公司概况
Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants (R²) 是位于美国密歇根州 Litchfield 的种苗批发商，由 Raker-Robertas Young Plants LLC 运营。公司成立 30 余年，专注传统种子繁殖与植物营养繁殖两大领域，供应超过 3,000 个独特植物品种给美国和加拿大各地的温室与苗圃客户，被誉为”The Best Wholesaler in the USA”。R² 通过与全球顶级育种商、种子生产商、无根插穗农场和组织培养实验室合作建立产品多样性，并通过与 Horticulture Brokerage Network 的代理网络对接终端客户。
产品线与育种商品牌
R² 经营定制种苗产品组合，涵盖一年生花卉、多年生植物、切花、香草、蔬菜、草坪和春季菊花七大类，按订单定制提供 160 尺寸、36 条盘和 25 条盘三种包装。秋季菊花与紫菀使用 Dummen、Gediflora、Syngenta、Ball 育种商遗传材料；圣诞红使用 Dummen 和 Selecta 25 条盘包装；秋冬 Pansy/Viola 提供 50+ 品种；蔬菜种苗则覆盖田间与高拱棚生产。多年生项目（含种子一年生秋季销售）全年供货周 1-52，菊花项目集中在 4 月至 7 月，圣诞红为 7 月至 9 月。所有项目均提供 10% 早鸟折扣和基于年度托盘采购量的阶梯价。
经销网络与物流
R² 通过 8 家核心代理覆盖北美种植者：Ball Seed Company (West Chicago, IL)、BFG: The Plant Connection (Burton, OH)、Eason Hort Resources (Fort Wright, KY)、ePlantSource.com (Westminster, CO)、Express Seed Company (Oberlin, OH)、Florasource, Ltd (San Clemente, CA)、Germania Seed Co (Chicago, IL) 与 Griffin Greenhouse Supplies (Tewksbury, MA)。订单最低 4 盘（条盘按整盘计算），Grower Truck 与 LTL 配送最低 50 盘；客户可通过 UPS、Customer Pick Up（须提前预约）或 LTL 半挂车三种方式收货。每日更新 Plant Availability 系统让客户实时掌握库存。
标志性产品 Firefly 与 Empress
R² 的旗舰产品是 2025 年发布的 Firefly Petunia——世界首株可商用的生物发光矮牵牛，通过组织培养、扦插苗和成品多渠道销售，要求零售商提供专门的销售培训、视觉营销和 POP 工具支持。另一款亮点是 Empress 紫番茄以及多款独家 Firefly Liners。除此之外，R² 的客户服务团队由销售经理 Kelly Staats 与目录协调员 Kristy Stanton 组成，并持续招聘全职温室种植员与农业工程师，提供在职培训与职业晋升通道。
Company Overview
Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants (R²) is a wholesale young plant supplier based in Litchfield, Michigan, USA, operating as Raker-Robertas Young Plants LLC. Founded more than 30 years ago, the company specializes in both traditional seed propagation and vegetative propagation, supplying more than 3,000 unique plant varieties to greenhouses and nurseries across the United States and Canada. Positioned as “The Best Wholesaler in the USA,” R² sources from world-class breeders, seed producers, unrooted cutting farms, and tissue culture laboratories, with the Horticulture Brokerage Network connecting the company to its grower customers.
Product Lines and Breeder Brands
R² grows to order across seven core programs: annuals, perennials, cut flowers, herbs, vegetables, grasses, and spring season mums, offered in 160 size trays, 36 strip trays, and 25 strip trays. Fall garden mums and asters use Dummen, Gediflora, Syngenta, and Ball genetics. Poinsettias use Dummen and Selecta genetics in 25 strip trays. The pansy and viola program lists more than 50 varieties for fall sales. Vegetable young plants cover field and high tunnel production. Ship weeks run from week 1 through 52 for perennials and seed annuals, weeks 17 through 30 for mums, and weeks 28 through 37 for poinsettias. A 10 percent early order discount and a tiered volume-based pricing structure apply across all R² young plant programs.
Broker Network and Logistics
R² routes orders through eight core brokers across North America: Ball Seed Company in West Chicago, Illinois; BFG: The Plant Connection in Burton, Ohio; Eason Hort Resources in Fort Wright, Kentucky; ePlantSource.com in Westminster, Colorado; Express Seed Company in Oberlin, Ohio; Florasource, Ltd in San Clemente, California; Germania Seed Co in Chicago, Illinois; and Griffin Greenhouse Supplies in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Minimum order is 4 trays with strip trays counting as full trays, while Grower Truck and LTL delivery require a 50 tray minimum. Shipping options are UPS, customer pickup by appointment at the Litchfield facility, and LTL palletized freight. A daily-updated plant availability system gives growers real-time inventory access.
Flagship Products: Firefly and Empress
R²’s signature launch is the Firefly Petunia, the world’s first commercially available bioluminescent petunia released in 2025 and sold through tissue cuttings, liners, and finished product. As a generation 1 variety, it requires more attentive handling than traditional petunias and a dedicated retail program with sales training, merchandising, and POP kits. The catalog also highlights the Empress Purple Tomato and a broad Firefly Liners program. Operations are led by programs manager Kelly Staats and catalog coordinator Kristy Stanton, and the company continues to hire full-time greenhouse growers and agricultural engineers, providing on-the-job training and career advancement opportunities.
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