Hot, humid weather typically makes the garden suffer in July and August, but this year quite a few varieties thrived until the end.

This year, landscape beds illustrated current gardening trends including tropical gardening, vertical gardening, and pollinator gardening with perennials.

Young’s Plant Farm, the University of Georgia (UGA), and Metrolina Greenhouses will once again host the 2019 Southern Garden Tour in June.

During Cultivate’18, More Profitable Sustainability (MPS), which develops and manages certification for the ornamental industry, recognized two different growers for their sustainability efforts.

This year’s Southern Garden Tour for greenhouse growers featured stops at Young’s Plant Farm, the University of Georgia Trial Garden, and Metrolina Greenhouses.

The tour is scheduled for June 5-7, 2018, and offers floriculture industry members the opportunity to view trials of thousands of new and proven plant varieties.

It’s easy to produce your own attention-grabbing combos, if you follow this advice from a master combination designer.

The purpose of the trial gardens is to ensure that Young’s is consistently bringing the right product to the marketplace, so consumers will continue to be successful.

The Auburn, AL-based Top 100 Grower operation is improving its production infrastructure so it can continue to efficiently produce quality plants and keep up with demand.

MPS, an organization that develops and manages certification for companies in the horticulture industry, has awarded MPS-A certification to Young’s Plant Farm in North Carolina and Alabama.