About Our Plants 2005

About Our Plants



	New for 2006
			New to Monrovia - Exclusive and Semi-Exclusive A dazzling array of exceptional new varieties. Recent Introductions - Featured New Plants Add excitement to your garden with these new varieties. New Plants Archive Exclusive Varieties for 2005 Exclusive Varieties for 2004
	How Monrovia Acquires New Plants
	Monrovia has been a leader in the American nursery industry in the acquisition, trialing and promotion of new plants for the past eighty years. As growers of Distinctively BetterŽ plants, it is no easy matter finding the best new plants in the world. These exciting new varieties come to us through many different channels. We have relationships with breeders who are focused on the breeding and hybridization of plants. They seek to improve current varieties, perhaps producing a more compact plant or one with a brighter or unique flower color. We also work with plant hunters who travel the globe to find and identify exciting new discoveries in places such as China, Africa, Russia and Europe.		Nicholas Staddon Director of New Plant Introductions
	Other resources for the discovery of new plants are our own Craftsmen at Monrovia and the American gardening community, a dedicated group of enthusiasts who are always on the lookout for something new and unusual. Potential new plants are held and evaluated in Monrovia’s bullpen – named for the bullpen in baseball, where pitchers warm up. Plants are trialed in the regional environment where they will do the best and evaluated for their potential success in the U.S. marketplace. Typically only one in 50 plants under observation is added to our line. We believe that a great new plant should not be hidden in the closet but brought out into the sunshine for all to benefit from and enjoy. It is our goal to make the gardeners of America more successful in their own paradise of flora and we believe that creating great, new plants is an important way of achieving this mission.

	What makes Monrovia Plants Distinctively Better^Ž