achieves NAKT Certification

From greenhousegrower.com ::

Sakata Ornamentals recently earned Naktuinbouw Elite certification (NAKT) from the Netherlands Inspection Service for horticulture.

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Crop Culture Report: Impatiens SunPatiens® Series

From Greenhouse Product News :: Issue: January 2010

These impatiens perform brilliantly in full sun and heat, giving growers, landscapers, retailers and consumers plenty of reasons to be excited about this series.

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As the supply chain for genetics becomes more consolidated and vertically integrated, just a few independent breeders are left with a global reach. Sakata’s Ron Cramer shares where independents fit in strategically.

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Press Releases

Sakata Home Grown Introduces Expanded Selection and New Catalog

Morgan Hill, CA, March 2012 -- Sakata Home Grown is pleased to announce an expanded selection that now features more than 150 vegetable varieties in 33 crop classes covering all seasons – cool, warm and hot. Varieties in the expanded Home Grown lineup were carefully selected to be easy to grow, healthy and beautiful for home gardens of any size – from a few pots on the patio to a few acres behind the barn.

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SunPatiens®--Filling the Gap Downy Mildew Leaves Behind

Morgan Hill, California—March 24, 2012--Growers in North America are now aware of how downy mildew (Plasmopara obducens) has devastated the Impatiens walleriana crop throughout Europe. In many locations both seed and vegetative varieties have been entirely wiped out within a very short period of time. Reports of downy mildew in and around the Gulf States and upper Midwest have sparked concern with North American growers as well over the potential for negative impact and lost sales.

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Announcing New Packaging Materials and P.O.P. To Support a Winning Genetic

Morgan Hill, California—March 23, 2012--SunPatiens® is continuing to make an impression with gardeners across North America. Its ability to beautify in strong heat and humidity, in the shade or in the sun, is bringing attention to this unique genetic variety from Sakata.

Growers are impressed with how quickly SunPatiens are to root, and how they can be grown in a cooler environment with no PGR’s. Now it’s time to help support retailers who will feature SunPatiens on their retail benches this spring—with eye-catching plant tags, die-cut elevator and hanging basket tags and three sizes of branded containers.

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Refocus of our Majestic Giants II Line

Complexity has no place in today’s fast-paced, competitive market. That’s why Sakata Ornamentals is pleased to introduce a streamlined pansy portfolio which clearly consolidates Sakata’s many pansy choices into a complete, efficient, and simplified offering.

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Refinement of our Festival Gerbera line

Sakata Ornamentals wants to make things simpler in today’s complicated marketplace. For that reason we are proud to introduce Festival Simplified—a collection of 10 popular colors that have been selected for their overall uniformity and their consistent production requirements.

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