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The Penn State Flower Trials draws more than 200,000 visitors each year at three locations in Pennsylvania.

‘Pop Star’ has gone through five years of robust testing and trials to ensure it meets the rigorous standards growers, retailers, and consumers have come to expect from Endless Summer hydrangeas.

Raker-Roberta’s field trials in Litchfield, MI, featured early heat and rain, new plants, and perhaps most of all, a return to “normal.”

This year, Mitchell’s grew more than 12,000 poinsettias in 96 varieties. At the end of the season, customers offered their top picks.

The two companies have each boosted their respective independent garden center and strategic communications programs.

“Backyarding” — the trend to move indoor activities outdoors that was made popular during the pandemic — is clearly here to stay.

Even while dealing with waves of new consumers, business challenges, and new opportunities, growers in the controlled-environment space were eager to read more about their favorite plants.

It all started with the announcement that California Spring Trials (CAST) was coming back … as the California Summer Trials.

The trial was produced under natural season commercial sustainable production protocol using limited plant growth regulators.

Trials in two different locations were great overall, particularly when they hit stride in mid-July.

Shortages of fresh product and hard goods are expected to hurt the floral industry as supply strives to catch up to demand.