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Hudson, Maine · In season

Greenhouse& Nursery

Annuals, perennials, vegetables, hanging baskets, nursery stock and seeds, grown here from patented rooted cuttings and from seed. Retail at the door on Old Town Road, wholesale delivered around Maine.

Greenhouse is open mid-April through mid-June

Benches of flowering annuals in the Ellis greenhouse, hanging baskets overhead

The 2026 collection

What is on the benchesthis season.

The full list, category by category, from this year’s new varieties through to the herbs. Sizes are given the way we grow them: six packs, four inch pots, gallons and baskets.

Trays of Wave petunias in flower on the greenhouse benches
01

New for 2026

This season's additions, from the tuberous begonias through to two more tomatoes.

  • Begonia, tuberous, Illumination Orange
  • Begonia, tuberous, Illumination Golden Picotee
  • Begonia, fibrous rooted, Dragon Wing Red
  • Hedera, English Ivy, Marengo
  • Coleus, Main Street Sienna Assortment
  • Coleus, Pixel Assortment
  • Thunbergia, Sunny Suzy Assortment
  • Petunia, Surprise: Fire Engine Red, Pinkalicious, Grape, Strawberry Ice, White
  • Torenia, Purple Moon, 10” hanging baskets
  • Marigold, Janie Series
  • Petunia, Sophistica Blackberry
  • Petunia, Sophistica Lime Bicolor
  • Pepper, Sweet Banana, Hungarian Sweet Wax
  • Pepper, Sweet, Orange Bell
  • Portulaca, Double Mix
  • Tomato, Big Beef
  • Tomato, Jetstar
02

4” Patented / Vegetative Annuals

Grown on from rooted cuttings. The colour that goes into the combination baskets and the big planters.

  • Argyranthemum
  • Begonia, Tuberous
  • Begonia, Dragon Wing Red
  • Callibrachoa
  • Dichondra, Silver Nickel Vine
  • Dracaena, Spike
  • Fuchsia, Trailing, Upright
  • Geranium, Zonal
  • Geranium, Interspecific
  • Hedera, English Ivy
  • Helichrysum, Silver
  • Helichrysum, Lemon Licorice
  • Impatiens, New Guinea
  • Impatiens, Interspecific, Bounce
  • Lantana
  • Osteospermum/Margarita Daisy
  • Petunia, Night Sky
  • Verbena, trailing
  • Vinca Vine
03

4” Annuals From Seed

Started here from seed and potted on.

  • Bacopa
  • Coleus
  • Geranium, Zonal
  • Petunia, Wave
  • Nemesia
04

6 Pack Annuals

The bedding plants, for beds, borders and window boxes. Sun and shade both covered.

  • Ageratum
  • Begonia, fibrous
  • Calendula
  • Celosia
  • Cleome
  • Coleus
  • Cosmos
  • Dahlia
  • Dusty Miller
  • Gazania
  • Impatiens
  • Lobelia, trailing
  • Marigold
  • Nasturtium
  • Nicotiana
  • Pansy
  • Petunia
  • Portulaca
  • Salvia
  • Snapdragon
  • Vinca
05

8” / 1 Gallon Annuals

Larger single plants, already in flower, for a pot by the door.

  • Martha Washington Geranium
  • Petunia, Crazytunia Cosmic Purple, Crazytunia Black Mamba, Night Sky
  • Begonia, Tuberous, Dragon Wing
  • Thunbergia, Sunny Suzy
  • Bounce Impatiens
  • Gerbera Daisy
06

6 Pack Vegetables

A full Maine garden's worth of starts, from broccoli through to eleven main season tomatoes.

  • Broccoli, Arcadia/Packman
  • Brussels Sprouts, Royal Marvel
  • Cabbage, Early, Late, Red
  • Celery, Ventura
  • Cucumber: Bush Pickle, Bush Crop, Marketmore 76, Burpless, Burpless Bush
  • Eggplant, Black Beauty
  • Leeks, American Flag Large
  • Lettuce, Looseleaf, Romaine
  • Melon, cantaloupe/muskmelon, watermelon
  • Onion, Copra
  • Sweet Pepper, New Ace, California Wonder, Sun Orange, Banana Hungarian Sweet Wax
  • Hot Pepper, Early Jalapeno, Habanero Red
  • Shallots
  • Summer Squash, Yellow Crookneck, Yellow Straightneck, Green Zuchini
  • Winter Squash, Pumpkin, Acorn, Buttercup, Butternut, Hubbard
  • Strawberry Everbearing
  • Cherry Tomato, Sungold, Sweet Million, Yellow Pear
  • Main Season Tomato, Big Boy, Mountain Merit, Roma Paste, Brandywine, Black Krim, Early Girl, Glamour, Beefsteak, Jetstar, Big Beef
07

4” Vegetables

Three tomatoes worth describing on their own.

  • Tomato, cherry - Jasper.F1, AAS winner. High disease resistance, vining. Heavy producer of 1" red fruit with classic sweet tomato flavor.
  • Tomato - Patio. Hybrid, disease resistant. Compact plants don't need much staking. 2-4 oz round red fruit. Bears steadily til fall. Perfect for containers.
  • Tomato, cherry - Patio Yellow Cherry. Low acid, extra sweet tomato flavor.
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Vegetables in Other Sizes

For anyone growing on a deck or a doorstep rather than in a row.

  • Assorted Veggies in 4” pots
  • 4” Patio tomatoes
  • 1/2 Bushel Basket Patio and Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 Gallon Patio/Cherry Tomatoes
  • Garden Bowls: fixings for salad, Mexican, and Italian dishes all in one planter!
09

4” Herbs

Sixteen herbs, plus herb bowls planted up as a garden in one pot.

  • Basil, Sweet
  • Chives
  • Cilantro/Coriander
  • Dill, Fernleaf
  • Lavender, Munstead
  • Mint, Apple
  • Mint, Chocolate
  • Mint, Spearmint
  • Oregano, Golden
  • Oregano, Greek
  • Rosemary, Prostrate
  • Rosemary, Upright
  • Sage, Berggarten Variegated
  • Sage, Common
  • Thyme, English
  • Thyme, Lemon Variegated
  • Also, Herb Bowls: Your own herb garden all in one planter!
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Planters & hanging baskets

Combinations of trailing and mounding annuals in 12” and 14” baskets, plus planters made up here for sun and shade.

  • Large planters full of colorful patented/vegetative annuals
  • 12” oval planters full of hardy annuals from seed
  • 12” oval Memorial Day planters
  • Combinations: 12” and 14” baskets of trailing/mounding patented/vegetative annuals and trailing annuals from seed, for sun and shade, in a large variety of colors and textures. Unique to Ellis’s Greenhouse and Nursery.
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Baskets by variety

Single variety baskets, listed with the sizes they are grown in.

  • Begonia, tuberous, 12”
  • Begonia, Dragon Wing, 12”
  • Callibrachoa, 10”, 12”
  • Fuchsia, 10”, 12”
  • Geranium, Calliope, 10”, 12”
  • Lobelia, trailing, 10”
  • Petunia, Wave/ Patented varieties, trailing, 10”, 12”
  • Torenia, 10”
  • Bounce Impatiens/ New Guinea Impatiens, 10”
  • Lophospermum, 12”
  • Strawberry, Everbearing, 10”
  • Lobelia and Bidens, 10”
A greenhouse bench running into soft light, packed with trays of flowering bedding annuals

Seeds & growing your own

For gardeners whostart from scratch.

We sell Johnny’s Seeds alongside the plants, so a row of beans or a bed of lettuce can begin here as easily as a finished basket. Below is the vegetable and herb list carried through the season.

Tomato, basil and parsley starts in four inch pots on a greenhouse bench

Vegetables

  • Asparagus, Mary Washington
  • Bean, bush green
  • Bean, pole green
  • Bean, top crop bush green
  • Beet, early wonder
  • Beet, Detroit dark red
  • Broccoli, Calabrese green
  • Brussel sprouts, Long Island
  • Carrot, Danvers
  • Carrot, Little Finger
  • Carrot, Nantes
  • Corn, Double sweet
  • Corn, Peaches & Cream
  • Cucumber, Boston pickling
  • Cucumber, Burpless
  • Cucumber, Straight Eight
  • Kohlrabi, Early white
  • Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson
  • Lettuce, Buttercrunch
  • Lettuce, Paris Island Romaine
  • Lettuce, Select salad blend
  • Melon, Hales Best
  • Melon, Honey Rock
  • Okra, Clemson spineless
  • Onion, Evergreen bunching
  • Pea, Little Marvel
  • Pea, Oregon sugar pod
  • Pea, Sugar snap
  • Pepper, California Wonder
  • Pumpkin, Jack O’Lantern
  • Pumpkin, Big Moon
  • Pumpkin, Jack-Be-Little
  • Radish, Cherry Belle
  • Radish, Sparkler white tip
  • Spinach, Blooksdale
  • Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck
  • Squash, Early crookneck
  • Squash, zucchini bush
  • Squash, zucchini dark
  • Swiss chard, Bright Lights
  • Tomato, Red cherry
  • Tomato, Roma
  • Turnip, White globe
  • Watermelon, Black Diamond
  • Watermelon, Sugar Baby

Herbs

  • Basil, Sweet
  • Chives
  • Cilantro
  • Dill, Mammoth
  • Oregano
  • Parsley, Italian single
  • Parsley, triple curled
  • Rosemary
  • Thyme

Visiting

Open mid-Aprilthrough mid-June.

That is the whole greenhouse season. Come while the benches are full, walk the houses, and ask about anything you are not sure of.

Monday - Saturday
9am - 5pm
Sunday
10am - 4pm
Address
218 Old Town Rd, Hudson, Maine 04449

Debit, Credit, Cash, Check accepted. Forestry services continue year-round.

The greenhouse at Ellis' in late afternoon light, plants set out along the front

Hudson, Maine 04449

Come see whatis ready this week.

218 Old Town Rd, Hudson, Maine 04449. Greenhouse is open mid-April through mid-June, monday - saturday 9am - 5pm, sunday 10am - 4pm.

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