Different cultures , unlike sense of taste . It conk out for many coinage , and for faggot in particular . Once again , this was turn up at the Pansy & Viola Trials that were admit this week at PanAmerican Seed ® . Two time a yr this stock breeder and producer of F1 and open - pollinate flower seed comes together with their clients and growers from all over Europe and the UK to discuss the exist , new and succeeding varieties of their salmagundi . Colours , plant habits and timing are thoroughly discourse , critique and compared with the competitor mixture in the grocery . Today is the last 24-hour interval of the Pansy Trials at their localization in Venhuizen , the Netherlands .
Jeroen Star and Denise van Kampen
SeriesPanAmerican Seed has multiple Pansy & Viola serial publication , include Cool Wave ® , Sorbet ® XP , Sorbet ® , Frizzle Sizzle , Frizzle Sizzle Mini and the late add-on , Quicktime ™ . Cool Wave ( large flowering trail Milquetoast ) and Sorbet XP and Sorbet ( small flowering pansy ) are their most of import serial in Europe . Frizzle Sizzle ( large blossom ) and Frizzle Sizzle Mini ( lowly flowered ) both have fringed bloom and are more a corner product for client that want to lend something especial to the assortment .
Pansy Cool Wave Raspberry Swirl
Viola Quicktime is their new series . It was introduced two age ago , and especial about the mixture in the series is the brusque cultivation period . " Usually , pansies need to be seeded in September / October to be ready terminal February / early March " , explain Jeroen Star , Sales Manager Europe at PanAmerican Seed . " Now , with Quicktime , we ’ve experience that growers in sure conditions can even set about sow in in November and have a saleable plant end February / other March . It is idealistic for agriculturalist focus on winter output ( like poinsettias ) and usually have no plants in the greenhouse until the annual and perennial season will start . " presently , the Quicktime salmagundi consists of 8 colours , include fresh Blue and Yellow Blotch .
Besides these series , PanAmerican Seed also has a orotund flowered serial , named Matrix , that is exclusive to certain young plant agriculturalist . They distribute PanAmerican ’s immature plants in Europe and the UK .
The nursery with Matrix , Sorbet and Quicktime varieties
Different cultures , different tastesFor the pansy , as well as for other crop , it is of import to have the received colours in the assortment . But gustatory sensation is dissimilar per region and personal , and therefore , the assortment keeps evolving . " We are glad that we have the standard colours in each series , but more is needed . Already within Europe we see a lot of different taste . For this cause , our assortment stay fresh changing . In Pansy Cool Wave for example , we have 14 miscellany and 3 mixes in the salmagundi ; in the viola Sorbet XP we have 33 varieties and 12 mixes , and in the Sorbet 15 diversity . Some unique colours we have in this serial are XP Deep Orange and XP Delft Blue " , says Star
What is the difference of opinion between Sorbet XP and and Sorbet ? " Sorbet XP is a series with viola with the same characteristics , like uniformity in flora habit , finish period and timing . The received Sorbet kind do not exactly jibe these exact characteristic yet , but include some limited color that we want to offer to our customers . The colours are too special or beautiful to ignore ! ” .
Last week , this greenhouse was fill up with dissimilar pansy varieties . After excerpt of the breeder , these two words were left , include strike , new and potential varieties .
Breeding goalsDuring the run , PanAmerican is reviewing and discussing the subsist , raw and possible diverseness with their clients and raiser . Out of these word , bringing up goals are being set or unexampled breeding goals come up . During our visit at the Pansy & Viola Trials , Star share some of their breeding goal .
" In the Cool Wave series , we are look for large flower , spreading varieties that are meet the pot well and that look dependable at the point - of sale ” .
Viola Sorbet XP Deep Orange
In the Sorbet series , they are very pleased with their deep orange tree coloured miscellanea . " Often with this gloss , either the plant habit or the colour is good . Now XP Deep Orange has it all . " Also , they are front for more one - coloured varieties in the Sorbet XP serial publication . " On top of that , it is important that the splodge and blossom color have a large direct contrast .
" Of of course , we always keep improving our existing assortment . We are felicitous with our current serial , but we will continuously wreak on improving the plant habits , colours and timing " , Star add .
Sharing and comparingDuring the test , all visitor are sharing their cerebration and compare the varieties with possible new and competitor varieties . On top of that , PanAmerican also tests their own variety . Quicktime for illustration was trialed in unlike plug sizes and different temperatures . " In this way , we can improve our product and better inform and advise our customer and growers . "
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