LVN News
Imprelis
News is beginning to surface of damage to conifers and other landscape plants by a new broadleaf weed control, Imprelis. At this time, Loma Vista Nursery is not accepting chips from tree trimming companies due to concerns about this chemical and its impact on plant health. For more information, including a photograph of damage and more sources for information on Imprelis, go to Chemical Damage to Conifers.
Fuel Surcharge
Due to drastic increases in diesel fuel, effictive 5/1/2011 Loma Vista Nursery is implementing a fuel surcharge for all deliveries on Loma Vista operated trucks. The schedule is as follows:
Diesel Cost per Gallon %age Invoice Total Surcharge
$3.60 - $3.80 0.50%
$3.81 - $4.00 1.00%
$4.01 - $4.20 2.00%
$4.21 - $4.40 3.00%
over $4.40 5.00%
All calculations will be made on the invoice total pre-tax, pre-freight and post-discount. This charge will not affect deliveries on common carrier trucks. If you have questions regarding this policy please contact Mark or Lyndsi.
Mark Clear - President
785-229-7200 x 103
mclear@lomavistanursery.com
Lyndsi Oestmann - Sales Manager
913-897-7010
lyndsi@lomavistanursery.com
As business owners we know that the current economic conditions have been a cause for concern. It has for us here at Loma Vista and we are sure it has for all of you. Yes, it is a difficult market and our industry has been tremendously affected. Maintaining profits in this economy, with rapidly falling prices and steadily increasing costs, sure is a challenge. We are all doing what we can to get by. We wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that even though many companies are turning to non-traditional means, our business model remains the same as it has for over 30 years in the nursery business. We will continue to offer free deliveries from our Landscape Distribution Center on qualifying orders. We will continue to offer payment options including Net 30 terms to qualifying customers. We will never charge you an additional fee on purchases paid by credit card at time of sale. We will always honor your sales tax exempt status. We will tag and hold your material at our Landscape Distribution Center. We will accept pre-orders for material from our farms and hold it until the requested ship date. We will offer expanded selection of Proven Winners, perennials, along with new varieties of shrubs and trees. We will have the experienced sales staff to meet your needs and have recently expanded our sales team to better service you, our valued customer. We realize that you have many choices when it comes to purchasing plant material and we always appreciate your considering Loma Vista for your plant material needs. Owners of Loma Vista Nursery A Commitment to Green “A few years ago, we realized the need to do everything we could to keep nursery plastic and containers from ending up in the landfill and Loma Vista Nursery has invested in this effort.” Mark Clear, President Loma Vista Nursery’s container recycling program was recently featured in NM Pro! “The Green Industry Lives up to its Name” tells of Loma Vista’s commitment to keeping nursery plastic out of the landfills. Loma Vista Nursery provides a convenient drop off location at their Landscape Distribution Center in Olathe, Kansas. With support of the recycling program by Kansas City’s landscape companies, in 2009: Investment in equipment by Loma Vista Nursery in 2010 now allows excess nursery plastic to be baled and shipped efficiently for recycling. Loma Vista Nursery has been growing quality nursery stock since 1991.
Business as usual
As you probably already know, Loma Vista Nursery is a family owned and operated business in Kansas City since 1990 and in the nursery business since 1979. We built our business growing high quality plants specifically for the landscape and nursery trade. We do not and will not sell to homeowners. We do not and will not run a landscape company. We do not and will not install plant material. We believe Loma Vista has been the low price, high quality plant producer and supplier to the trade in Kansas City for the last 20 years. Your business and our business are interlinked. This has been our successful business model since 1979 and it is not changing.
Committed to our customers
You can count on us to do the following:
We will continue to stock our Landscape Distribution Center so that you have the selection you need to complete your landscape jobs.
Loma Vista is producing field grown trees, container evergreens, shrubs, grasses, perennials and groundcovers on over 800 acres in the Kansas City metro area. We currently have over 2 million containers on the ground at our Ottawa, Kansas facility and over 100,000 trees in our fields. Chances are we have what you are looking for. Call our office and speak to one of our many knowledgeable sales representatives to get a quote. As always we are willing to work with you to get the price, selection and services you need to be successful at what you do.
Thank you for shopping at Loma Vista Nursery.
Mark & Lyndsi
