TN Nursery Blog

Bloom with Love: The Best Plants for Mother's Day Gifts

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Bloom with Love: The Best Plants for Mother's D...

Searching for the perfect Mother’s Day gift that truly blossoms? This year, give Mom something she’ll actually like: a bare root plant! Plants make for thoughtful gifts that bring lasting...

Bare Root

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Unearth the Potential: Why Bare Root Plants are...

Bare root planting is a time-tested method that has numerous gardening benefits, especially when you're gearing up for spring planting. Let's dig into why embracing bare root plants can revolutionize...

Native Plants

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Beautiful and Resilient Native Plants for Gardens

Home gardeners nationwide embrace native plants for their beauty, resilience, and eco-friendly benefits. Native plants originated and evolved in your region, so they are perfectly adapted to the local climate.

Container Gardening

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Common Container Gardening Mistakes

Container gardening is similar to gardening in a raised bed or in the ground, but it does have some unique challenges. Here are the most common container gardening mistakes we...

Planting Perennials in Early Spring

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Planting Perennials in Early Spring

Perennial plants are herbaceous plants that may die back to the ground, but the crown and roots remain to grow again in the spring. They will live more than two...

Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

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Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

Trees and shrubs take three years to establish themselves in a new area. Using native plants means that after the plants are established, you will only have to water during...

Gardens

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Balancing Aesthetics and Ecology In Gardens

Sustainable landscaping supports the environment. Many new houses are still landscaped with a line of shrubs around the foundation and a small tree in the front yard. Such landscaping is...

Pin Oak: A Hardy, Fast-Growing Shade Tree

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Pin Oak: A Hardy, Fast-Growing Shade Tree

Pin Oak grows 3+ feet annually, thriving in moist, poorly drained soil. Reaching 70–100 feet in zones 4–8, it offers vibrant scarlet fall foliage.

Red Oak: A Majestic Shade Tree

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Red Oak: A Majestic Shade Tree

Discover the fast-growing Red Oak, beloved for its bold seasonal color, minimal upkeep, and ample shade—an easy-care choice for adding beauty to any yard.

Willow Oak: A Stately Shade Tree

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Willow Oak: A Stately Shade Tree

The Willow Oak thrives in zones 5–9, offering fast growth, vibrant leaf color, easy transplanting, and acorns for wildlife—making it a stunning, versatile shade tree.

Little Sweet Betsy: A Fragrant Trillium

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Little Sweet Betsy: A Fragrant Trillium

Discover Trillium cuneatum (Little Sweet Betsy), a spring-blooming perennial with fragrant maroon petals, easy care, and partial-shade preference.

Red Trillium: A Striking Woodland Beauty

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Red Trillium: A Striking Woodland Beauty

Add bold color to shade gardens with Red Trillium (Trillium erectum), a low-maintenance woodland native that thrives in moist, acidic soil and blooms in early spring.