Find out what's new or changed on Hortico's web site. We are working continually to improve the site and keep the catalogue up-to-date. Availability is being updated and new products are being added daily. Keep checking back. (Note that general product database updates and additions don't get listed here, just significant or useful site changes or additions.)

• Mar '08
  • We posted the PDFs of our Downloadable Catalogues for the 2008 Hortico Rose Catalogue.
  
  
• Apr '07
  • Note: With our new temperature and moisture-controlled warehouse we can now ship all year providing our temperatures are above freezing.
  
  
• Feb '07
  • We posted the PDFs of our Downloadable Catalogues for the 2007 Hortico Rose Catalogue.
  • Updated the Printable Order Forms.
  
  
• Jan '07
  • Happy New Year!
  • Hortico - Letter to Our Customers - 2007

  • Hortico now offers a new service - Business Consultation.
  • Don't forget that Hortico now offers Horti-Grow, an all-natural fertilizer and pesticide that can be used on all areas of your garden. Available in 5L jug or 500mL bottle.
  • Added a batch of new rose photos. Even more coming soon.
  
  
• Nov '06
  • Added about 50 new photos of roses by David Austin. Here you can see the new photos.
  
  
• August '06
  • Here's an article about breeder J.B. Williams, who provides many beautiful roses through Hortico.
    The Beautiful World of J.B. Williams Roses (PDF format)
    Published May 2006 in The Capital Rose, the newsletter of the Arlington Rose Foundation and the Potomac Rose Society.
  
  
• May '06
  • Due to cooler weather rose season has been extended to Mid to late June.
  • Added 50 new rose photos. Here you can see the new photos.
  
  
• February '06
  • Updated the Downloadable Catalogues for 2006; both the Rose Catalogue and the Perennials, Trees & Flowering Shrubs Catalogue
  
  
• January '06
  • Our Perennials are now online for browsing and ordering. Dig in!
    We are in the process of putting all of our perennials online. It's a big job so we're still adding plants, plant details, and eventually photos. Go ahead and start digging and ordering anytime though! Thanks for your patience.

  • Be sure to check out this recent Letter to Our Customers for some exciting information and updates.
  • We hope you like the new website look and navigation improvements we made.
  • Added 64 new perennial photos. Here you can see the new photos.
  • Added 18 new rose photos by J.B.Williams. Here you can see the new photos.
  
  
• November '05
  • Added 40+ new rose photos by gardener and photographer Beth Hana. Here you can see all the new photos.
  
  
• October '05
  • Added 70+ new rose photos. If you have a little while to wait for the download, you can see a page showing all the new photos.
  • Added some more beautiful photos of George Mander's roses.
    He's not only skilled as a rose breeder, but also as a photographer.

  • We've made it easier to link to our Plants from other sites, or to mention them in emails. See the simple instructions and the "Link to this Plant" permalinks in our product detail views. Thanks!

  • We recently switched our site to a new server (10/7). Please let us know if you have any problems.
  
  
• June '05
  • Note: Our hours have changed. We are now open 8am-5pm, Monday-Saturday, year-round.

  • Due to the large number of rose orders we received this spring the rose availability will not be updated until July. After June 30th bareroot roses will no longer be available until fall 2005.
  
  
• April '05
  • Note: US Customs has clarified their rules, and they now require a Tax ID number or US Social Security number (SSN) only for orders over $2000 US, when shipping to the USA.
    
    If your order is under that amount, you do not need to provide either number when ordering. (more info)
  
  
• March '05
  • Hortico now offers Custom Rose Growing services, allowing you to have a rose that you have that is not commercially available re-produced for you.

  • Hortico also now offers Custom Rose Naming, which allows you to have a rose named after you or something or something you love. We have helped named roses for Corporations, Countries, Cities, Communities, Charities, and other special organizations. We have helped name roses in memory of and in honour of.
  
  
• January-February '05
  • Added information about Speaking Engagements, where Mr. John Vanderkruk is available to speak to Horticultural societies worldwide for seminars, special presentations, public forums, or speaking engagements.
  • Added information about Circumposing Roses ~ Also known as Rose Propagation.
  • Added a FAQ: What is 'Future Availability?'
  • We're continuing to add new, beautiful photos taken in our fields this past summer.
  • Thanks to Suparerk Puchiwatanaphong (aka Yoda) for letting us use his beautiful Chartreuse de Parma photos.