Maryland Plants & Supplies

What Maryland Plants & Supplies does

Maryland Plants & Supplies, Inc. is a privately held wholesale horticultural supplier headquartered at 9103 G Yellow Brick Rd, Baltimore, MD, serving commercial growers in the Mid-Atlantic region since 1976. The company's core offering is plant material sourced through an established network of grower partners and principal plant groups, complemented by a bundled catalog of growing supplies including plastic containers (round and square pots, trays, flats, packs, hanging baskets), fertilizer, greenhouse coverings, and soil. An add-on testing service covers quality assurance for soil, greenhouse coverings, fertilizers, and plastic containers. The company is led by Jim Franklin, Owner, President, and CEO.

The business operates on a direct wholesale distribution model with one-time sales transactions rather than recurring contracts. Customers place orders via a dedicated 1-800 phone line (800-248-2818) during business hours Monday through Friday 8am-4pm EST, through walk-in/will-call pickup at the Baltimore headquarters, or via the company's WordPress-based informational website. The customer base is exclusively commercial growers—nurseries, greenhouses, and agricultural operations—targeted as a single defined vertical within Maryland and surrounding Mid-Atlantic markets.

The company has 11-50 employees, no disclosed funding, no parent company, and no institutional investors. It is presumed to be independently or family-owned, consistent with its 50-year operating history. There is no disclosed digital platform, e-commerce ordering system, mobile application, API, or proprietary technology; the entire technology footprint is a basic content website and telephony. Maryland Plants & Supplies has not undergone documented acquisitions, leadership transitions beyond the existing CEO role, or geographic expansion, reflecting a stable, traditional small-business operating posture.

Name

Maryland Plants & Supplies

Legal name

Maryland Plants & Supplies,Inc.

Website

https://mdplantsandsupplies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maryland Plants & Supplies is a privately held wholesale horticultural supplier based in Baltimore, Maryland, serving Mid-Atlantic commercial growers since 1976 with plant material, containers, soil, fertilizer, and greenhouse coverings via direct phone and walk-in ordering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Horticultural Supplies

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (444)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Plant & Nursery Stock Wholesalers (Grower-Wholesalers) (AFAGAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gardening, Lawn & Outdoor Living Distribution (CRAOAFAH), Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

Keywords

• Wholesale nursery supplies
• Commercial plant material
• Greenhouse covering supplies
• Nursery plastic containers
• Commercial growing media

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Plant Material Sales: Wholesale supply of plant material including various plant varieties through their grower network and principal plant group listings.
2. Growing Supplies Sales: Sale of growing supplies including soil, greenhouse covering, fertilizer, and plastic containers (pots, trays, flats, hanging baskets).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Maryland Plants & Supplies is a wholesale horticultural supplier that distributes commercial plant material and a full line of growing supplies to professional growers. Its product range includes nursery plants, plastic containers (pots, trays, flats, packs, hanging baskets), soil, fertilizer, and greenhouse covering materials, sourced through a network of growers and principal plant groups. The company serves nurseries, greenhouses, and agricultural operations primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region from its Baltimore, MD facility.

Product overview

Maryland Plants & Supplies is a commercial horticultural supplier serving commercial growers since 1976. The company operates as a unified product and service offering centered around plant material distribution, complemented by supporting product categories including plastic containers (round/square pots, trays, flats, packs, hanging baskets), testing services for quality assurance, fertilizer, greenhouse coverings, and soil products. The product portfolio is organized around the core Plant Material category with supporting add-on modules for containers and growing supplies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plant Material Wholesale commercial nursery plants and growing materials supplied to professional growers, including varieties sourced through the company's featured grower partners and principal plant group listings.
• Testing Services Quality testing services for soil, greenhouse coverings, fertilizers, and plastic containers to verify product standards for commercial growing operations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Eason Horticultural Resources: Horticultural brokerage and supply company representing breeders and growers to serve commercial greenhouse and nursery operations — comparable as an aggregating distributor for the commercial grower segment.
• BFG Supply Co. Wholesale distributor of greenhouse and nursery supplies including pots, fertilizer, and growing media to commercial growers across the Midwest and East Coast — directly comparable B2B wholesale model and product categories.
• Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Supplies: National wholesale distributor of greenhouse and nursery supplies serving commercial growers with plant material, containers, growing media, and hard goods — the closest direct comparable to Maryland Plants & Supplies' product mix and customer base.
• Henry F. Michell Company (Michell's): Wholesale horticultural distributor supplying greenhouse growers and nurseries with plant material, containers, and growing inputs — closely overlapping customer base and product assortment.
• Carlin Sales: Horticultural sales agency and distributor representing manufacturers of greenhouse supplies, containers, and growing media to commercial growers — comparable role as an intermediary distributor.
• McHutchison Horticultural: Horticultural wholesale distributor serving growers with live goods, hard goods, and supplies; comparable in serving commercial growers through a vendor-broker model with multi-category product offerings.

Emerging players

• Masterblend International: Specialty fertilizer and growing input supplier for commercial greenhouse operations — partial overlap with Maryland Plants' fertilizer product line and serves a similar commercial grower customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Walters Gardens: Large wholesale perennial and ornamental plant grower supplying landscape professionals, garden centers, and growers — operates at grower-wholesaler level in the same Mid-Atlantic-adjacent market.
• Syngenta Flowers: Global breeder and supplier of ornamental flower seeds, cuttings, and young plants to commercial growers — adjacent supplier role in the same value chain that Maryland Plants' commercial grower customers purchase from.
• Ball Seed Company: Large-scale North American horticultural distributor serving commercial growers with seed, plant material, and supplies under Ball Horticultural — overlaps significantly with Maryland Plants' customer segment but operates at much larger national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MarylandPlantsAndSupplies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maryland-plants-supplies-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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