The Hunt Continues

Growing plants indoors has become more exciting with increasing availability of plants. Find colorful houseplants at supermarkets, big box stores, and traditional garden centers, but here are ideas for more sources for buying plants as well as seeing them displayed. Shipping tender plants through the winter months is much more common thanks to packaging and two-day mailing options. And most public gardens and conservatories have plants for sale. Attend one of many orchid shows throughout the Midwest, or check out African violet, cactus and succulent, or herb society events.

In Search of Houseplants – Online:

1. Gary’s Out of Africa Gary S. Mikita; garymikita@cs.com 219-763-4861
2. Josh’s Frogs, 222 S Elm Street, Owosso, MI 48867
3. Selective Gardener, 6011 Martingale Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027 monique@selectivegardener.com

In Search of Houseplants – Brick and Mortar:

1. Bordine’s boasts four Michigan locations, including Rochester Hills, Clarkston, Grand Blanc and Brighton.
2. May’s Greenhouse 6280 S. Old State Road 37, Bloomington, IN 47401, Phone: 812-824-8630
3. Ray Wiegand’s Nursery, 47747 Romeo Plank Road, Macomb, MI 48044 Phone: 586-286-3655
4. Ted’s Greenhouse, 16930 South 84^th Ave, Tinley Park, IL 60487, Phone: 708-532-3575

In Search of Houseplants – Society Shows:

Orchids:

• Jan. 16 – 17, 2016. Grand Valley Orchid Society Show at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
• Jan 30 – 31, 2016. Madison Orchid Growers Guild – Marriott Madison West Conference Center, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI Contact: Terri Jozwiak 608-592-7905
• Jan 30 – 31, 2016. Orchid Society of Minnesota Winter Carnival Orchid Show at Como Park, Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Drive, St. Paul, MN Contact: Michael Dyda, 612-223-4059
• Feb 13 – 14, 2016. Greater Cleveland Orchid Society Spring Show & Sale at Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH Contact: Margaret Evens, 330-998-1798
• Feb 20 – 21, 2016. Miami Valley Orchid Society Spring Show at the Cox Arboretum MetroPark, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton, OH Contact: Michele Little, 513-423-8937
• Feb 27 – 28, 2016. Greater Lansing Orchid Society Show at Michigan State University, Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg., 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI Contact: Doris Asher 517-332-0004 asherdoris@juno.com
• Mar 4 – 6, 2016. Greater Akron Orchid Society Orchid Show at the Donzell Garden Center, 937 East Waterloo Rd., Akron, OH Contact: James & Maria Bell 330-644-6887
• Mar 12 – 13, 2016. Illinois Orchid Society will host Amazing Orchid Odyssey at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL
• April 23-24, 2016. Michigan Orchid Society show will take place April 23-24, 2016 at the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Building, 876 Horace Brown St. Madison Heights, Michigan http://miorchids.com/

Herb, African Violet and Cactus and Succulent Societies:

• March 18-19, 2016. African Violet Society of Minnesota will host a show and sale March 18-19, 2016 at Northtown Mall, 398 Northtown Drive, N.E., Blaine, MN, Contact: Pat Mattson
• April 30, 2016. Webster Groves Herb Society Show at the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, 10 West Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO
• June 25-26, 2016. — Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale at Missouri Botanical Garden, Ridgway Center 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO, Contact: info@hscactus.org
• July 23-24, 2016. Cactus and Succulent Society of Greater Chicago July 23-24, 2016 at Chicago Botanic Garden