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- Welcome!
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- Shipping Division
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Plant Breeding and Plant Introduction Programs
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!
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