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1896John Vincent (J.V.) Bailey Jr. began the legacy that would become Bailey Nurseries with 10 dollars and 15 acres of poor rocky soil.

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J.V. Bailey Nursery was established, with J.V. Bailey selling a “complete line of fruits and ornamentals”

at the St. Paul City Market.

Second generation family members Vincent, Gordon and Beth joined J.V. Bailey Nursery.

By this time, third generation of brothers, Rodney and Gordon Jr., had joined the company, which was now operating on over

600 acres and included storage facilities with humidity and refrigeration controls, a first in the industry.

J.V. Bailey Nursery was purchased by Gordon Bailey Sr. and began operating under the name Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

1976360 acres of land was purchased in

Yamhill, Oregon, which remains the current headquarters for

West Coast operations.Bailey Nurseries purchased the 128-acre Nord Farm in Cottage Grove, Minnesota to facilitate and centralize company propagation.

Gordon Bailey Sr. was inducted to the American Association of Nurserymen’s Hall of Fame, the highest award bestowed by the organization. By this time, the fourth generation of Bailey family was involved in day-to-day operations of the company.

Terri McEnaney, fourth generation family member and daughter of Rodney Bailey, was named President of Bailey Nurseries.

The First Editions® brand of top performing trees and shrubs was established and introduced in the market place.

The collection is a diverse mix of easy-to-maintain plants.

Bailey Nurseries acquired Pacific Coast Nurseries, which are now the Sauvie Island, OR and Sunnyside, WA facilities.

2002Bailey Nurseries’ introduction, Love & PeaceTM Rose, received the All-American Rose Selections Winner title, as well as the Gold Medal of Belfast.Bailey Nurseries introduced the Original Endless Summer®

Hydrangea, the world’s first re-blooming hydrangea.

The Easy Elegance® Collection was introduced, providing disease-resistant and easy-care roses with superior genetics.

Bailey Nurseries celebrated its 100-year anniversary as Gordon Bailey Jr. was inducted into the American Nursery & Landscape Association’s Hall of Fame, less than 20 years after his father received the same prestigious honor.

Bailey Nurseries purchased 377 acres and begins operations in Onarga, Illinois.

Now with the fifth generation of family members involved in daily operations, Bailey Nurseries operates on

over 5,000 acres in Minnesota, Oregon, Washington and Illinois with over 4,500 customers worldwide.

Bailey Nurseries acquires Plant Introductions, Inc. (PII) establishing an in-house breeding program.

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Initially growing cabbage, asparagus and other fruits and

vegetables, J.V. Bailey enhanced the poor rocky soil of his land

and built a prosperous business by selling his crops at the St. Paul

City Market. In 1905, J.V. Bailey Nursery was officially established

at the Bailey homestead. Throughout the decades, the Bailey

family’s business continued to grow steadily and on January 3,

1967, J.V. Bailey Nursery was purchased by Gordon Bailey Sr.

With Gordon’s purchase and the third generation fully involved in

day-to-day operations, the company was incorporated as Bailey

Nurseries, Inc. and continued operations on over 600 acres.

The recent decades have brought continued growth to Bailey

Nurseries, with present-day growing operations in Minnesota,

Oregon, Washington and Illinois on over 5,000 acres.

Bailey Nurseries is a fifth-generation, family-owned business headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. After arriving

by paddleboat in Red Rock, Minnesota in 1850, John Bailey Jr. and his family settled near the current site of Bailey

Nurseries. Almost 50 years later, his grandson John Vincent (J.V.) Bailey owned 80 acres of land overlooking the

Mississippi River, land that still houses the Bailey Nurseries headquarters today.

Remaining loyal to its roots, the company is headquartered on

the family’s original homestead overlooking the Mississippi River

Valley, with the main office an expansion of J.V. Bailey’s original

family home built in 1902. Now with the fifth generation joining

the family business, Bailey Nurseries is one of the country’s largest

wholesale nurseries and continues to develop and introduce

revolutionary shrub, tree and rose varieties. With an industry-

leading family of employees, Bailey Nurseries is proud to employ

some of the hardest working and leading innovators in the

horticulture industry. Regardless of the company’s size, the Bailey

family maintains a consistent focus on maintaining its values of

quality, service and growth for the future.

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• July 1911: J.V. Bailey made history by being the first person to drive an automobile to the St. Paul City Market, allowing additional loads of produce and help to be at the market. (1)

• 1946: Carl Johnson, a long-time Bailey employee, developed the first mechanical shade tree digger for the company. Later, shaker bars were added to speed up the digging process.

• 1955: Vincent and Gordon Bailey Sr. introduced a Profit Sharing Plan for permanent employees, a first in the industry.

• 1998: Developed by experts in the Bailey Shop, the DROP-TRAILER was introduced, allowing entire loads of freshly potted plants to be moved to the fields with reduced labor and increased productivity. (2)

• 2004: Bailey Nurseries introduced the Endless Summer® Hydrangea Collection, the world’s first collection of reblooming Hydrangea macrophylla.

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Bailey Nurseries has always prided itself on being innovators in the industry and has worked diligently to stay on the forefront of technology to provide high quality product, produced in the most cost-efficient manner possible to maintain high standards. The foundation of the company is built on using creativity, hard work and innovation to make something from nothing. Founder J.V. Bailey took 15 acres of “un-farmable land” and went on to successfully develop what is now known as Bailey Nurseries by creatively amending the soil using various vegetable and fruit crops.

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• 2009: Multiple pruning machines were developed and implemented by the Bailey Shop to mechanize, increase productivity and reduce labor in production fields. These tools not only allow for better field processes, but also decrease the amount of pruning steps for bareroot product and container plants in the coolers. (3)

• 2010: After almost 10 years of design, planning and customization, Bailey Nurseries began using a digging machine in its greenhouse facilities to more safely and efficiently harvest rooted cuttings. This invention greatly increased productivity and decreased labor costs.

• 2011: GreenPower LED lighting tests began in the Nord Farm Propagation Department in an effort to increase success rates for difficult-to-grow varieties and deliver a higher quality of plant with energy-saving and faster propagation. With extremely positive results, LED propagation was expanded in the Minnesota and Oregon facilities.

Harvest Automation robots were introduced to greenhouse and

field production, reducing labor and allowing employees to use

their specialized skills for more difficult tasks.


Developing and introducing new varieties of plants has always been a focus at Bailey Nurseries. We encourage employees to always be on the lookout for new, naturally occurring varieties. Consumers crave the newest and best varieties, and Bailey Nurseries is a great source of innovative material for growers, landscapers and retail garden centers.

Through industry-leading breeding partnerships, internal breeding efforts and new variety discoveries by Bailey employees, we strive to provide tested and hardy varieties with ornamental and practical value. Whether introduced as a Bailey plant or through one of our consumer brands, each species undergoes thorough testing over many years to ensure that it upholds Bailey’s high standards of excellence.

In January 2015, Bailey Nurseries acquired Plant Introductions, Inc. (PII) from founding partners Dr. Michael Dirr, Mark Griffith and Jeff Beasley, establishing an in-house breeding program at Bailey Nurseries. PII has bred many of the best introductions in the Endless Summer® Hydrangeas and First Editions® Plants brands, so after many years of breeding partnership this was a natural extension of our relationship. We are excited for the opportunities that this brings to our customers, allowing us to breed and directly supply cutting-edge genetics and new introductions worldwide. With this expansion of internal breeding, Bailey Nurseries is thrilled to have each of the PII founders remaining on board as consultants, providing direction on industry trends, breeding and plant trials.

Bailey Nurseries is built on a foundation of knowledgeable, dedicated and hard-working employees. With their instrumental contributions, innovative ideas and forward-thinking approach, Bailey is able to produce original, high-quality plants. We take great pride in our employees and they reciprocate with amazing pride in their work. With many employees having been with us for 20 years and longer, we are proud to call our employees across the country a part of the Bailey family. Bailey Nurseries has an internship program at all divisions, which is where many long term employees begin their careers. We have a diverse staff, with employees from over 20 different countries around the world. Bailey employs over 500 people year-round, and an additional 600 on a seasonal basis.

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* Brand & Business Development Manager Natalia Hamill (left) and Product Development Manager Debbie Lonnee (right), along with our consultants from Plant Introductions, Inc., inspect plant trials, new introductions and varieties being considered for the First Editions® Collection.


Ivory Halo® DogwoodYear Introduced: 1993 Discovered by: Jeff Maas

While touring a production field of European Variegated Dogwood, Jeff Maas noticed a single plant with a distinctive appearance. After determining its unique attributes – having a finer branching habit, a more compact size and darker red bark than the species – Ivory Halo® Dogwood was introduced and has gone on to become one of the most popular Bailey introductions to date.

OURPLANTINTRODUCTIONSSupporting Bailey employees in discovering new plant varieties is a cornerstone of our mission, and advocating their

role as contributors to the horticulture industry remains an annual focus. Having released over 60 Bailey Nurseries introductions, these 10 varieties provide a diverse sample of developments that our employees have pioneered.

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Love & PeaceTM RoseYear introduced: 2002 Dicovered by: Ping Lim

Bred at our Yamhill facility in 1991, Love & Peace™ is an All-American Rose Selections winner from breeders Ping Lim and Jerry Twomey. Bred for consistent and beautiful color on its double blossoms, along with vigorous growth and disease resistance, Love & Peace instantly became a garden staple after its 2002 introduction.

Golden Carousel® BarberryYear Introduced: 1999 Discovered by: Terry Schwartz

Found at Bailey’s West Brown Farm by Terry Schwartz, Golden Carousel® is a natural hybrid of Korean and Golden Japanese barberry. The existing Korean and Golden barberry were raised from seed, and the new

Golden Carousel variety was found among a crop of 2-year plants. This selection has beautiful golden yellow leaves that have striking red and orange fall tones.

Frontyard® LindenYear Introduced: 1995 Discovered by: Gordon Bailey Jr.

Discovered in the late 1970s by Gordon Bailey Jr. near Alexandria, Minnesota, Frontyard® is a native linden tree that was chosen for its excellent symmetrical branching habit. After years of trials, this variety was released in 1995 as a perfect “front yard” tree with its broadly pyramidal shape as a young tree that becomes nicely rounded with age.

Fall Fiesta® Sugar MapleYear Introduced: 1998 Discovered by: Max Lamis

Discovered in a seedling block of Acer saccharum at Bailey Nurseries’ Yamhill facility, this new species of sugar maple was selected and grown to show a more vigorous habit, glossier leaves that provide better heat and wind tolerance, and incredible fall color. After four years of testing in Yamhill, the trees were transplanted to the Minnesota growing facilities and showed consistent results. Fall Fiesta® has gone on to be one of the industry’s leading sugar maples.


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Tiger Eyes® SumacYear Introduced: 2005 Discovered by: Steve Jorgensen

Steve Jorgensen from Bailey’s Minnesota Inventory Departmentwas at the Bauer Farm in Hastings, Minnesota counting sumac when he saw something different: a bright yellow sumac sticking out from the crowd. “It didn’t look like a mix,” Steve said. “It just looked different!” Because of that, Steve brought the new plant to the Nord Farm for testing. Roughly 5 years later, Tiger Eyes® Sumac was introduced.

Original Endless Summer® HydrangeaYear Introduced: 2004 Discovered by: Vern Black

Bailey Foreman Vern Black had been paying close attention to his neighbor Dennis Bostrom’s hydrangea for three years and noted its similarity in color to other popular macrophylla Hydrangea, but realized that it bloomed well year-after-year in Zone 4. In 1986, Vern took cuttings from the parent plant and planted them for trials at the Danberg Farm in Newport, Minnesota. After 10 years of testing, additional test sites were developed in Athens, Georgia and it was confirmed that this new species of hydrangea was the first remontant, or re-blooming, variety. The plant was named Endless Summer® and the world’s first and best-selling collection of re-blooming hydrangea was born.

Autumn Revolution™ BittersweetYear Introduced: 2013 Discovered by: Rodney Bailey

Discovered as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation by Rodney Bailey in 2002, this new species of Celastrus was tested by Bailey Nurseries for four years before additional propagation began. This new bittersweet variety has “perfect” flowers, meaning that it is self-pollinating, and bears fruit twice the size of its parent plant. Autumn Revolution™ was introduced in 2013 and is a huge improvement over the species.

Macy’s Pride™ RoseYear Introduced: 2003 Discovered by: Ping Lim

Bred at Bailey Nurseries’ Yamhill facility by Ping Lim, Macy’s Pride™ was tested throughout the country for 10 years before its introduction in 2003. Its unique and beautiful creamy white double blossoms accentuated by semi-glossy green foliage were so beautiful, it was chosen by Macy’s to celebrate their 100 year anniversary and was showcased at the world-renowned Macy’s Flower Show in New York City.

Matador™ MapleYear Introduced: 2011 Discovered by: Kevin Johnston

Midwest Production General Manager Kevin Johnston discovered Matador™ Maple at Bailey Nurseries’ Minnesota container tree farm. He noticed that this specific tree showed consistently deeper red fall color than other freemanii cultivars and suggested that it may be a new variety. With incredible color and upright, symmetrical form, as well as its tendency to hold leaves longer than the species, Matador was introduced as a member of the First Editions® brand in 2011.


Endless Summer® is the world’s first and best-selling collection of re-blooming hydrangea.

Each plant in the collection is carefully developed and cultivated with the highest standards, ensuring that these hydrangeas bring big, beautiful blooms to customers’ gardens.

Beginning with The Original, the Endless Summer Collection has gone on to introduce Blushing

Bride, Twist-n-Shout® and the newest addition, BloomStruck®. All of these hydrangeas bloom on new and old wood, presenting gorgeous blooms

all summer long.www.EndlessSummerBlooms.com

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The First Editions® collection of plants is a unique assortment of plants that are Selected for Success™. The collection is made up of a diverse

mix of trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, roses, fruits and perennials designed to provide top

garden performance with low maintenance. With varieties hardy across northern and southern

regions, First Editions® offers quality plants for every gardener.

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Easy Elegance® Roses is a collection of naturally disease-resistant, hardy shrubs that are Roses You Can Grow™. They bloom all season long, keeping the landscape full of color without complicated pruning or chemicals. Easy Elegance® Roses are tested nationwide, assuring that only the best of

the best go into your garden.

www.EasyEleganceRose.com


Bareroot plant material is one of the foundations on which

our reputation is based. Because we hand grade each plant

that is harvested, customers realize that when they buy

from Bailey Nurseries, they are buying the most consistent,

high performance product available in the market. Bareroot

gives growers, re-wholesalers and landscapers a strong and

healthy plant to be grown for future use. The advantages

go beyond the quality of the product too, as bareroot is

also a cost-effective option for growers. (1)

Finished container product is a staple in the industry and at

Bailey Nurseries. Utilizing new technology and extensive

employee knowledge, we are continually working to supply

some of the most hardy, varied, dependable and retail-

ready material on the market. Multiple growing facilities,

combined with our Bud and Bloom program where

we “force” hydrangeas, roses and clematis into bloom

for Mother’s Day mean one thing: Bailey Nurseries is a

one-stop shop for any retailer looking for product that

consumers demand. (2)

JumpStarts™ is a new potted liner program Bailey

Nurseries introduced in 2014 that gives growers another

option to speed up their container production cycle, and

is designed for transplant success. These quart-sized

liners have a custom hexagonal design, which inhibits

root circling and, in turn, accelerates the finishing process.

Having used JumpStarts liners in our own production for

many years, we can say with confidence that they absolutely

boost production success. (3)

Bailey Nurseries offers a diverse mix of over 1,500 plant

varieties available as bareroot, finished container product

and JumpStarts™ liners. This broad assortment of product

provides solutions for a wide range of customers – whether

they are growers producing material for both immediate

and long-term sales, or retailers in need of product that

will turn over quickly. We have over 100 years of growing

expertise, and are proud to deliver consistently high quality

plants year after year.

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OURLOCATIONS{ }With bareroot fields located throughout Minnesota and Oregon, we are well

positioned to take advantage of optimal growing conditions. Our cold storage

facilities in Minnesota allow us to ship dormant bareroot product well into

June, much longer than most growers, giving customers the advantage to

plant when they are ready.

Our container production facilities are located in Minnesota, Oregon and

Illinois, and are positioned perfectly for us to distribute finished container

material throughout the United States and Canada. Having multiple

production facilities also allows us to grow an exceptionally diverse range of

plant material to meet the demand for regional product assortments.

Our seed orchard in Washington is a dedicated facility that serves as a seed

orchard, primarily for our own production.

Finally, we manage all in-house breeding at Plant Introductions, Inc.

- now a part of Bailey Nurseries - just outside of Athens, Georgia.


We are committed to conducting business in an

environmentally responsible manner and are dedicated to

making communities a better place for generations to come.

We will work to strengthen the industry as a whole by

educating and exciting consumers about gardening,

horticulture and the endless benefits of digging in the

dirt. Thank you to our valued and loyal customers for

your endless support, feedback and partnership.

We look forward to many years of successful

relationships and creating beautiful landscapes.

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values, quality product and a focus on customer service.

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Our Mission Statement:• Consistently produce a broad selection of superior plants

• Provide excellent service

• Encourage employee personal and professional growth

• Protect and enhance our environment

• Earn a fair profit through creativity, efficiency and

dedication

• Conduct business with integrity in the nursery industry

and in our community

Our Vision:Bailey Nurseries will be recognized internationally as

providing the best in horticultural products and services.


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