CIOPORA Competitors

From our beginnings as a wholesale cut flower operation started by George J. Ball in 1905, Ball Horticultural Company has grown into a leader in all facets of horticulture, supplying inputs to horticultural producers around the world. Our global family of breeders, research and development teams, seed and vegetative producers, and distribution companies has a strong presence on six continents in 17 countries. We’re proud that thousands of our varieties are making history in the world of gardening. Among these are Wave® spreading petunias, Cool Wave® spreading pansies, Sombrero and ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ Echinacea, Flutterby Buddleia, BOOST high-nutrition vegetables, Black Velvet petunias, Fiesta double impatiens, and Divine New Guinea impatiens. In addition, Ball also contributes notable varieties to the cut flower, potted flowering plant, and foliage plant segments of the horticulture industry.

Sakata Seed America was established in 1977 as a research, production, and sales division of Sakata Seed Corporation. Our mission is to build a growing, prosperous business that contributes sustainably to the betterment of life and culture.

Florensis is an innovative, second-generation family business that has proven its success over the years. Weproviding professional growers with new varieties and plant propagation material since 1941. More than 2,000 devoted and skilled employees in the Netherlands, other European countries and throughout the worlds produce more than 1 billion young plants from seed and cuttings every year. We specialise in annuals, pot plants, primula, pansies, perennials and cut flowers. We supply growers with an unrivalled assortment of more than 4,000 different varieties of flowers and plants of the very highest quality, in spectacular colour ranges and grown using the most innovative and, wherever possible, sustainable technologies. We are also skilled in marketing these products successfully. That is our strength. Florensis takes the lead and plays an active role in the continued development of its employees, the building of communities, as well as supporting the natural environment in and around all of its locations in Europe, Kenya and Ethiopia.