Creek Hill Nursery

Creek Hill Nursery participates in the perennial liner business. We sell starter plants in trays of 21, 50 and 72; and–with few exceptions–we are not interested in the plant if it is not hardy down to Zone 7, at least. Faced with the large diversity of species and cultivars within perennials, we focus on only garden-worthy material that’s suitable for production and thrives around the home.

INNOVATION means new plants that make a significant contribution to their genus–a new color, a new form, a new height, something. With thousands of cultivars, we don’t grow everything. We focus our efforts on the best, the new and the interesting cultivars–popular varieties that everyone needs and special material that deserves attention for good reason. We try to sort out the best and the most interesting cultivars that breeders have to offer.

DIVERSITY is another calling card. We offer a broad range of both genera and cultivars because an interesting selection drives sales. This is true at the garden bench, at the finishing nursery and at our level as well. We provide the popular varieties that everyone expects along with a mixture of neat, cool, unusual or groundbreaking cultivars alongside of them.

QUALITY is a watchword for us. We work high-volume production houses because we supply perennials from coast-to-coast in the US and Canada. We earned our place in the industry by offering material worth re-ordering, a sign to us that we did a good job. That said, we always try for better. We switched from a chemical-based pest control system to one founded on biological principals. Our plugs responded well, and our customers rewarded us with more business. We can get behind that winning cycle.

We strive to provide VALUE to the buyer in three ways: as a source of new and exciting material; as a curator of premium perennials, both new and heritage, that are worth selling; and as a supplier of high-quality liners at a reasonable price. We don’t want to be known as “that expensive place” or even “expensive, but worth it.” We want people to enjoy a wide range of different perennials.

On the flip side, we also don’t want to put ourselves into the dollar bin. Cheap products require shortcuts that starve the plants. We want to be proud of the product we ship, so we ask for a fair price in order to do the best job we can.

Finally, we have a corporate commitment to SUSTAINABILITY. We are not organic, but we are replacing most pesticides with a better way. We practice biological controls adapted for high-volume production greenhouses, customized down to the bench level. This shows that a switch away from pesticides and petroleum is possible, even under traditional market pressures.