Plants For Europe and Altman Plants working together

Altman is renowned internationally for their succulent breeding and production, which is the largest in the world and has been ongoing for decades. In particular, the outstanding Star™ Aloe varieties developed by industry-leading breeder, Kelly Griffin, offer an exciting range of vibrant colours and will be made available to European and UK growers for the first time.

Altman’s True Bloom® Roses are the result of the revolutionary breeding process led by master rose breeder, Ping Lim. They combine the best features of hybrid tea flowering roses with superb shrub roses, resulting in disease-resistant, easy-to-grow varieties with a long season of colour and scent. The flowers are high petal count true rose blooms, from which comes the name. These varieties must pass through an extensive no-spray trial process, both at Altman trial gardens and at respected independent evaluation locations, before they are brought to market, ensuring that the varieties thrive under a wide variety of growing and climatic conditions. True Bloom® Rose varieties have already won several awards after trials.

Ken and Matt Altman, owners of Altman Plants, say:   

We are a company that has an intense passion for plants and innovation. For many years, we have bred and developed new programmes for our retail partners that we also grow and produce in our greenhouses across the United States. For this reason, as a greenhouse grower ourselves, we have insight into what the grower demands in performance from new varieties, along with what succeeds for retailers and consumers. We are very excited to be partnering with the Plants for Europe team to bring our new plant developments to Europe and the UK!

Ping Lim, master rose breeder, Altman Plants, says: 

Making a more beautiful world is both a dream and a mission for plant breeders. Indeed, I am glad to share our team’s effort for more people to enjoy flowers. It is a great honor to be welcomed to Europe, especially with its very competitive standards for eco landscape.

Graham Spencer, director, Plants For Europe Limited, says: 

We are truly delighted to be working with the Altman team! They have a reputation for excellence, both as growers and as breeders, so it is an honour to be able to bring their varieties to our clients, including some of the best growers in the UK and in Europe. We are very excited by the potential of this partnership.

For more information about the Altman Plants varieties in the PFE portfolio, contact the PFE office: 

www.plantsforeurope.com

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