We know how frustrating it can be trying to find reasonably priced, good quality trees to start your own perennial venture. That was one reason we started our own tree nursery here at Red Fern Farm. We grew trees to meet our own needs. We ended up selling the surplus trees and eventually developed it into a full time business.
Unfortunately for our customers, we have been trying to scale back our nursery. We have been offering less variety and, despite selling out sooner and sooner each year, we do not expand.
The good news is there are now other nurseries offering good tree stock. If we are sold out of what you need or stopped supplying it, please check out these nurseries. Some may be much closer to you.
Canopy Farm Management with locations in Illinois and Wisconsin. You will see links to this nursery on our website. Canopy offers the service of tree planting, their care, harvest support and eventually help with marketing crops. They also have a large nursery. We have been involved in helping them develop good nursery practices and providing good genetics for their trees. They offer potted and bare-root trees. https://canopyfm.com/nursery/
Plate Specialty Seedlings is located in Grinnell, Iowa and managed by Andy Plate. This nursery specializes in high quality potted chestnut seedlings. You can call 641-990-7350, email andy@plateseedlings.com or visit the website at https://www.plateseedlings.com/
Route 9 Cooperative Located in Ohio and managed by Greg and Amy Miller, father and daughter. They offer excellent genetics with their chestnuts trees. Do be cautious as they are in an area with Chestnut Gall Wasp and Chestnut weevils. https://route9cooperative.com/
Forrest Keeling located just north of Saint Louis in Missouri. They have an excellent selection of chestnuts, pawpaw, pecans, and persimmons. they use a growing technique, RPM, that will give you tall yearling chestnut trees. The chestnut trees can have a problem with spiraling roots, so try to get your chestnut trees as early in the summer as possible. They are also in an area with chestnut weevils. https://www.fknursery.com/
Honeyberry USA in Minnesota is an excellent source of good quality honeyberry plants or Haskap and information on this wonderful crop. This is the nursery where we order all our honeyberry plants from. They are very nice people to work with. http://www.honeyberryusa.com/
Oklahoma Chestnut, Fruit & Nut LLC with Steve Lucas. He is selling beautiful looking chestnuts down in Oklahoma. Reach out to him via his facebook page. An Oklahoma Chestnut, Fruit & Nut LLC
Other nurseries we use for hard to find plants or seeds:
Burnt Ridge Nursery & Orchards, Onalaska, WA https://www.burntridgenursery.com/
Oikos Tree Crops, Kalamazoo, MI https://oikostreecrops.com/
Richters Herbs, Canada (seeds only) https://www.richters.com/
Raintree Nursery, Morton WA https://raintreenursery.com/
OneGreenWorld, Portland OR https://onegreenworld.com/
There are a lot of other fine nurseries, but these are the ones we are familiar with and can vouch for.