For nearly 100 years, Ball Horticultural Company has held an unwavering commitment to provide professional growers with innovative products and exceptional service. A family-owned business since it was founded in 1905, Ball has grown from a one-man operation into a world leader in the research, production and marketing of ornamental crops. Today Ball is known around the globe for the superior varieties it supplies as seed, plugs, young plants and cuttings. Ball plant breeders, seed physiologists and plant pathologists begin the process by developing high-demand product traits like improved seed quality, unique flower colors, weather tolerance, disease resistance, superior garden performance and short crop times.