PLUG INTO THE EASIEST WAY YET TO GET THE BEST PLANTS FOR YOUR BUSINESS. THE NEW PLUG CONNECTION CATALOG BRINGS THE EASE AND SIMPLICITY OF SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS TO THE WORLD OF PLANTS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE YOUR APPs – instALL THEM and you’re tAPPING INTO A BRILLIANT BREEDER NETWORK AND A ONE-STOP SOURCE FOR ELECTRIFYING NEW VARIETIES AND PERFECTED FAVORITES. SO WHEN YOU NEED A PROFITABLE NEW Program, there’s a PLANT FOR THAT. WHEN YOU WANT TO HARNESS THE POWER OF ORGANIKS®, TESSERA SUCCULENTS OR OTHER EXCLUSIVE PLUG offerings, there’s a PAGE FOR THAT. And when you’re looking FOR SUPER-CHARGED INSPIRATION AND SUPPORT, there’s the PLUG TEAM OF PLANT EXPERTS FOR THAT. POWER UP, AND SEE WHAT PLUG CAN DO. [ table of contents ] HOW WE DO BUSINESS ....................................................................................6 Mighty ‘MATO® AND MIGHTY Veggies™ – GRAFTED VEGETABLES .................................................16 ORGANIKS® .............................................................................................24 VEGETATIVE HERB PROGRAM ...............................................................................27 TOMACCio™ ............................................................................................28 FLOWERING PLUG+PLAY PROGRAMS .........................................................................31 Tiki™ ACALYPHA Series – TROPICAL SURGE PROGRAM ..........................................................32 BUDDLEJA Buzz™ BUTTERFLY BUSH .........................................................................41 pac® ELSNER GERANIUM ...................................................................................60 SYNGENTA GERANIUM ....................................................................................63 SUNPATIENS® IMPATIENS ...................................................................................69 SUN PARASOL® MANDEVILLA ...............................................................................75 TESSERA® SUCCULENT COLLECTION ........................................................................103 BLOOMING Aloes™ .....................................................................................105 SUNSParkler™ SEDUM .................................................................................116 ORNAMENTAL GRASSES AND GRASS-LIKE PLANTS .............................................................121 GARDEN DANCer™ Cordyline SERIES .....................................................................122 [ table of contents ] BOOShoots™ BAMBOO FROM TISSUE CULTURE .............................................................123 POINSETTIA ............................................................................................128 DUMMEN ..............................................................................................130 INDEX .................................................................................................133 MEET THE TEAM The Plug Connection team is the central processing unit of our electric operations, ensuring high quality products, an exceptional customer experience and an answer to any question. Horticultural specialists and masters of logistics, they dedicate themselves to getting you the very best plants, right when you need them. Nicole Jackson Lisa Finnegan Juan St. Amant Sales and Marketing Director Customer Service Manager New Product Development Director Nicole comes to Plug Connection with With 25 years of experience in customer During his 24 years with the company, more than a decade of experience in service and management – 16 of those Juan has worked to supply Plug sales, marketing and brand development years spent in the horticultural industry Connection customers with the latest, at one of the top young plant producers – Lisa is uniquely suited to deliver our greatest and most profitable plants and in the US. She devotes her attention customers the level of support they need. programs. Using his nuanced knowledge to working closely with customers She dedicates herself to making our of a multitude of varieties, he’s helped on profitable new programs on the customers happy at every step of the expand Plug Connection’s product ornamental side as well as expanding process, from when they place their order offerings to include gerberas, cyclamen, Plug Connection’s network of Organiks® to when they receive their shipment. When perennials and most recently, the many growers. Nicole has a BS in horticulture she can bear to pry herself away from the lines of new cutting and tissue culture business from Colorado State University. computer, Lisa can be found traveling, programs. He’s a strong advocate for She stays healthy practicing yoga making jewelry or spending time with organics, working to expand our network daily and recently completed her first family and friends. of USDA certified growers by helping them half marathon. through the certification process. Juan is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles and lives in Vista, California with his wife and two children. Nicole Jackson Lisa Finnegan Juan St. Amant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] cell: 760.497.1087 ext 118 ext 104 6 Mike Guy Gregg Opgenorth Christine Labrador Production Manager – Seed Production Manager – Vegetative Marketing and Communications Manager Mike joined the Plug Connection team Gregg’s broad range of production Christine joins Plug Connection with nearly early in 1993 just as the company was experience, from bedding plants and 10 years of experience in marketing, taking shape, and 18 years later, he has nursery stock to conventional ornamentals branding and visual communications, never had a dull moment. He and his team and organic herbs and vegetables, most recently in the architecture and are constantly adapting to the changing gives him insight into the challenges non-profit industries. Though she’s new industry, new crops and improved that growers face on a daily basis. As to the plant world, she finds inspiration in systems. Mike’s goal is to consistently head vegetative grower and as part of nature. She works to support her team produce the best quality plugs, and he the product development team, Gregg’s (and yours) with effective sales, marketing, treats every day as an opportunity to focus is on delivering high-quality plugs, and communications tools. She received improve. Outside of work, Mike stays liners and programs that are ready to her BSBA degree in marketing and her busy helping run the production nursery be installed into both large and small MA in communications from Hawaii Pacific that he and his wife Julie founded after production systems. He is always available University in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. A receiving his BS in ornamental horticulture to share his production and cultural wife and mother of two, she’s a sucker for from Cal Poly, Pomona in 1977. He expertise with customers. Gregg and his good desserts…and good design. enjoys the outdoors and nurses a serious wife Linda – recent empty nesters – grow fishing addiction. many of our plants in their own Fallbrook, California garden. Mike Guy Gregg Opgenorth Christine Labrador [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ext 109 ext 132 ext 119 760.631.0992 | plugconnection.com 7 ORDER INFO RELIABLY GOOD SERVICE Customer service and support – two of our most important products. So, just as we have expert horticulturists to ensure the quality of our plants, we also have an experienced customer service and sales team. They’re here to provide the assistance, answers and even suggestions that help make doing business with us a great experience for you. Ask your favorite broker about our products, contact us at 760.631.0992 or email Lisa Finnegan at [email protected]. Maria Rojas Beth Hartman Dena Grange [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ext 106 ext 130 ext 100 SEED TRAY SIZES 72 TRAY 128 TRAY 162 TRAY 288 TRAY 512 TRAY Sold as 72 Sold as 125 Sold as 162 (Mesa Sold as 285 Sold as 500 2/3 per case 4 per case Magic® Cyclamen only) 5 or 6 per case 6 per case (Gerbera and Cyclamen 4 per case sold as 128) VEGEtatIVE TRAY SIZES 32 TRAY 72 TRAY 102 TRAY 102X TRAY 104 TRAY Sold as 32 Sold as 72 Sold as 100 Sold as 102 Sold as 100 2 per case 2/3 per case 4 per case (Mighty ‘Mato) 2 per case 2 per case (except PAC Geranium sold as 104/104) 8 BROKER LIST ABBOTT-IPCO HMA PLANTS 800.525.1379 440.428.2728 abbott-ipco.com hmaplants.com ARIS HORTICULTURAL SERVICES HORTICULTURAL SERVICES 800.232.9557 405.340.1584 arishort.com hortservices.com BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY J&P PARK (PARK SEED) 800.879.2255 800.845.3366 ballhort.com parkseed.com BILL MOORE & COMPANY JVK 800.237.7794 800.665.1642 billmooreco.com jvk.net BILLY HARRIS & ASSOCIATES KOENIG AND ASSOCIATES 800.297.8727 503.282.3183 bhaplants.com koenigplants.com D. 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