Overview:
Q & Z Nursery, Inc. began operations on October 1, 1992. Prior to that it had been the tissue culture propagation division of T & Z Nursery, Inc. in Winfield, IL. Q & Z is now headquartered in Rochelle, Illinois, where it maintains its business office, greenhouses, and growing fields. The Q & Z tissue culture labs are located offsite, in Dekalb, Illinois. Over the years, Mark Zilis, Q & Z Nursery president, has introduced a number of significant hostas. These are the result of hybridization and tissue culture mutation selection. His introductions include 'Day's End', 'Diamond Tiara', 'Dust Devil', 'Leather Sheen', 'Little White Lines', 'Marilyn', 'Metallic Sheen', H. montana 'Mountain Snow', 'Pinapple Upsidedown Cake', H. plantaginea 'Ming Treasure', 'Radiant Edger', 'Raspberry Sorbet', 'Royal Tiara', H. sieboldiana 'Super Nova', 'Snow Crust', Sugar and Cream', 'Sum it Up', 'Sum of All', 'Summer Breeze', 'Wheaton Blue', and 'Winfield Blue'. |
