New Varieties Blogs

It was an amazing turnout at this year’s Ball Seed Customer Days. With temps reaching into the high 80s°F in West Chicago at The Gardens at Ball, we welcomed 1,680 visitors to the event. Guests registered to attend on either July 24 or 25th and the g...

Growers can find the latest from Ball Seed in our catalog featuring all the new 2026 varieties. Available now to North American growers, you’ll see the latest lineup of annuals, perennials and potted plants. Don’t forget we also have a wide variety o...

Find top-performing plants and services for garden centers and landscape clients with our latest brochure. The 2025 edition of the combined Thrive and Flourish brochure provides expert plant advice to landscape growers and garden center businesses.

Find what you’re looking for in every size, shape, color and timing! The 2025 Poinsettias Catalog is available from Selecta One with 50 pages worth of top-selling and on-trend varieties. Also included is a full listing of trial sites for every region...

Explore our latest designs with new varieties in The Gardens at Ball. Not only do we have new varieties, but we’ve also matched them with some trusted varieties that have done very well in the landscape.

Place your orders today! The 2025 Ball Seed New Varieties Catalog is now available. Featuring both vegetative and seed products, we provide our customers with a thorough listing of all the new genetics available to North American growers. And now’s t...

The new 2025-2026 Ball Seed Catalog is now available. You’ll find all the new product highlights and introductions right here. Check out this edition for top new series and varieties that make your success our passion here at Ball Seed.

There's still time to RSVP for Ball Seed Customer Days 2024! Watch the video below (featuring yours truly) to hear all about the new features on display in The Gardens at Ball.

We had a great time at CAST24 this year. It was full of exciting conversations, beautiful plants and wonderful weather up and down the California coastline. Here, our team shares a few of our Top Picks from CAST24 that you’ll sure to be ordering for ...

Time to get your Cyclamen orders ready! In the meantime, here’s some helpful advice for greenhouse growers when planning your cyclamen crop.

Beacon Impatiens continues to stay fresh and relevant in 2024. The brand is building its ongoing outreach to consumer media to drive demand in the marketplace, including announcing its latest annual charitable endeavor. Beacon has collaborated with s...

Introducing the newest varieties in Annuals for 2024. Wondering what varieties will perform the best in your region? We’re here for you. We talked to Ball Seed Marketing Manager Jaime Kedrowski and the Regional Managing Team, asking them for their re...

Think Spring. Time to order Spring Vegetable Plugs to be sure you have the supply you need. To help you get started, we talked to Retail Business Manager for Burpee Tiffany Heater, and Jayson Force, resident vegetable expert and Sr. Business Manager ...

Time to order Spring Geraniums. Since adequate timing is needed for ordering and growing, be sure to get your orders in ASAP. New varieties for 2024 are here and ready!

New for Ball Mums from Ball Seed is a wonderful assortment of colors, even habits and lots of blooms. From the 2023 garden mum trial site at Lou Davino Greenhouses in New Jersey, Ball Seed sales rep Gene Stickley shared several stand-out garden mum i...

Time to place your orders! Find the latest products now with our 2024 Ball Seed New Varieties Brochure. It covers both vegetative and seed items for your upcoming selling season. With everything in one place, you’ll get distinctive plants featuring a...

Cultivate’23 reached record attendance in Columbus, OH, this year.

July 27 and 28 are the days we have all been waiting for ... Ball Seed Customer Days! Included in this annual experience are the raised beds and wood pergola filled with colorful products from PanAmerican Seed. And they're ready to impress guests! Gl...

The industry is familiar with MixMasters and Trixi Combos. Now Ball FloraPlant and Selecta One are launching a way to customize combinations to your own liking. Let’s look at how that works!

Here are some of the new varieties from Ball Ingenuity that you will want to see during your 2023 Customer Days experience.

We’re glad you asked! In this blog, you will get a glimpse of some of the new varieties from Selecta One that will be presented at this year’s Ball Seed Customer Days July 27 and 28.

Ball Seed Customer Days is approaching July 27 & 28, which means new products, blooms and experiences! Ball FloraPlant has some exciting new varieties coming this year ... Let’s take a look!

Explore all of the trending and colorful Calibrachoa options in this latest fold-out brochure from Ball Seed.

Potted plants are still trending. “As much as foliage potted plants have lost some stability in the market, blooming plants seem to stay steady,” said Kelsey Minalga, resident potted plant expert.

Introducing the newest varieties for 2023. Here you’ll find the latest innovative varieties in vegetative and seed that have been trialed and tested for a successful growing season. Check out these top new introductions in Annuals from Ball Seed. (Li...

With Ball Customer Days only a few weeks away, be sure to add Ball Ingenuity to your list when you arrive. They will have some must-see items on display to check out. Ball Ingenuity products will be spread throughout The Gardens at Ball – keep an eye...

The 2023 Ball Seed New Varieties Brochure covers both vegetative and seed new products for your upcoming selling season. Find distinctive plants featuring attractive colors, a variety of textures, and proven performance.

The Kieft Seed perennials team is thrilled to showcase their amazing new lineup, consisting of high-quality perennial breeding from PanAmerican Seed. Kieft Seed is a brand that includes top-notch seed perennials as well as specialty crops, including ...

As one of the world’s leading breeders in the horticulture industry, you know the quality of PanAmerican Seed. Well, get ready to see their newest additions for 2023! Count on PanAmerican Seed to introduce creative, innovative, and appealing varietie...

This year Darwin Perennials is bringing more innovations to our product assortments than ever before. We're coming off a strong Darwin Perennials Day event in June, with the overwintered plants in the zone 5 trials looking amazing.

Do you need something to spice up the garden center next spring? Look no further! Burpee brings the best garden-ready plants to create a flavorful garden that’s uniquely yours. With a fresh, inviting look, the assortment is filled with vegetable plan...

Big color doesn’t always mean big flowers. Some of the most attractive colors and textures for home gardens are found on plants that don’t flower. Others may flower but their true decorative appeal is in their foliage.

Inspire and thrill your garden center and landscape clients with our new brochure!

Our Ball Seed 2021 Customer Days event are over, but The Gardens at Ball are still open for visitors! If you'd like to tour our stunning grounds again, feel free to make an appointment by calling our main switchboard at 630-231-3600. We're open durin...

Are you visiting West Chicago next week? There’s still time to register for one of our three open days to see The Gardens at Bal. This week, we wrap up our blog showcase of new plants on display in our trial gardens with a closer look at our top-qual...

Ball Ingenuity is thrilled to introduce four new additions to its Jurassic collection of Rex Begonias, meeting the needs of customers in four different sizes. The Jurassic lineup for 2021 now includes (from largest to smallest) the Jurassic Megalo, J...

The Kieft Seed perennials team will showcase their latest introductions in The Gardens at Ball. Look for perennial plantings of these newly developed plants when you visit.

What’s the latest from Selecta One? Innovative & New for 2022! This latest catalog features the hottest varieties of annuals, perennials, potted plants, herbs and Trixi® combos. Let’s get started with some highlights:

Find everything you’re looking for in Vegetative and Seed products inside the pages of the Ball Seed New Varieties 2022 Brochure. There are several categories to browse from and build successful programs for your customers: Annuals, Perennials, Potte...

PanAmeircan Seed is excited to share its 2022 launches. New from PanAmerican Seed is Spreading Petunia E3 Easy Wave™, Impatients Beacon® Rose plus new combo ideas, and the HandPicked Vegetables Collection featuring Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Pepper ...

Our Zone 5 overwintered trials in West Chicago, Ill., are bursting with perennials, and we can’t wait for you to see them! Let’s take a closer look at a few new product highlights from Darwin Perennials for the 2022 season.

The Burpee team is thrilled to share their 2022 lineup in advance of Ball Seed Customer Days. Let’s dive into three new products you'll see on-site in West Chicago this Summer: Patio Delight Tomato, Demon Red Hot Pepper and Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucum...

Mark your calendars: We're hosting guests in The Gardens at Ball at the end of July for our Ball Seed Customer Days (July 28-30). We can't wait to welcome you back!

In the latest catalog from Ball FloraPlant, the team calls out its newest varieties and improvements, but more than that they've set their sights on growing better together in 2022. Providing Ball Seed customers with innovative product solutions, rel...

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The Ball Mums team has been hard at work sourcing NEW products for Ball Seed customers. Check out these new intros in the video links below. These top-picks satisfy your main- and late-season opportunities.