California Spring Trials

California Spring Trials returns this year with exciting new varieties and colors for the 2025-26 year.

 a view of the California coastline with a long beach and purple flowers in the foreground

Explore California Spring Trials (CAST) 2025

The latest plants and emerging genetics are found along the California coast in March.

California Spring Trials is now managed by the National Garden Bureau. To register for appointments, click here.

We'll be in California for CAST 2025! Follow along with our live updates from the road.

You can also sign up for coverage directly in your inbox at bit.ly/GardenCenterDaily (from Garden Center) and bit.ly/GMnewsletters (from Greenhouse Management).

 

Participating companies include:

American Takii

Ball Horticultural Company (Ball FloraPlant, Darwin PerennialsMorel, PanAmerican SeedSelecta One)

Beekenkamp

Benary

Benary+

Cohen Propagation Nurseries

Danziger

Dümmen Orange

Green Fuse Botanicals

Hem Genetics

HilverdaFlorist

Hishtil

Jaldety

Kientzler North America

Pacific Plug & Liner

Plant Development Services, Inc.

PlantHaven International

Saad-Assaf Flower Bulbs Nurseries

Sahin

Sakata Ornamentals

Schoneveld Breeding

Suntory Flowers

Syngenta Flowers

ThinkPlants

Westhoff