Plant Delights Nursery
 | This article contains promotional content. (May 2025) |
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mail order nursery |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Products | Rare and unusual perennials |
| Owner | Tony Avent and Anita Avent |
| Website | www.plantdelights.com |
Plant Delights Nursery is a mail order plant nursery based in Raleigh, North Carolina, specializing in herbaceous perennials, and owned by Tony Avent and partner Anita Avent. The nursery was established in 1988.[1]
Plant Delights Nursery has a specialty catalog[2] with humorous, topical covers drawn by cartoonist Jack Pittman. The nursery has been featured in many newspapers,[3][4][5] magazines,[6] and on television.[7][8]
In 2012, the nursery's spring catalog cover ignited a strong reprisal from Penn State alumni when the cover featured a caricature of former coach Jerry Sandusky dressed as a lion with a Penn State logo attached chasing children down a road. Numerous Facebook comments directed to the business were deleted. Avent commented on News 5 WRAL in Raleigh that he stands by his artwork.[9]
In 2021, Plant Delights' spring catalog featured President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and a number of children reading sexually suggestive pages from a book held by Biden entitled "Kama Seedtra".[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Plant Delights History Web Page
- ^ Photo Gallery of Plant Delights Catalog Covers
- ^ Gardener's fantasy and a reality check The Chicago Tribune
- ^ N.C. nursery's plant catalog always fun The Houston Chronicle
- ^ The Plant Hunter The New York Times
- ^ The Plant HunterGarden and Gun Magazine Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Almanac Gardener
- ^ "The Martha Stewart Show". Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ WRAL Story on Backlash
- ^ "PlantDelights Spring2021 - Powered by PageTurnPro.com". www.pageturnpro.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.