The Polar
Palms Nursery
Owned by Kiril Donov, M.Sc.
Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture
The Polar Palms Nursery was created to satisfy the demand for cold
hardy palms in Bulgaria and Europe. This is an example of how a hobby could be
transformed in a good business with a market niche.
Today is very difficult
to start a business with little or no competition. Producing and selling hardy
palms is such a market niche. And if someone has spent 5 years for
M.Sc. degree
in Tropical and subtropical agriculture there is no doubt,
it's time to see the palms in our cities!
The nursery is located just 5 km (3 miles) away
from Plovdiv, on the highway to Assenovgrad. The
Rhodopa mountain is just south of the nursery
and to the north and east the lowland is wide
opened.
In our
nursery we sell more than 350 different species
and varieties of plants. Most of them we import
from abroad. Our own production is still not
much, but we constantly increase the list of the
plants grown.
We have 1500 sq.m. of glass greenhouse, which
will be built in summer of 2003. There are also
3 large plastic greenhouses and the total land
of the nursery is about 45 000 sq.m. our own
land.
At the present moment we produce in the nursery:
1. Palms - Bulgarian Trachycarpus fortunei;
Phoenix canariensis, dactylifera and
theophrastii; Washingtonia filifera and robusta;
Sabal minor and palmetto; Butia capitata;
Trachycarpus takil and wagnerianus; Chamaerops
humilis; Rhapidophyllum hystrix;
2. Evergreen and exotic shrubs - many varieties of
Euonimus; Laurocerasus; Laurus; Feijoa; Eleagnus;
Buxus; Aucuba; Fatsia; Oleanders; Citrus;
Rosmarinus; Hedera, Pittosporum; Lagerstroemia;
Viburnum; Berberis; Pyracantha; Yucca; and some more.
3. Trees - various conifers (Cupressus, Pinus,
Thuya and some more); Magnolia; Eucalyptus;
Betula; Quercus; Tilia; and some more.
All
zone 7, 8 and 9 plants we grow in the unheated
greenhouses. If everything is alright, in summer
2003 we should
built a small heated greenhouse for tropical
plants.
We now
employ 12 people. In summer 2003 we should plant
many new plants on our land and the number of
people in our team will probably increase on a
seasonal basis.
All these large palms we import from Greece,
Turkey or Italy.
Please
note, English is not my mother language,
you may find mistakes in the above text.
© 1999-2003 Kiril Donov, The Polar Palm Nursery - All
rights reserved
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