NGB announces 2026 “Year of the” genera
National Garden Bureau (NGB) has announced selections for the 2026 “Year of the” program.
The “Year of the” program chooses genera specifically for the North American market that are easy to grow, genetically diverse, and with a lot of new breeding to showcase. Breeders, brokers, seed companies, growers, retailers and garden communicators throughout the U.S. and Canada can highlight these flowers and plants in their marketing to help generate interest in and sales of these crop classes.
Year of the Crocus – Bulb
Year of the Impatiens – Annual
Year of the Hot Pepper – Edible
Year of the Ficus – Houseplant
Year of the Sedum – Perennial
Year of the Azalea – Flowering Shrub
Beginning Nov. 1, NGB will have photos of numerous varieties of all six crops (provided by NGB members) posted on the NGB website.
NGB also creates PDFs of fact sheets, flyers, handouts, signs, posters, popular “Did You Know” graphics, PowerPoint presentations, etc. that are available for anyone’s use. After Nov. 1, all of the above can be downloaded at no charge from the NGB website (stay tuned for future announcements with links). These tools will help the North American home garden industry promote these nonbranded, nonspecific varieties to consumers and encourage gardening with these genera.
Consumer publicity of the “Year of the” program will begin in January 2026.
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