Plant Nurseries in North Carolina

Beaver Creek Farm and Nursery

Rural Hall, NC

Beaver Creek Farm and Nursery grows and sells plants in Rural Hall, just north of Winston-Salem in Forsyth County. As a nursery, it carries garden plants and nursery stock; the agritourism tag points to seasonal farm visits as well. Selection follows the spring and fall planting seasons.

Colonial Acres Nursery

Brevard, NC

About 150 varieties of trees, shrubs, and perennials, with a focus on plants native to Western North Carolina — container-grown conifers like pines, spruces, and hemlocks, plus a line of Japanese maples. The Brevard nursery on Hannah Ford Road also runs an outdoor power equipment shop, selling and servicing Echo, Billy Goat, and Husqvarna gear. Harold Paxton is the contact. Handy for Transylvania County landscapers and DuPont-area homeowners.

Flat River Nursery

Timberlake, NC

Plant nursery on Holeman-Ashley Road in Timberlake, in the Flat River country of Person County north of Durham. The listing carries nursery and agritourism tags, pointing to landscape and garden stock rather than pick-your-own produce. Confirm plant selection and hours with the nursery directly.

Greenleaf Farm & Nursery

Wendell, NC

A farm and nursery on Applewhite Road in Wendell, east of Raleigh, listed for flowers and on-farm pickup. Wake County's eastern edge is old tobacco and produce ground now turning to nurseries and cut-flower growers as Raleigh's suburbs push out. Directory records list a contact of John Earp. Call ahead for availability, since a small grower's stock and open days shift with the season.

Herter Nursery

Lincolnton, NC

Herter Nursery is a plant nursery on Ritchie Road in Lincolnton, in Lincoln County northwest of Charlotte. Nurseries this size typically sell trees, shrubs, and bedding plants for home landscaping. No website or verified contact information was found online.

Lewis Nursery & Farms, Inc.

Lewis Nursery and Farms is a fourth-generation berry grower supplying strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, including tunnel-grown winter strawberries. The wholesale operation runs from NC Hwy 133 in Rocky Point, with a retail market on Gordon Road in Wilmington. Long-cane raspberries are in trial. The farm sells to customers across the Cape Fear region and beyond.

Mitchell's Nursery & Greenhouse

King, NC

Mitchell's Nursery & Greenhouse grows much of its own stock in King, north of Winston-Salem—annuals, perennials, tropicals, and houseplants alongside trees, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and native plants. The garden center also carries soil amendments, mulch, pine needles, and fertilizer. Mitchell's is known regionally for its greenhouse-grown poinsettias and geraniums. It's at 1088 West Dalton Road in Stokes County.

Plant Delights Nursery, Inc.

Raleigh, NC

Mail-order and on-site nursery in south Raleigh specializing in rare, unusual, and native perennials, with over 1,500 varieties including hostas, agaves, and hardy natives. Founded in 1986 by plantsman Tony Avent, it has introduced more than 1,550 new plants and funds the adjacent Juniper Level Botanic Garden. The nursery opens to the public during scheduled open-garden weekends each season.

Plants & Things Greenhouse Nursery

Halifax, NC

Plants & Things Greenhouse Nursery grows bedding plants, hanging baskets, and vegetable starts, along with strawberries, at a greenhouse about 16 miles north of Rocky Mount on Highway 48 in Halifax County. The nursery keeps regular retail hours, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Spring is the busy stretch, when gardeners come for transplants and baskets. It's a straightforward local greenhouse operation.

Porter Farms & Nursery - Angier

Angier, NC

Porter Farms & Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, fresh produce through summer, and pumpkins and mums in fall, with homemade ice cream on site. The operation, near Angier southeast of Raleigh, picks its produce fresh each morning and also sells pumpkins and mums at the State Farmers Market.

Porter Farms & Nursery - Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

Porter Farms & Nursery is a family farm in southern Wake County, at Ten-Ten Road and Highway 42 south of Raleigh. Spring brings u-pick strawberries and fresh produce picked each morning; summer and fall add vegetables, ice cream, pumpkins, and mums, some sold at the State Farmers Market. It's a straightforward roadside farm, open seasonally to the public.

Porter Farms & Nursery - Willow Springs

Willow Springs, NC

Porter Farms and Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, then rolls into blackberries, summer vegetables, and fall pumpkins and mums. The family operation sells at its stand near Ten-Ten Road and Highway 42 in southern Wake County and at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. Homemade ice cream runs from spring through fall. Pick-your-own and the ice cream draw families from the Fuquay-Varina and Garner side of the county.

Rabbit Ridge Nursery

Coats, NC

Rabbit Ridge Nursery grows and sells plants in Coats, in Harnett County south of Raleigh. As a nursery it's the kind of place to source trees, shrubs, and bedding plants close to home. Call ahead for current stock and hours.

Shady Grove Gardens and Nursery

Vilas, NC

Shady Grove Gardens and Nursery is a High Country nursery in Vilas, in Watauga County near Boone. Mountain nurseries here sell perennials, daylilies, and cut flowers suited to cool Blue Ridge summers. Elevation makes the growing calendar later than the lowlands. Check plant availability and open dates before visiting, since a P.O. box is the only address listed publicly.

Smith's Nursery, Inc.

Benson, NC

Smith's Nursery and Farm Market sells nursery plants, hanging baskets, and annuals on Sanders Road in Benson, about 25 minutes southeast of Raleigh. The farm also runs u-pick strawberries in spring, blueberries in early summer, and a fall pumpkin patch with hayrides, farm animals, and an on-site ice cream shop. School field trips and birthday parties round out the season.

The Farm Connection

Marshall, NC

The Farm Connection is an edible, medicinal, and native plant nursery and garden center in Marshall, North Carolina, serving homesteaders, herbalists, and gardeners with regionally adapted fruit trees, seed garlic, perennials, herbs, and supplies for resilient living. Bare root trees and shrubs ship to all lower 48 states, and the shop carries Southern Exposure and Appalachian Growers seeds grown beyond-organic.

Waylands Nursery

West Jefferson, NC

Wayland's Nursery grows Fraser fir and white pine Christmas trees alongside blueberries and raspberries on Round Knob Ridge in Ashe County. During the holidays it sells trees in a range of sizes plus wreaths, roping, and stands, and offers drilling, baling, and net-bagging. The Blueberry Hill gift shop stocks homemade items and takes wreath pre-orders. Open daily 9 to 5 in peak blueberry and tree seasons.

White's Farm and Greenhouses

Vanceboro, NC

White's Farm and Greenhouses is on US 17 North in Vanceboro, Craven County, northwest of New Bern. As a greenhouse and nursery operation, it likely sells bedding plants, vegetable starts, and seasonal flowers. Contact the farm for plant availability and hours.

Wright Way Nursery

Waynesville, NC

Locally grown hardy shrubs and perennials — rhododendron, mountain laurel, azaleas, daylilies, and hostas — on Mountain Haven Road in Waynesville. The nursery also does landscape design and installation and sells at the WNC Farmers Market in Asheville from March through June. Will runs it year-round by appointment, so call before visiting. Fresh-picked berries show up for sale in season too.

Barn Door Nursery and Produce

Julian, NC

Carver Farm Nursery

Roxboro, NC

Davis Boxwood & Daylily Nursery

Lowgap, NC

Tucker's Farm and Nursery

Madison, NC