Finding Plants in the Wild

“Working with Monrovia has been remarkable, because they understand both my process and what ships well to customers. My plants are so beautifully grown here.” DAN HINKLEY | PLANT EXPLORER

AROUND THE WORLD

Legendary plant explorer Dan hinkley began collaborating with Monrovia in 2007. Together we have produced a line of plants based on seeds he has collected from india, Vietnam, China, and in the wild in the us to offer truly distinctive and innovative plants to the home gardener. “No one makes the kind of investment that Monrovia does on bringing notable plants to such a wide audience,” says Dan hinkley.

AT OUR OWN NURSERIES

Many of our most popular new introductions have come from the observant work of our own craftsmen. as sports from the field of existing stock, these new introductions are carefully trialed and monitored to ensure consistency and quality before they are production ready. Little rick™ Mugo Pine (at left) for example, is a compact, dense variety discovered at our oregon nursery and selected for its ability to stay green through the winter.

IN YOUR BACKYARD

several notable finds in recent years have come to us from landscape designers and even home gardeners who bring us exciting discoveries. We use the same regional trialing process to ensure the plant has truly improved features before moving to mass production. This Velvet Viking™ Japanese Maple, for example, was first identified by a landscape designer in Minnesota. introduced in 2020, it’s our hardiest Japanese Maple, zones 4-9.

Our DISTINCTIVE Selections

This selection of plants represents the very best of what we seek to offer gardeners: special plants with superior genetics that we deem our best performers.

Our ANNUALS

“We are interested in finding and bringing to market annual color that has big impact. That could mean varieties with larger flowers, or that bloom through the fall. We’ve been very selective about the annuals we choose to grow because our consumer trusts that they’ll be special.”