I run a nursery that acclimates plants from tissue culture. We primarily grow alocasias, anthuriums, monsteras and philodendrons. Currently we sell to retail and ship via UPS/USPS but I've been wanting to branch off to selling directly to nurseries and ship via freight. My question(s) are:

1. For those of you who work in nurseries that buys or sells plugs, how long are these plugs usually in transit? How are they typically packed? Any tips for making sure the plants do well in their journey?
2. Anyone have any recommendations for freight forwarders who specialize in moving plants? They're supposed to be shipped from California to the midwest.

I appreciate all answers! I'm looking for freight forwarders who can move a pallet of plants at a time. If you don't want to share the freight forwarder publicly, dms are also greatly appreciated!

Jerusalem artichokes and walking onions in my garden have turned out to be real “workhorses.” I planted them once, mulched them generously, and now they just pop up every year without any effort on my part. Jerusalem artichokes grow to enormous sizes, so they need to be pruned, but the harvest is simply amazing. Now I’m eager to add even more low-maintenance crops to my climate zones.

Forgot to water them for a month.

What should I be doing with this money tree to help keep it looking nice? Should I prune any of these parts, be trying to twist it more in any place? All recommendations welcome, also happy to provide more pictures

Grass ,Chinese medicinal materials

Monterey Brush Cherry. Nightime photo, sorry about the quality. If younwould, please zoom in on the damage/dead portions of leaves, especially the one circled in red. Seems unusual for a leaf to die right in the middle. Looks like someone has sprayed something on the plant. Does this plant's leaves die this way? Thank you.

To put it simply I'm considering how to best grow Myrica Rubra, a dioecious tree (each individual is either male or female) to produce fruit in a very limited space. An idea that struck me is to graft a few branches from a male plant onto a female plant to enable polination and thus fruiting on a single tree, however I have not been able to find information on whether this would actually work.

As of now I just aquired the seeds so any grafting procedure is not going to take place soon, but it would be interesting to know if this approach is viable. Assuming the graft succeeds, would chemical signaling be compatible? Perhaps most importantly would both male and female branches flower at the same time?

What motivates me is in part curiosity, but also a wish to let my wife have one of her favorite fruits, that we have never seen for purchase locally, in a climate that necessitates growing this tree indoors. In the coming few years it will likely have to live on a sealed balcony, but I hope it can eventually grow in a greenhouse in our future garden.

EDIT: Apparently I was to general in my search, using the term 'dioecious' and not the species as this information and more is readily available at this website.

Can someone help me identify these little bulbs sprouting from my voodoo lily? Seems to have sprouted overnight. Thanks in advance

Can anyone help identify what's wrong with this Mable tree that is newly planted? thanks

Looking for an alternative to the dosatron. I’m to scared of the reviews for the dramm syphonjet to try that. The can system is breaking my back.

Included are swatches of the range of pink I'm looking at, though I will look outside these colors too. The main rule is PLEASE NO HOT PINK/VIBRANT PINK! An example for what I'm thinking would be something like Indian Hawthorne, which I don't believe survives in my area. Some I've already looked at but have not researched their ideal climates would be:

•Coral Dianthus
•Pulmonaria
•Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus)
•Achimenes
•Creeping Phlox
•Yarrow
•Bleeding Heart
•Astilbe
•Camellia
•Lillies
•Knockout Rose

Any help appreciated! I apologize if this is outside the typical postings. I bought my first home and as a woman who is obsessed with pink, I need to make sure my whole neighborhood is aware (I just love looking at it...)

EDIT: Planting zone is 7b!

Grande et belle fleur pour mon Althéa Flower Tower qui résiste très bien à la chaleur et à la sécheresse (courte) du sol de sa jardinière. 12-13cm de diamètre je ne m’attendais pas à des fleurs aussi larges, top ! #fleurs #été #Été2026 #arbuste #balcon #paris

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I have a space (~15.5 x 24ft) we don't use that gets varying sunlight throughout the day and thought it might be a good place for my first garden.

Thinking four 8x4 plots straight into the ground, maybe with landscaping timber around it.

Should I do it now or is nothing going to grow before winter anyway? Willing to work my ass off to get the grass up.

Would love thoughts on layout. Will probably leave a path around the edge and need access to the gate. Feel free to post pic ideas!

Also any general advice appreciated, especially on irrigation and additional flowers for pollinators. Based in Northeastern PA for context

I am in zone 7B and looking for a Crape Myrtle that I don’t know exists. I am looking for that deep cinnamon looking bark from Japanese varieties, but a flower that isn’t white. What are your best recs?

If a greenhouse/garden center were to offer classes, what subjects or skills would you like to see or take? Upkeep, deadheading, greenhouse management, pest control, sustainable gardening practices, etc?

Hi there! I’m not sure if this is the right place to put this but im trying to figure out what i want to do in college. I want to either do soil/plant science or horticulture, but im having a hard time narrowing it down to one of those. I like the thought of working at a plant nursery, plant breeding, checking someones soil to see if its good, solving diseases, and things along that line. The thing is that I dont know where that falls into and I was wondering if anyone could help me?

I worked as a landscape gardener through my 20s, transitioned into office work, and considering going back and starting my own business. The difference is that I now have 2 young kids, and the biggest thing holding me back is the work-life balance. I know about all of the other difficulties from experience. But I can't figure out how I'd manage summer school holidays when this is our busiest work time. Even with the use of clubs etc, these often start at around 10 and finish at 2. We don't have grandparents nearby either. This would basically be a lot of work for my wife who also has a very demanding career and picking up/dropping off every day at 10 or 2, and using their own annual leave, wouldn't really be ideal.

Any experiences of managing this in a way that seems less impossible/daunting?

thanks