Plant Delights Nursery is a mail order plant nursery based in Raleigh, North Carolina, specializing in herbaceous perennials, and owned by Tony Avent and partner Anita Avent. The nursery was established in 1988.Plant Delights History Web Page
Plant Delights Nursery has a specialty catalogPhoto Gallery of Plant Delights Catalog Covers with humorous, topical covers drawn by cartoonist Jack Pittman. The nursery has been featured in many newspapers,Gardener's fantasy and a reality check The Chicago TribuneN.C. nursery's plant catalog always fun The Houston ChronicleThe Plant Hunter The New York Times magazines,The Plant HunterGarden and Gun Magazine and on television.Almanac Gardener
In 2012, the nursery's spring catalog cover ignited a strong reprisal from Penn State alumni when the cover featured a caricature of former coach Jerry Sandusky dressed as a lion with a Penn State logo attached chasing children down a road. Numerous Facebook comments directed to the business were deleted. Avent commented on News 5 WRAL in Raleigh that he stands by his artwork.WRAL Story on Backlash
In 2021, Plant Delights' spring catalog featured President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and a number of children reading sexually suggestive pages from a book held by Biden entitled "Kama Seedtra".
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External links http://www.plantdelights.com