• MADISON COUNTY • SWAIN COUNTY What is a common name? Jenkins Nursery 828-689-2860 Cochran’s Nursery 828-488-1454 A common name is a commonly used name for an organism. 11121 US Highway 23, Mars Hill, NC 28754 997 Jenkins Branch Road North, Common names can be local, family or traditional names and Bryson City, NC 28713 can vary widely by region. Any organism can have many com- mon names, so binomial nomenclature is used so each species • McDOWELL COUNTY has only one ‘scientific’ name. Gant’s Nursery 828-442-9407 • TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 6576 Sugar Hill Road, Marion, NC 28752 Colonial Acres Nursery 828-884-4330 Plantand What is a plant hardiness zone? Gilliam’s Nursery 828-668-4085 2682 Hannah Ford Road, Brevard, NC 28712 Supply Sources A plant hardiness zone is a geographic area in which categories 3429 Bat Cave Road, Old Fort, NC 28762 Fry Nursery & Landscaping 828-884-6491 Garden of plant life are capable of growing as defined by climatic Painter’s Greenhouse 828-668-7225 356 King Road, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 conditions including minimum temperatures of the zone. 734 Roy Moore Road, Old Fort, NC 28762 Henderson’s Greenhouse 828-883-3003 Asheville is currently in zone 6b (-5°F to 0°F) P&R Garden Center & Landscaping 828-652-9951 1911 Old Rosman Highway, Brevard, NC 28712 1200 Rutherford Road, Marion, NC 28752 New Leaf Garden Market 828-966-5323 How to ask a nursery or garden center for a plant 176 Lyday Loop, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 Finding a plant for your landscape can be a challenge if it is • MITCHELL COUNTY new in the trade or has unusual characteristics. Before calling Griffith’s General Merchandise 828-688-2369 • WATAUGA COUNTY your local garden center or nursery, you need the scientific 4301 NC 197 North, Green Mountain, NC 28740 Grandfather Mtn. Nursery 828-963-5025 name. Horticultural professionals use scientific names and may 11466 NC Highway 105 South, Banner Elk, NC 28604 also need to know a series, trademark or marketing name. Ask to speak with someone who knows the business inventory and The Mustard Seed Market 828-295-4585 • POLK COUNTY how that inventory is sourced. It may be a good idea to place Down to Earth Garden Center 828-859-2283 5589 US Hwy. 321 South, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 your request in advance of a growing season to give the center 1080 South Trade Street, Tryon NC 28782 Wren’s Nest Landscaping 828-297-6378 time to acquire the plant. The Garden Patch 828-894-2200 & Garden Center 39 East Mills Street, Columbus, NC 28722 166 George’s Gap, Sugar Grove, NC 28679 Plant Patents Timber Brook Farms Greenhouse 828-899-1681 Plant breeders are awarded patents by the US Patent and Trade- 315 Timberbrook Lane, Tryon, NC 28782 • WILKES COUNTY mark Office for new and distinct cultivated varieties of plants. Tryon Mountain Hardware 828-859-9223 Fern Valley Yard & Gardens 336-838-2495 To be eligible, a plant must have been asexually propagated and 2186 Lynn Road, Lynn, NC 28750 1020 River Street, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 exactly reproduced by the breeder. A patent lasts for 20 years Green Valley Farms 336-984-3454 and forbids the propagation, selling, or use of the variety with- out permission. • RUTHERFORD COUNTY 3772 Clingman Road, Ronda, NC 28670 Landscape Depot 336-838-7200 Horn’s Home & Garden Specialties 828-245-7505 PPAF = Plant Patent Applied For/ PP = Patent Pending 105 Oakwoods Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 184 West Trade Street, Forest City, NC 28043 Both terms indicate that someone has applied for a patent Ogilvie Gardens 336-667-8588 and serves as a warning that copiers should be careful not to 2585 Brushy Mountain Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 infringe upon it. Once a patent is issued, the patent owner stops Owens Greenhouses 336-696-2020 The garden using the “patent pending” terms and starts identifying the 3739 Mountain View Road, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 plant by its patent number, written, for example, as PP278654. Midtown Garden Market 336-667-4852 outlets listed in 339 Wilkesboro Avenue, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 this brochure are sources Trademarks ™ and Registration ® Mountain Valley Perennials 336-667-1769 Trademarks protect names and unlike patents can be renewed forever 1351 Friendly Grove Church Rd, Millers Creek, NC 28651 for some plants found in as long as they are being used in business. A trademark does not prevent others from selling the same plant, or from selling the plant The North Carolina Arboretum’s under a clearly different mark. When nurseries add memorable names • YANCEY COUNTY to plants to boost sales it often causes confusion in the industry. Carolina Native Nursery 828-682-1471 seasonal landscape exhibits. 1126 Prices Creek Road, Burnsville, NC 28714 Plant names followed by the ® mark indicates that the plant’s trade- Mt. Mitchell Landscaping & Bluestone 828-675-5188 mark name has been registered. Although federal registration of a trademark is not required, it does give notice to the public of a claim 4456 E US 19E, Burnsville, NC 28714 to ownership, gives exclusive right to use the mark in connection with Troy’s Greenhouse 828-682-6439 the marketing of a plant, and gives the owner the right to bring action Cultivated Variety 30 Cherry Lane, Burnsville, NC 28714 on infrigement in federal court. It also allows the owner to file the registration with US Customs to prevent the importation of infringing foreign goods. “Cultivated Variety” means someone cultivated the plant so there is no natural place of origin. For more reading concerning plant patents, trademarks and registration see The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. • ALEXANDER • BURKE COUNTY Carmen’s Greenhouse 704-874-1168 Causby’s Greenhouse 828-584-0566 LFR Farms & Greenhouse 704- 462-1417 Linda’s Plants 828-685-0738 216 Johnson Farm Road, Hiddenite, NC 28636 306 Causby Road, Morganton, NC 28655 2952 Lou Hoyle Lane, Newton, NC 28658 256 Step Acres Lane, Hendersonville, NC 28792 Country Road Greenhouse 704-585-2405 Cottage Gardens & Greenhouses 828-475-1035 Midway Nursery 828-464-1809 Peanuts Garden Center & More 828-808-8956 1541 Old Charlotte Road, Taylorsville, NC 28681 905 Carbon City Road, Morganton, NC 28655 2326 Highway 321 South, Newton, NC 28658 1609 North Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792 Gardens of the Blue Ridge 828-733-2417 Setzer’s Nursery 828-459-7098 Raymond’s Garden Center 828-696-8000 •ASHE COUNTY 9056 Pittman’s Gap Road, Newland, NC 28657 3114 North Lookout Street, Claremont, NC 28610 1320 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 High Country Greenhouse 336-246-4030 Gina’s Greenhouse 828-584-3408 Stepp’s Plants Etc. 828-243-5299 1990 NC Hwy 88 West, West Jefferson, NC 28694 4904 Dysartsville Rd, Morganton, NC 28655 • GRAHAM COUNTY 156 Arrowhead Hill Lane, Flat Rock, NC 28731 Pleasant Ridge Kountry Cottage 828-433-8004 Satterfield’s Briar Patch Nursery 828-479-8013 Nursery & Landscaping 336-877-2143 109 Stephens Road, Morganton, NC 28655 1015 Anthony Branch Road, Robbinsville, NC 28771 • IREDELL COUNTY 1391 Big Flatts Church Road, Fleetwood, NC 28626 Little Green Things 828-397-3737 Taylor’s Greenhouse 828-479-3997 Amity Hill Garden Center 704-872-3005 Greenhouses & Nursery 3231 Tallulah Road, Robbinsville, NC 28771 1908 Amity Hill Road, Statesville, NC 28677 • AVERY COUNTY 704 US Highway 70 West, Hildebran, NC 28637 Harmony Gardens Nursery 704-539-4709 Christmas Tree Hill Lowes Nursery 828-433-0292 • HAYWOOD COUNTY 290 Eagle Mills Road, Hamptonville, NC 27020 Nursery & Garden Center 828-733-4814 2357 Shady View Road, Morganton, NC 28655 Grass Root Gardens 828-926-0925 1881 Millers Gap Highway, Newland, NC 28657 M & M Greenhouse 828-437-3792 1368 Dellwood Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 • JACKSON COUNTY 5293 Rose Carswell Road, Morganton, NC 28655 Haywood Landscapes, Inc. 828-452-0024 Chattooga Gardens 828-743-1062 Settlemyre Nursery 828-874-0679 • BUNCOMBE COUNTY 2686 Old Balsam Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 91 Valley Road, Cashiers, NC 28717 1466 Drexel Road, Valdese, NC 28690 Appalachian Creek Garden Center 828-296-7396 Mountain View Nursery 828-627-9015 Country Road Farms 828-586-5515 8 Mimidis Lane, Swannanoa, NC 28778 1456 Hospital Drive, Clyde, NC 28721 41 Hall Town Road, Sylva, NC 28779 B.B. Barns • CALDWELL COUNTY Red Barn Greenhouse & Garden Center 828-926-1901 Log House Heathers By appointment only 828-586-5842 Garden, Gift and Landscape Company 828-650-7300 Jon Nelson’s 321 Nursery 828-728-4485 1856 Dellwood Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 70 Ajuga Drive, Sylva, NC 28779 3377 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC 28704 1353 Hickory Blvd, Southeast, Lenoir, NC 28645 Rux Gardens 828-456-4621 Scotlyn’s Yard Nursery 828-743-9330 Biltmore Estate–A Gardener’s Place 828-225-1427 Kentwood Nurseries Inc. 828-496-2831 2930 Old Balsam Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 Hwy 107 South, Cashiers, NC 28717 1 Approach Road, Asheville, NC 28803 *Fee for Entry 1604 Taylorsville Road, Lenoir, NC 28645 Country Fields Greenhouse 828-296-8839 Lenoir Green Scene 828-754-9729 • HENDERSON COUNTY • MACON COUNTY 154 Lower Grassy Branch Rd., Asheville, NC 28805 2566 Hickory Boulevard, Lenoir, NC 28645 A Growing Concern 828-697-2772 Highlands Lawn & Garden 828-526-2395 Eden Brothers Seed Company 828-633-6338 McCall’s Nursery 828-758-9576 1707 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville, NC 28792 2460 Cashiers Road, Highlands, NC 28741 2099 Brevard Rd., Arden, NC 28704 3157 Playmore Beach Road, Morganton, NC 28655 Barry Farms By appointment only 828-778-5409 Scaly Mountain Nursery 828-526-9269 Fifth Season Asheville Market 828-412-3200 Rocky Top Nursery 828-757-5698 345 Kimzey Road, Mills River, NC 28759 886 Rabun Branch Road, Scaly Mtn, NC 28775 4 South Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC 28805 2969 Blowing Rock Boulevard, Lenoir, NC 28645 Briggs Garden Center 828-891-4000 Seay’s Farm and Garden 828-524-2621 First Step Farm 828-665-5607 Shade Tree Nursery 828-757-9228 4189 Brevard Road, Horseshoe, NC 28742 368 East Main Street, Franklin, NC 28734 701 Smokey Park Highway, Candler, NC 28715 6170 Buffalo Cove Road, Lenoir, NC 28645 Henn’s Plant Farm 828-684-2321 Winding Stair Farm Nursery 828-369-9778 Green Outdoors Town & Country Greenhouses 828-758-0733 370 Lindsey Loop Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 57 Saunders Road, Franklin, NC 28734 Landscaping & Nursery 828-252-0273 336 Brookdale Place NW, Lenoir, NC 28645 Haiku Bamboo Nursery By appointment only 828-685-3053 91 Weaverville Highway, Asheville, NC 28804 468 Rhodes Mountain Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792 Jesse Israel & Sons Garden Center 828-254-2671 • CATAWBA COUNTY 570 Brevard Road, Lot 16, Asheville, NC 28806 Blooms Garden Center 828-465-1920 LOTUS Farm and Garden 828-505-3533 1604 Hwy 16 North, Conover, NC 28613 455-8 North Lousiana Ave., Asheville, NC 28806 Country Bloomers Greenhouse 828-256-2312 Reems Creek Nursery 828-645-3937 4462 County Home Road, Conover, NC 28613 & Landscaping, Inc. Hefner’s Nursery 828-256-5271 76 Monticello Road, Weaverville, NC 28787 4135 Spring’s Road, Conover, NC 28613 Sow True Seed 828-254-0708 243 Haywood St., Asheville, NC 28801 The Gardener’s Cottage 828-277-2020 34 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803 Thyme in the Garden 828-658-3700 190 Weaverville Highway, Asheville, NC 28804