About Us

ABOUT RICHEY NURSERY

Richey Nursery Company was founded in 1986 by Mark Richey initially as a container nursery to supply the local landscape trade but soon evolved into a propagation wholesale nursery. Many nurseries propagate their own plants and sell the surplus, but RNC’s passion was to specialize in propagation. Since then, we have considered ourselves “Your Propagation Department,” taking the guesswork, risk and worry of the delicate rooting process off of our customers’ shoulders.

Almost from the beginning it was obvious that a pot-grown liner out performs a bare root liner in most situations. So RNC pursued that end – propagating flowering shrub and evergreen liners in a “quart” pot. That designation isn’t used anymore since that size isn’t consistent in the industry, so we use as our standard size the 3½” x 5″ deep pot, 18 per tray. As the industry has demanded larger liners, we have offered an increasing number of plants in the gallon size, designated as #1 Pot, 6 per tray.

Each variety and cultivar have their own “recipe” needed to put roots on the cuttings. The combination of environmental conditions, stage of growth of the cutting, and supplemental applications all interact to successfully produce a liner that grows on in the most efficient amount of time. Through frequent shearing, active water and pest management, and intricate soil and fertilizer strategy, we do our best to produce a liner that will continue growing without any transplant shock and finish sooner than most any other liner out there. A healthy, well growing plant liner overcomes a multitude of environmental hurdles.

Mark’s son, Seth, grew up in the nursery and is continuing the vision with the help of experienced management and team members. We continue to pursue superior technology, methods and products to deliver a liner that exceeds the customers’ expectations.

We have dedicated regional sales representatives that would be happy to talk with you.

Jim Reck
The Jim Reck Company
jimreck1@gmail.com
(860) 942-3212
Area: CT, Eastern NY (East of 81), MA, ME, NH, RI, VT