Filling gardens with very different online plant providers

It’s only March, but I’ve begun filling my garden’s gaps with plants delivered from two very different adjacent-state providers.

For five years, I’ve ordered from Fast Growing Trees, which sends trees and shrubs in dirt containers and boxes from their South Carolina location. Quality and service has been top notch.

Recently, I discovered TN Nursery, which sent one box with dozens of “dry root” hydrangeas, blueberries, viburnums and flowers from their Tennessee location. The prices are lower because they save on the containers and shipping costs. The smaller plants, arriving without dirt, are now in my garden. Buds are popping!

– Chris Schroder, The 100 Companies