This all started with some turtles and a large backyard. Brian comes from a long line of plants men, who specialize in everything from Palms to Cactus. When Brian was a boy his dad transformed their backyard into a Palm filled oasis. As we know with any oasis watering is top priority. As a kid it was Brian’s chore to keep the oasis watered. Brian was not interested in plants at this point in his life he was interested in his pet turtles. Brian wanted to make a natural habitat for his turtles so he built them a pond. After the pond was completed there was something missing. Plants! Brian decided then that he wanted to make his pond look prehistoric for his turtles.
This is when he began to be interested in aquatic and carnivorous plants. There was one plant that solidified Brian’s addiction Cyrtosperma johnstonii. Brian was on a family vacation to Florida when his dad decided to stop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. It was there the Brian encountered the 7 foot tall Cyrtosperma johnstonii. He was amazed by its striped thorny steams and its pink veins. It took Brian 3 years of endless searching to obtain the plant he had seen in the botanical garden that day. While on his quest for johnstonii Brian discovered other odd plants that peaked his interest. These plants all belonged to the aroid family. The quest for one plant turned in to a collection of aroids.
After years of collecting plant Brian decided that he wanted to share his collection with others. It was then that he started Brian’s Botanical out of one of his father’s greenhouses. Brian had a bucket list of plants that he wanted to obtain like any good collector. After collecting the last plant on the list it seemed like the hunt was over. That was until Brian had a life changing conversation with his mentors Julius Boos and John Banta. The conversation was about hybrids. His imagination immediately went into overdrive with the endless combinations. His excitement for breeding compounded each day he found new pollen or saw a flower bloom.
Brian Williams started his journey as a young kid looking for plants for his turtles but has turned in to a breeder and plants man that is passionate about aroids. This passion is the backbone of his business and influences every decision that is made.
Hi Brian!
My friend and I are avid plant lovers and we plan on making a visit to your store soon. Should we make an appointment? Also, I’m looking for a pink princess and pink Congo philo do you have either in stock?
Thanks!
Jodi
Jodi
Come on out! We are open Monday-Saturday 9 to 5, Closed Sunday. We have Pink Princess rooting up but no Pink Congo.
I love arum plants so much, I first saw them in mexico where i am from and i absolutely have become a collector since i could get my hands on the first colocasia i found available. I love the new Colocasia Tea Party, hope to get it soon before they’re gone. I m thrilled to see your new hybrids. My love and good energy to you and your family from a fellow aroid lover.
I love your passion and your plants!! Thank you for breeding such beauties! Saving my money so I can stop on my way back to Michigan to buy some bird of paradise cannas! (Am snowbird)
Thank you Cindy!
Bonsoir livrez vous en France ?si je prépare une commande je ne voie pas de frais de ports merci .vous avez de superbes plantes très rare en France
Sorry we do not ship internationally at this time.
I’ve been to a number of nurseries, but Brian’s selection of plants really hit home-as in we have similar tastes!!! I drove almost 600 miles each way to visit his place, and stunning doesn’t even BEGIN to describe it!!! He has been actively working to create new plants through cross breeding, and some of his results are truly groundbreaking. To say that he has immersed himself in his work would be an understatement. As time goes by, I think he will come out with more cool plants than any nursery in the country!!!
Thanks R. Marc! We really appreciate it!
Brian, wow, you are exactly what I have been looking for. Would be interested to know if there are others in the tropical industry pushing zone boundries especially in the larger palms and bamboo species. I live in WV zone 5, love to garden but nothing tropical and yet that has been my dream to have a tropical garden. I am currently retired and am building on my daughter’s property in Greenville, SC and am so excited with the possibility to create a tropical oasis. I won’t be planting anything until next year after I get the hardscape complete this year… but you have excited me beyond words. I will plan a trip to your store later this year to meet and talk. Do wish you offered some of the larger clumping bamboos and a few more upright palms. But I understand your zone at Lexington but plan to push the limits in Greenville. Wow am I excited… passing the day at my computer during this shelter in place time. I would love to see some of the turtle habitat you created… I am 63 but still get excited teaching the grandchildren the art of catching turtles and creating spaces. Have a great season.
I’m an aroid enthusiast from Pakistan, sir do you ship plants in Pakistan, or bulbs /seeds(anthurium seeds)? Kindly let me know in email. Ranaarqam@gmail.com
Hi Arqam! Sorry but we do not ship to Pakistan at this time.
I am sorry but I was not pleased with the quality of my plant for 500 dollars. I wrote two times and no response. Pior quality!