2024 California Spring Trials preview: Benary

Check out Benary's offerings at CAST 2024.

2024 California Spring Trials (CAST): 195 Paulsen Road, Watsonville, CA 95076. Register at cast@benary.com to schedule a visit.

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Begonia BIG White Green Leaf Improved: Phenotype perfectly fits the BIG series. Flower timing fits the other varieties. Extraordinary branching. Impressive large flowers. Uniform plant habit. Outstanding field performance. Existing White Green Leaf is still available on demand.

Begonia BIG White Bronze Leaf: First White Bronze Leaf within the interspecific begonia class. Impressive contrast between white flowers and dark leaves. Extraordinary flower power. Very uniform plant habit. Outstanding garden performer. Slightly smaller flowers compared to other BIG varieties.

Lobelia Masterpiece: The first Lobelia hybrid from seed. Well formed, mounding growth. Excellent heat tolerance. Impressive field performance compared to competing varieties from seed. Early flowering with large flowers. Good branching. Perfect for pot and container production. Suitable for landscape applications.

Petunia BOOM! HD Series: A new series. First genetically compact multiflora petunia series from Benary. Excellent weather resistance. Good field performance. Early flowering. Dense growth, plants fill packs and pots quickly. High uniformity in plant habit across the series. Seven colors: White, Salmon, Pink, Burgundy, Rose Star, Red and Blue.

 

Begonia Nonstop Peach Shades, Lemon and Flame: Three new colors in the Begonia Nonstop series. Peach Shades features a bright, warm color addition in pastel shades; large, fully double flowers; uniform plant habit; and earliness fits the series. Lemon features a happy and bright color addition; multiflora type with fully double flowers; early flowering; and excellent flower quality and field performance. Flame features a new color addition next to Fire; a darker flower pattern including more red; vigorous, well-branched plant habit; and early flowering.

Begonia Nonstop Mocca Light Pink Shades: Attractive, romantic color addition. Play of colors in the large double flowers. Eye-catching contrast between bright flowers and dark leaves. Full, round plant habit.

Begonia Nonstop Joy Mocca Rose: Harmonious and romantic color addition. Attractive contrast between bright flowers and dark leaves. Impressive, extra-large double flowers. Semi-trailing, well-branched plant habit.

Limonium Hipster: A new series. First-year flowering. Suitable for pot and container production. Excellent landscape performance. Optimal usage as cut and dried flower for floral arrangements. Intense flower colors. Attracts beneficial insects. Dark, dense growing leaves. Four colors: White, Yellow, Rose and Blue.

Eucalyptus StyX, Murray and Albany: StyX: Large silvery-blue leaves; fast-growing, vigorous plants; extraordinary branching; eye-catching specimen plant; native to southeastern Australia. Murray: Oval-shaped, large green-blue leaves; light menthol scent; perfect for pot and container production; compact plant habit; native to semi-arid and subtropical areas of eastern Australia. Albany: Oval-shaped, large green leaves; mature plants can produce yellow flowers under the required conditions; perfect for pot and container production; suitable for floral arrangements; native to western Australia.

Eucalyptus StyX
Eucalyptus Murray
Eucalyptus Albany

Agastache Zuni: Heat and drought tolerant perennial. Violet flower spikes. Vigorous, bushy plant habit. Perfectly suitable for landscape applications. Attracts beneficial insects. Long flowering season.

Cyperus Abby: First-year flowering grass. Round-shaped plant habit. Decorative spikelets growing from dark green leaves. Great filler in floral arrangements. Tolerates high water levels.

Hordeum Ricky: Attractive structural plant. Green spikelets turning yellow and rose during summer. Perfect for landscape and group plantings. Suitable as dried flower in bouquets.

Lagurus Bunny: Bunny tail grass with fluffy white spikelets. Suitable for pot and container production. Perfect landscape performance. Excellent for dried flower production. Good addition in combinations.

Bouteloua Mozzie: Well-known mosquito grass. Heat and drought tolerant. First-year flowering. Finely textured evergreen grass. Suitable for pot and container production. Excellent landscape performance. Thrives under a wide range of climatic conditions.

To explore more offerings from other growers, check out our full 2024 California Spring Trials coverage.

Check out Benary's past CAST offerings: 

2023 / 2023

2022

2021

2019