Oglesby is well known in the tropical plant industry as a leader in the development and marketing of new plant varieties. We firmly believe that our industry needs a constant infusion of new and superior plants to help growers maintain profit margins and to help keep the buying public interested in our products.

To ensure the continuous flow of new varieties, we have committed significant resources to our New Product Development department where we manage an extensive breeding program. Our breeders are not only looking to improve the aesthetic quality of the plant but to improve disease and insect resistance that benefits the grower and consumer alike.  As an example, every new Anthurium we release is screened for susceptibility to the bacteria Xanthomonas which is a devastating disease in tropical and subtropical growing areas.  With this information we can help growers pick the right plant for their growing conditions.

But having a new plant is just the starting point where the real work begins. All of our new plants go through an extensive testing program in diverse growing facilities and climates to gather as much information about the plant as possible.  On average it takes us a minimum of five years to deliver a tested “new” variety to the market. 

Some of our most popular introductions include the Anthuriums in the ‘SmallTalk’ ^® series, Anthurium Salsa^PAT#13608, Dieffenbachia ‘Splash’^PPAF, Euphorbia Hapa^™, Musa ‘Super Dwarf Banana’^®, Philodendron Congo ^PAT#11724 and Rojo Congo^PAT#14116, Schefflera ‘Amate’^®, Spathiphyllum ‘Power Petite’^PAT#15649, Spathiphyllum ‘Sensation’^{® PAT#6964}, Spathiphyllum ‘Supreme’^®, Syngonium ‘Glo-Go’^PAT#12282 and the white Mandevilla ‘Bride’s Cascade’ ^PAT#19698. In recent years we have been diversifying our development efforts to include patio, garden and landscape plants.

You can expect to see many more exciting new introductions from Oglesby in the coming years