It ’s fun to see all the garden movement that marketers and other soothsayers are predicting . Another elbow room to find out out about what ’s young in gardening is to see the kinds of presentation that are being made atgarden showsand hort days around the state . you’re able to get a sneak peak at many of the consequence around Minnesota at theMSHS event listing .
After reviewing the national predictions and what ’s pass away on in Minnesota here are six trend we ’re picture for 2016 :
1 ) Make Friends with the Pollinators . Our Kitchen Garden columnistRhonda Fleming Hayesrecently wrote the Scripture onPollinator - favorable Gardening . And , this is one of the most common topics being covered at hort day this twelvemonth . Whether you implant more native plant , sum up milkweed to your garden , add up other sort ofhabitat for pollinatorscreating gardeners that bees , butterflies and other pollinator love is definitely a tendency .
Concern about butterflies, bees and other pollinators is the top trend we are seeing in 2016.
2 ) Container Vegetables . little - infinite gardening has been on the trend radar for some fourth dimension as more folks live on small mess or in Ithiel Town homes or condos . But containers are not just for annual any longer . you may growvegetables in containers , if you nibble the correct varieties , the right pots and keep them watered well . Hint : If you get tomatoes in a container , make it as big as you’re able to and choose motley labeled “ patio love apple . ”
3 ) Garden Kits . Many new gardeners are looking for instant success in the garden , and garden kit are a good mode to get that . ( Of naturally , we ’ve been helping gardeners get start with ourGarden in a Boxprogram since 2008 . ) We ’re realize companies offering tray ofpollinator - well-disposed gardens , seeded player collections for vegetable lovers , and even kits for those who require acutting garden .
4)Layered Landscapes . I’m not sure why this is incisively a trend — learned gardeners have been planting in layers since….well , does n’t Mother Nature flora in layers in the forest ? Anyway , the estimable the great unwashed atGarden Media Group , who track style every year , have observe that the idea of layering a garden with tree diagram , shrubs , perennials and soil covert is pull ahead traction . This is a wonderful , gloomy - maintenance way to implant a landscape . For idea , moderate outthis book , which offers lots of detail on how to landscape in layers and photos that show how it can calculate .
Photo courtesy of Gardeners Supply
5 ) COLOR!Very few nurseryman want a shades - of - immature garden , but for those who have that or who just ca n’t get enough colour , garden marketers are tender more pop of semblance through fencing , benches , art and other structural feature . Even toolsare bring forth a coat of bright pigment for 2016 .
6 ) More kind of Kale?While there are some who think there is already too much dinero in this world ( my hubby among them ) , hybridizers have add up up with some new kinds of kale . Kalettes ® is a non - GMO cross between wampum and Brussels sprouts . Like Brussels bourgeon , it develop up a stalk , but instead of little wampum principal , the plant develop piddling kale megabucks . Kosmic ™ kale is a kale that can be grown for both ornamental and edible purposes . The plants are prettier than your average lucre with cream - color edge and a ruffled grain . The plant life would look pretty around a border .
What trends are you spotting as you search at cum catalogue this winter ?
Kale is an attractive ornamental plant in mixed plantings.
