Profitable Greenhouse Plants: High-Demand Varieties for Market Success

Selecting the right crops determines greenhouse profitability. These popular, high-margin plants consistently attract buyers.

Versatile Annuals

• Monkey Flower (Mimulus): Trailing in shade, upright in sun. Yellow/red bicolor blooms all summer. Sow January, pot February for spring sales.
• Morning Glory (Ipomoea): Fast vines for trellises, screens, walls. Heavenly Blue remains top seller. Sow April in 2-inch pots with bottom heat.
• Nasturtium: Edible flowers in blazing yellows/oranges/reds. Cool greenhouse, March sowing. "Fragrant Giants" for vining types.
• Scabiosa: Fragrant pincushion flowers in white, yellow, pink, blue. March sowing, April potting for May sales.
• Schizanthus (Butterfly Flower): Orchid-like blooms in purple/white/red/yellow clusters. October sowing for May, pinch and stake March.
• Summer Cypress (Kochia): Conical "Mexican burning bush" turns red in fall. March sowing, April potting. Temporary hedges, specimens.
• Stocks (Matthiola): Fragrant cut flowers in white, pink, red, navy. March sowing, 2-week pot-up. Dwarf 10-week varieties available.

Foliage Features

• Strobilanthes (Conehead): Deep red-purple new growth, silvery orchid mature leaves. Borders, containers, window boxes. Propagate from cuttings.

Morning glories deserve special mention—their versatility for screening, trellises, and abundant blooms makes them perennial customer favorites.