Plant Development Services, Inc.

At Plant Development Services, we treat our grower partners like family. Our grower-friendly approach combines sensible liner pricing and program fees; world-class merchandising and marketing tools; and innovative genetics from our in-house breeding program and an international network of leading-edge breeder partners. The result is comprehensive programs that create value for your growing operations as well as your retail customer base.

In these times of uncertainty and opportunity, we offer instantly recognized lifestyle brands that consistently create demand for your customers (and you!)

Our game changing brands include:

Encore® Azalea: The world’s best-selling reblooming azalea, with rich, colorful blooms in spring, summer and fall, Encore Azaleas have 35 varieties of bloom colors and sizes that thrive equally well in high filtered shade or sunny locations, unlike any other azalea in the world. Encore Azalea revolutionized the azalea industry and — powered by a continued, robust investment in public relations, content marketing and paid media strategies — continues to be the most requested reblooming azalea around the world.

Southern Living® Plant Collection: The 8th largest consumer magazine in the country, Southern Living reaches more than 19 million people each month, and 93% of these devoted fans say they trust the products they find in Southern Living. The Southern Living Plant Collection harnesses this powerful brand credibility and trust, and backs it with significant marketing and merchandising investment, to deliver inspired and educated consumers to retail shelves. When Southern Living fans want their gardens to look like the pages of Southern Living, they know these plants deliver.

Sunset® Plant Collection: For more than 125 years, Sunset has been the trusted source for gardening information, and we work hard to serve this educated consumer. To earn a spot in today’s yards, gardeners want plants that are easy to take care of, don’t need a ton of water or special diets, and that will help the environment. Our collection addresses these needs on a regional level, to ensure the right plant is in the right place.

BetterBoxwood®: BetterBoxwood is the first collection of scientifically bred blight-resistant boxwood, brought to you by Plant Development Services Inc. and Everde Growers for the U.S. and Canadian retail/landscape markets in 2023. The result of two decades of revolutionary breeding and plant trialing in Europe by the leaders in the fight against Boxwood blight — Belgium grower Herplant BVBA, in cooperation with the Flemish Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research — the four new BetterBoxwood varieties each deliver a unique size and form to fill any Boxwood need.

Do you propagate or produce quality finished plants for the retail and landscape markets? We are adding strategic partners who grow beautiful plants and understand today’s consumer-driven market. Join our family in 2022!

For more: www.plantdevelopment.com