Tennessee Wholesale Nursery Gardeners Corner

Garden stories, planting guides and plant picks from the Tennessee Wholesale Nursery team.

Are TN Nursery Plants Hardy?
Are TN Nursery Plants Hardy?
Ferns are often associated with warm, humid forests, tropical greenhouses, and sheltered areas where frost rarely occurs. Because of this, some homeowners assume that all ferns are delicate plants that... Read more...
A long row of young Green Giant arborvitae planted as a privacy screen along a field edge with rolling hills behind
Green Giant vs Emerald Green Arborvitae: Spacing & Counts
Green Giant or Emerald Green for a long privacy screen or windbreak? Tennessee Wholesale Nursery compares size, speed, Southeast heat and deer, then turns spacing into trees per 100 feet. Read more...
What is the cheapest way to landscape a garden?
What is the cheapest way to landscape a garden?
Creating a beautiful garden doesn't have to involve expensive contractors, elaborate stonework, or hundreds of dollars spent on individual plants. Some of the most attractive landscapes begin with simple improvements,... Read more...
Which plant gives 12 months of flowers?
Which plant gives 12 months of flowers?
A garden filled with flowers is beautiful, but a garden filled with flowers and wildlife offers something even more special. Butterflies drift between blossoms, hummingbirds visit tubular flowers, and bees... Read more...
What is TN Nursery's Warranty or Guarantee
What is TN Nursery's Warranty or Guarantee
A customer opens a package of native perennials and discovers several roots without leaves or flowers. For someone who has always purchased plants from a local garden center, this can... Read more...
A row of young tulip poplar shade trees planted evenly along a grassy farm drive with green hills behind
Fast Growing Shade Trees: Native Picks | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Five native fast growing shade trees for Tennessee and the Southeast, with listed zones, the drawbacks to plan around, and spacing for planting rows and groves in bulk. Read more...
Young native trees planted in rows along a Tennessee creek bottom and upland field, with redbuds blooming at the woodland edge
Native Trees of Tennessee by Site | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Native trees of Tennessee matched to the ground they suit, from bald cypress in wet bottoms to black oak on dry ridges, with the bundle sizes for planting by the... Read more...
How is TN Nursery rated?
How is TN Nursery rated?
When choosing an online nursery, customer ratings can provide valuable insight into what shoppers appreciate about a business. Gardening involves living plants, seasonal shipping, and long-term results, so customers naturally... Read more...
Is TN nursery family owned?
Is TN nursery family owned?
Is TN nursery family owned? TN Nursery is a family-owned business with a history rooted in the Tennessee nursery industry. Tammy Sons and her family operate the company today, carrying... Read more...
Young bald cypress and river birch trees planted along a shallow wetland and stream bank with buttonbush shrubs
Best Trees for Wet Soil by Flood Level | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Native trees and shrubs for wet ground, sorted by how long the site stays flooded, with a planting pattern for stream banks and per-acre plant counts for bulk restoration orders. Read more...
A newly planted row of young native shrubs with mulch rings along a stream bank in autumn light
When to Plant Shrubs: Timing by Zone | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Fall is the best time to plant shrubs in most zones, with early spring safer in the coldest. Here is the window by zone and stock type, six native shrubs... Read more...
Rows of freshly planted dormant bare-root tree seedlings in a Tennessee field in late winter, with a bundle of seedlings in a bucket
Best Time to Plant Trees | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Fall or spring? For bulk plantings in the Southeast, the answer depends on whether your trees are bare-root, seedlings or container-grown. Here is the calendar Tennessee Wholesale Nursery plants by. Read more...
Rows of newly planted bare-root tree seedlings in a spring field, with a dibble bar in the soil and a bucket of seedlings nearby
How to Plant Tree Seedlings in Bulk | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Tennessee Wholesale Nursery's method for planting bare-root tree seedlings by the hundred: timing, handling, dibble bar steps, seedlings per acre and first-year care. Read more...
A steep streambank planted with sprouting willow and dogwood live stakes, young tree seedlings higher up and ferns under trees at the top
Plants for Erosion Control on Slopes | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Which plants hold a slope, zone by zone: live stakes for the wet lower bank, native trees mid-slope, sumac on the dry top and ferns in shade, with spacing and... Read more...
Willow live stakes set in staggered rows along a creek bank, starting to leaf out in early spring
Live Stakes: Species, Spacing, Planting | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Which live stakes to plant at each part of a stream bank, when to install them, how many to order, and what to do the day they arrive. Read more...
A multi-row windbreak of eastern redcedar and pines with a low shrub row along the edge of a farm field
Best Trees for Windbreak Planting | Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Which native evergreens make the best windbreak in the Southeast, how far apart to plant each row, and how many seedlings to order for the length you need to shelter. Read more...