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

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Testimony of Jérôme Bisson, sales department, Pépinières Ramette

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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

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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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Sapho at IPM ESSEN 2025: a look back in pictures

Faithful to this major international event, Sapho was present at IPM - ESSEN, from January 28 to 31, 2025. Along with our French horticultural and nursery colleagues, we exhibited on the “Choose France” pavilion coordinated by VALHOR*. We were able to meet our current partners and make new contacts, exchange views with the international press and share convivial moments worthy of the French Touch'! Thank you all for your visit.

* Thanks to our colleagues in the French pavilion for the great atmosphere and to the VALHOR team for the perfect organization!

IPM, a unique opportunity to meet our partners from around the world

Held at Messe ESSEN (Germany), IPM is the world's largest horticultural trade show and the ideal venue for international meetings. Exhibitors from all over the world present their innovative products and services in the fields of plants, technology, floristry and garden elements. No other show offers such a diversity of plants and so many plant innovations.

For us at Sapho, it's a very special and effective opportunity to meet our partners from every continent - agents, breeders and licensees - who are exhibitors or visitors from Europe, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Italy, as well as Canada, the USA, Japan, Korea, Australia, South Africa and elsewhere. We can thus exchange news, present our mutual innovations and strengthen our partnerships.

Breakfast with the international press

For the second year running, we had the pleasure of pitching to journalists from the international press, alongside our fellow exhibitors from the French pavilion. We each had 3-5 minutes to present our new products! We chose to give a sneak preview of some of Sapho's new products, which will be available next autumn. View pdf files

Malus x LE PHARE® ‘RS-KRC’ : a columnar ornamental apple tree with very red flowers, fruit and foliage (Breeder: Reinhard SCHOMBERG KLEE).
Azalea x STEREN® White 'KOWHITE' et Azalea x STEREN® Purple ‘KOPUR’ : starry-flowered azaleas with original, luminous colors (Breeder: Domaine de Boutiguery)

Hydrangea aspera HYDREAM® Chocolate 'HCPF1' : more compact, easier to grow, hardier and more intensely colored than the classic aspera Hot Chocolate. (Breeder: Jean Paul Davasse)
Camellia japonica 'Stromboli' : a novelty with many qualities: an explosion of interlocking red flowers, beautiful glossy green foliage, upright growth habit and easy cultivation (Breeder: Stervinou Nurseries).

and other moments of conviviality

A ritual fixture on the show agenda: the Wednesday evening aperitif on the France stand! with tastings of our regional specialities brought by each exhibitor.
and a special moment this year, for a Big Up to Jean Yves Coulbault (SICAMUS) for his last IPM show before a busy retirement! Well done Jean Yves for your career and that of SICAMUS.