Contents

Welcome!

Our Catalog

Botanic Garden & Research

Plant Delights Nursery

• mission & staff
• nursery photos
• feature articles
• Meet Our Cats

Shipping Division

• welcome
• shipping photos
• shipping cam

Education Center

• schedule

Visiting

• guidelines
• map and directions
• open house dates
• nearby hotels
• other places to visit

Introductions

• plant breeding and
  introduction program
• list of pdn intros

BREEDING PROGRAM: Our specialty is hostas...you know, "I've got both, the green and the variegated one." Since 1984, we have conducted one of the most extensive hosta breeding programs in the country, yielding exciting introductions like Hosta 'White Wall Tire'(98), Hosta 'Tattoo' PPAF (98), Hosta 'Elvis Lives' (95), and the ugliest hosta ever, Hosta 'Out House Delight' (94)! Despite the large number of hostas on the market today, there is room for distinctive leaf patterns, better flowers, and good old southern non-wimpy names. Our breeding efforts were made much easier with our invention of hosta condoms (no U.S. patent pending) because bees have no understanding of safe sex! We have worked with other genera to a lesser extent, and we hope these ongoing programs will yield some wonderful results in the near future.

PLANT INTRODUCTION PROGRAM: For years, we have worked with other plant breeders and explorers from around the country to introduce and market their new plants. If we can be of any help to you, feel free to give us a call. We prefer to trial new plants before including them in the catalog... please understand that this is not always a quick process. Also... don't expect to get rich!