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Nurseryman's talk: "The right choices for ladybirds!"

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2025-07-17

Testimony of Jérôme Bisson, sales department, Pépinières Ramette

Breeder's talk : "With Sapho, Elaeagnus MARYLINE® even shines in Japan!"

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2025-06-11

Testimony of Albert Brenelière, Pépinières Brenelière

Inspiration paysagère : Déjeuner sur l'herbe

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2025-05-29

A palette of innovative solutions

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Landscaper's talk: "The plant palette is vast, beautiful, varied and constantly enriched"

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2025-05-09

Testimony of Catherine Boudet, landscape gardener and founder of the 5e Saison.

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Nurseryman's talk: "The right choices for ladybirds!"

Posted in: Testimonies

2025-07-17

Testimony of Jérôme Bisson, sales department, Pépinières Ramette

Breeder's talk : "With Sapho, Elaeagnus MARYLINE® even shines in Japan!"

Posted in: Testimonies

2025-06-11

Testimony of Albert Brenelière, Pépinières Brenelière

Inspiration paysagère : Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Posted in: Plant palette

2025-05-29

A palette of innovative solutions

Posted in: Plant palette

2025-05-22

The spaces to be planted are increasingly varied in terms of size, agro-climatic conditions and uses. Climate change...

Sapho and INRAE: a partnership to improve plant health

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2025-05-12

Initiated in 1974, the partnership between INRA, now INRAE, and Sapho has been going strong for 50 years. It enables...

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Breeder's talk : "With Sapho, Elaeagnus MARYLINE® even shines in Japan!"

Testimony of Albert Brenelière

Pépinières Brenelière

In my growing beds, I discovered a natural mutation in an Elaeagnus macrophylla. There was a branch that grew differently. You need a good eye when you're a nurseryman! I took cuttings from it and it grew well. I repotted it in a container and noticed that the variegated foliage was really bright. I called it MARYLINE^® because that's my wife's first name and also because its foliage is as blonde as Maryline Monroe's hair! It's a slow-growing, compact little plant that's well suited to small gardens. It keeps its lovely bright yellow colour well.

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Elaeagnus x ebbingei MARYLINE® 'ABRELA'

I knew Sapho because I already had Sapho varieties in cultivation. And Sapho is French. So I contacted them to present my variety and see how it could be protected. It went really well. They planted some in the nurseries to test them in cultivation and check that the variety worked well. I also presented MARYLINE^® at Plantarium, where it won a medal in 2015.

Since then, Sapho has been managing the licensing contracts, collecting royalties and promoting the product in France and abroad. There are even Elaeagnus MARYLINE^® in Japan! One year, there was a typhoon. The Japanese noticed that the foliage of MARYLINE^® had resisted the spray very well, and that gave it an extra argument. A real life-size test!

Since 1987, Pépinières Brenelières has been producing and selling a wide range of trees, plants and flowers: palms, fruit trees, bamboo, maples, grasses, perennials, etc. Their team of plant enthusiasts is on hand to listen to your every need, whether you're buying plants or planning your garden.

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