Growers and retailers can include trends in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Association list in their own businesses.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) is an internationally renowned organization founded in 1827. It is also the organizer of the world-famous Philadelphia Flower Show, which has released six major gardening trends in 2022.

Andrew Bunting, Vice President of Public Gardens and Landscape at PHS said: “Adopting new trends provides gardeners with a perfect way to transform home gardens with new ideas and inspirations, while using gardening to promote health and well-being throughout the year.” "This list of garden trends for 2022 is perfect for gardeners of all interests and experience levels to integrate into their gardens."

Bring bees and pollen-loving insects to your garden! Adding local pollinators to your garden is an easy way to support the ecosystem directly from your own backyard. Pollinators are vital to the creation and maintenance of ecosystems, and they are also vital to agriculture. Plants like Pycnanthemum, Mountain Peppermint, Echinacea, Echinacea, Liatris, and gayfeather are all very suitable for attracting these important insects.

Did you know that lawns are bad for the environment? Even if a small piece of lawn is removed and transformed into a garden space, it has the ability to significantly reduce fossil fuel emissions, otherwise these emissions will be applied to the lawn through regular mowing and maintenance. Your new garden space can also be used as a pollinator garden, perennial garden or even a vegetable garden, thereby enhancing its positive impact on the environment.

Connect with other gardeners and bring home the new plants! A great way to add new plants to your garden and gain expertise as a beginner gardener is to participate in a plant exchange. In the plant exchange, participants can bring their small plants, cuttings, potting soil, flower pots or other gardening equipment, and exchange them with things they don't have. This is an easy way to diversify your garden, learn new gardening skills, and connect with other gardeners. Many of these meet-and-greet style exchanges can be found in your local gardening Facebook group, so be sure to check online for groups in your area.

Not good at watering the garden regularly? Thankfully, you can build a garden with hardy plants and low water demand! As more and more areas of the country experience inconsistent weather patterns and dry periods, growing gardens that require little watering or irrigation are becoming more popular. Gravel gardening is just a way to reduce the water demand, irrigation demand and fertilizer use in the garden by eliminating the use of soil. Xeriscaping refers to landscaping and gardening in a way that reduces or eliminates the need for irrigation. Gravel gardens and dry plants can grow a variety of plants, including many succulents of the sedum genus, Sempervivum tectorum, hens and chicks, hardy cacti (such as the genus Opuntia), some ornamental grasses, Amsonia hubrichtii, threadleaf bluestar and Even Yucca. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s own Meadowbrook Farm has adopted water gardening practices, incorporating many of these species as well as many other garden spaces across the United States.

With a little space, you can enjoy your favorite fruits in your own garden! Growing fruits is no longer reserved for those who have orchards. Even just a few fruit trees can produce hundreds of fruits, which are very suitable for jam, jelly, biscuits, ice cream, or direct consumption. There are many varieties of dwarf fruit trees, including figs, mulberries, apples and pears, which are very suitable for growing in limited spaces.

All over the United States, boutique flower companies are integrating more and more classic cut flowers, such as zinnia, dahlia, poppy, poppy, cosmos, cosmos and Leucanthemum x supercum, shasta daisy. The return of these timeless flower varieties shows that it has got rid of the unconventional, quirky, and often minimalist styles common in modern flower arrangements today. From carefully crafted local cut flower suppliers to backyard gardeners, cut flowers provide a beneficial way for you to immerse yourself in gardening and experience the pride of growing your own flowers and sharing them with your loved ones. These flowers are certainly not out of date.

For novice gardeners and professional gardeners, embracing popular garden trends provides an opportunity to gain inspiration and connect with other gardeners. PHS has provided many plans and initiatives to unite community members' common love for gardening to promote a healthy and green community. For more information about the PHS program and how to participate, please visit: phsonline.org. 

Announced on November 30 "Dr. Dariusz Malinowski Day in Vernon, Texas.

Hibiscus lovers all over the world know the name of Dr. Dariusz Malinowski of Texas A&M AgriLife. He is a well-known hardy breeder of Hibiscus.

The City of Vernon has ensured that Malinowski's research at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Vernon will always be celebrated by proclaiming November 30 as Dr. Dariusz Malinowski's Day. This honor coincides with the announcement by the National Forestry Administration of 2021 as the Year of Hardy Hibiscus.

Malinowski is a plant physiologist and breeder at Texas A&M AgriLife Research. He is responsible for leading the forage and ornamental plant breeding program, focusing on Vernon's cold-season perennial forages and hardy hibiscus.

"Dr. Malinowski was well-deserved for his hibiscus variety," said Dr. Rick Vierling, director of the Vernon Texas A&M Agricultural Life Center. "In 10 years, he built the world's top hardy hibiscus program. Three years ago, he started the tropical hibiscus breeding program, and just obtained his first tropical hibiscus license. In the near future, his tropical project will also Will be number one." 

In the celebration on November 30th, Mayor Pam Gosline announced the day to commemorate Malinowski and read the Texas Senate resolution announcement in recognition of his work and the declaration of Vernon as a Texas The efforts of the Hibiscus capital of Sri Lanka.

Malinowski started growing hardy hibiscus plants in his yard as a hobby. In 2010, his hibiscus breeding program became an official part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Center in Vernon and continued to produce award-winning winter hardy hibiscus hybrids.

The goal of his plan is to produce a variety of new shapes and novel colors. These include blue-flowering winter hardy hibiscus hybrids and many bi- or multi-colored flowers on sorrel, salmon, magenta, and single plants.

— Created and evaluated more than 20,000 winter hardy hibiscus hybrids.

— Disclosure of 487 unique production lines to the Texas A&M Technology Commercialization Office, which makes these production lines available for licensing by global plant wholesalers for sale to the public.

— Let the wholesale nursery evaluate more than one hundred unique strains.

— Nine varieties have been developed and marketed by J. Berry Nursery under the trade name Summer Spice Hibiscus. These varieties are sold to the public in garden centers and nurseries across the country.

Editor's note: In our January cover story, follow J. Berry Nursery's hibiscus breeding program for more details.

Click here to read the full story of Kay Ledbetter on AgriLife today.

Winners will be commended at Cultivate'22.

Valley View, Ohio (December 1, 2021)-Greenhouse management and nursery management are pleased to be nominated for the 2022 Horticultural Industry Leadership Award (HILA) category. Every year, GIE Horticulture Group, with the support of Syngenta, awards six outstanding leaders in the greenhouse and nursery industry. HILA is the only award in North America that recognizes winners for their outstanding contributions to the horticulture industry, such as:

“The green industry is full of considerate and compassionate people who care deeply about employees, communities and colleagues,” said editorial director Kelli Rodda. "It is a great honor not only to pay tribute to these industry leaders, but to learn and share their stories every year."

"HILA provides an excellent opportunity to recognize the efforts of outstanding individuals in our industry," said publisher Nick Collins. "We would like to thank our long-term sponsor, Syngenta, for their continued support in helping to promote HILA to the greenhouse and nursery market."

The winners will be presented at the HILA reception in Cultivate'22, Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, July 17, 2022. The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2022 and can be submitted on hila.hortgroupevents.com.

Greenhouse Management is a leading trade publication serving greenhouse growers. Through its website, electronic newsletters, mobile applications and printed magazines, Greenhouse Management provides the most relevant information on production, marketing and business management to help growers operate more efficiently and profitably.

Nursery Management is the leading trade publication serving wholesale nursery growers. Nursery Management provides the latest production, marketing and business management skills through its website, electronic newsletters, mobile applications and printed magazines to help growers increase profits.

Both books are owned by GIE Media of Valley View, Ohio. Founded in 1980, GIE Media has grown into a leading marketing and communications business-to-business media company for more than 40 years, serving 17 industries-including the gardening industry, through its gardening group (turf and landscape, golf course industry, greenhouse management , Agricultural products growers, nursery management, garden centers, cannabis business times, cannabis growers and cannabis dispensaries). The corporate goal of Group Interest Enterprises is to publish the highest quality business magazines, websites, e-newsletters, conferences, reference books and other business media in growth industries. The quality standards are based on editorial value and market leadership. The company has more than 100 editors, publishers, sales representatives, marketers and other professionals. To learn more, visit giemedia.com.

The three-day education conference will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina from January 10th to 14th.

The annual green industry education conference and trade show Green & Growin' hosted by the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association will be held on January 10-14, 2022 in Greensboro, North Carolina for a three-day educational conference and two Tian's trade show is the main event for green industry professionals to seek certification points and business promotion during the week-long event.

The educational conference from January 10th to 13th provided more than 100 hours of seminars and workshops taught by more than 60 industry experts. Participants can obtain continuing education units (CEU) to obtain state and national certifications and licenses in seven disciplines, including landscape, irrigation, pesticides, commercial operations, arboriculture, and forestry. 

At the Marketplace trade show from January 13th to 14th, attendees can expect nearly 400 exhibitors from the United States and Canada to display a variety of plant materials, tools, equipment and landscape products. The Marketplace will host a reception on Wednesday, January 12th from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm, and preview the show before the official opening on Thursday, January 13th at 9 am. Another social gathering Marketplace Mixer will be held on Thursday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Green & Growin' 22 educational conference and trade show will be held in the special event center of the Four Seasons Sheraton Greensboro and Greensboro Stadium. This program is specially designed for professionals in the green industry. Visit greenandgrowin.com for event details and registration instructions, as well as exhibitors and sponsorship opportunities. 

Monrovia has meticulously created a series of new mature varieties designed to show individuality.

According to a recent press release issued by the breeder, Monrovia's new indoor plant series creates an instant statement that larger varieties can immediately enhance consumers' interior decoration.

"It is undeniable that indoor plants are an important part of the long-term trend," said Katie Tamony, Monrovia's chief marketing officer. "In Monrovia, we want to bring more to this category. That's why we provide truly representative mature-sized plants. These carefully planted, lush and healthy plants are truly living works of art To bring the beauty and tranquility of nature into the room."

The new indoor series will contain dozens of varieties, including monstera, banyan, rubber plant, cheese plant, Peperomia, Philodendron, etc. There are usually three plants per tank of 1 gallon or larger. Starting in 2022, Monrovia indoor plants will only be available in a separate garden center.

Click here to select an image and visit Monrovia's YouTube channel to see more of their indoor plant collection.