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Online Nursery Rankings & Ratings

Top Rated Nurseries Online

Updated March 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.

There’s a new #1! Spring is right around the corner and a lot of our top nurseries are bringing old and new products back in stock. It’s caused a little bit of shuffling in our top tier. Other than that, not too much has changed in our rankings.

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

Nurseries ranked by rating score high to low.

Rank Change Nursery Website Rating Grade Complete Review
1 +1

greatgardenplants.com

90 A- Read Review
2 -1

fast-growing-trees.com

87.5 B+ Read Review
3 N/C Garden Crossings logo

gardencrossings.com

87

B+ Read Review
4 N/C My Perfect Plants

myperfectplants.com

86 B Read Review
5 N/C Garden Goods Direct

gardengoodsdirect.com

82 B- Read Review
6 N/C Brighter Blooms Nursery

brighterblooms.com

81 B- Read Review
7 N/C Plants by Mail logo

plantsbymail.com

79.5 C+ Read Review
8 N/C Four Winds Growers

fourwindsgrowers.com

79 C+ Read Review
9 +1 Plant Me Green logo

plantmegreen.com

78.5 C+ Read Review
10 -1 Planting Tree logo horizontal

plantingtree.com

78 C+ Read Review
11 +1 High Country Gardens

highcountrygardens.com

77 C+ Read Review
12 -1 The Tree Center logo

thetreecenter.com

76.5 C Read Review
13 N/C Jackson & Perkins Review

jacksonandperkins.com

76 C Read Review
14

N/C

White Flower Farm

whiteflowerfarms.com

76 C Read Review
15 N/C TYTY logo

tytyga.com

75.5 C Read Review
16 N/C Wilson Bros Gardens

wilsonbrosgardens.com

75 C Read Review
17 N/C Wayside Gardens logo

waysidegardens.com

74.5 C Read Review
18 N/C Arborday Foundation logo

arborday.org

73 C Read Review
19 N/C Greenwood Nursery logo

greenwoodnursery.com

70.5 C- Read Review
20 N/C Spring Hill Nurseries

springhillnursery.com

69.5 D+ Read Review

Other nurseries we review:

Stark BrosStark Bros Nursery

They’ve been around a long time, since 1819. Features a lot of bare root fruit trees.

 


Proven Winners

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

 

 

 

 


Nature Hills

Nature Hills Nursery

A drop ship model, meaning they send orders to real nurseries who 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 NurseryMcKay 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.comCitrus.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 PerennialsBluestone 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 RootLively 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 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. https://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. https://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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