Christmas Cheer with Potted Poinsettias Want to create a gorgeous Christmas tablescape this year? Look no further than everyone’s favorite Christmas flower—the poinsettia. Decorators often overlook fresh poinsettias when assembling a centerpiece, but these festive plants are the perfect highlight for a brilliant holiday dining table. Following a more traditional take on Christmas table décor, […]

Potted Poinsettias for Your Thanksgiving Tablescape Get creative this Thanksgiving. With an assortment of hues to captivate your guests, potted poinsettias can be the star of your holiday tablescape. Most famous for their festive, velvety red “blooms” called bracts, poinsettias come in a variety of colors, including white, pink, salmon and orange. Many bracts even […]

Mumkins – Fall’s Favorite Flower Gets a Makeover One of our favorite parts of the changing seasons is the opportunity to decorate, and when it comes to decorating for fall, two iconic stars steal the show – pumpkins and mums. Synonymous with the shorter days, crisp weather and falling leaves, pumpkins and mums add a […]

Garden Transitions: Summer to Fall Fall is quickly approaching and here in the South, we couldn’t be more prepared for milder weather. But saying goodbye to sweltering temperatures doesn’t mean you have to part with your summer blooms just yet. With Young’s Plant Farm located in USDA zone 8 and many of our customers living […]

Landscaping with Purpose Creating a purposeful landscape is a surefire way to increase the beauty and comfort of your home. Landscaping helps blend manmade fixtures like your front walk, swimming pool or your house itself into the natural surroundings and gives you the opportunity to let your creative juices flow. How do you create a […]

2016 Trial Garden Open House Earlier this month, Young’s Plant Farm hosted its annual industry Trial Garden Open House. During this event, breeders, growers and other members of the floriculture industry from around the world joined us to tour our trial garden and see firsthand the true garden performance of a vast variety of plants, […]

Thrill, Fill & Spill – The Art of Spring and Summer Container Gardening Container gardening an easy and practical way to add to the beauty of your landscape no matter your gardening experience or space limitations. With just a small patio or balcony, you can grow a lush and attractive garden guaranteed to dazzle. The […]

North America: Young’s Plant Farm Obtains MPS-A Qualification Started in 2015 with the MPS registration, now the first qualification has been awarded to Young’s Plant Farm: MPS-A. A family owned and operated business, Young’s Plant Farm has been aggressively growing since 1961 when founded by Gene Young. Still a family run company, Young’s has grown […]

Our Trial Garden is Turning 4!   Young’s Plant Farm is about to enter our fifth season of spring and summer annual trial garden evaluations. We developed this program to determine various plant varieties’ true garden performance, which gives us firsthand knowledge about what homeowners might experience when purchasing one of these plants. From the […]

Young’s Hires David Conley as Logistics Director Young’s recently hired David Conley to serve as our new Logistics Director. David is leading the implementation of Truckmate, a new transportation management system that includes Peoplenet software, used by all of our trucks’ on-board computers. Young’s has also installed GPS units on all trailers, in conjunction with […]