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    December 13, 2006

    MasterTag Creates New Online Ordering System

    MasterTag recently announced a new online ordering system intended to simplify the process for growers and garden centers to place orders.

    On the MasterTag Web site customers can choose from six different tag styles and more than 10,000 plant varieties that include annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, vines, vegetables and hanging baskets.

    The new function can be accessed at www.mastertag.com.

    Spring Meadow Showcases Independent Rose Breeder

    Chris Warner, an independent rose breeder from England, will be promoting his new line of Oso Easy Roses at the Spring Meadow Nursery booth during the Mid-Am trade show, Jan. 17-19, 2007, in Chicago, Ill. He will be autographing posters of his newest introduction — Oso Easy Paprika — and answering questions about this discovery.

    Warner received the Royal National Rose Society Award of Garden Merit, the Geneva Gold Medal, the RNRS Gold Medal, the Baden-Baden Gold Medal and the President’s International Trophy, which is considered the highest honor the Royal National Society can bestow, according to Spring Meadow.



    Source: Various   December 13, 2006


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