TN Nursery Backyard Notes

Easy planting ideas and cozy garden projects from TN Nursery.

Are TN Nursery Plants Native?
Are TN Nursery Plants Native?
When customers are looking for native plants online, one of their first questions is whether the nursery specializes in species that naturally grow in the United States. With so many... Read more...
Multi-trunk crepe myrtle with bare, neatly thinned branches in a garden in late winter
When to Prune Crepe Myrtle: A First-Year Guide from TN Nursery
Late winter is the time to prune crepe myrtle. This TN Nursery guide shows the cuts to make, starting with a new bare-root tree in its first years, and why... Read more...
What is the cheapest way to landscape a garden?
Some of the most expensive landscaping problems begin with areas where ordinary grass refuses to grow. A steep hillside may be difficult to mow, a bank beside a driveway may wash away during heavy rain, or a low area near a stream may remain too wet for traditional ornamental plants. Homeowners sometimes assume these problems require extensive retaining walls, expensive landscaping rock, or major construction projects. While professional drainage or structural work is necessary in certain situations, many mild landscape problems can be improved with appropriate plants. At TN Nursery,... Read more...
What are the top 10 fastest growing trees?
What are the top 10 fastest growing trees?
There's nothing quite like sitting beneath the shade of a beautiful tree on a hot summer afternoon. A mature canopy can make a backyard more comfortable, create an inviting outdoor... Read more...
What is the oldest plant on Earth?
What is the oldest plant on Earth?
Deep within Utah's mountains stands a forest that is not quite what it appears to be. Thousands of white-barked aspen trees grow across an enormous hillside, their leaves trembling in... Read more...
Shady woodland garden bed with tall ostrich ferns at the back, lacy ferns in the middle and small ferns along a mossy stone edge.
Types of Ferns for Shade Gardens: A TN Nursery Guide
Tall, lacy, evergreen or small: TN Nursery sorts the hardy outdoor types of ferns by height and shade, with cues to tell them apart and how each arrives bare-root. Read more...
Young pawpaw seedlings in tall nursery pots under shade cloth, with cleaned pawpaw seeds and a halved ripe pawpaw on a potting bench.
How to Grow Pawpaw from Seed: A TN Nursery Guide
Pawpaw seeds die if they dry out, need months of cold, and take five to eight years to fruit. Here is each step, and when a bare-root pawpaw saves you... Read more...
How is TN Nursery rated?
How is TN Nursery rated?
The true value of a plant is often measured in years rather than days. A flowering tree can become a favorite feature of a family property, while a handful of... Read more...
Are tn nursery reviews real?
Are tn nursery reviews real?
Are tn nursery reviews real? Yes, TN Nursery receives real reviews from customers discussing the plants they ordered and the experiences they had. Those accounts help other shoppers understand what... Read more...
Young eastern redbud tree covered in pink-purple spring blossoms in a backyard lawn with woodland behind it
How Fast Do Redbud Trees Grow? A Year-by-Year Guide from TN Nursery
Redbuds grow about 1 to 2 feet a year. Here is what a bare-root eastern redbud does from planting day to first blooms and mature size, year by year. Read more...
Vinca minor groundcover with purple-blue flowers carpeting shady ground beneath mature trees
Ground Cover for Shade: 4 Evergreen Picks from TN Nursery
Four evergreen groundcovers for shady beds, from native partridge berry to fast-spreading vinca minor, with how many plants to order and how to plant bare roots between tree roots. Read more...
Mature white oak tree with a wide green canopy in an open field, with young oak saplings planted in the foreground
Types of Oak Trees: White vs Red Oaks, a TN Nursery Guide
White oaks or red oaks? TN Nursery's guide to the native oaks we grow, how to tell them apart by leaf and acorn, and how to plant one bare-root. Read more...
Two young pawpaw trees with large green leaves growing in mulched rings at the shaded edge of a woodland
Pawpaw Tree Care: First-Year Guide from TN Nursery
Your bare-root pawpaw arrives as a leafless stem with brittle roots. Here is how TN Nursery gets it from the box through its first summer: roots, shade, water, spacing and... Read more...
Young ferns newly planted in a shady woodland bed, mulched with shredded leaves under tall trees in early fall
When to Plant Ferns: A Bare-Root Timing Guide from TN Nursery
Spring or fall? TN Nursery's guide to when to plant ferns, with zone-by-zone windows, what a dormant bare-root fern looks like on arrival, and how late you can still plant. Read more...
Autumn garden bed with newly planted bare-root perennials, leaf mulch, a spade and a bucket of water, with black-eyed Susans and coneflowers behind
Fall Planting Perennials: A Bare-Root Guide from TN Nursery
Planting perennials in fall? Here is how to time it from your first frost date and plant bare-root, dormant roots so they settle in over winter and come back strong... Read more...
Yellow black-eyed Susan flowers with dark brown centers blooming in a sunny garden bed
Black Eyed Susan Care: First-Year Guide from TN Nursery
TN Nursery's first-year care guide for bare-root black-eyed Susans: what arrives in the box, how to plant it, how often to water, and what to do in winter. Read more...
Bundles of young bare-root trees with their roots exposed, laid out on burlap in a nursery field
How to Plant Bare Root Trees: A TN Nursery Guide
From the box to the ground: how to check a dormant bare-root tree is alive, hold it until planting day, plant it at the right depth and care for it... Read more...