Monrovia’s New Summer Campaign Celebrates Heat-Loving Plants

Cover for heat-tolerant plant varieties.

Cover for heat-tolerant plant varieties. | Monrovia.com

Just like a seasonal wardrobe swap, it’s time for customers to refresh their gardens as the summer heat sets in. Riding the heat wave with Monrovia can mean extra publicity for garden centers. This month, Monrovia is celebrating summer with a Heat Lovers Campaign designed to increase consumer awareness and drive sales of varieties that thrive in the heat.

Monrovia’s national marketing program can put retail locations front and center for new home gardener consumers. Best of all, participation is easy.

Monrovia’s Heat Lovers Campaign

Garden centers that order one rack of heat-loving #1 gallon perennials OR one rack of #2 gallon or larger heat-loving shrubs receive a Heat-Resilient Plants poster for in-store merchandising and a featured spot on Monrovia’s “Find a Garden Center” tool as a participating retailer.

“Our Find a Garden Center tool has seen exciting momentum this spring,” says Katie Tamony, Chief Marketing Officer and trend spotter for Monrovia. “Visits to this part of our website have more than doubled this season. We’ve had more than a quarter million visits from March 1 to May 30. That means retailers who are featured on this tool are reaching hundreds of thousands of motivated shoppers. This increased visibility shows that specific garden centers have the plants, inspiration, and solutions home gardeners are looking for.”

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Monrovia will be promoting these top summer performers in newsletters, social and digital marketing, as well as other consumer outreach programs. They’ve also created a landing page highlighting heat-resilient plants including drought-tolerant varieties, sun lovers, and those that can take on high humidity.

Interested participants can contact their Monrovia salesperson for more information and to place orders.

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