The 2025 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) welcomed 10,460 attendees, including exhibitors, to a sold-out trade show floor featuring 923 exhibitors at the Baltimore Convention Center from Jan. 8–10, 2025. The centerpiece of MANTS is the connection among talented growers, innovative suppliers, and seasoned industry experts, all eager to connect, collaborate, and share their insights.
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Introducing Bloombux, the game-changing flowering boxwood alternatives from Bloomin’ Easy. Available in Blush or Magenta pink to help you create revolutionary and worry-free flowering hedge designs.
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Introducing the Holden Arboretum’s phytophthora-resistant line of hardy Rhododendrons available exclusively at Briggs Nursery. Rigorously tested and selected for their resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi, these striking new Rhododendrons are both highly ornamental and cold hardy to USDA Zone 5. All five cultivars maintain a similar compact habit. As an added bonus, all plants set buds at a young age.
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The newest boxwood in the Little Plants line, Buxus ‘Little Mister’ shares the same attributes as Buxus ‘Little Missy’ in a larger size.
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Keeps benches in bloom after Phlox subulata and before divaricta. High-impact color for early-season sales. Nice low, mounding habit.
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FlowerFull Smooth Hydrangea from First Editions boasts superior genetics that produce bold blooms and sturdy upright stems. With two to three times more blooms per season than other Hydrangea arborescens, FlowerFull is a major improvement to the industry standard. That proliferation of blooms is held high on strong stems that don’t flop in the wind and rain. With fewer touchpoints from day one, this low-maintenance marvel has improved disease-resistance and makes for an outstanding focal point in smaller landscapes and commercial settings alike.
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Bright purple florescent-like leaves; great for hanging baskets or smaller pots.
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This stunning groundcover features vibrant white and yellow flowers that bloom from late spring through fall, creating a cheerful and colorful display. With its green-silver foliage and drought resistance, it’s not just pretty — it’s also low-maintenance and pollinator-friendly. It blooms in late spring through fall. Perfect for ground cover, containers, borders, or mixed use, this tough and gorgeous plant thrives with minimal care.
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Available as a new trade release in 2025 and a new consumer release in 2026 through Encore Azalea, this latest addition to the Encore collection showcases semi-double blooms with vibrant pink edges that gently transition to a soft pastel pink and finish in a nearly white center. This prolific bloomer graces gardens with its reblooming display in spring, summer, and fall, set against lush evergreen foliage. Perfect for full sun, Autumn Kiss thrives in USDA Zones 6 to 10.
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Kodiak Jet Black diervilla is the world’s first black Diervilla that stays jet black all season long. While other dark-leaved diervilla tend to fade in summer, this shrub maintains its deep, striking black foliage, which contrasts with its bright yellow, pollinator-friendly, summer flowers. This native species can be grown in full to part sun, and works great as a foliage filler in cut flower arrangements.
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New in the WorryFree collection of plants. Enhance your winter and early spring landscape with this charming deciduous shrub, boasting vibrant orange-red stems. Fast-growing and versatile, it is easy to grow and quite resilient making it perfect for borders, foundations, or groupings where it can provide a splash of color when many other plants are muted. Discovered by Nina Bassuk of Cornell University.
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Part of a new laurel trio all hardy to USDA Zone 5a, this thrives in cooler climates, expanding opportunities for Laurel sales into additional regions. The New Laurel Trio features glossier evergreen leaves, colorful new growth, and improved resistance to shot-hole disease, driving strong demand in the marketplace. Green Goblet is a shorter, dense, lush shrub with glossy evergreen leaves that contrast nicely with its vibrant, lighter green shoots. Grows compactly only 48 inches high and 60 inches wide.
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Bloomin’ Easy Bloombux Rhododendrons
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Briggs Nursery Holden’s Series Rhododendron
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Cole Nurseries, Inc. Buxus ‘Little Mister’
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Darwin Perennials Phlox Spring Splash Series (Lilac, Pink, Violet)
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First Editions Shrubs & Trees FlowerFull Smooth Hydrangea
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ForemostCo, Inc. Tradescantia ‘Pink Paradise’
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Must Have Perennials Gazania tomentosa ‘Luna’
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Plant Development Services, Inc. Autumn Kiss Encore Azalea
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Spring Meadow Nursery ‘Kodiak Jet Black’ Diervilla
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Willoway Nurseries Salix alba ‘Winter Torch’
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Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas Inc. Prunus laurocerasus ‘Green Goblet’
MANTS 2025 was a hub for networking, professional development, and discovering the newest horticulture products and trends throughout the three-day event. The show’s format encourages peer-to-peer collaboration and meaningful engagement, keeping business at the show’s core year after year.
Over the last two weeks, we’ve highlighted new technology and new growing tools on display at MANTS 2025. Check out the slideshow above for a closer look at new plants.