Tennessee Wholesale Nursery Plant Library

Plant profiles: size, light, soil, bloom time and how to grow each one.

A dormant bare-root sapling set in a wide planting hole in a field, with a shovel and bucket of water beside it
How to Plant Bare Root Trees | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
A step-by-step guide to planting bare-root native shade trees and seedlings, from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery: what to do when the box arrives, how to set the trunk flare, first-year care... Read more...
Why Are My Plants Bare Root
Why Are My Plants Bare Root
Some of the prettiest flowers in a garden spend much of the year completely hidden underground. Their growing season may last only a few months, yet they return each spring... Read more...
Young red maple tree newly planted in fall, with a ring of mulch, a spade and fallen autumn leaves on the grass
When to Plant Trees: Zone Calendar | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
The best time to plant trees is while they are dormant, from leaf drop to bud break. Here is Tennessee Wholesale Nursery's month-by-zone calendar for trees and shrubs, with bare-root... Read more...
How long does TN Nursery take to ship?
How long does TN Nursery take to ship?
One of the first questions gardeners ask before ordering plants online is how long delivery will take. Unlike ordinary household products, trees, shrubs, and perennials are living plants that must... Read more...
Common milkweed in bloom with pink flower clusters and a monarch butterfly at the edge of a sunny meadow
Milkweed Plant Care: First-Year Guide | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
A first-year care guide for bare-root common milkweed from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery: light and soil, planting, a season-by-season schedule, fall cut-back, winter care and where not to plant it. Read more...
Jack-in-the-pulpit plants with three-part leaves and hooded flowers growing on a shady woodland floor in spring
Jack in the Pulpit Plant Guide | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
A Tennessee Wholesale Nursery profile of the jack in the pulpit plant: how to identify it, where it grows best, what to know about toxicity, and how to plant dormant... Read more...
Hepatica in bloom with lavender, white and pink flowers among fallen leaves on a shady woodland floor in early spring
Hepatica Plant (Liverleaf) Profile | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Hepatica, or liverleaf, is one of the first native wildflowers of spring. Learn how to tell round-lobed from sharp-lobed hepatica, what light and soil it needs, and how to plant... Read more...
Pine branch with bundles of green needles and a small cone, young pines in a sunny field behind
Pine Tree Identification Key | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Count the needles, check the cones, read the bark. Tennessee Wholesale Nursery's key to Virginia, loblolly, shortleaf, longleaf and eastern white pine, plus the trees that only look like pines. Read more...
Young red maple shade tree with a full green canopy casting shade on a lawn in a rural Tennessee yard
Fast Growing Shade Trees: 7 Native Picks | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Seven native fast-growing shade trees compared side by side, from willow oak to silver maple, with size, zones, soil and the honest drawbacks of each. Read more...
Mature box elder tree with a broad, uneven green canopy growing beside a quiet stream in summer
Box Elder Tree Identification Guide | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
How to identify a box elder tree by its leaves, twigs, bark and seeds, how to tell it from ash and poison ivy, and where this fast native maple earns... Read more...
What Do Costumers Say About TN Nursery?
What Do Costumers Say About TN Nursery?
What Do Costumers Say About TN Nursery? Positive customer feedback about TN Nursery highlights the details gardeners notice: plants arriving in good condition, protective packaging, helpful communication, and the excitement... Read more...