Klyn Nurseries, Inc, is a wholesale nursery serving landscape contractors, re-wholesalers, retail garden centers and municipalities.
Our primary markets for distribution of plant materials are Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Western New York, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
Klyn Nurseries lists over 1850 different species and cultivars to meet the needs of landscapers, garden centers, re-wholesalers, designers, municipalities, and parks.
Our inventory includes bamboo, bog & marginals, grasses, perennials, ferns, vines, roses (shrub and climbing), dwarf conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Much of what we grow is native to the area we supply.
Some of our container and field grown stock include:
NATIVES
- Over 500 Natives and Cultivars of Natives
SHADE & ORNAMENTAL TREES
- over 230 varieties, including Acer, Aesculus, Cornus,Magnolia, and Quercus.
FLOWERING SHRUBS
- 97 genus, incuding Hydrangea, shrub roses, Spiraea, Viburnum.
EVERGREENS
- boxwood, pines, spruce, taxus and more.
SPECIALTY PLANTS
- spirals, pom poms, top grafts, espaliers.
DWARF CONIFERS
- 25 varieties of dwarf pines, spruce and more.
CHAMAECYPARIS
- 60 varieties of Chamaecyparis.
PERENNIALS
- 418 varieties, including hosta (28), daylilies (41).
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES - 89 varieties including Carex, Miscanthus, and Pennisetum.
BAMBOO
- 33 varieties, including Fargesia, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, and Sasa.
FERNS
- 25 varieties of native and oriental, including Athyrium, Dryopteris & Osmunda.
Hollies
- 33 varieties, both decidious and evergreen.
BOG & MARGINAL
- 84 varieties, including Acorus, Iris, Juncus, Petasities and Typha.
VINES & CLIMBERS
- 83 varieties, including honeysuckle, akebia, kiwi, hops & Vitis.
Klyn Nurseries was founded in 1921 by Gerard Klyn in Mentor, Ohio. The primary crop was roses which remained a part of production and sales until 1972. Today there is no commercial production of Tea roses in Ohio.
The Perry location was purchased in 1960 to help diversify the product line with special emphasis on production of Taxus.
After Gerard Klyn passed away in 1966, the Mentor properties were sold. The 256-acre Perry location is what remains of the original nursery. At that time there was a staff of 14, approximately 50 acres of field production, less than 3 acres of container production and an offering of 83 varieties.
Today Klyn Nurseries produces over 500 acres of crops in the field and 40 acres of containers. The inventory has increased to over 1600 varieties of plants of which 80-90% is propagated internally.
Propagation is done by soft and hardwood cuttings as well as seed production and divisions. The balance is produced from purchased liners or directly as finished plants for resale.