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Shopping for Nut Trees? Find Out Where to Buy Nut Trees and Nut Bushes

Where to find nut trees and nut bushes for sale.

By Steven Biggs

Nut Tree Nursery List

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I get a lot of messages from people looking for more edible plants for their home gardens and edible landscapes. So I hope this list of nurseries that sells nut trees and nut bushes helps you find the plant you’re looking for.

This list focuses on nurseries, garden centres, and specialty nut growers in Canada and the northern USA.

It’s a work in progress. If there’s a nursery you recommend, please e-mail me to let me know.

Before you browse nut tree nurseries, get started with Nut Tree Shopping Tips, below.

Canada Nut Tree Nurseries

USA Nut Tree Nurseries

Tips When Plant Shopping

Here are tips to keep in mind as you get ready to order trees and shrubs.

Delivery vs. Pick-Up

It’s expensive to ship trees and shrubs! They’re big. And if there’s soil—they’re heavy too.

Delivery costs depend on the distance, the size of the plant, and whether it’s in a pot with soil, or is “bare root.”

(Bare root means it’s dormant, and there’s no soil.)

If picking up your fruit plants is an option, you can usually save quite a bit of money.

Ordering and Shipping Fruit Trees and shrubs

Shipping usually begins in spring, when there’s no further risk to the plants from cold temperatures.

The first to ship are “bare root” plants—dormant shrubs and trees with no soil. (Roots are wrapped in something damp to prevent them from drying out.)

Cross-Border Shipments

Some sellers don’t ship out of country. That’s because it usually involves “phytosanitary” inspections and paperwork.

Or, there might be restrictions on shipping some types of fruit to some regions (to avoid the spread of pests or diseases.)

If you find an out-of-country vendor who ships to your country, ask about the cost of phytosanitary certificates—as well as the delay that inspections can cause for your shipment.

When You Receive Your Order

Bare-root Plants. Keep them somewhere cool and dark until you’re ready to plant them, so that they remain dormant. Plant as soon as possible. Make sure the roots stay moist.

Potted Plants. There’s less of a rush planting potted plants than there is with bare-root plants. Keep plants well-watered until they’re planted.

Canada Nut Tree Nurseries

USA Nut Tree Nurseries

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Canada Nut Tree Nurseries

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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Hardy fruit, exotic fruit, and nuts.

Hardy Fruit Tree Nursery

Rawdon, Quebec

Hold-hardy nut trees, nut bushes, and a wide mix of fruiting plants.

Grimo Nut Nursery

We get Ontario grown pecans here! They sell a wide range of nut trees and nut bushes, along with some minor fruit.

Founder Ernie Grimo joined us on The Food Garden Life Show to talk about cold-adapted nut trees. Tune in here.

Nutcracker Nursery

Maskinongé, Quebec

As the name suggests, nut trees is a specialty. I’ve ordered plums and damsons here and was pleased with the quality of the plants.

Pépeinière Ancestrale

St-Julien, Quebec

Good mix of nut trees and nut bushes. This is where I got my first cherry-plum bushes. Fruit and nut trees.

Prairie Hardy Nursery

Two Hills, Alberta

Recommended by my horticultural colleague in Alberta Donna Balzer.

Rhora's Nut Farm and Nursery

Wainfleet, Ontario

Specializing in nut trees and minor fruit.

Silvercreek Nursery

Wellesley, Ontario

Nuts and fruit. Some of my apple trees are from Silvercreek—and I took a fantastic grafting workshop there.

Whiffletree Farm and Nursery

Elora, Ontario

Nut trees, nut bushes, fruit trees and bushes, and orchard supplies.

Willow Creek Permaculture

Dutton, Ontario

Fruit and nut trees.

USA Nut Tree Nurseries

One Green World

Portland, Oregon

Nut trees and bushes, fruit, subtropical fruits, fruiting ground covers. We chatted with Sam Hubert from One Green World on the podcast to find out all about hardy citrus. They carry lots of other fruit trees, fruit bushes, and berries too.

Raintree Nursery

Morton, Washington

A diverse collections of edible plants including nut trees and nut bushes.

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