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Nurseries with Catalogue Sales
- Antique Rose Emporium - Roses, flowering vines and perennials - San Antonio TX
- Glasshouse Works - Exotic tropicals - Stewart OH
- Logee's Greenhouses - Exotic plants, many new varieties - Danielson CN
- Plant Delights Nursery - Unusual plants, fun catalog to read - Raleigh NC
- Stokes Tropicals - Bananas, gingers, heliconias - New Iberia LA
- Sunshine Farms and Gardens - Barry Glick - Perennials and woodland plants - Renick WV
- The Nursery at Ty Ty Crinums, gingers, elephant ears - Ty Ty GA
- Tropiflora Orchids, bromeliads, succulents and other tropical plants - Sarasota FL
- Yucca Do Nursery - Yuccas, agaves, and other xeric plants - Hempstead TX
Photo: Tony Avent at Plant Delights open house in Raleigh NC
Wholesale Growers
- Carolina Nurseries - Large wholesale grower with wide variety of plants for the South - Moncks Corner SC
- Chestnut Hill Tree Farm - Fruit, nut, and flowering trees - Alachua FL
- Hatchett Creek Farms - Herbaceous perennial and tropical liners - Gainesville FL
- ItSaul Plants - Liners of many unusual perennials, tropicals, and vines - Atlanta GA
- Monrovia Nursery - One of the world's largest nurseries! - Azusa CA
- Mountain States Wholesale Nursery - Large supplier of xeric plant material for the SW - Glendale AZ
- Nurseries Caroliniana - New and exciting varieties of shrubs, groundcovers and perennials - North Augusta SC
- Robrick Nursery - Large producer of herbaceous plant liners for the nursery industry - Gainesville FL
- San Marcos Growers - Grower with large selection of unusual plants - Santa Barbara CA
- Wildseed Farms - Wholesale and retail wildflower seed producer - Fredericksburg TX
Photo: Dick Kearley at Robrick Nursery near Gainesville FL
Butterflies
- Butterfly World - Popular tourist destination with butterfly enclosures that you walk through - Coconut Creek FL
- Callaway Gardens - Outstanding Butterfly Conservatory - Pine Mountain GA
- Greathouse Butterfly Farm - Butterfly farmer, rancher, and marketer - Gainesville FL
- McGuire Center - Butterfly Rainforest - Fifty-five to sixty-five exotic varieties of butterflies flying free in a three-story steel enclosure filled with waterfalls, bridges and 2000 plants of 300 different species - Gainesville FL
- Museum of Science & Industry - Butterfly encounter with excellent educational program - Tampa FL
- Lukas Nursery - Butterfly enclosure at a large Orlando-area nursery - butterfly nectar and larval plants available for purchase - Oviedo FL
Photo: Outdoor wild garden and enclosure of McGuire Center Butterfly Encounter in Gainesville FL
Florida Botanical Gardens
- Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens - Spectacular spring display of camellias, oriental magnolias, tea olives, bulbs and azaleas - Tallahassee FL
- Fairchild Tropical Garden - the state's largest botanical garden - specializing in tropical plants with an extensive collections of palms, hibiscus, fruit trees and orchids - Miami FL
- Harry P. Leu Gardens - Historical house tour, huge camellia collection, rose garden, palms, bamboo, tropical rain forest, floral clock, perennial borders, vinery, and more - Orlando FL
- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Exotic - animals in a beautiful garden setting on the St. John's River in northern Jacksonville - Jacksonville FL
- Kanapaha Botanical Gardens - Florida's second largest botanical garden - nice collections of bamboo, herbs, native trees, woodland plants, gingers and hardy palms - Gainesville FL
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Historic house, many large specimens of tropical trees, shrubs and bamboo - Sarasota FL
- Mounts Botanical Garden - Extensive collection of tropical fruit trees and shrubs - West Palm Beach FL
- University of South Florida Botanical Garden - Young developing botanical garden on USF campus -Tampa FL
Photo: Chahuly glass in Conservatory at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami FL
US Botanical Gardens - Alan's Favorites
- Atlanta Botanical Garden - Atlanta GA
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Tuscon AZ
- Armstrong Atlantic University Arboretum - Savannah GA
- Bellingrath Gardens - Theodore AL
- Brookgreen Gardens - Pawley's Island SC
- Callaway Gardens - Pine Mountain GA
- Chanticleer Garden - near Philadelphia PA
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden - Nashville TN
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden - Belmont NC
- Huntington Botanical Garden - Huntington Beach CA
- JC Raulston Arboretum - Raleigh NC
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin TX
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - Richmond VA
- Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens - Humble TX
- Missouri Botanical Garden - St. Louis MO
- North Carolina Arboretum - Asheville NC
- Peckerwood Garden - Hempstead TX
- Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden - Columbia SC
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens - Durham NC
- Stephen F. Austin Arboretum - Nacogdoches TX
- US National Arboretum - Washington DC
Photo: Brookgreen Sculpture Garden
Nursery and Horticultural Associations
- Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association - ALNLA
- American Camellia Society - ACS
- American Horticultural Society - AHS
- American Nursery & Landscape Association - ANLA
- Association of Florida Native Nurseries - AFNN
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - FLEPPC
- Florida Nursery, Landscape & Growers Association - FNGLA - The Landscape Show and Tropical Plant Industry Exposition
- Georgia Green Industry Association - GGIA
- Garden Writers Association - GWA
- International Plant Propagators’ Society - IPPS
- Louisiana Nursery & Landscape Association - LNLA
- Mississippi Nursery & Landscape Association - MSNLA
- North Carolina Association of Nurserymen - NCAN
- Perennial Plant Association - PPA
- South Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association - SCNLA
- Southern Nursery Association - SNA
Photo: Amazing display of foliage plants at TPIE in Ft. Lauderdale FL