Armstrong: Cultivating Experts

Cultivating Experts with Monrovia

Welcome to the Armstrong Monrovia resources page. We want you to feel confident and knowledgeable about selling our plants at your garden center.

We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.

Quality starts by selecting the very best varieties of plants to grow, working with breeders from around the world to test and trial plants before we deem them suitable for your garden center. From our custom soil mixes developed to ensure healthy roots to the care we take in pruning and shaping our plants as they grow, Monrovia is also focused on giving every plant what it needs to thrive. Below you’ll find helpful information to use in serving your customer.

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Key Plants

Information about the top 10 varieties at your stores:

Bridal Veil® Agapanthus

Clusters of big pure-white flowers are held on shorter stems above wide, strap-like leaves. Both foliage and blooms are densely held, making for a wonderfully compact plant. The smaller size is great for containers or for massing in the front of perennial beds. Evergreen; may go dormant in cooler areas.

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Flame Thrower® Redbud

Light-pink spring flowers are followed by an ever-changing display of colorful foliage that continues all the way to fall. New foliage emerges burgundy, fades to yellow, and matures to green. Branches display all the colors at once for a stunning effect. A wonderful landscape specimen. Deciduous.

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Seaside Serenade® Pebble Beach Hydrangea

Large Raspberry blooms in alkaline soil or electric purple in acidic soils. Additional interest is provided by dark red stems. Amazing flower power, rebloom, sturdy stems, and disease resistance makes this a winner in a container and in the garden. Deciduous.

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Firefrost™ Lantana

An exceptionally cold hardy selection with a natural spreading habit. Electric red flowers with orange centers brighten garden beds and look delightful when planted in mass as a groundcover. May be root hardy down to 0 degrees. Evergreen in frost-free climates.

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Anouk Purple Medley Lavender

Dark violet flower spikes are topped with clear purple flags. Flowers are larger and more abundant than other Anouk varieties, making it an outstanding choice in containers and in the landscape. Adored by bees. Aromatic foliage deters rabbits and deer. Evergreen.

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Heavenly Ascent® Pink Climbing Rose

A smaller climber with large, very fragrant, classic pink flowers that bloom abundantly and continuously. Trained onto a trellis, it provides a colorful vertical accent and a classic cottage garden look. This own root variety has shown good disease tolerance. Deciduous.

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Nitty Gritty® Peach Rose

Not just a pretty face, this very durable, own-root, fuss-free groundcover rose produces an abundance of lovely blooms while offering excellent disease resistance and a self-cleaning, easy-to-care-for habit. The peach-colored double blooms provide exquisite warm season color, adding great low-maintenance curb appeal to the landscape. Deciduous.

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Sun Parasol® Original XP Bluephoria™ Mandevilla

Superior branching and flower power! Early to bloom, this stunning color breakthrough features coral-pink buds that open to dark velvety purple. The compact form can be left unstaked, allowing it to flow over the edge of containers and hanging baskets, or train it onto a small trellis for more height. Evergreen in mild climates; excellent annual color where not hardy.

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Magic Star Cordyline

A compact, upright plant with a dazzling mix of colors all year round. Green leaves with creamy white edges gently fade into pink hues towards the bottom and intense red at the trunk. An eye-catching accent for containers, or in the landscape where hardy. Requires practically no maintenance. Evergreen.

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Stoplights Red Yucca

A compact yucca-like plant with soft, green leaves. Both the flowers and the tall stalks are stunning crimson-red. The tubular flowers are a favorite of hummingbirds and many pollinators. This desert plant thrives in poor soils and hot, arid climates. Evergreen.

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