This is by far one of the worst online nurseries I have dealt with...and that's saying a lot!

07/24, I purchased 2 Pawpaw trees for fall delivery. They were shipped 10/29 and delivered 11/01/24. Upon opening the package, the bags around the roots had virtually nothing to keep the roots moist...which means dead roots. But most alarming was the fact that the TAPROOTS had been cut off! This effectively turns these stately trees into dwarfs! Even so, they offered a ONE YEAR WARRANTY (what a joke), so I still decided to see what would happen in spring.

03/2025 - no signs of leaf buds or life. I emailed them about this, only to have them reply with a very short answer telling me to complete the onlline claim form...which I did. It asked for photos of the dead plants, so I sent those as well. After several days of no reply, I emailed them again. Another quick reply to tell me to send 'scratch test' photos to show the plants were indeed dead. I'm thinking to myself, if this is what was needed, WHY weren't these photos requested as part of the claim process?!? But I took the photos and emailed them. Days go by...no reply, so I email again. more days (weeks??)...no reply. I emailed one last time, explaining that they are obligated to honor their 1-year warranty, and STILL no reply. As has happened to a GREAT MANY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS, they ghosted me.

This company has a well-documented history on this website and others of acting like they care about their customers and the quality of their plants, only to send you junk that in my personal opinion has a good chance of being dead before it even gets to you; and a well-documented history of ghosting their customers once they actually have to DO SOMETHING to rectify a problem. I guarantee you I will not spend another dime with them!!

I was quite excited when my husband's co-worker told me about TN Nursery BOGO sale. TN N had a few things that I was interested in and I love a sale. I had never heard of the company but I live in Tennessee and I was excited to buy local and from a similar zone. After reading some reviews I started to get a little panicked and then the co-worker said her bare root trees looked dead. I thought oh no, what have I done spending over $125 with a company I did not research first. I checked on my order when I did not receive within the 10 days quoted and the auto-response said my order had not shipped. I sent an email and asked for a refund since my order had not yet shipped. I received a response that afternoon that my order had shipped and the auto-response was incorrect. I received it the next day.

I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting the worst. Keeping in mind that all were bare-root and with a little research on their website they give examples of how items will be shipped and show in pictures what you are receiving. I think most complaints I read on here and reddit were about packaging and that's not really fair if you expected more than what is stated on website.

Chocolate chip ajuga- perked right up within a few days

Cinnamon fern- I think I received extra (I have been meaning to go back to their website to research)1 started growing immediately the other 3 took a little longer but all are growing.

Snowball old fashion- noticed buds yesterday on one! The other- no sign of life yet

I bought the three weigelas deal that was not included in the BOGO. Variegated arrived with a few leaf buds already started! Pink started showing signs of life last week. No sign of life from the red as of yet. All three were well over 3' tall, I'm guessing. $35.99 for three bushes I thought was a great deal. My husband bought me a czechmark last year for my birthday and spent over $40 for a bush that measures this year at 1.5'. I wasn't expecting such a large start and I'm super happy about it.

Paw Paw trees- sent three. Getting an extra tree along with buds on one of the bushes tickled me. All three paw paws look really good! they are in pots with lots of leaves!

SN- I have not talked to my husband's co-worker about her trees lately, but she did the scratch text that I mentioned to her after reading their website and she said they all looked good. Not sure if I would need to order anything else from them, but I wouldn't hesitate based on my previous experience. Sorry for the ones that got burned.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT MANY POSITIVE REVIEWS SEEM TO BE MADE BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE EVEN REC'D TREES, or potentially AI GENERATED****

I have a small farm, we budgeted a chunk of money to plant an orchard this year. I made quite a large order of fruit trees.

Among them were 10 native persimmon trees, Having read reviews I made sure to include in the notes "NO SUBSTITUTIONS". I was sent 10 Tulip poplars instead, and while they are native, they are in no way a fruiting tree. I have a whole stand of Tulip Poplars on my property and would never spend money on trees I have in plenty. Additionally the tulip poplars I received were MOLDY on the roots, not rotten, but moldy.
I have emailed TWICE with NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER from TN Nursery regarding this swap or a refund. They do not provide a phone number but I will be attempting to call them, as well as disputing with my bank. VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, and No Consideration for what I paid for and my explicit written notes.

I also ordered three Native PawPaws, they arrived with ROTTEN ROOTS. I have planted them, but feel uncertain that they will survive. I photographed these and also video'd my unboxing.

Many of the trees arrived in reasonable shape, however the paper strips accompanying the trees in the box were no longer damp , they were almost completely dry. The other trees appear alive, and are in suitable size for the most part. Two of the varieties they sent an extra tree.

I was hoping to leave a glowing review and to be a returning customer, unfortunately, without remedying the current situation, I cannot do either.
As many have said, Buyer beware. Purchase at your own risk. DO not expect follow up.

After commiserating on a Native Habitat Facebook group with others about our mutual poor experience with TN Wholesale Nursery, I was inspired to share my experience here. I once ordered 100 1 year old bareroot seedlings and what arrived was a quart sized ziplock bag of seeds that had sprouted just days before. I tried to contact them about it and never received a response.

Ordered 10 daylily tubers and received 10 tiny shriveled up old sad barely alive tubers. If any of the tubers do survive it will be years before they are big enough to flower.
I should have realized they were a rip off company since 2 of the photos posted on the daylily page are aztec lilies. What kind of nursery doesn’t even know their own product!
I do not recommend this company and will never do business with them again.

My morning is filled with gratitude as I watch my plants flourish. I made the best purchase of my life last season, and the outcome excites me. I'm in awe of the flowering heirloom plants that have brightened my space. You have excellent, healthy products that inspire both gardeners and growers. In time for my gardener's group meeting, my friends will undoubtedly make purchases at TN nursery. Many thanks, TN nursery, you are the best choice ever made.







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I had the best time shopping at Tennessee nursery. My first purchase was extremely satisfactory due to your excellent customer service when I purchased a variety of seedlings of various species. It was initially challenging to locate a few additional seedlings to complete my purchase, but you have the most considerate and patient staff who assists me in achieving my procurement goal.I attribute the friendly responses I receive from your end to a well-rounded sales unit and skilled agricultural specialists.
More importantly, the TN nursery serves as a beacon for affordable and trustworthy finds.

Was sent pathetic dead plants. I did plant them and they never came up. STAY FAR AWAY from this company!

Awful company that is a total rip-off. I’d ordered some plants and received a zip lock bag full of rotted week old seedlings that were mashed together. Company refused to give a refund. Stay away from this dishonest company and their affiliates.

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I purchased 400 2-year old boysenberry plants from TN Nursery and have extensive experience with berry plants. However, I received 363 starter blackberry plants approximately 6 months old. 90% arrived dead and all the plants were in a 12" square box with no terasorb to keep the roots moist or any protection whatsoever. The roots were dry as a bone, stems brown and brittle, etc. The plants were not fresh dug. Researching the company indicates it is essentially a multi-tiered Straw-Man corporation shielding each facet of it's operation from the other. My credit card was charged by Tammy and Sons Logging and all calls to them or TN Nursery were never returned. It took months before I was able to get my money returned via a chargeback. I had recommended a friend purchase 400 boysenberry plants at the same time and he received 400 2-year old blackberries. These were packaged with terasorb and shipped properly, however they were the wrong plants and all the roots and lower stems were infested with crown borers and nematodes. He called the same day and Tammy told him to throw away the blackberries and expect a replacement order. I advised him to return the plants anyway and assisted him in having Fedex pick them up for return within the 24 hour TN Nursery deadline. The replacement order arrived and they were also blackberries, but these were 1-year plants also infested with crown borers. The tags had been marked as boysenberries, but are easily distinguished from any blackberry. Considering all 3 orders were wrong, I choose to assume based on the facts at hand that TN Nursery thought that most or almost all buyers wouldn't know the difference. TN Nursery claims to be State inspected and I'm certain they are, but they no doubt have contracts with many growers and clearly not all of them are being inspected. The experiences we've had with this company are horrible to say the least. TN continually hides behind the fact that the majority of their mail order customers are out of State and unable to sue their company. Moreover, once a problem occurs they allege that they only sell to wholesale State registered nurseries, and that a customer has no warranty of merchantibility whatsover, even if the company sends the wrong plants. Every customer who does business with this company essentially becomes a victim the moment they give their credit card info, and are at their sole mercy of TN Nursery, IF, they in their discretion want to make the order right. What is more surprising though is that TN Nursery specifically says on their website that anyone placing a minimum $150.00 order is welcome purchase at their wholesale prices, but apparently it is up to the consumer to read the fine print wherin the 24-hour guarantee will not apply to them. TN Nursery and it's other DBA's have been investigated countless times and the sheer volume of complaints with the Better Business Bureau are shocking. TN has become quite adept at skillfully wording and changing their web pages to avoid being shut down, and they will bully a customer to death every chance they get. My own credit card company had a very difficult time with them and I was on the phone many times and had to send several legnthy letters of appeal. Recently I've been getting emails from TN Nursery offering to pay me $5.00 to leave false positive feedback on various gardening websites, in addition to offers of free advertising on their site if I will leave positive comments as directed. I am stunned to say the least. In tracking TN Nursery over the last 1 1/2 years I have seen quite a few of these false positives from other customers and have even seen quite a few posted on this forum as well. Many positive comments are actually posted by TN Nursery staff who register an email address and user ID with Dave's Garden Forum, posing as customers, just to post enough positives to try and offset the negatives! Although this forum seems to catch most of the false positives and convert them to neutrals, I would like to meet just one customer who was really happy with their purchase. I honestly don't know anyone. Rather than badger and intimidate customers, and deny chargebacks for constantly wrong orders and dead plants and trees, it would seem to be easier to fix the problem. Why can't TN Nursery supervise their own growing fields and the others they contract with; so that their customers get the right plants in good health the first time? It is illogical to think they would prefer to argue and risk alienating so many customers, that eventually the Tennessee State Attorney General's Office closes them. Off course, even then they can transfer the assets under a new corporate name and family relatives and be back in business in about 1 week.

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In early May of 2011 I ordered 300 Bare Root Ferns from TN Nursery. The roots arrived in about a week or less. I planted them promptly, within 36 hours of arrival, watering as necessary. The roots seemed rather skimpy and dry to me upon arrival but I've never worked with bare root plants before so I relied upon TN Nursery's expertise in these matters based upon information gleaned from their website. When the vast majority of the roots failed to sprout within a reasonable amount of time I contacted Tammy Sons, president of Tennessee Wholesale Nursery who advised me by e-mail to give them another week, which I did. Of 300 roots only about 10% survived. This is nearly a 90% failure rate. I contacted Tammy at TN Nursery and explained the situation. She informed me she would make an exception to their 24 hour return policy and that I could get replacement roots if I dug up the nearly 270 dead bare roots and returned them to Tn Nursery. We're talking about dead roots, approximately 3-5" long and maybe 1/8" inch diameter, buried in dirt and covered in mulch spread over half an acre. There is no way I could find and dig up these dead roots. I was repeatedly told by Tammy and Dennis by e-mail that the only way they would replace the dead roots was if I returned the dead roots which was just not feasible. At this point, in frustration I informed Tammy I would keep the dead roots, they could keep my money, over $200.00, and not to bother with replacing the dead roots. I also
informed them I would make it my mission to get the word out to potential customers, growers, and nursery/garden center owners throughout the U.S. about my experience with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery. I have begun my mission here. What I got in response to my e-mail was a threatening e-mail from Tammy that I would be hearing from their attorneys for Slandering them and their company. I do not put up with bullying and intimidation from anyone. My national e-mail campaign begins soon. Unfortunately, I failed to research this company before doing business with them. If I had I wouldn't be writing this message. YOU SHOULD RESEARCH CAREFULLY BEFORE DOING BUSINESS WITH TENNESSEE WHOLESALE NURSERY.

I love ordering from TN Wholesale Nursery! They are simply the best. My plants always arrive on time, and are always high quality. I have ordered plants, trees, shrubs and more from them, and I think they are the best. I have ordered from other companies online, but I always come back to TN Nursery because they consistently provide quality plants to me. I stand by them and recommend them!!!!

I had a friend of mine recommend TN Wholesale Nursery for my new plants that I wanted to plant in my yard. I needed to put in a new privacy hedge all around my fence line. So I needed a lot!

Now I completely trust my friends word, but I always have to look into a company before ordering something. And of course I looked at ratings, and WOW I seen ALL these negative comments about this business and was a little hesitant, but my friend insisted that they were an A+ company and to give them a try. So I did.

I am SO glad that I took my friends' word about this company, they are definitely an A++ company for ordering plants from. They arrived in a timely manner, were well packaged, and they are doing great!

I would recommend them to anyone and would order from them again! Thanks!!

I am very pleased with the quality of plants and the quality of service that I always receive when I order from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

I ordered 200 blackberry plants and they arrived promptly, and were packaged very nicely. I am very happy that I ordered from them.

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I just wanted to share some of my positive experiences that I have had with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery over the years...

First, I think very highly of them. I have been ordering from them for about 5 years now.

Over the years my orders keep getting larger, and I am always very pleased with the results. I have ordered all types of plants and trees from them, flowering trees, ground cover, ornamentals, etc, but my orders have been consistently high-quality.

I am very pleased with the, and would not even think of ordering from another company.

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400 Arundinaria Gigantea - River Cane is what I ordered. And I was very pleased with my shipment. From start to finish, the very nice people at Tennessee Wholesale Nursery were very helpful and nice.

My order arrived quickly, and the plants were packaged professionally. I am very happy with them.

I recommend them to anyone who is looking for some very nice plants at wholesale price.

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I strongly recommend Tennessee Wholesale Nursery. I have been shopping directly from them for quite some time now, and have truly enjoyed all of my plants. I have not had any problems with them, I have been very pleased.

When I have called them to ask them about some plants for sale, they have always been very nice and informed.

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Just have to say how much I really am impressed with the quality of various grass plants that I ordered from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

They packaged my plants nicely, and were very nice when I called them on the phone. Order arrived promptly, what else can I say? I am very happy with them.

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When I ordered my 300 Rubus Ideaus - Red Raspberry I was hoping they would arrive in good shape, and they did! The ordering was very smooth, and the delivery just as smooth.

Tennessee Wholesale Nursery is the place where I will continue to go to for all of my wholesale fruit plants in the future. I completely trust them with my orders.

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Great company! My ground cover and trees are fantastic. Tennessee Wholesale Nursery- THANK YOU!! you are a blessing to those of us who depend on your reliability.

I am thankful for such a consistently high-grade delivery of plants and trees. When you live and breath plants, you recognize others that do, and those that are passionate about them.

You cannot do any better than Tennessee Wholesale Nursery- the only place that I will do business with for my plants and trees.

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I would like to say how happy I have been for my orders from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

I like fruit trees, and have ordered many hundreds from them, and my trees are doing great.

The orders arrive securely, packaged well and ready to go. I do recommend them to you for all your quick growing trees and your fruit trees. You will not be disappointed. They are real pros over there, and they know their trees!

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Very, very pleased with my experiences with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

My purchases have included many things over the years, azaleas, virginia blue bells, periwinkles, and many more.

I always order in bulk, saving even more off of their low prices. They have consistently delivered high-quality plants to me.

I am a very happy customer, and if you are looking for a wholesale nursery, then I recommend Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

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I am a very happy, and proud, customer of Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, and have been for the past 8 years.

I always order all my plants directly from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery because I love their selection, their prices, and my orders always go smoothly with them.

They are very reputable, and I am glad that I found them.

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I ordered 100 Kwanzan Cherry trees and am happy as ever. I ordered them from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, and am very happy with my trees.

The trees arrived in very good condition, and quickly too. And the prices were unbelievable, I saved a ton over retail.

I can highly recommend this company to you, you will be very pleased with working with them.

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For over 4 years I have been ordering my plants and trees from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery... I think they are a very good company.

My plants and trees always arrive well tended, and on time. I do not have a single complaint. I will continue to order my trees and plants from them.

Some of my favorite trees are the Paulwonia Tomentosa - Empress Trees!

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The folks over at Tennessee Wholesale Nursery have been completely great to work with. Very helpful and they really know their stuff! I am very impressed after talking to them.

I ordered a bunch of plants, and they all arrived perfectly, again, I was very impressed with the entire order.

Very good company, I feel very safe and happy ordering from them next time.

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I just have to share my experiences with Tennessee wholesale Nursery with everyone...

CONSISTENT, HIGH-QUALITY PLANTS, AT GREAT PRICES.

I have been ordering from them for several years now, and I am very happy with all of the business I have done with them.

I have ordered ground cover, fast growing trees, bushes, and always, top quality. They have my vote for the best plant wholesaler anywhere.

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I would like to say how pleased I am with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

I order from them consistently, and am very happy with all of my plants. Freshly dug, quick shipping, great prices, just very happy all around.

I would not shop from anyone else.

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Last season I ordered some Kwanzan & Yoshio cherry trees, and wow, I am super impressed with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

I was very happy with the shipping and ordering process. I am a very satisfied customer and will be for years!

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For quite a number of years I have been ordering all of my plants and trees from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery. Why? Because they are the best.

I receive plants as ordered, on time, and in good condition. Their prices are outstanding, and they are very helpful to me when I need them.

I am a happy customer of Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, and you will be too!

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I ordered some Dozedaisy and Butterfly Weed plants, 300 plants. I am very pleased with the quality of the plants I received.

Tennessee Wholesale Nursery is a solid, reputable, trustworthy, upstanding company that I am happy to buy from.

I have called them before with some questions, and they are nothing but very polite and helpful to me. I highly recommend them for all your plants.

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I could not be happier with my experiences with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery. I have been ordering my shrubs and plants wholesale from them for the past decade.

If you are looking for shrubs and plants, then I can happily recommend Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, they will treat you right and you will get some very nice plants.

Anytime I have a question they are also very happy to help and are very informative.

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One of the biggest things I love about working with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery is their low prices. Because I can buy in bulk from them, and get super wholesale plant prices, I am able to save money, and that I just love!

I am proud to be a customer of theirs, and I order all of my plants and ground cover from them. I can't imagine shopping with any other company, they give me great plants at great prices.

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I ordered Aphanostephus - Dozedaisy, about 400 of them, and the ordering went fine. Really, it was simple, they were very courteous, they shipped the plants to me right away, and they arrived in good condition.

I am a very happy customer of Tennessee Wholesale Nursery. If you are looking for wholesale plants, trees, bushes, etc, then definitely, just give them a call and they will take good care of you. I trust them with my needs.

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PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! I was a little apprehensive at first, ordering from a new plant wholesaler, but dang, I am glad I found Tennessee Wholesale Nursery!

I am very happy with the total service I have received from them. I ordered my plants from them, and I will be ordering many, many plants from them.

I think anyone who is looking online for a reputable plant wholesaler, then this is the company I would recommend to you.

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my order came in right on time and all the right plants. thanks to the folks at the nursery for the good work, my customers are happy and that keeps me coming back.

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Great plants! I can't say it enough how pleased I have always been in ordering my plants from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.

Whatever I need they have, and they always ship promptly to me. My orders arrive in good condition, I have not had a single complaint, that is why I keep ordering from them. I trust them, they are a solid company.

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Adiantum Pedatum - Maidenhair Fern, those are the fern plants that I most recently ordered from the wonderful folks over at TNnursery, and I am very happy to report that the plants arrived great. It was not the largest order I have done with them, but it was still a good sized order.

the thing I like about TNnursery is their love of plants and their knowledge. They are very friendly, and I do like ordering from them.

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I know a lot about plants, and I recognize a company that also knows about plants- TNnursery. They are very educated on all types of plants and trees. Whenever I do have a question, they know the answer.

I have ordered quite a good number of plants and shrubs from them, and some trees too, and everytime I receive an order I can tell they took good care of the plants before they arrived here.

I am very pleased with TNnursery.

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