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Coming Soon:
By Tracey Gorrell, Marketing Communications Lead planning, we feature new, unique and top-selling selections from
other leading breeders including Proven Winners, Dümmen Orange,
Several events ring in the new growing season each year. For Sakata, Suntory and more.
some, it’s the California Spring Trials or the Cultivate trade show
in Columbus, Ohio. Of course, the Griffin Expos are on that list. While you can certainly find all of these varieties in the breeders’
Another highly anticipated tradition: The arrival of our new Seed & catalogs, ours comes with two specific advantages. The first is the
Plant catalog! convenience of having them together in one place. The second is
apples-to-apples comparison: Our listings include consistent data
The Griffin 2017 Seed & Plant catalog debuts this month, and it’s and formatting for crop timing, vigor, plant height and width. Sizing
loaded with everything you need to build your best plant programs. up series across multiple breeders is easy!
Where’s the new stuff? But wait—there’s more!
Let’s cut to the chase: The first thing everyone wants to know is, Our digital catalog includes all of the product information and
what’s new for next year? Quite a bit; the breeding companies images shown in our print edition, and then some. Access digital-
have been busy! Our 2017 catalog features more than 280 new only extras including quick reference guides, production how-tos
introductions, to be specific. and other tools to help you produce your best crops.
We make it easy for you to get to the good stuff: Every brand-new The 2017 Griffin Seed & Plant catalog debuts this month. Contact
series and variety in our catalog is listed on pages 9-10, organized by your Griffin sales representative, or visit us at a trade show or the
category—seed annuals, perennials, grasses, fruits and vegetables, Griffin Expos to pick up a copy. Current Griffin seed customers
followed by vegetative annuals and perennials. will receive our new catalog by mail, along with seed pricing for
the 2016-17 season. The digital edition will be available soon at
Sow something Altogether. Better. www.griffins.com.
Our 2017 catalog is a testament to our commitment to the seed
business. Our state-of-the-art seed operations facility houses more If you’re currently a customer of our live-goods business, thank
than 3,300 variety/product-form combinations, and our catalog is you for choosing us. If you’re not, consider giving us a try for your
an A-Z guide to virtually all of them. next seed, cutting or young-plant program. We’d welcome the
opportunity to serve you!
Within its pages, you’ll find detailed descriptions, height and flower
size, days to first flower (or fruit) from sowing, and available product
forms. Color photos are included for many varieties, along with
component listings for seed mixes. To help you choose the right
series for the right program, we offer positioning charts for popular
crops like geranium, pentas and zinnia.
Looking for something particular and want to know if we carry it? A
quick check of the index in the back of your Griffin catalog connects
you with every crop class and series in our seed assortment.
Vegetative apples-to-apples
Our 2017 catalog is a terrific resource for vegetative programs,
too. Look no further for Syngenta Flowers’ complete portfolio of
vegetative annuals—they’re all here. To round out your program
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