<p>Price winner at IPM Essen (Germany)</p>

At the IPM in Essen (Germany), Heinrich Hiep, President of Landesverband Gartenbau Rheinland ("Rhineland Federal State Horticultural Association"), honoured exceptional and promising plant innovations. The exhibitors had submitted 53 registrations to Zentralverband Gartenbau and the prizes were conferred in nine categories.

The brilIiantly white Arabis hybride "Alabaster" (Kientzler) received the mark of distinction in the Spring-Flowering Plants category. The three-coloured Verbena hybride Lanai® "Twister Red" (Syngenta Seeds/see photo) was honoured as the most attractive Bedding and Balcony Plant. In the case of the Flowering House Plants, the jury was convinced by the compact Senecio cineraria Red Fox "Todaisy" (Dümmen). The Irish red-leaved and hardy new breed Primula hybride "Claddagh" (Fitzgerald nurseries) received the mark of distinction in the Perennial Plants category.

As far as the Woody Plants were concerned, the red beech in a bonsai format "Asterix" (Stöckmann) was distinguished as the IPM Innovation 2013. The experts decided in favour of the Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus russellianus) "Rosanne Green" (Sakata) as the outstanding Cut Flower. In the Tub Plants category, the Mahonia eurybracteata "Soft Caress" (van Son & Koot) is the innovation of the year. For the first time, a prize was offered in the Nibbling Fruit and Nibbling Vegetables category. This was conferred upon the cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idea "Red candy" (van Son & Koot). A special prize was awarded to the Magnolia hybride "Cleopatra" (Plantipp) - in the opinion of the jury, an eye-catcher in the spring garden thanks to its flower colour and its growth.

Source: IPM

Price winner at IPM Essen (Germany)

RED FOX Todaisy At the IPM in Essen (Germany), Heinrich Hiep, President of Landesverband Gartenbau Rheinland ("Rhineland Federal State Horticultural Association"), honoured exceptional and promising plant innovations. The exhibitors had submitted 53 registrations to Zentralverband Gartenbau and the prizes were conferred in nine categories. The brilIiantly white Arabis hybride "Alabaster" (Kientzler) received the mark of distinction in the Spring-Flowering Plants category. The three-coloured Verbena hybride Lanai® "Twister Red" (Syngenta Seeds/see photo) was honoured as the most attractive Bedding and Balcony Plant. In the case of the Flowering House Plants, the jury was convinced by the compact Senecio cineraria Red Fox "Todaisy" (Dümmen). The Irish red-leaved and hardy new breed Primula hybride "Claddagh" (Fitzgerald nurseries) received the mark of distinction in the Perennial Plants category. As far as the Woody Plants were concerned, the red beech in a bonsai format "Asterix" (Stöckmann) was distinguished as the IPM Innovation 2013. The experts decided in favour of the Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus russellianus) "Rosanne Green" (Sakata) as the outstanding Cut Flower. In the Tub Plants category, the Mahonia eurybracteata "Soft Caress" (van Son & Koot) is the innovation of the year. For the first time, a prize was offered in the Nibbling Fruit and Nibbling Vegetables category. This was conferred upon the cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idea "Red candy" (van Son & Koot). A special prize was awarded to the Magnolia hybride "Cleopatra" (Plantipp) - in the opinion of the jury, an eye-catcher in the spring garden thanks to its flower colour and its growth. Source: IPM