Dümmen Orange debuts poinsettia to honour Norwin Heimos
March 8, 2021
Dümmen Orange will be honouring the late legendary horticultural leader Norwin Heimos with the new “Norwin” poinsettia.
Horticulture legend Norwin G. Heimos passed away at the age of 90 on Feb. 18.
Heimos was the owner and founder of N.G. Heimos Greenhouses in Millstadt, Ill., who started his first greenhouse in 1952, growing geraniums and poinsettias. His children still oversee the family-run greenhouse operation in the greater St. Louis area., following his death at the age of 90 on Feb. 18.
An instrumental collaborator with the Ecke poinsettia program (now part of Dümmen Orange), Norwin found a new pink genetic sport of a poinsettia in 1994 which was later named V-14. He brought it to Ecke and this variety was the new industry standard for years in pink poinsettias with the deepest colour at that time. It was successfully sold worldwide from 1996 to 2004.