Monrovia’s New Tartan Plaid and Classic Crimson Wraps Provide Pre-Wrapped Gifts and Holiday Cheer

Dayton, Oregon – The holiday season is just around the corner, and Monrovia is making sure plants are dressed in their holiday best, ready for shoppers to pick up a pre-wrapped gift for everyone on their list. This season, shoppers can look for new plaid tartan gift wraps alongside Monrovia’s classic holiday berry wraps at independent garden centers.

“Shoppers are craving unique holiday and host gift ideas, and plants are presents that keep on giving,” said Katie Tamony, CMO and trend spotter at Monrovia. “A holiday wrapped plant is the perfect, thoughtful grab-and-go present. There’s something for everyone – from evergreens to winter bloomers to culinary plants – and the gift wrapping is already done.”

Plants help share so many sentiments during the busy holidays: express gratitude for a host or caregiver, deliver a warm welcome for a new neighbor for the first holiday season in their home, brighten a friend’s day. Whatever the reason, a plant provides living décor throughout the season and beyond.

Gifts Everyone Loves
Plants and the holiday season go hand-in-hand, and Monrovia offers unique gift giving opportunities, perfect for family, friends, hosts, teachers and more. Since many selections can be added to the garden in the spring, these plants keep giving well beyond the holidays. Here are a few must-haves for everyone on your list.

Living Holiday Trees
Bring the outdoors in or add a little more sparkle to outdoor containers with stunning living trees and shrubs. 

Tiny Tower^® Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a top seller each year. Perfect as a living holiday tree, indoor seasonal décor accent or outdoor container plant, Monrovia’s Dwarf Alberta are pruned more frequently through the growing seasons to be fuller and better formed. The quality and consistency standards of these trees create perfectly uniform sizes and forms that are just what you’re looking for to make the perfect gift for those you love.

LittleOne^® Blue Holly is an exciting and exclusive holly. LittleOne^® is the only truly compact female blue holly variety with an excellent berry set. It stays compact, reaching only 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, with dense glossy green foliage and bright red berries. This evergreen shrub is also very cold hardy, thriving in Zones 5-9.

Statement Gifts
Make a splash with your gifts this year by giving a plant that will provide enjoyment well beyond the season. With so many unique, quality-grown varieties, it’s easy to choose a new favorite or add to a gardener’s collection.

The elegant and beautiful blooms of Monrovia Camellias are on every gardener’s wish list. These evergreen shrubs provide year-round beauty with long-lasting blooms. With so many colors and forms to choose from, you’re sure to find the perfect gift to elevate the garden.

Lavender is the go-to plant for adding lovely color and fragrance to the garden and home. The key is choosing the right variety. Monrovia offers many types including English, French, hybrid, and Spanish lavenders, Vintro™ Blue English Lavender. This variety is compact and an excellent choice for containers, perfect for transitioning from inside to outside. The scent is fabulous and wonderful in bouquets or sachets – even more ways for your recipient to enjoy the gift that just keeps on giving. 

Camouflage^® Variegated Japanese Aralia has the wow factor. With dramatic, showy leaves in a medley of yellow, lime and green, the textured foliage provides an illuminating effect. White flower clusters emerge in the fall and winter. Hardy in Zones 7-10, those in cooler climates can enjoy this as an indoor/outdoor plant to enjoy a touch of the tropics year-round. 

Spice Things Up
Make this holiday season more memorable and flavorful with an edible plant. Monrovia offers several selections that are both decorative and tasty, perfect for party hosts and culinary aficionados.

Use Mountain Pepper’s leaves to add a spicy, peppery flavor to foods. The deep green leaves are held along beautiful red young stems, providing stunning contrast, festive for the holidays. Creamy yellow-green perfumed blossoms enhance the foliage and add a pleasant fragrance to the kitchen garden.

Tuscan Blue Rosemary brings scent and texture to the garden and provides a wonderful addition to culinary activities. Beautiful, clear blue flowers add to its charm. Monrovia offers many topiary forms of rosemary that can double as holiday décor and tablescapes.

Little Ragu^®Sweet Bay has shiny green, aromatic leaves that can be dried to add the zip of Mediterranean flavor to soups and sauces. Little Ragu^® makes an excellent host or hostess gift from Thanksgiving right through the holidays. It can be used as a houseplant in the winter then brought outside next spring.

Shoppers can find more information about these and other plants at Monrovia.com, and they can look for Monrovia’s tartan and crimson gift-wrapped pots at local independent garden centers to fulfill their holiday list needs.

About Monrovia
Inspired by the beauty of plants, gardens, and landscapes everywhere, Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. founded Monrovia in 1926 to be a premier grower of shrubs and trees. Monrovia collaborates with plant breeders around the world to introduce improved plant varieties to North America. Monrovia plants flourish once planted to beautify gardens and landscapes. Please visit Monrovia.com to learn more.