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GREEN GOODS
'Rosso'
Little Prince
of Oregon
2022
Peperomia
Year of the
Houseplants are all the rage these days, and peperomia is one of the most versatile
crops in this class. Now may be time to consider adding this beauty to your lineup.
By Jasmina Dolce
E
ach year, the National Garden Bureau designates
specific crops to honor and promote at all levels of
the industry. As part of its " Year of " program, the
organization selects one annual, perennial, shrub, edible and
bulb crop and offers downloadable literature, presentations
and graphics that industry members can share.
In 2022, NGB is adding a new category: houseplants! And
the focus crop for this first year will be peperomia, which
is a unique foliage crop available in various colors and
textures. To learn more about this crop category, I reached
out to some industry
experts to gain insight into
peperomia development
and production.
'Jitterbug'
Dümmen Orange
Joining me in this
conversation are:
Diane Blazek,
executive
director of the
National Garden
Bureau; Maria
Zampini, president
of UpShoot,
which works
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with Little Prince of Oregon; and Andrew Britten, product
development manager for ForemostCo.
L&GR: We are big supporters of the NGB's 'Year
of' program, and we look forward to finding out
which crops are selected each year. New for 2022
is the houseplant category. Can you tell me why
the decision was made to include houseplants in
the program?
Diane Blazek: Houseplants are certainly on trend right
now; one glance at social media will tell you that. As an
industry, many of us realize that we " dipped our toes "
into horticulture by helping our parents garden and/or by
tending houseplants in our youth. The National Garden
Bureau Board of Directors decided that adding a houseplant
category would not only broaden our reach to a new
audience, but that audience might just grow into fullfledged
gardeners of annuals, perennials, vegetables, etc.
So yes, we thought the category was needed since NGB is
a non-profit organization with a goal of inspiring everyone
to do more gardening or plant-parenting ... whatever you
choose to call it!

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