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The following Websites may be of help when choosing products from Highsun
Express Plugs and Seeds.
Some of the websites below have very detailed
sites displaying actual colours available in each
variety and helpful growing information.
Other sites are not so detailed but provide some
good information. Please
note that Highsun does not distribute each and every one
of the varieties from all the breeders below, please see
our catalogue for further information.
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http://www.benary.com/
An
established breeder with many products, some of their
products include Vinca First Kiss, Pentas New Look,
Rudbeckia and Melampodium. |
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http://www.bodger.com
Site of
Bodger Seeds Ltd - with a contact link to receive
information on their products |
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http://www.combifleur.com/
Supply
Cut flower varieties predominantly but also supplying
some other products. |
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http://www.daehnfeldt.net/
Daehnfeldt
is an international breeder of varieties such as
Festival Gerberas and Fortune Tuberous Begonias. Their site has pictures, trial notes and growing guides for
these and many other varieties. |
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http://www.ex-plant.com/
Breeder
of Cineraria and Execum. |
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http://www.farmen.com
Farmen
is an Italian company that supplies Pansies, Primulas,
Petunias and Salvia to name a few |
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http://www.floranova.co.uk
Another
detailed site with information on Prism and Horizon
Petunias; Angel and Velour Violas; Sizzler and Victoria,
Rhea etc Salvias, Patio capsicums such as Apache and
Cheyenne etc.
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http://www.gerbera.com/flash/portal.html
Florist
De Kwakel B.V. has worked in the field of Gerbera,
specializing in the selection, breeding and
multiplication of Gerbera plants for cutflowers and
potplants and is also active in the selection, breeding
and propagation of Anthurium young plants for cut
flowers and pot plants.
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http://www.global-flowers.com
Supplier of capsicum -
ornamental peppers, lisianthus cut flower and potted
varieties, gerberas, primulas, lavender
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www.goldsmithseeds.com
Site of
Goldsmith Seeds c such as Gazania Kiss, Accent Impatiens,
Maverick Geraniums, Lizzy Lisianthus and many more,
including both pictures and cultural information. |
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www.goldsmithplants.com
Site of
Goldsmith Vegetative Plants with very comprehensive information on
products such as Angelonia Carita, Calibrachoa Callie,
Impatiens Firefly, Petunia Whispers, Verbena Lanai and
Rapunzel and many more,
including both pictures and cultural information. |
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www.hemgenetics.com/
Site of
Hemgentics seed suppliers - the company objective is
breeding and development of new varieties F1 hybrids of
bedding- and pot plants, from both seed and vegetative
material, destined for the professional grower market. |
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http://www.kieftseeds.com/
Many
perennial type products. |
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http://www.sahin.nl/
Innovative
breeder with some interesting lines. |
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http://www.sakata.com/
This
well known Japanese breeder has detailed information on
both Cut Flower varieties as well as Potted/Bedding
lines, i.e. Dynamite Pansies; Eagle and Merlin Petunias;
Cut Flower Lisianthus varieties such as Aurora, Rosita,
Mariachi and Echo, Matsomoto Asters, and many more.
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www.schoneveld.nl
Photos
and information from the Breeder of varieties such as
Twilly Touch Me Primula Obconicas and the Super Series
Cyclamen |
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www.takii.com
American Takii's website
features new, unique, novel and choice series of Flower
Varieties with very comprehensive information on
all their products. |
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Industry Organisations |
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http://www.beddingplants.com.au/
Bedding
Plants Australia is an Industry association providing
information on various bedding plant / seedling
varieties. |
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http://www.ngia.com.au/
Nursery
and Garden Industry of Australia |
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http://www.ngiq.asn.au/home.asp
Nursery
and Garden Industry of Queensland |
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http://www.aih.au.com/
Australian
Institute of Horticulture is an association for
professional horticulturalists and this is their home
site. |
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http://www.horticulture.com.au/
Horticulture
Australia is the result of the merger between Australian
Horticultural Corporation and the Horticultural Research
and Development Corporation.
Aimed at Horticultural marketing and research
with strong links to the nursery industry, see where
your nursery levy money is being spent! |
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http://www.flowersvic.com.au/
Flowers
Victoria, site for Cut Flower growers in Australia. |
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http://www.flowersqueensland.asn.au/
The
home of the very active Queensland Cut Flower Growers
association.
Some of this site is under construction but the
information that is currently available is very useful. |
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http://www.united-nurseries.com.au
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General
Information
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http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/growsearch/default.html
Grow Search is an
initiative by the Queensland Department of Primary
Industries and provides a database of over 18,000
horticulture articles available for a small joining fee.
This entitles you to searches and regular updates
on many topics, very comprehensive and economical way of
finding that certain piece of information.
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http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/
As
you all know Fire Ants are a very serious threat and we
here at Highsun have been very active in making sure
that you don’t have to worry about them.
The above site is hosted by Queensland Government
and gives some details about the situation.
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http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod21/master21.html
This
online database provides good, practical information on
commercial bedding plant production, provided by the
Michigan State University in the United States. |
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http://www.digthis.com.au/
This is
an Australian online retail garden centre. It features a
growing shopping catalogue of over 10,000 plants and
products; a monthly online magazine; listings of garden
societies, events and gardening service providers so
that you can search for the one closest to you. Plus
there is a Q&A advice service, design hints and
tips, weekly specials, plus more! |
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http://www.ipps.org/
International
Plant propagators society, this site has many useful
international links |
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http://cipm.ncsu.edu/agvl/
Comprehensive
listing of all sorts of horticultural information, worth
exploring. |
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http://www.bom.gov.au/
Great
site with everything about: Weather & Flood
Information (Warnings, Forecasts, Charts, Observations,
Satellite Images); News; Inside the Bureau; Learn about
Meteorology (Brochures, Library, Pictures). |
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http://www.ballbookshelf.com/ViewContents.asp
Listing
of many horticultural books available from Ball
Publishing. |
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http://www.pi.csiro.au/
CSIRO
Plant Industry site that caters for many industries. |
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http://www.growertalks.com/
Link
to the well established Horticulture Magazine published
in the United States. |
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http://www.flowerweb.com/
Interesting
site for cut flower news (mostly European).
The site includes a searchable flowerbase where
you can use botanical names to bring up photographs of
flowers and their common names in European languages. |
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http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/floriculture/
Comprehensive
site for information on various aspects of greenhouse
production of bedding plants and commercial flower
growing from North Carolina State University in the
United States. |
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http://www.affa.gov.au/
Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry Australia site with information
on the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994 |
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http://www.myagronomist.com/
A site
dedicated to the Australian Nursery and Turf Industry
with regular updated articles on informative topics. |
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http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/
What
insect is that? This
site is a comprehensive guide to Australian Insects,
categorised by both common names and scientific names.
Images are available for some of the insects
listed and they are gradually increasing the number of
images by requesting input from the public. |
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