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Online Nursery Rankings & Ratings

Top Rated Nurseries Online

Updated September 1, 2023

Where’s the best place to buy plants online?

From first to worst, our Top 20 online nursery rankings are below. We also list 11 other nurseries that we monitor below the rankings. You can also view our 6 top-ranked online nurseries to buy houseplants here.

It’s beginning to feel a bit like fall! The days are getting shorter. While some areas of the country are still sweating out some high temperatures during the day, there are other areas that are starting to feel some cool air in the evening. Professional landscapers know that fall is the best time of the year to plant trees and shrubs. Planting in fall gives the newly transplanted trees and shrubs time to focus on their root system, below ground. Winter weather will either push them into dormancy or not spend much energy on growing above-ground. Establishing a solid root system is the key to explosive growth.

Shopping online provides you with the convenience and a superior selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, houseplants, and garden supplies. 

Nurseries ranked by rating score high to low.

Rank Online  Nursery Rating Complete Review

1

Great Garden Plants 90 Read Review

2

Garden Crossings

88.5

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3

85.5

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4

My Perfect Plants free shipping

83.5

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5 Brighter Blooms Nursery 80 Read Review

6

Plants by Mail 80 Read Review
7 Garden Goods Direct 80 Read Review
8 Stark Bro's logo 79 Read Review
9

Plant Me Green logo

78.5

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10

Planting Tree logo horizontal

78.5

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11

High Country Gardens

77

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12

The Tree Center logo 77 Read Review

13

Jackson & Perkins Review 76 Read Review
14 White Flower Farm 76 Read Review
15

Wilson Bros logo

76 Read Review
16 TYTY logo 75.5 Read Review
17 Arborday Foundation logo

75

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18 Wayside Gardens logo 73.5 Read Review
19 Greenwood Nursery logo 70 Read Review

20

Spring Hill Nurseries 69.5 Read Review

 

Other nurseries we review:

Four Winds Growers

Four Winds Growers

In our opinion, Four Winds Growers Nursery is the place to go online to buy a wide variety of dwarf and semi-dwarf citrus trees.  We have ordered from them 3 times and have always been impressed with the plants they send. If you think it’s too cold where you live, think again. Just bring it indoors for winter and keep the tree near a southern-facing, sunny window. I have 13 Meyer lemons maturing on my 5-year-old tree right now. I am constantly amazed how it keeps coming back year-after-year after being inside my home for months. The only downside is that I now need to borrow a neighbor’s hand truck to move it indoors. A small inconvenience.

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Proven Winners

One of the premier brand names in the landscape world, Proven Winners is now selling many of their plants direct to consumers.

 

 

 

 


Nature Hills

Nature Hills Nursery

A drop ship model, meaning they send orders to real nurseries that ship out the plants. You can read our latest review, rating, and grade here.

 


 

GardenerDirect.com

Gardener Direct

Editor’s Rating: 6.1 Stars (out of 10)

Cons
  • F Grade from the Better Business Bureau
  • Long and confusing terms of service

Their latest grade was a D-. Read reviews & ratings here.

 


Direct Gardening

They have consistently been one of our worst-ranked online nurseries. Read the latest review, rating, and grade here.

 

 


McKay Nursery McKay Nursery

Great reputation as a wholesale grower. Their regional landscape division also has a good reputation. Their retail online nursery? Not so much. Read McKay Nursery review, rating, and grade here.

 


 

Pixie Gardens

Based in Conyers, GA, they have been making a concerted effort to build up their online nursery. We might add them to our rankings soon.

 

 


 

Citrus.com Citrus.com

Good selection and prices for dwarf and semi-dwarf citrus trees. Attractive prices and good quality. You can shop citrus trees for sale and compare best prices from our top rated nurseries.

 

 


 

Bluestone Perennials Bluestone Perennials

One of our top nurseries for perennials.

 

 


 

American Meadows

Great online store for perennials & annuals.

 


 

Plant Addicts

They are a drop shipper based in Omaha, NE. The 2 friends who own it built the site and gathered supplier connections while they were working at Nature Hills Nursery.


Lively Root Lively Root

LivelyRoot.com is one of our 6 best places to buy houseplants online. 

They offer a wide selection of the most popular and even hard to find plants. Their prices are awesome, they carry different sizes and they offer free shipping on orders over $49. 

They also offer a lot of helpful tips and advice for finding and caring for the best houseplants for your situation.


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Before you place an order please make sure you verify when your plants will ship. Do it before giving them your money. Even southern nurseries that can ship year-round face some exceptions & delays with extreme temperature conditions.  Also make sure you know if you are buying bareroot, it’s most likely to be delivered in late spring.

If a site says something like; ‘ships 7 to 10 days weather permitting’ call them to verify the shipping status. 

This is why we list the location of the nursery on each of their reviews. In most cases, it lets you know where your plants will be shipped from.  Southern nurseries get a month or two head start on their growing season from their counterparts up north. Also, most northern nurseries will start shipping later in spring than while many in the south can ship year-round.

Unboxing Orders

We continually place orders for plants from our top-rated nurseries. You can view pictures and read the complete unboxing review for each by clicking on any of the links below.  Unboxing is listed in chronological order, with the most recent orders on top.

Unboxing Garden Goods Direct Rattlesnake Plant

Unboxing Windmill Palm from My Perfect Plants Nursery

Unboxing Houseplant from Lively Root

Unboxing Meyer Lemon tree from Planting Tree Nursery

Unboxing perennials from Jackson & Perkins

Unboxing Loropetalum Shrubs from Perfect Plants Nursery

Unboxing Loropetalum Shrub From PlantingTree.com

Unboxing Snake Houseplant ($15 for a 2-foot tall plant!) September, 2021

Unboxing From Fast-Growing-Trees.com June, 2021

Unboxing From MyPerfectPlants.com May, 2021

Unboxing Order From Great Garden Plants April, 2021

Unboxing Evergreen Shrub From PlantsByMail.com Nursery

Unboxing Blueberry Shrubs From Perfect Plants Nursery

Unboxing Meyer Lemon from Fast Growing Trees

Unboxing Meyer Lemon from Four Winds Growers

Unboxing Tabletop Christmas Tree from Jackson & Perkins

Unboxing Camellias from Garden Goods Direct

Unboxing Rosemary & Blueberry Bush From Planting Tree

Unboxing 4 Plants Ordered From The Tree Center

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best mail order nursery?

Mail order is the same as saying online nursery. Before the internet became so popular, many nurseries used to send printed catalogs, so the name has stuck. We rank the top 20 mail order nurseries from first to worst. http://buyevergreenshrubs.com/

Are there different types of online nurseries?

YES! There are 3 different types. 1) Wholesale growers who have a retail website. 2) Your typical retail nursery but many online do not have a retail storefront. 3) Drop Shippers. Websites that don’t have their own fields with plants and use third party nurseries to ship their orders. Nature Hills Nursery is an example.

Can you order houseplants online?

Yes! Literally hundreds of different houseplants are for sale online with delivery to your door. You can compare prices from our top 6 places to buy houseplants online for over 170 popular houseplants. http://buyevergreenshrubs.com/live-houseplants/

Where can I buy plants at the lowest prices online?

Just remember you usually get what you pay for. In order of our ratings high to low, here are 3 ‘low-cost’ online nurseries. Arborday.org, Greenwood Nursery, TYTY Nurseries.


We worked with 5 of the largest online plant nurseries in the country for over 12 years. We have also visited (to evaluate) or ordered plants from over 32 online garden centers and wholesale growers. We know what to look for and we don’t hold back what we dig up (pun intended). This site is dedicated to helping you buy plants online with confidence at the lowest prices. 

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