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Hines Growers: Tripping the Light Bloomtastic!
Hines Growers shares their vision for a garden of Bloomtastic! plants with two new introductions: Lavender Veil Butterfly Bush and Amazon Queen Hibiscus. Unlike standard Buddleias, ‘Lavender Veil’ is a compact grower, growing very low to the ground, reaching 1.5’ tall and no more than 3’ wide. Bearing abundant flowers, the continuous fragrant flushes of lavender blooms with white eyes thrill throughout the summer. Bahama Bay ™ ‘Amazon Queen’ reveals huge 6-7” ruffled coppery-orange blooms swirling with white veins. Her captivating multi-colored blooms in deep orangey-red tones match Pantones’ color-of-the-year Tangerine Tango! With dark, contrasting foliage and her hot colors, it’s easy to add tropical flair to patios, poolside, decks and trellises. Average winter temperature should be 55 degrees and should not be allowed to go below freezing.
Meet the Cast
David Hernandez
David Hernandez is general manager of Hines Growers’ Fallbrook facility and director of new products.
His 30 years of management experience with Hines includes nursery business knowledge, plant program development, process improvement, color operations, and creating a nationwide distribution system to retailers. He also coordinated the expansion of facilities, managed greenhouses and expanded the propagation of key new varieties. From his start as propagation manager to general manager, Hernandez says he never tires of the thrill of bringing exciting new plants to market.
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Joe Gray
Joe Gray is the Senior Vice President for Hines Growers LLC. Gray holds a B.S. degree in horticulture botany from the University of Maryland and has over 25 years of nursery leadership in sales and operations, new product management, strategic planning and implementation. Joe’s shares the company’s vision to strengthen customer relationships by producing and shipping high value products and providing quality services.
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Bill Allen
Bill Allen is the Northeast Sales Consultant for Hines Growers LLC, a position he’s held since the mid-nineties. After graduating with a degree in Environmental Studies, Bill worked with a Maryland environmental consulting firm and Homestead Gardens, and owned a landscape contract business in Vermont. Bill has a passion for plants and the outdoors in his home state of Vermont.
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Company Info
 Grow your business with quality color and plants selected for regional and national garden performance!
Hines Growers is a leading operator of commercial nurseries in North America, producing the broadest assortment of container grown plants in the industry. The company introduces and sells its nursery products primarily to the retail segment which includes premium independent garden centers, leading home centers, and mass merchandisers. Phone: 949-559-4444
Episode Directory
Garden Idol 2012
Meet the Judges
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Your host, Lloyd Traven, introduces this season's irreverent panel of expert judges. Get ready for their no-holds-barred, expert opinions on how this year's new plant introductions will perform in the landscape, in your greenhouse or nursery, and in your garden center.
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Garden Idol 2012 Conard-Pyle
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Popcorn, introduces cream to yellow flowers to the Drift series, a knee-high version of the Knock-Out rose with excellent cold hardiness and disease resistance.
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Sunshine Daydream is the first ever AARS winner from the "no spray" trials, with large, double, buttercream flowers.
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Garden Idol 2012 Monrovia
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An exciting discovery, this attractive sport of Little Rascal® Holly is a more upright grower, still having a dense, rounded form. Shiny dark green foliage takes on attractive purple-burgundy tone in fall and winter.
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Garden Idol 2012 Bailey Nurseries
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Add totally awesome color to your garden with First Editions® Sapphire Surf™ Bluebeard. This compact, low-maintenance shrub features an ocean of deep blue flowers from late summer through early fall.
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This amazing new Physocarpus is fit for a queen with fabulous foliage in orange, yellow and gold tones. In fall, the foliage transforms to regal red and royal purple.
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Garden Idol 2012 Hines Growers
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Hines brings two Bloomtastic! new introductions: Lavender Veil Butterfly Bush and Amazon Queen Bahama Bay Hibiscus.
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Garden Idol 2012 Plant Development Services Inc.
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Plant Development Services offers two new introductions from the Southern Living Collection, bright red, Majesty Shrub Rose and Autumn Sunburst, a new addition to the Encore Azalea series.
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Garden Idol 2012 Hort Couture
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Fiery Hells Bells Petunia and wavy Under the Sea Coleus headline Hort Couture's 2012 introductions.
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Garden Idol 2012
The Finalists
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Which of our 11 hot new introductions will be Garden Idol 2012? Your votes decide.
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Garden Idol 2012
And the Winner Is...?
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The winner of Garden Idol 2012 is revealed. Your votes have been counted, and the winner is...
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Vote Now!
Hines Growers: Building Relationships
Whether you want a summer fling with great color or your ready to a long-term commitment, Hines has a solution for your customers' gardens.
The votes are in.....
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Summer Lovin' Tropicals
My customers clamor for hot color all summer long - like Bahama Bay™ Hibiscus. They're ready to say goodbye when fall frosts arrive.
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In It for the Long Haul
My shoppers are ready to commit and want their plants to last. They want great color - like Buddleia 'Lavender Veil' PPAF - to come back year after year after year.
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Resources
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Hines Growers introduces a long-blooming, cascading Butterfly Bush to their Bloomtastic!™
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A fiery new introduction to the Bahama Bay™ Hibiscus series from Hines Growers.
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Publishing Team
Project and Editorial Design: Jonathan Bardzik, ANLA
Visual and Video created by Fresh Brew Studios
Steve Kendall, Producer
Josh Miller, Producer
Graphic Design created by The Design Works
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