Carolina Nurseries Competitors

Since 1926, Monrovia has selected and grown the healthiest, highest quality, and best performing plants for your landscape. Our Craftsmen put their hearts, minds, and hands into ensuring the lasting beauty of our plants and your garden. Be inspired to grow beautifully, grow confidently, and grow responsibly with Monrovia.

The world’s oldest continuously operating nursery is located in Louisiana, Missouri, founded in 1816, Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co.’s ongoing success of over 200 years of experience and extraordinary teamwork between corporate office personnel, field workers, greenhouse and warehouse employees and customer service representatives. Our groundbreaking horticultural discoveries (Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples, among many others) and accumulated expertise have enriched the lives of millions by teaching people how to “grow your own.” Stark Bro’s has created or discovered more than 300 superior varieties or strains of fruit. Today, Stark Bro's is completely Consumer Division (e-Commerce), shipping quality plants across North America, serving the U.S. and Canada. We grow and sell nearly 1,000 fruit trees, nut trees, landscape trees, berry plants and other garden plants on a total of about 675 acres. In addition to trees and plants, the website and current catalog offer well-made tools, supplies, specialty fertilizers, sprays, gifts and books. Along with five acres of greenhouse space, we maintain about 1 million cubic feet of climate-controlled warehouse area and 1.7 million cubic feet of cold storage. Stark Bro’s ships out about 1 million trees per year to our customers. Our commitment to our heritage and traditions is only matched by our dedication to continuing on our 200-year path of innovation, industry leadership and providing the most satisfying customer experience possible.

For over 30 years, Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Garden has been the shopping choice of serious gardeners and plant collectors around the world looking for unique, rare, and native perennial plants. Established in 1988, Plant Delights is an international mail-order and website perennial plant nursery selling rare, native, and unusual plants from around the world. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina and owned by Tony and Anita Avent, Plant Delights Nursery is located on the campus of Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a not-for-profit, 28+ acre botanic, education, and research campus displaying over 26,000 different plants (taxa). VISITS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - except during Open Garden and Nursery Days held 8 weekends per year - two weekends each season. Please call 919-772-4794 to schedule an appointment to visit.