Dewar Nurseries

What Dewar Nurseries does

Dewar Nurseries is a privately held horticulture business founded in 1963 and headquartered in Apopka, Florida. According to the available firmographic data, the company supplies a broad assortment of plant stock — roses, fruits, hydrangeas, shrubs, and tropicals — indicating a diversified ornamental and edible plant catalog rather than a monoculture operation. The headcount range of 251–500 employees places it among the mid-sized operators in the U.S. nursery sector, and its longstanding presence (60+ years) positions it as an incumbent in the Florida horticulture corridor.

The business model and revenue mechanics are not directly disclosed in the source material. There is no documented pricing model, customer segmentation, distribution channel mix, or end-market split; the company is described simply as providing plants, suggesting a combination of wholesale grower-to-retailer, landscape contractor, and possibly direct-to-consumer channels typical of mid-size U.S. nurseries. The company website (dewarnurseries.com and dewar.com) was not directly verifiable at the time of data collection and returned only a verification/loading page, so no product, operational, or governance detail could be confirmed from first-party material. Consequently, specifics on certifications, partnerships, intellectual property, technology stack, geographic footprint beyond Apopka, and customer composition cannot be substantiated from the available evidence.

For an investment audience, the identifiable signal set is limited to longevity (founded 1963), scale range (251–500 employees), industry (ornamental and fruiting plant production), and geography (Apopka, FL — a recognized wholesale nursery hub). No information about ownership, M&A activity, capital structure, leadership, regulatory matters, or recent strategic actions is present in the supplied data, and any further diligence would require primary documents (corporate filings, customer/supplier references, and direct management discussion).

Name

Dewar Nurseries

Website

https://dewarnurseries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Dewar Nurseries is a privately held, Apopka, Florida-based horticultural grower founded in 1963, employing 251–500 people. It produces and supplies roses, fruit-bearing plants, hydrangeas, shrubs, and tropical ornamental plants to the U.S. market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ornamental Plant Nursery

NAICS

Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114), Nursery and Tree Production (111421), Floriculture Production (111422)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAGAHAM

Landscape Plant & Nursery Stock Wholesalers (Grower-Wholesalers)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Production (Protected Crops, Ornamentals, Seedlings)

SECONDARYAFAGAHAB

Greenhouse Fruit & Berry Production (Strawberries, Specialty Fruits)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Production (Protected Crops, Ornamentals, Seedlings)

SECONDARYAFAGAHAD

Greenhouse Floriculture (Cut Flowers)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Production (Protected Crops, Ornamentals, Seedlings)

Keywords

• Ornamental plant nursery
• Rose production
• Hydrangea shrubs
• Tropical foliage plants
• Fruit plant propagation

Headquarters

HQ city

Apopka

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Dewar Nurseries grows and supplies a wide selection of ornamental and edible plants, including roses, fruit plants, hydrangeas, shrubs, and tropicals. The company serves commercial buyers in the horticulture supply chain from its Apopka, Florida production facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roses Rose plants offered as part of the company's ornamental plant catalog for commercial buyers in the horticulture supply chain.
• Fruit Plants Edible fruit-bearing plants supplied as part of the company's broad plant assortment to trade buyers.
• Hydrangeas Hydrangea shrubs grown and supplied to commercial landscape and garden retail customers.
• Shrubs General shrub offerings produced for wholesale horticulture buyers.
• Tropicals Tropical foliage plants produced for landscape, interior-scape, and garden center customers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Greenleaf Nursery Company: Large wholesale grower of container and field-grown nursery stock including shrubs, roses, and ornamentals, serving landscapers and retailers — a direct channel and product peer.
• Costa Farms: One of the largest wholesale horticultural growers in North America, also based in Florida (Miami area) and producing tropicals, ornamentals, and landscape plants for big-box retailers and garden centers — the most direct competitor to Dewar in category, scale, and channel.
• Bailey Nurseries: Wholesale producer of shrubs, roses, perennials, and trees distributed across the Midwest and nationally, with comparable woody ornamental and finished-nursery stock.
• Monrovia Nursery Company: Major wholesale grower of premium container plants, shrubs, trees, and roses sold through independent garden centers and landscapers across the U.S., overlapping with Dewar's woody ornamental and shrub portfolio at the premium end of the market.
• Star Roses and Plants: Wholesale breeder and producer of roses, woody ornamentals, and shrubs for the landscape and garden-center channel, directly overlapping with Dewar's rose and shrub production.
• McCorkle Nurseries: Southeastern U.S. wholesale grower of container-grown shrubs, ornamentals, and landscape plants, closely aligned with Dewar's product mix and regional customer base.
• Hines Horticulture: Historic wholesale nursery grower of ornamentals, shrubs, and tropicals serving garden centers and landscape contractors — directly comparable product mix and channel coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Proven Winners (Spring Meadow Nursery): National branded plant program combining genetics, marketing, and grower network; competes with Dewar in shrubs, hydrangeas, and flowering ornamentals across the wholesale-to-retail chain.
• Ball Horticultural Company: Global breeder, producer, and distributor of floriculture and ornamental plants including hydrangeas and flowering shrubs, with broader genetics and seed breadth than Dewar but overlapping categories.

Regional players

• Sheridan Nurseries: Canadian wholesale and retail nursery producing shrubs, roses, perennials, and tropicals; comparable product range but primarily serves Canadian markets rather than Dewar's U.S. Southeast footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dewarnurseries

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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