Finding foliage success farther north
From 2019 to 2021, the demand for indoor foliage plants increased a lot. The wholesale value of begonias, pleomeles, bromeliads, ferns and more grew from $616 million to $762 million in that timeframe. “In 2020, Florida grew 69% of those plants – and that raised the risk of exporting Florida pests all over the country,” noted