Willoway Greenhouse
Our greenhouse facility, built in 2006, includes a 5.1 acre open roof glass range and is located at the Huron Farm. Adjacent to the glass range is 5 acres of gutter connect and ground-to-ground poly covered houses also under the management of the Greenhouse Department. These houses are used primarily for growing perennials and ground covers. The glass range includes a computerized environmental control system, bio-mass boiler system, automated watering booms, heated concrete floors, curtain system and flood floor watering system. The production barn area includes automated transplanter, automated propagation line, canning line and automated soil mixing line.
The Greenhouse Department's primary responsibility is propagation of woody ornamental shrubs and trees, perennials and groundcovers for the nursery's finished production. From June through December, approximately 3 million cuttings are propagated! Once rooted, these liners are shifted to containers or planted out in the field for continued growing to finished saleable size.
Besides propagation for the main nursery, other crops produced by the greenhouse department are tropicals; groundcovers; spring annuals; fall color crops such as pansy, cabbage, kale & garden mums, poinsettias, potted herbs & vegetables; and selected perennials such as brunnera, digitalis, heuchera, ferns as well as a wide variety of ornamental grasses.
During the months of November through March, approximately 1.5 acres of the glass range is devoted to forcing plant material for a variety of Home & garden Shows as well as Trade Shows. Willoway provides forced shrubs, trees and flowering bulbs for over 20 different winter Home & Garden and Trade Shows across the Mid West.
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AGERATUM BLUE |
Floss Flower |
Ageratum flowers have hundreds of soft tiny cushions suffused with color. Charming in borders and showy in drifts. |
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ALOCASIA/COLOCASIA ASSORTED |
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ALPINIA ZERUMBET VARIEGATED |
Variegated Shell Ginger |
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ALTERNANTHERA PARTY TIME |
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ALTERNANTHERA RED THREADS |
Joseph's coat, Parrot leaf |
Slender-leaved selection that doesn't wander, forming a textured carpet in shades of deep burgundy. The small, pale flower buttons and foliage provide vibrant color contrasts at the base of taller plants. |
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ALTERNANTHERA VAR. GREEN W/YELLOW |
Parrot Leaf |
Beautiful spreading plants, sometimes used as ground cover. The small white or yellow flowers are arranged in chafflike bracts, growing in the leaf buds. |
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ALYSSUM CLEAR CRYSTAL PURPLE SHADES |
Sweet Alyssum |
Unique new tetraploid alyssums, and are well-matched for vigour and flower size. Clear Crystal is more vigorous with larger fragrant flowers. |
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ALYSSUM CLEAR CRYSTAL WHITE |
Sweet Alyssum |
Unique new tetraploid alyssums, and are well-matched for vigour and flower size. Clear Crystal is more vigorous with larger fragrant flowers. |
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ANISODENTEA SLIGHTLY STRAWBERRY |
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ASSORTED |
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ASSORTED HANGING BASKETS |
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ASSORTED MIXED ANNUAL |
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ASTER BELIEVER (PURPLE) |
Believer Aster |
Intense, dark blue-purple, daisy like flowers in fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER DAYS (BLUE) |
Days Aster |
Lavender-blue, daisy-like flowers in fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER DRAGON (BLUE) |
Dragon Aster |
Lovely, lavender, daisy-like flowers, with a yellow center, appear in fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER FROLIC (PINK) |
Frolic Aster |
Pink daisy-like flowers, with a yellow center, appear in fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER HAZY (PINK) |
Hazy Aster |
Bright pink, daisy-like flowers, with a yellow center, appear in fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER MAGIC (PURPLE) |
Magic Aster |
Purple, daisy-like flowers in early fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER MAGIC PINK |
Pink Magic Aster |
Pink, daisy-like flowers in early fall. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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ASTER N. PURPLE DOME |
Purple Dome Aster |
Deep purple, daisy-like flowers in the fall, on a more compact growing plant. Flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for cutting. |
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