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King's Sunset Nursery was started by Zuela
and Lillie King in a small section of the family garden over
75 years ago. It was started as an extra income to their field
crops of cotton and corn. The nursery crops did bring in extra
income and soon became the main crop grown on the King farm.
Trees and shrubs were sold to home owners and people beginning
landscaping businesses. Some trees were sold for as much as
.50 cents and shrubs as much as .25 cents in the early years.Today
over 500 acres of trees are now in production. Now the nursery
is run by 2nd and 3rd generations, Virgil (Bill), Tommy, Roger
King, and soon to be 4th generation, Noah. The use of mechanical
digger
and drip irrigation has made
it possible to grow more and larger trees than ever could
have been harvested in the earlier years by hand. Machinery
is used in place of mules to cultivate and maintain trees.
Today most of the trees and shrubs are sold to landscape contractors,
rewholesalers, and garden centers through out the eastern
half of the United States.
Our goal is to produce the best quality plant
material and offer it at a reasonable price with the best
quality and service that we can offer to our customers. We
want you and your customers to be happy with your purchases
from King's Sunset Nursery.
We
invite you to come see our farm and plant material. Please
call to arrange a tour of our farm. |
The King Boys Fall 2006!
