TN Nursery Blog

As Featured In

Martha Stewart

House Digest

Better Homes & Gardens

Good Housekeeping

The Spruce

Apartment Therapy

House Beautiful

Bob Vila
Blue plastic backpack sprayer with black handle for preventing spring plant diseases

5 min read

7 Common Spring Plant Diseases and How to Preve...

Spring diseases are frustrating.  Almost all of them involve wet foliage. Use mulch to cover the soil around the plants.  This prevents soil borne diseases from splashing on your plants. 

Vibrant pink coneflower in formal flower garden design

5 min read

Designing a Formal Flower Garden for Timeless B...

Start drawing the space you are landscaping.  Draw in the hardscapes and other fixed items, like the house, out buildings, easements, boundary lines, and other things that can’t be moved.

Purple flowering vines with green leaves cascade over red brick wall

4 min read

Creating Four-Season Interest In The Garden

Some gardens are beautiful in the spring and summer, but there isn't much going on in the late fall and winter. A four-season garden provides something to look at all...

Eastern redbud tree with vibrant pink-purple flowers in Tennessee native plants guide

5 min read

Discover Tennessee’s Native Plants Guide

Tennessee has some of the best native plants in the United States. Tn Nursery is aligned with native plants that are not only specific to Tennessee but to other states...

Vibrant pink magnolia tree in full bloom, perfect Mothers Day gift

5 min read

Bloom with Love: The Best Plants for Mother's D...

Searching for the perfect Mother’s Day gift that truly blossoms? This year, give Mom something she’ll actually like: a bare root plant! Plants make for thoughtful gifts that bring lasting...

Bare root tree sapling with reddish-brown trunk pulled from dark soil

5 min read

Why Bare Root Plants Are Ideal for Spring Garde...

Bare root planting is a time-tested method that has numerous gardening benefits, especially when you're gearing up for spring planting. Let's dig into why embracing bare root plants can revolutionize...

Delicate hummingbird hovers near vibrant red tubular flowers in resilient garden

5 min read

Beautiful and Resilient Garden Plants for Gardens

Home gardeners nationwide embrace native plants for their beauty, resilience, and eco-friendly benefits. Native plants originated and evolved in your region, so they are perfectly adapted to the local climate.

Gray stone gothic planter with vibrant flowers, avoid gardening mistakes

5 min read

Avoid These Common Container Gardening Mistakes

Container gardening is similar to gardening in a raised bed or in the ground, but it does have some unique challenges. Here are the most common container gardening mistakes we...

Green brown moth on pale purple water lily in early spring perennial garden

5 min read

How to Successfully Plant Perennials in Early S...

Perennial plants are herbaceous plants that may die back to the ground, but the crown and roots remain to grow again in the spring. They will live more than two...

Lush purple lavender clematis archway on trellis balances garden aesthetics ecology

4 min read

Balancing Aesthetics and Ecology In Gardens

Sustainable landscaping supports the environment. Many new houses are still landscaped with a line of shrubs around the foundation and a small tree in the front yard. Such landscaping is...

Vibrant orange, red, yellow pin oak autumn leaves on dark branches

4 min read

Pin Oak: A Hardy, Fast-Growing Shade Tree

Pin Oak grows 3+ feet annually, thriving in moist, poorly drained soil. Reaching 70–100 feet in zones 4–8, it offers vibrant scarlet fall foliage.

Majestic red oak tree with vibrant red and orange autumn leaves on green lawn

5 min read

Red Oak Tree: A Majestic Shade Tree

Discover the fast-growing Red Oak, beloved for its bold seasonal color, minimal upkeep, and ample shade—an easy-care choice for adding beauty to any yard.