坂田种子美国 Sakata Seed America – 日本跨国育种集团观赏花卉与食用蔬菜种子

集团概览：1913 年起的全球种业集团

坂田种苗株式会社（Sakata Seed Corporation）创立于 1913 年，总部位于日本神奈川县横浜市筑地区中町台 2-7-1，自创立之初便以 Quality、Reliability、Service 三大价值观为根基，逐步发展为蔬菜与观赏植物两大领域的种业集团，目前在 22 个国家设有 29 个分支机构，产品销售覆盖全球 130 多个国家，集团对外传播语为「PASSION in Seed」。

北美总部：加州 Woodland 的 Sakata Seed America

Sakata Seed America, Inc. 总部设于美国加州 Yolo 县伍德兰（Woodland, CA），是集团在北美的核心业务平台，下设 Sakata Ornamentals 观赏植物与 Sakata Vegetables 蔬菜种子两条业务线，分别负责观赏花卉与食用蔬菜品种的选育、试种与商业化推广，并通过北美各区域试验站开展适应性测试，向种植者、批发商和零售商提供品种资料与栽培建议。

观赏植物育种：SunPatiens 与主力品牌矩阵

Sakata Ornamentals 以「Innovation from Greenhouse to Garden」为口号，旗下拥有 SunPatiens®、SuperCal®、Viking®、Profusion、Vincent’s® 与 Majorette 等主力品牌，并面向 2025 年推出 Calipetite®、SunPatiens®、SuperCal®、Playlist™、Vincent’s® 等新系列；选育品类覆盖 Calibrachoa、Coleus、Delphinium、Gerbera、Impatiens、Lisianthus、Pansy、Petunia、Playlist™、Snapdragon、Stock、Sunflower、Viola 与 Zinnia 等一至多年生观赏花卉，其中凤仙花属（Impatiens）旗下 SunPatiens® 系列是集团在北美最广为人知的市场化品牌之一。

蔬菜种子与明星品种：Broccolini 等长期育种项目

Sakata 蔬菜种子业务以多年期杂交育种项目著称，旗下最具代表性的成果之一是西兰苔（Broccolini）：由坂田种苗在横浜以西兰花与中国芥蓝（gai lan）杂交选育 8 年而得，1994 年与 Sanbon Incorporated 合作在墨西哥以 Asparation 名称开始商业化种植，1996 年首次进入美国市场，1998 年与位于加州 Salinas 的 Mann Packing Company 达成合作并以 Broccolini 品牌推广，成为集团蔬菜种业长期育种的标志性成果。

园艺消费与社区：面向种植者与园艺爱好者的传播

集团在观赏植物端通过 SunPatiens® 等品牌站点向消费者展示品种组合与花期表现，并以社交媒体账号面向北美种植者、零售花园中心和家庭园艺爱好者推送种植案例与花色方案；2025 年新发布品牌 Playlist™ 进一步强化「自家庭院到市政景观」全场景推广路径，使消费端与产业端在同一品牌矩阵下获得一致的花期、株型与适应性参考信息。

Group Overview: A Global Seed Corporation Since 1913

Sakata Seed Corporation was founded in 1913 and is headquartered at 2-7-1 Nakamachidai, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 224-0041, Japan. Built on the long-standing values of Quality, Reliability and Service, the group has grown into a global seed corporation operating across both vegetable and ornamental breeding, with 29 offices in 22 countries and distribution reach extending to more than 130 countries worldwide, communicating its brand direction through the slogan PASSION in Seed.

North American Headquarters: Sakata Seed America in Woodland, California

Sakata Seed America, Inc. anchors the group’s North American operations from Woodland, California, United States. The U.S. subsidiary runs two complementary business lines, Sakata Ornamentals for flowering and landscape varieties and Sakata Vegetables for edible crops, supporting variety trials, technical literature and grower services for distributors, retailers and professional landscape customers across the United States and Canada.

Ornamental Breeding: SunPatiens and the Leading Brand Portfolio

Positioned around the tagline Innovation from Greenhouse to Garden, Sakata Ornamentals develops an extensive portfolio of leading brands including SunPatiens®, SuperCal®, Viking®, Profusion, Vincent’s® and Majorette, and introduces new series such as Calipetite®, SunPatiens®, SuperCal®, Playlist™ and Vincent’s® in its 2025 program. Breeding efforts cover Calibrachoa, Coleus, Delphinium, Gerbera, Impatiens, Lisianthus, Pansy, Petunia, Playlist™, Snapdragon, Stock, Sunflower, Viola and Zinnia, with the SunPatiens® Impatiens series standing out as one of the most recognized consumer-facing brands in North America.

Vegetable Seeds and Signature Cultivars: Long-Term Breeding Programs such as Broccolini

The vegetable seed business is built on multi-year hybrid breeding programs, with Broccolini as a flagship outcome: developed in Yokohama by crossing broccoli with Chinese broccoli (gai lan) over eight years, the cultivar entered commercial production in Mexico in 1994 through a partnership with Sanbon Incorporated, reached United States retail markets in 1996, and was launched under the Broccolini brand in 1998 in partnership with Mann Packing Company of Salinas, California, becoming a signature example of the group’s long-horizon vegetable breeding work.

Consumer Horticulture and Community: Outreach to Growers and Home Gardeners

On the consumer side, the group maintains brand sites such as SunPatiens® and an active social media presence to share planting combinations, color stories and trial results with growers, independent garden centers and home gardeners across North America. The newly introduced Playlist™ brand in 2025 extends the same portfolio logic to mixed container and landscape use, giving retailers and consumers a coordinated reference for bloom time, habit and regional adaptability across the ornamental line.

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