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TruGreen Lists ‘Top 20’ Trees and Shrubs to Increase Property Value
Here are some selling points for homeowners who are considering spending a packet on landscaping plants. Nearly 50% of American homeowners intend to invest more in their trees and shrubs as part of their overall... more »

US Floriculture Numbers Were Up in 2021: USDA Report
The numbers of floriculture producers and total sales were up in 2021, according to data released May 25 by the USDA. The U.S. had 9,558 floriculture producers in 2021, according to the department’s National Agricultural... more »

Management — Hitting the Big 9-0!
In 2022, All-America Selections (AAS) will be celebrating its 90th anniversary. That’s right! Back in 1932, Ray Hastings founded All-America Selections as a neutral, non-profit organization that tested and trialed new seed varieties to prove... more »

Pleasant View Gardens Publishes Preview Guide for 2023
Pleasant View Gardens has published its 2023 Preview Guide, which reveals the hottest new plants on tap for the year ahead, according to the company. Andy Huntington, national sales manager at Pleasant View Gardens, said... more »

Seed Your Future Targets Higher Ed, Vocational Tech Students for Hort Jobs
Twenty-two members of Seed Your Future’s leadership, representing horticulture sectors from across the country, met to develop new ways to attract and engage a new generation of horticulture and floriculture professionals. The group’s annual planning... more »

Homeowners’ Outdoor Projects to Increase in 2022, Survey Says
This spring, U.S. residents will be doing more outdoor home improvement projects this spring than in 2021, and they plan to spend more time outdoors doing those projects. According to the 2022 Axiom Home Improvement... more »

AFE Sets New Goals For Supporting Floriculture Industry
After eight months of strategic planning, the American Floral Endowment (AFE) has a new plan to provide for continued growth in the floriculture industry. As part of the plan, the AFE’s Board also approved a revised... more »

Vaughn’s View: Colorful, Exciting, Distinctive Perennials
The first perennial article I wrote for GPN in the fall of 2017 focused on the participation of perennial breeders in the summer trials program and the proliferation of new varieties for evaluation, promotion, and... more »

Pantone Announces 2022 Color of the Year
Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, introduced a new blue shade, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri, a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a... more »

2022: Year of the Peperomia
Each year, the National Garden Bureau designates specific crops to honor and promote at all levels of the industry. As part of its “Year of” program, the organization selects one annual, perennial, shrub, edible and... more »