Best Selling Perennials for Our Nursery so far in 2024 

So generous of you to share your experiences with us budding nursery folk. I appreciate your kindness. From York County Pennsylvania.

Hey! for once i have something to add and not just follow the journey. I have a small backyard nursery here in south africa, Zone 10a equivalent. Elephant ears are my bread and butter and is my top seller. the first piece of info i can share is that elephant ear leaves die back really easily when it gets to the low 30's in Fahrenheit during winter, but tend to grow back really quickly once the temps rise in spring. Then the second tip is that elephant ears really do not like to take a full dry-wet cycle like other plants, and seem to do better with a bit of overwatering or more moisture retaining soil than other plants that generally prefer the wet-dry cycles. And lastly, the stem and leaf size are really closely tied to the pot size, more so than other plants. In a single growing season they more than double and sometimes triple in size and leaf count if you give it a bigger pot. The difference is striking, the plant never seems to outgrow its pot, and only scales up with size if you give it a big enough pot to grow into. You also want to trim the "outer ugly leaves" regularly as that gets the plant to push out more leaves. from my experience growing these(im on my 5th year now), Its like the plant tries to put energy into keeping the ugly leaves alive so when you cut them back that plant energy gets directed to the new inner-leaf growth. I also didn't know the black variety existed. I only have 2 varieties, both green leaves but different stem colors. I'm gonna try and see if i can get my hands on these black ones, they look amazing.

Good morning! Thankful to continue watching the journey your family is on! Always thankful for the advice and the knowledge you pass on to all of us here on RU-vid!

I have an idea for you. Perhaps create a section of your nursery for native plants (and include native cultivars if you want…)? We have that in a few nurseries around here in WI. Just a thought. Keep up the great work!

I'm really glad for you guys that everything is working out and I hope it will work out for many years

Great video! I've been looking for lamium lately, I used to have it years ago, it's a great plant.

Yarrow is a great medicinal and wound healer also.Listen to your customers.they will help you succeed. So glad you found a wholesale grower that delivers. Great job. Hope your test garden is also going well to learn all kind of pla t successes. Also hope your daughters veggie garden is doing well. 👍

Thank you. It's always nice to follow the progress and growth of ambitious youth. I've recently read that certain (Butterfly Bush) are considered invasive or at least obnoxious, but cannot recall the zone or variety... Have you considered a small section of culinary herbs? Just a random thought. Much love 💕

I so relate to deciding what to grow! The websites are so enticing and I have to be VERY careful to not to buy starter plants impulsively. I'm not retail yet. just starting the growing and decided it's really important to establish a budget for initial inventory. Trying to do a master plan for the first year (2025 but it's hard for me to focus sometimes so your advice is helpful. I'm also visiting all the nurseries within 20 miles to see what they're offering because I really want my niche to be uncommon varietie of like more colors of hostas and mums, etc. And also (like you) carry the popular annuals for customers to impulse buy :) Thanks

Yarrow and dianthus stay green in my garden all winter long. 7a, northwest Arkansas. I'll be adding more this year to increase the winter interest in the garden.

Such great information, we have grown perennials for years but just starting to grow them for sale. So many plants that can be grown and sold!

Have you considered ordering from proven winners? I love their supertunias.

A great tip that I gleaned from another RU-vid gardener that has held very true for me, is that if you want to put perennials in pots and leave them out in winter, you need to put in plants that are hardy to two zones colder than your growing zone - for example, my growing zone is 9a, so I can safely plant perennials in above ground pots that are hardy to zone 7a.

Thank you for mentioning the lavender. I've always felt that's a plant you can never go wrong with. Seemingly forgotten about them. We sell the Black Elephant ears they do fair.

This is the best information on plants. Thank you so much.

Nice video. Interesting to see how your nursery evolve.

Great info!! I’ll definitely be checking some of those out!!

Great variety. I wouldn't mind having all those in my yard Also I hope you took at least one cutting from each of those to start your own plants. May take 2 seasons to take off but then you can really take even more cuttings.

I love perennials! You have a wide variety of them and give good information on them. I have black elephant ears and have kept them as a perennial and have lost few doing that too. It is best to be sure and cover them with mulch when the first freeze is coming. I use pinestraw and do it heavily through the winter. I am in a warmer area though. Mine are up this year but a lot smaller than their green cousins I have. All of yours are blooming so beautifully! One of my favorites is the hydrangeas.

Great information. Thanks!

Thank you.

Do you sell Succulent plant I know here on the East Coast of Florida. That’s a big seller love your channel. Congratulations.

Butterfly bush attracts butterflies but the nectar doesn’t satisfy them and unless it’s a sterile variety it’s invasive. there’s an effort to get folks to plant other things instead that are much better for butterflies and environment. Just a tip I’ve learned! They are beautiful though

Just learned cause I've been calling it ag-a-stash. But it sounds more Japanese Ag-a-stock-ee

The dianthus I grow in my garden are pretty tall.

Could I ask you a question I'm looking to put plant pictures and description in color and laminating them us the good site to find something like that picture card thanks for videos they been a great help

I love your videos❤❤❤please how do i get this black pots,i live in Nigeria,really been looking out for them

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Not being a garden Karin But if you included the growing zones, and whether the plant like Shade or sun would be helpful😂

I have divided a lot of elephant ears. Grow some out you won’t be sorry friend.

Thanks for the list, Craig. I want to go back a few steps in the nursery development process. I successfully grew out about 120 GG arborvitae. I advertised on about 18 buy/sell local FB Marketplaces. I have about 45 left and the inquiries have pretty much stopped. How can I “cast a wider net” to reach more people? I seem to remember a video that’s more specific about a FB presence, like having an actual FB page, in addition to marketplace ads. Also, my Limelight and Silver Dollar hydrangea are looking good after I pruned them about a month ago, although some are a little leggy. If I prune them now, will they set buds and bloom so I can sell them this season, or should I just wait and let them bloom? Thanks, as always.

We grow nepeta catmint instead of lavender and can't grow it fast enough!

Are these perrenials the ones you bought last fall to overwinter?

Lavender grower here----Lavender "Provence" is a French lavender (Intermedia), not English (Angustifolia). Seems you do have an English lavender in your hand. "Provence" is a summer bloomer, not Spring.

Do you grow any perennials for seed?

any one remember the Goofy Dude in his back Grass lolz