Founded in 1928 in New Jersey, Mea Nursery began by growing and selling top-quality cut roses to flower markets in the area. Joseph P. Mea’s cut-rose bushes, taken from the ground every three or four years, were sold to home gardeners through variety and general merchandise stores.
Mea’s reputation for quality and dependability grew, and by the mid-1950s Mea Nursery was selling packaged dormant roses from coast to coast. The company soon moved to deep East Texas to take advantage of a longer growing season and the dark, rich organic soil.
Mea Nursery — still owned by the family of Joseph P. Mea — operates in Lindale,
Texas. The nursery grows and sells dormant roses, container roses and chrysanthemums
nationwide.
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Mea Nursery,
still owned by the family
of Joseph P. Mea,
operates in
Lindale,
Texas. |
