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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BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
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ZINGIBER M. MIDNIGHT GINGER |
Midnight Ginger |
Glossy, almost black, laquered foliage. Produces cone-shaped, basal inflorescence that emerge sulfur yellow. When the tiny pink flowers emerge, the cones turn pink as well. |
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ZINNIA PROFUSION CHERRY |
Zinnia Profusion series |
This compact, disease resistant series is an outstanding performer in the garden and in containers. Profusion is highly heat tolerant, making it an excellent landscape choice for arid regions. It also performs well in both warm and cool conditions, in high humidity and in extreme heat. It produces a flower canopy that continuously self-cleans so has a long shelf life and is low maintenance in the garden.Cherry is a Gold Medal 1999 AAS Flower Award Winner |
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ZINNIA PROFUSION DEEP APRICOT |
Zinnia Profusion series |
Zinnia 'Profusion Orange' (Gold Medal)
1999 AAS Flower Award Winner
This compact, disease resistant series is an outstanding performer in the garden and in containers. Profusion is highly heat tolerant, making it an excellent landscape choice for arid regions. It also performs well in both warm and cool conditions, in high humidity and in extreme heat. It produces a flower canopy that continuously self-cleans so has a long shelf life and is low maintenance in the garden. |
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ZINNIA PROFUSION FIRE |
Zinnia Profusion series |
This compact, disease resistant series is an outstanding performer in the garden and in containers. Profusion is highly heat tolerant, making it an excellent landscape choice for arid regions. It also performs well in both warm and cool conditions, in high humidity and in extreme heat. It produces a flower canopy that continuously self-cleans so has a long shelf life and is low maintenance in the garden. |
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ZINNIA PROFUSION WHITE |
Zinnia Profusion series |
This compact, disease resistant series is an outstanding performer in the garden and in containers. Profusion is highly heat tolerant, making it an excellent landscape choice for arid regions. It also performs well in both warm and cool conditions, in high humidity and in extreme heat. It produces a flower canopy that continuously self-cleans so has a long shelf life and is low maintenance in the garden. |
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ZINNIA PROFUSION YELLOW |
Zinnia Profusion series |
This compact, disease resistant series is an outstanding performer in the garden and in containers. Profusion is highly heat tolerant, making it an excellent landscape choice for arid regions. It also performs well in both warm and cool conditions, in high humidity and in extreme heat. It produces a flower canopy that continuously self-cleans so has a long shelf life and is low maintenance in the garden. |
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