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TN Nursery, family-owned since 1959, is one of America’s largest and most trusted online suppliers of bare-root trees, shrubs, perennials, and native plants. We grow, pack, and ship directly from our Tennessee farm to gardeners, landscapers, and restoration projects nationwide. Every order is backed by our full one-year warranty for healthy, thriving plants.
Specialties include native wildflowers, flowering trees, privacy hedges, wetland plants, mosses, and erosion control vegetation.
TN Nursery has a rating of 4.2 stars from 1,336 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TN Nursery most frequently mention bare root, good condition and great shape. TN Nursery ranks 2nd among Trees sites.
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So far, this nursery has done well. Shipped nice trees and am waiting for spring for them to bud out. I just ordered more with the buy one get one offer.
I just started ordering so I can't speak for anything other than my 1st order was delivered on time and if my other plants live i will be a loyal customer
Thank you so much!
Northern spicebush received after ground was frozen in fall 2024 so wintered in outside pots. Plants did not come back in spring 2025.
Thank you for your review, and I’m really sorry to hear your Northern Spicebush didn’t come back this spring. Even when the ground is frozen, dormant bare-root shrubs can still be planted as long as the soil can be dug — wintering them in pots can be tricky because they freeze harder above ground than they do in the soil.
Please email me at help@tnnursery.net with photos of the plants and your order number, and I’ll be happy to review this for you and help you with the next steps. We want you to have a good experience with us and we’ll do our best to make it right.
— Bailey, Customer Care | TN Nursery
Purchased a quantity of red bud seedlings in 2025. Arrived in good bare-root condition and nearly every one seemed to grow well in their first season. Naturalized in the edge of woodlands.
Thank you so much!
Quality bare root young trees (red bud). Excellent survival!
I ordered 4 Paw Paw trees which were on the pricey side. I paid for them because they were supposed to be 4-5 feet tall. The trees never arrived and when I called the nursery they told me the trees were returned and sitting right here. I reconfirmed my address, I get deliveries almost daily, and they resent the same trees. I bring this up because they are bare root trees. When they arrived the roots were very dry and I planted them immediately, also they are only 3 feet tall. I called back and shared my concerns because I don't think the trees will survive. I was told we are notating your concerns and call us back next Spring if they do not sprout new growth. The whole experience is not confidence inspiring. My advice is go to your local nursery, lay eyes on the plants/trees you want to buy and at least you will know they were alive when you bought them. I have no idea if I paid over $200 for dead or alive trees.
Thank you for your review, and I’m truly sorry this experience has felt uncertain. I completely understand your concerns, especially with pawpaws being more delicate and slow to wake up.
Regarding the delivery issue — the first shipment was returned to us by the carrier without explanation, even though the address you confirmed was correct. When we were notified of the return, we dug and shipped a fresh new set of pawpaw trees, not the returned ones. We never resend plants that have been in transit.
Bare-root pawpaw trees will naturally look dry and simple when dormant, and their roots won’t appear moist like container-grown plants. This is normal for the season and not a sign of poor health. Pawpaws also leaf out later than many other species, which is why we advise checking for new growth in spring.
If yours appear under the listed size range, please email me photos at help@tnnursery.net, and I’ll gladly review them for a size-difference credit.
We truly want you to feel confident in what you purchased, and I’m here to help you all the way through spring. If you need planting guidance or want us to check the trees’ viability, just reach out anytime.
— Bailey, Customer Care | TN Nursery
I ordered buy one get one fuyu persimmon and they sent me another full buy one get one when a single tree was missing from the box. Great customer service and all three trees are doing great!
Thank you so much!
Every time I order from TN, I get great service and speedy delivery. My plants have always arrived well wrapped and in excellent shape, ready to plant!
I purchased a few rattlesnake plantains and they have done well. I'm hoping to plant the golden seal and the running cedar at the same location.
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Very nice, though I was inexperienced at first in how to handle bare root trees. I lost a few because I couldn't get them planted right away once they arrived.
Thank you so much!
My husband and I are avid gardeners, both with landscaping and growing vegetables for years. These trees we purchased were alive when we received them but they began to die right away.
Thank you for your review, and I’m truly sorry to hear about your dogwoods. Even with lots of gardening experience, dormant bare-root trees can be tricky because they look alive on arrival but need very specific handling in the first few weeks.
I’d be happy to take a look and see what happened. Please email me photos at help@tnnursery.net, including a quick scratch test on the stems, and I’ll make sure you’re taken care of according to our warranty.
— Bailey, Customer Care | TN Nursery
Came earlier than requested but everything worked out (wasn't home to open gate) can't wait to plant them and watch them grow.
Thank you so much!
Great. Received extra and will be planting the persimmon trees in all my neighborhood for free. I have over 10,000 followers on tik tok and want to get a couple free trees to do unboxing. Also I've planted over 50 trees in my property from yall and received over 250 trees in total from yall.
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I have family living in Tennessee and I appreciate having a way to send interesting gifts that they love. The landscaping plants I've sent in the past are thriving.
Thank you so much!
2025 -Redbud Trees arrived when expected and did well this summer after planting. This will be their first winter in Vt. I am hoping they will continue to thrive this spring in this climate.
Thank you so much!
Great selection of natives, beautifully shipped without excess packaging. Generous bundles of bare roots. I will always choose to order from this nursery before any other.
Thank you for supporting our business!
Trees came packaged very professionally, TN Nursery's kept me updated with my order and ensured that I received my order as scheduled. The trees came alive and ready to be planted. Thanks for the great service
Thank you so much!
Plants arrived, well packaged and when expected. I was notified when they shipped with tracking number included. Bare root plants were the order, planted per instructions and plants are growing without problems. Will order more from this nursery.
Thank you so much!
Your service has been good. Today, I could not use a billing address a PO Box) separate from my home address. I hope this doesn't cause an issue with my payment method.
Please affirm or deny (in your marketing) that you are growing all your own plants and not harvesting wild plants. I'm suspicious. I hesitate to buy because of that and because your plant description are so vague. Botanical names are important, please use them.
2 plants never grew for over a year and now they only give a store credit and not reship me 2 plants so the first time was free shipping this time I have to pay for shipping costing me 17.58.
Thank you for your feedback. I want to clarify how our warranty works so there’s no confusion. Our standard warranty covers the plant cost only—not shipping—and replacements are issued as store credit. Shipping is always paid by the customer, both on the original order and on any warranty claims. This has always been our policy and is standard across bare-root nurseries since shipping carriers charge separately for each delivery.
If you’d like help choosing your replacement persimmons or want me to check viability photos, please email me at help@tnnursery.net
and I’ll be happy to assist.
— Bailey, Customer Care | TN Nursery
They have misleading plant listings. They will pester you for reviews/ newsletter subscriptions, etc with promises of discounts and/or expedited shipping and not honor it.You can fully expect their customer service people to argue with you over stupid stuff and not honor what they promise on their site. They also only offer a five-day warranty on their plants -- which are dormant when they arrive so there is absolutely NO way to tell if they are healthy stock until long past the warranty period is over (unless you purchase an extended warranty). I bought hundreds of dollars of plants from these guys this fall (which so far are dormant, so I can only trust they'll come up in the spring) and they literally just lost a customer because they are questioning my honesty over a single echinea plant they forgot to include in the last shipment. I hope it was worth it, Felicia.
Our plants ship fully dormant, which is why we always recommend doing a scratch test on arrival—if the tissue under the bark is green, the plant is alive and healthy. This allows customers to confirm viability immediately, not months later.
If anything was missing from your shipment, please email me a photo at help@tnnursery.net
and I’ll be happy to take care of it for you.
— Bailey, Customer Care | TN Nursery
The plants are shipped bare root and dormant, so if you've never dealt with this before it can be a bit of a shock to open up the box and find what looks like dead sticks with roots. But I was expecting that (LOL) and I'm excited for spring. They came in Nov, so they are still dormant, but so far they're still alive as far as I can tell. I'll know more when they wake up in the spring.
Answer: The buy one get one offer they ran. It was a Hugh mistake. I regret wasting my money!
Answer: I can never get a response from anyone. If I call the number with my issue they tell me I have to email them.
Answer: Call the customer service number listed on the site Mon-Fri 8:00-4:00 CST
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