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Danziger & Benary Sunday April 6th 2014

Galen Dokter Heather Hydoski Andrew Konicki

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Headstart/Danzinger

• Well laid out displays- New selections separated from existing lines

• Very nicely grown display samples

• Helpful, informative guide and staff

• Great education on the Danzinger breeding and how to position them in the market

• Great education on the Headstart programs and how to offer them to customers

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Headstart/Danzinger- Impressions

• Headstart-► Unique Cyclamen

• Hirari Double• Rocolina

► Programs• Veggies• Cut Flowers• 200-cell vegetative

• Danzinger► Comprehensive line of offerings► Reliable and innovative breeding► Position in market against proprietary competition

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Headstart/Danzinger-New Introductions

Osteospermum Ostica Meringue

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Headstart/Dazinger- Top Five Items

• Ray Petunias► Day length Neutral► 15 colors in series► Mounding habit► Good for tight 4in production, container & basket component

• Bacopa Scopia► Excellent breeding► Largest Flowers► 21 colors in series► 4in, baskets, containers

• Sunharmony Impatiens► More compact than the competition► Easier to manage► Alternate supplier

• Argyranthemum Angelica► Well matched series-timing► 10 colors in series► Yellow is compact and times with other colors

• Headstart Cyclamen► 200 cell program► Noveties Hirari Double & Rocolina

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Headstart/Danzinger- Advantages

• Headstart► 200 cell vegetative program- Show to

finish as quickly as a 72► Large vegetable transplant offering► Excellent customer service

• Danzinger► Large offering of annuals and

perennials that can ship together► Good breeding► Supply benefits

Trial showing plants growing from 200, 128 & 72 trays. 200 as nice as 72s

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Benary

• Product displayed by Genus and Series in a linear layout

• Plants looked nice, a few new items worth noting.

• Great introduction as to Benary’s direction and some insight into future breeding.

• Just a few perennials on display. Focus on annuals.

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Benary - Impressions

• Product Highlights► Pansy/Viola

• Pansy Inspire Line• New XL Pansy breeding next year• New Viola Admire Series

► Big Begonias• Featured in Landscapes around the

world including the Whitehouse• Great uniformity and unmatched by

any other series on the market► Petunias

• New Success Series• Bred by the breeder of Ramblin’• Competing with Wave

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Benary - New Introductions

Pentas Graffiti Red Velvet Petunia Success! series

Begonia Big Pink Green Leaf Viola Admire Series

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Benary- Top Five Items

• Begonia Santa Cruz► Boliviensis from seed► 1 color for now► Good for HB and smaller 4” production► Future Breeding hinted as more colors and double flowers in a few

years• Begonia Big Series

► Featured in many landscapes around the US and World (Whitehouse)► Large landscape Begonia► Bronze and Greeleaf varieties► Large 3” flowers

• Begonia Nonstop► Full Dark Leaf ‘Mocca’ line► Continue to improve colors and breeding► Everyone knows the Nonstop name

• Pentas Graffiti Series► Well matched series-Habit/timing► New Bright Red to replace Red Lace when seed sold out► Bright red looked a little more compact

• FasttraX perennials► First year blooming quick finish perennial program► Save Money, Time, and Space vs Fall planting/Vernalized