Our History

Kurt Bluemel, Inc. began as a Landscape Design Company with commercial properties that were over several 100 acres as well as residential properties of exclusive gardens less than half an acre.  The company achieved acclaim because of its great attention to detail providing unique and hardy perennials and durable hard-scapes. 

In 1964, Kurt Bluemel, Inc. developed its trade-only nursery division to provide hardy perennials and ornamental grasses essential for landscaping.  The initial mission and continued commitment to provide its customers with a diverse selection of professionally grown plant material promptly and courteously has led the company to over 45 years of successfully serving the horticultural community. 

Since the inception of the nursery, Kurt Bluemel, Inc. has also provided the horticultural market with over 65 patent-free plant selections and several hundreds of introductions with many more on the horizon.

Kurt Bluemel, Inc. - Baldwin, MD Campus circa. 2009; photo by Alexander Bluemel Betz

Floraland was created in 1998 to service our accounts with the theme parks in the Orlando, Florida area including Disney’s Animal Kingdom.  Floraland quickly developed into a custom growing facility that features plant material from liners to over 65 gallons servicing the greater part of Florida’s trade-only wholesale plant market.

In 1990, to exclusively meet demand for high yield crops of Bamboo, Miscanthus, Panicums and Cortaderia in field grown forms, we founded our Eastern Shore Campus in Manokin, MD.