Product Description:LIPSTICK PLANT This free-flowering species has cascading, shiny green leaves with burgundy underneath. Rich red flowers emerge from black calyces. Partial sun or shade. Blooms year-round. Inclement winter weather may affect shipping times. Shipped in 2.5″ pot Grows to 5″ in pot, trailing in habit Min. temp. 60F Hardy zone 10 and up
Product Description:BUTTERFLY GARDENIA So much reward for so little effort, this plant is easily grown and produces hoards of lovely semi-double white flowers. A handsome specimen of bushy growth with dense foliage. An added delight: soft fragrance that intensifies at night. Full or partial sun. Blooms in summer. Inclement winter weather may affect shipping times. […]
Product Description:STARFISH FLOWER This entertaining African species has fat, succulent, sharply angled stems. The enormous (9 inch!) starfish-shaped flower is a subdued yellow covered by miniature purple hairs, its tips terminating in slender elegant threads. Full sun to part shade. Grows to 10-12″ in container. Minimum temperature 40F. Blooms in summer and fall. Shipped in […]
Are you ready to build a web site for your garden center? Or do you already have a custom web site but are frustrated with the high cost of updating and maintaining it? Then the Online Garden Center is for you. Striking a balance between a professional look-and-feel and ease-of-maintenance, the Online Garden Center provides […]
Are you ready to build a web site for your garden center? Or do you already have a custom web site but are frustrated with the high cost of updating and maintaining it? Then the Online Garden Center is for you. Striking a balance between a professional look-and-feel and ease-of-maintenance, the Online Garden Center provides […]
Question fromPlease advise as to the weekly and /or monthly time commitment that would be needed to achieve a long term planning process. Thank You Answer: Long range planning should be viewed as a continuous process which follows out of a fairly intensive initial effort to develop an initial plan. Once the initial plan is established […]
Tracy Morland Title: President Organization: Morland Landscape Resource Bio: Since 1994, Tracy Morland has operated Morland Landscape Resource. Prior to that he worked for twenty years in the landscape industry in three diverse markets. Morland enjoys assisting growing and emerging landscape firms experiencing difficulties with the opportunities that growth and success offer. His background and experience […]
Jack Mattingly Title: President Organization: Mattingly Consulting Bio: Jack Mattingly’s experience includes more than 25 years in all areas of landscape contracting, maintenance, installation, irrigation, lawn care, interiors, arborist and golf course mainentance. Jack has developed a reputation as one of the leading designers and implementers of landscape systems highly responsive to the needs of […]
Jim Perrone Title: Founder and Managing Partner Organization: Perrone-Ambrose Associates Bio: Jim Perrone is founder and managing partner of Perrone-Ambrose Associates, a nationally recognized management-consulting firm. An expert in organizational human relations, Jim has developed original training and development strategies for clients in a vast range of industries. His specialties include motivation, leadership, teamwork, strategic planning […]
Bio: Rod Bailey was president of Evergreen Services Corporation, a landscape management contracting company based in Bellevue, Washington, for more than 30 years. The company provided landscape services throughout Western Washington and was sold successfully to TruGreen LandCare, a subsidiary of ServiceMaster, in December of 1998. After receiving a masterís degree in business administration from […]
Jim Paluch Title: President Organization: JP Horizons Inc. Bio: Jim Paluch is President of JP HORIZONS Inc. and has been helping energize Green Industry Clients for the past 12 years. He is the creator of the PRO TRAINING CHALLENGE and the PRO OWNERS’ NETWORK as well as the popular SALES JAMS. To contact him e-mail [email protected].
Bio: Joel Albizo directs marketing and sales for PlantAmerica, a green industry Internet firm established in 1995. He was formerly senior director of association and members services for the American Nursery & Landscape Association, where he directed the development and deployment of www.anla.org. Joel joined ANLA in 1998 as director of public relations and became […]
Steven Glover, CLP Title: President Organization: Steven Glover Consultants, LLC Bio: Steve Glover has been in the Landscape and Nursery business since he began work at his fathers nursery at the age of 7. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture and moved to California where he built a very successful […]
Question from Tom BranniganWe are a small but rapidly growing company that often finds our systems are outdated after 2 years. I would like to implement a score card and an agressive training program for our employees but updating our estimating system and other internal functions has taken most if not all of my time. […]
