Ornamentals

Sun City, Florida Nursery

Our Sun City nursery has been the primary production facility for ornamental products for over 30 years. Being the first of the Speedling facilities, it also serves as our corporate headquarters. This facility has over 1.2 million square feet of greenhouses in varying forms. Our latest addition was completed about five years ago and is approximately 100,000 square feet of production space.

The location of this facility creates the environment that allows us to continue to produce the toned plug that has become the backbone of our reputation. Being situated close to Tampa Bay gives us the cool breezes that can’t be found anywhere but along the coast of Florida. Our high light levels in the spring aid in the toning of the plugs and also gives northern growers more consistent flowering. A perfect example of this is our 11-week seed geranium program. Most growers will tell you that a Speedling geranium will generally finish in three to four weeks due to light accumulation. Cool breezes and high light - what a winning combination!

The Sun City facility produces three main crops — 11-week seed geraniums, gerbera, and annual plugs in three tray sizes. However, we will be the first to say that not all of the products we offer can be produced in this environment. That is why we have an additional facility in Georgia.