Mountain States Plants

This week in Horticulture Seminar, we heard from Layne Flint, VP of Idaho Operations at Mountain States Plants. Mountain States Plants is a wholesale plant and flower distributor who has been in business for over 50 years. They raise their own plants and flowers in four locations, two in Utah, and two in Idaho which are heated by natural hot spots, with water flowing as hot at 165 degrees, Fahrenheit.

Some of the plant varieties that Mountain States Plants grow are: Shamrocks, African Violets, Cyclamen, Kalanchoe, Begonias, Gerbera Daisies, Chrysanthemums, and of course, Poinsettias. They have also recently begun growing their own foliage plants, instead of purchasing them out of California.

Mountain States Plants customers include supermarkets, retail florists, garden centers, mass marketers, interior decorators and others licensed to re-sell floral products. Their trucks and vans deliver throughout Utah and Idaho.

After the seminar, we were also told that Mountain States Plants has recently been "renting" out their plants and dish gardens to people looking for an extra way to decorate at wedding receptions, parties, or family gatherings. For more information about Mountain States Plants, check out their website, http://www.msplants.com/, or contact their Layton location at, 1-800-326-4490.