Chat Room 2020 has been designated the " Year of the Lantana " by the National Garden Bureau. NEARLY 60% OF YOU GROW LANTANA! Which series/varieties of lantana have been your top performers? You said... » Lucky » Bandana » Landscape Bandana » New Gold » Landmark » Luscious Turn to page 22 to learn about trends in lantana. Do you grow shrubs/woody ornamentals? 50% SAID YES! NEARLY 70% SAID YES! 10 JANUARY 2020 GPNMAG.COM Of those, 60% DEDICATE LESS THAN 20% of production space to shrubs. BUT 12% DEDICATE MORE THAN 75% of production space. Turn to page 28 for tips on shrub production. Are you looking into making any investments/ updates to your operation in 2020? Of those... 45% 20% 40% 38% 25% plan to invest in structures plan to invest in irrigation equipment plan to invest in automation plan to invest in pest/disease control methods plan to invest in software Editor's Note: Each month, we send out a survey to our readers on a variety of topics and report the results here. Chat Room is a perfect venue to get to know your peers and where you stand on different issues affecting the industry. Do you have a question you want us to ask? Contact managing editor, Jasmina Dolce, at jdolce@greatamericanpublish.com. This month, we asked our readers about lantana production, shrubs, operation investments and resolutions for 2020. Here's what they had to say. 2020 is here! If you had to make a New Year's resolution for your business, what would it be? Some of your clever responses... To stick with a schedule no matter what else pops up! To be brave enough to start a second location. Be less serious and have more fun at work. Diversify plant material to make things less seasonal and more year-round. Talk to employees more and individually. To be more deliberate in our marketing efforts. More family-like atmosphere.http://www.GPNMAG.COM