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Vale Royal Horticultural Ltd are retained by Bodger Seeds Ltd to keep the whole marketing chain fully informed of their products
Bodger, based in California USA fully appreciate the need to trial and test their varieties in European conditions, to this end they have two trial sites in Europe, for outdoor field trials the site is based in Suffolk UK and for indoor pack trials their site is in Aalsmeer Holland
Field trials in the UK
Pack trials based in Holland
There were a number of introductions from Bodger at this years European pack trials :-
Impatiens Envoy
The perfect Impatiens series to fulfill consumer demands for larger pots, containers and baskets, the Envoy's are large flowered and vigorous in type filling larger containers perfectly, this year we see two improved colours Lavender Blue and Wine
Impatiens Advantage
Advantage Impatiens are just the opposite to Envoy, they are naturally compact with short internodes making the ideal series for volume pack or pot production, two colours are improved this year, Blue and Red both seeing better habit and flower colour
Marigold Discovery
The most important improvements this year are to the market leading Discovery Marigold series
Firstly seed production is much improved and then the genetic improvements include, better uniformity, fuller and well formed flowers and resistance to botrytis
Viola Aero series
Bodger showed their brand new Aero series of compact Viola, 10 colours in all with medium sized flowers, a great uniform series ideal for both pots and packs
