SUMMER SURVIVOR TRIAL Standouts Throughout the 20 years of growing our “living catalog” trial garden, we’ve frequently fielded questions about emerging industry trends. One visible and growing trend is that of retail greenhouses shifting to grow more and more plants that thrive throughout the summer season. The buying preferences of the emerging Gen X & Y and Millenial gardeners differ from those of Baby Boomers, a historically important demographic of the gardening public. As these new generations of gardeners become our main garden goods shoppers, providing them with plants that they can successfully grow all summer long will help them become our new loyal customer base. We added this sizeable section to our 2023 garden to display genetics beyond what we carry in our current spring catalog. We wanted to provide breeders with the opportunity to display their best summer performers, giving garden visitors and MYP staff the ability to evaluate how the best of their best survived the West Michigan summer.
Begonia Interspecific Stonehedge Rose Bronze Leaf - Benary
Coreopsis Solanna™ Sunset Bright Danziger
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