+ + + Seven Nominations for Show Your Colours Award

All exhibitors at IPM ESSEN with woody plants and perennials were eligible to submit plants or plant concepts for this competition. The Show Your Colours Award IPM was introduced to encourage trade fair participants to highlight their products with added value. With added value in the form of a label, a beautiful pot, a clever concept, or simply by telling a little more about the plant, a plant can attract additional attention. The Show Your Colors Award IPM 2026 is organized by IPM Essen in collaboration with BIZZ Holland.

Nominations Show Your Colours Award IPM 2026

From the entries, in alphabetical order, the following ten plants/plant concepts have been nominated for the Show Your Colours Award IPM 2026:

• Cercis canadensis ‘JN100’ Hearts A’Fire - Joh. Stolwijk & Zonen
• Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Bailmaceight’ EUPBRAF (ENDLESS SUMMER® DREAMCLOUD®)        - Endless Summer® (Bailey Nurseries International)
• NewGen® Buxus - Van Vliet New Plants BV
• Picea Magical Christmas - Magical Garden Plants
• Rhododendron Hybride Grazeasy® Purple - Diderk Heinje Pflanzenhandelsges. mbH & Co. KG
• Salix candida ‘Jefberg’ (First Editions® ICEBERG ALLEY®) - Joh. Stolwijk & Zonen
• Solanum Melongena (Pick-&-Joy® Aubergine) - Vreugdenhil Young Plants

Judging

The nominated plants will be presented in the Show Your Colours presentation in Hall 8 during the exhibition days. On Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28 and Thursday morning 29 January, all visitors will be able to vote for their favorite plant using tokens. On Thursday afternoon, the plants and their stories will be judged by an international expert jury. The jury's verdict, together with the visitors' votes, will ultimately produce a winner. The results will be announced at 15:00 at the BIZZ Holland stand, Hall 8.