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By now, everybody has heard about sustainable gardening, sustainable business practices and the environmentally conscious movement in general. The two things that surprise me about sustainable practices are that it took so long to catch... more »Poinsettias on Trial
Consumer Picks We had more than 450 consumers come thorough the poinsettia trials during our open house at the University of Florida. The public is invited to tour the trials and participate in evaluating varieties... more »How Dry I Am
"How dry I am... " These lyrics, written by a group called the Skillet Lickers in 1927 really! seem to be the tune a lot of gardeners in the United States sang this... more »Trends At Every Stop
A crew from Lawn & Garden Retailer made our way from San Diego to San Francisco for the California Pack Trials last April. We noticed again this year that companies are integrating more into Pack... more »Bog Gardening With Carnivorous Plants
When school kids and their parents visit the University Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, they are invariably drawn to the unusual displays of colorful carnivorous plants. The horticultural attractiveness of these... more »Winner’s Circle
Most garden centers try to carry plants their customers will find appealing. Sometimes, customers see plants' appeal on their own. Other times, it is up to the garden center to offer varieties with proven success... more »Selling Summer Blooms
Selling the beauty of flowering trees is a time-honored spring tradition. Most garden centers do a great job of gearing up for sales of ornamental plums, cherries, pears, redbuds, magnolias, crabapples and Florida dogwoods. It's... more »Going Back to Cali
The California Pack Trials is an intense experience filled with variety trials, product displays and marketing concepts all packed into roughly a week and spread out over hundreds of miles. Attendees will have the... more »Christmas Companions to Poinsettias
Go into many retail outlets during November and December and you are sure to find poinsettias. Displays are often stacked floor to ceiling and, more often than not, project the message "we have a boatload... more »Summer Bulbs In The Garden
Top-performing summer bulbs make excellent candidates for summer container gardens, garden beds and tropical-style plantings. There are a number of things you can do with bulbs in more than just the spring, and I am... more »Planting Outside Prime Time
Merchandising in prime time is a no-brainer. When late spring is bright and blooming, the primal urge to plant afflicts everyone. But as the heat rises, traffic slows and so does the bottom line. Every... more »Weather Or Not, There It Goes
Spring 2006 might be in the past, but for many, it was a season they will not long forget. The culprit? Weather. Whether it was good, bad or just so-so, weather was the talk of... more »
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