Syngenta Flowers Forms Hydrangea Partnership With HI Breeding

HI Breeding Hydrangea Fire

Hydrangea ‘Fire’ (HI Breeding)

Syngenta Flowers, LLC, and HI Breeding BV recently entered into an agreement in which Syngenta Flowers will exclusively market and sell HI Breeding Hydrangea varieties in the U.S. and Canada. 

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Syngenta Flowers is integrating HI Breeding’s long history in hydrangea breeding and production to further strengthen the Syngenta Flowers portfolio, enabling Syngenta to offer a compelling assortment of top-tier genetics to the market. 

“HI Breeding is a world class hydrangea producer with a focus on breeding hydrangeas with the growers’ needs in mind,” says Scott Valentine, Head of Syngenta Flowers in North AmericaThis is aligned with Syngenta Flowers strategy of offering an innovative portfolio of genetics to the North American marketWe are excited to enter this new crop segment with the support of such a well-regarded breeder and collaborator.” 

Syngenta Flowers will produce hydrangea unrooted cuttings at its Alva, FL, farm, where it can leverage years of high-quality domestic unrooted cutting production knowledge and an ideal climate for unrooted cutting production. Syngenta Flowers will primarily focus on servicing dormant hydrangea producers with unrooted cuttings sold through its established broker network. 

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HI Breeding Hydrangea will be available from Syngenta Flowers as unrooted cuttings in the spring of 2020 and from select dormant plant producers in 2021. 

For more information, visit the Syngenta Flowers website. 

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