page_title: Henry Augustus Siebrecht
section_title: Rose Hill Nurseries
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Augustus Siebrecht / Rose Hill Nurseries
caption_attribution_description: English: Rose Hill Nurseries in New Rochelle, New York
context_page_description: Henry Augustus Siebrecht was a German immigrant to America who used his early horticultural training to become one of the top floral designers and horticulturalists in the United States.
  Siebrecht is credited with having been the first florist to grow lilies of the valley in the winter in a greenhouse process he introduced in 1889. He was also credited with bringing the orchid into commercial use, which he introduced into wedding bouquets in the 1870s, and bringing Japanese and Chinese ginkgo trees into popularity.
context_section_description: By 1878 Siebrecht had purchased 40 acres in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York for a nursery. Formerly the Ranaud-Seacord property on North Avenue, his initial parcel extended to the Hutchinson River. Its southern boundary paralleled the avenue that today bears the name of his nurseries, "Rose Hill". After having purchased another adjacent estate his holdings reached almost 90 acres. 68 enormous hothouses were built within which Siebrecht and his partner grew an array of rare plants.
  "It was a City of Glass," F.J. Logan recalled in a 1970 Standard Star article. "As far as anyone could see were greenhouses". Inside the 68 enormous hothouses grew flowers that were never seen before in America. With a partner by the name of Wadley, Siebrecht also maintained a large nursery in Dabadie, Trinidad where precious tropical plants were cultivated for their New York and Newport, RI shops and Rose Hill Nursery, including the "Killarney rose", winter-blooming lilies of the valley and species of orchids.
  In 1890, Siebrecht built a large shingle style residence on the north side of "The Lawn" in the planned community of Rochelle Park.
caption: Rose Hill Nurseries
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