New Plants
New plants and different uses for old plants is the life's blood of our industry. We are constantly looking for new material to offer to you. Following are our current offerings and information on ordering. You can order directly from this web site by going to the Order Information page or contact us by phone, fax or e-mail if you have any other questions.
Caladium Lil' Star is a striking selection of Caladium humboltii 'Marcel' and will change the way you view Caladiums forever.
Lil' Star has small, bright white, heart shaped leaves with contrasting green veins. This plant has been observed for many years and have determined that it does not have a dormancy requirement allowing year round production given adequate temperature and light.
Still trending….Edibles! We are still seeing the market for Edibles in high demand. Whether it is organic vegetables or fruit from tissue culture, we do offer a wide variety of these particular plants. So this month and next, we will be featuring some great Edible selections for your nursery!
Thornless Blackberries (University of Arkansas hybrids--great for homeowners or commercial production). From 72 cp tray to 1 gallon: 2 months:: Natchez PP 20,891: early fruiting with large, high quality berries. Great for containers with trellis; disease resistant; Hardy zone 6-10 : Ouachita PP 17,162: Medium sized plump berries on upright branching canes. Hardy Zone 5-9; disease resistant
Raspberries: high antioxidants; great for homeowners and commercial production. From 72 cp tray to 1 gallon: 2-3 months:: Caroline PP10,412: superb taste & productivity; fall bearing red raspberry that produces on 1 year old canes. Better producer than Heritage raspberry. Hardy Zone 5-9
Figs: Easy to grow, great in containers and for homeowners. Grow as a tree, or prune as a bush. From 72 cell pack tray to 1 gallon pot: 3-4 months; Hardy Zone 7-10:: Brown Turkey: Delicious large brownish fruit, great for fresh eating or preserves:: Black Mission: Dark purple fruit with bright red flesh; excellent fresh or dried:: LSU Purple: Beautiful purple fig with high sugar content; great for fresh eating or preserves:: Texas Everbearing: copper bronze skin on large figs, early ripening; good fresh eating and excellent for processing
Blueberries: Self fertile varieties; From 72 cp to 1 gallon: 6 months. Requires low pH 4.5-5.0 with peat and/or pine bark mixture::: Palmetto PP16,756: Early fruiting southern highbush from University of Georgia. Excellent flavor, tough plant and one of the best. Hardy Zone 7-10:: Sunshine Blue: Dwarf bush with outstanding flavored medium size berries. Great for homeowners; forms a pretty rounded bush. Hardy Zone 5-10:: Misty: Bright blue green foliage with very flavorful fruit; good compatibility with Sunshine Blue. Hardy Zone 6-10
Veggies: We have a wide variety of grafted vegetables available. These veggies have a great marketing program behind them, that includes the ability to purchase branded pots and tags. Grafted Veggies include Eggplants, Peppers and Tomatoes.
‘Hot Lips' is a vigorous growing tropical with large deep red flowers with a velvet look. 'Hot Lips' is vigorous grower and produces an abundance of flowers all summer long. Excellent for 6, 8 and 10 inch containers or hanging baskets. 'Hot Lips' has exceptional heat tolerance and are best grown in full sun to a maximum of 30% shade. The vining charteristics of 'Hot Lips' is directly related to the amount of direct sun provided.
Zones: 10+ Available in 98cp
Talk about "Wow" power, 'Mello Yellow' is in a league all it's own with broad yellow petals outlined in purple. A fast growing well branched garden orchid commonly producing multiple flower spikes each producing numerous large (2” in diameter) showy flowers. Once the flower show starts it continues on and on.
'Mello Yellow' is a full, compact plant 24” to 30" tall. Perfect for 6-8 inch pots.
Zones: 10+ Available in 98cp
Geckos have a way of commanding attention, and 'Red-eyed Gecko' is no exception with its bright chartreuse foliage and central red eye. A medium-sized grower, this striking selection will reach 4'-5' in optimal growing conditions.
We are proud to announce that we have established a new Anthurium program. This new program currently has over 10 varieties, with new ones coming out in the near future. These are currently coming in from Holland and are being produced in South Florida. If you are interested in an Anthurium program, please contact us so that we can get a trial order out to you!
Another fantastic addition to the Masquerade™ series, 'Zulu Mask' has long, narrow and deeply lobed leaves that can reach 2' in length. Architecturally striking, each leaf is dark-green with white veins and has a dark maroon underside.
A new Sun Parasol® Mandevilla! This is the first bedding plant Mandevilla. It is naturally compact and is bred to be produced in 4 inch pots. Garden Crimson is exquiste in landscapes. It is a dark red with 3-4 inch blooms. The beautiful plant can also be used in hanging baskets.
Storybook Roses are now called SUNROSA Roses!!
These landscape and patio Roses have a dense, compact growth habit. They have perpetual flower power, and rebloom over a long period of time. Sunrosa Roses drop dead blooms easily. They offer maximum ornamental value through foliage, flowers and hips. They are highly disease resistant. So give us a call today to receive availability and pricing information!
This new double flowering Adenium is available year round.
3 new varieties of bottlebrush: Slim, Flame & McArthur
Callistemon ‘MacArthur™'--MacArthur is a ‘Little John’ x ‘Captain Hook’ hybrid. It is a fast grower, yet still a semi-dwarf habit. It has loads of vivid red bottlebrush flowers.
Callistemon ‘Scarlet Flame™’--Scarlet Flame has a beautiful auburn color new growth. It has a dwarf habit and great Bottlebrush flowers. It flowers in the Spring.
Callistemon ‘Slim™’--The Bottlebrush has a columnar habit and responds well to pruning. It is great for creating hedges. It flowers in Spring and Fall.
Zone 8-11; Available in 72cp
Mighty ‘Mato Grafted Tomatoes are stronger, faster, more able to fend off foes than regular tomato plants – and their harvests are bigger! Mighty ‘Mato goes above and beyond the call of duty, defending against pests, diseases, temperature extremes, and poor soils while producing long, abundant harvests of tasty fruit!
Grafting joins the top part of one plant (the scion) to the root system of a separate plant (the rootstock). As their tissues heal, they fuse into one super plant that combines the rootstock’s vigor and disease resistance with the scion’s exceptional fruit quality. The graft must stay above soil level, and prune lateral suckers for best fruiting.
Celosia Kelos are compact-growing, long lasting, full sun plants. They tolerate a wide range of temperature conditions, are suitable for indoor or outdoor use and will bloom for up to 12 weeks. These colors are dynamic and the plant structure is full and well branched. Cuttings root very quickly usually (3-4 weeks) sticking directly into a 4" pot.
A new princess flower selected for its multi-color leaf variegation. It has hues of pink to red that are prominent on young foliage or in the cooler months. The flowers are typical of Tibouchina urvilleana. Its habit is fairly open but responds well to pruning. Zones 9-10
Looking for an alternative to liners? Look no further! We have a great supplier of bare root, bulbs and the like. Now is the time to be ordering, as shipping season is August.
Plants include: Astilbe, Daylilies, Iris, Hosta & many more!
These showy evergreen dwarf beauties have numerous bright colorful bracts growing in an upright habit. This plant flowers in as small as a 4" pot and is great for landscape and patio containers.
Height: 2-3ft Width: 1-2ft
Immediate availability!
We have a great supplier of named Plumeria varieties. They come as URCS and ship along with color tags for each. We have over 25 varieties to choose from. Available to ship March-April.
Prestige was developed by the University of Nebraska and released in 2003. Prestige tolerates humid climates and outperforms other Buffalograss in the south and southeast regions of the United States. Prestige also shows resistance to chinch bugs. An excellent choice for lawns, street islands, commercial areas and parks. The low maintenance requirements of this grass make it a great choice for Green Roofs. Buffalograss is the only turfgrass native to the United States.
Pennisetum 'Skyrocket' pp21497 is a new variety with green and white variegated foliage with margins forming clumps of foliage. This plant produces smoke pink blooms that arch above the foliage from mid-summer to mid-fall. Hardiness to zone 9-10.
In the garden, 'Meema' is a shrubby ground cover that gets 1 1/2 - 2 ft high, with a 2 ft. spread, but it will creep up things if allowed to. In a pot it has the ability to grow in a clump, holding great form without the need for a trellis, making an easy retail plant to grow. Water as required to keep the plant healthy for the first 8 to 16 weeks. Once established, irrigation may only be necessary during extreme drought.
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' is native to many different areas of China and thought to be the actualnigra species. Tall upright habit with delicate foliage lends an impressive display in the garden. Strong canes mature to a grayish olive color. This variety expresses good vigor. It will grow taller and proves to be hardier than Phyllostachys nigra. It is reputedly drought tolerant once established. In cold zones, such as 5b, it likely will only achieve a maximum height of approximately 15-25. In more temperate climates such as the West Coast, it can reach heights of up to 60.
At last, a tough beautiful ground cover Westringia.Westringias are one of the most popular shrubs, due to their toughness, and all year round clean foliage.
Mundi-Mundi is an ideal plant for toughroadsides, for mass planting as a ground coverin gardens and large amenity areas. Greatfor where you need a low growing plantthat gets minimal care.
Naringa- Naringa is the best hedging form of Westringia. It keeps its form even after years of growth. Naringa in the middle is far more tidy then the normal Westringia. Even as a
Speciman plant Naringa provides a more tidy option. If desired it can be shaped to suit with minor pruning.
A new series of Hibiscus! There are 2 categories in this series; LongiFlora (aimed at longer lasting flowers) and MultiFlora (aimed at richer and more flowering plants). Available as 50cp or 72cp. Immediate availability on 4 in. prefinished.
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