The Perennial Farm Set to Intro New Pollinator-Friendly Native Plants
May 18, 2023 
Photo: The Perennial Farm
The Perennial Farm plans to unveil its new collection of pollinator-friendly native plants, Queen Bee Natives, at AmericanHort’s Cultivate’23 in July. Queen Bee Natives is a unique offering of retail-ready perennials that combines the multiple benefits of native plants with the essential qualities of pollinator plants. The exclusive program will be available to retailers and landscapers in limited quantities this fall and in fuller availability in the spring of 2024.
Queen Bee Natives is another step in The Perennial Farm’s tradition of SolutionGardening, joining the popular solution collections of Treadwell Plants and Deer-leerious Plants, to provide consumer gardeners with smart solutions for successful gardens and landscapes.
The Queen Bee Natives collection is comprised of natives, native cultivars, and straight species, carefully selected for performance in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. As natives, these plants will create inviting wildlife habitats, require less water, fertilizer, and pesticides, thus reducing maintenance and add beauty and aesthetic to the landscape. Pollinator-friendly, Queen Bee Natives will be valuable in the critical effort to give food resources and habitats to pollinators, beneficial insects, and wildlife.
Exclusively grown and distributed by The Perennial Farm, Queen Bee Natives is designed with the gardening consumer in mind. The collection will be engaging for retail with its illustrated spokesperson logo named Polly-nator, 1-gallon garden-ready plants identified with brand-specific labeling, and display supporting POP bench wrap and signage. The program will have a presence across various social media platforms.
“We created Queen Bee Natives to provide focused options for gardeners who understand the value and importance of native and pollinator-friendly plants,” says Tom Watson, Director of Marketing. “At the same time, we wanted to reach out to the new generation of gardeners to guide them in making plant choices that truly sustain and beautify their environments. Queen Bee Natives represents our ongoing commitment to real solutions for today’s gardening community.”
The Perennial Farm is in its 43rd year of business at its growing location in Glen Arm, MD. Beginning as a landscape design and installation company, over the years The Perennial Farm has grown into a national leader in the production and introduction of the highest quality landscape-sized perennials, ornamental grasses, hardy ferns, flowering shrubs and vines, and ground covers. More than 1,000 different varieties are grown on 50 acres in 70+ greenhouses and 50+ outside growing areas. The Perennial Farm is dedicated to the highest standards that ensure healthy and attractive plants with superior customer service and support for its garden center and landscape customers.
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