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Pink Homecoming mums appear in full bloom at Longwood Gardens' annual Chrysanthemum Festival in Kennett Square, Pa., on Nov. 9, 2023. (Candie Ward/Longwood Gardens via AP)

Marisa Mender-Franklin poses for a picture on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in one of the properties that she crowdsourced for free to plant flowers for her florist shop in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

FILE - A bumblebee lands on a rose blossom at a horticultural exhibition in Erfurt, Germany, on June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

Kale appears in a partly shady foundation bed on Long Island, N.Y., on June 11, 2026. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

FILE - Marine One, with President Barack Obama aboard, is framed by flowers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

This undated image provided by Hudson Valley Seed Co. shows a container of candy-sweet Sungold cherry tomatoes. (Hudson Valley Seed Co. via AP)

This image provided by Proven Winners shows Supertunia Mini Vista® Pink Cloud®, a new petunia variety for 2026. (Proven Winners via AP)

FILE - Compost made from decomposed green kitchen scraps, yard litter and garden waste, appears in New Market, Va., on March 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick, File)

FILE - Volunteers place mulch around a tree at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center Martinez Arena in Griffith Park in Los Angeles on July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Indoor-grown microgreens are harvested on Long Island, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 2024. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

FILE - Food scraps sit inside a residential compost bin in Cincinnati on July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

This image released by Netflix shows Zach Galifianakis from his gardening series "This Is a Gardening Show." (Netflix via AP)