9 Best Places To Buy Fruit & Vegetable Plants Online

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1. Almanac Planting Co.

   Based out of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Almanac Planting Co. is a female-owned, family-operated gardening and planting company. It recently celebrated five years in the industry, during which this small business had been committed to empowering women and creating a healthier planet through a passion for nature. While the company was originally focused on hemp plants, it sells a variety of plant types, including succulents, tropical plants, houseplants, herbs, fruits, and vegetables. On its website, you'll find standard tomatoes and peppers, but also more unique plants like "Pink Lemonade" blueberries. You can also find peach, pear, fig, and orange trees. Unsure of what to pick? The website lets you search by plant size, U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zone, and how much sun exposure the plant needs. Almanac Planning Co. started by selling on Etsy and cont

2. Annie's Annuals and Perennials

   On the opposite coast is Annie's Annuals and Perennials, a plant nursery in North Richmond, California, that specializes in hard-to-find plants. The company has over 20 years of growing experience and currently cultivates plants on a three-acre garden in the Bay Area. The nursery grows most of its plants outdoors from seeds, ensuring that plants are hardy before they leave. Annie's Annuals is also committed to being bee-friendly and does not use any neonicotinoids associated with colony collapse disorder, nor does it use any growth hormones or systemic pesticides. The nursery doesn't offer many fruit plants, but it does grow over 100 vegetable cultivars, including beets, broccoli, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, peas, squashes, and tomatoes. Some of these, including eggplant and lemon drop peppers, are somewhat rare. If you're interested in herbs, the site off

3. Bonnie Plants

   Facebook/BonniePlants Bonnie Plants first started planting vegetables over 100 years ago, and it never stopped. What started as 2 pounds of cabbage seeds planted in Union Springs, Alabama, has grown — no pun intended — into a nationwide business offering almost 300 different plant varieties. The company has greenhouses across the country and sells plants online as well as in-store through retailers like Menards, The Home Depot, Lowe's, and Walmart. Bonnie Plants is still primarily focused on vegetables, offering nearly every type of veggie imaginable, including asparagus, broccoli, celery, corn, cucumbers, eggplants, okra, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, and more. Some, like the Bonnie Original Tomato, are hybrids found only at Bonnie's Plants. For fruits, the company sells strawberry, cantaloupe, and watermelon starts online, and a variety of herbs are available as well. The website lets y

4. Burpee Seeds and Plants

   Facebook/Burpee Gardening Since 1876, Burpee Seeds and Plants has been cultivating and selling plant varieties from its farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was responsible for introducing the original iceberg lettuce in 1894, and today, it ships a multitude of traditional and unique plant starts across the country. Its website also offers gardening supplies and tips to help gardeners ensure their plants' success. Burpee's fruits include berries like strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. It also sells fruit trees, such as apple trees, cherry trees, pear trees, and peach trees, as well as other types of fruits like cantaloupe and watermelon. An even wider selection of vegetables is available, and popular picks include beans, peppers, squash, and tomatoes. A variety of herbs, including parsley, oregano, basil, and lavender, are also available online. On Trustpilot, Burpee has an av

5. Cross Country Nurseries

   Facebook/ChilePlants Cross Country Nurseries is a family-owned nursery in Stockton, New Jersey. The company's nursery first opened in 1997, and since then, it has focused on offering healthy, organic, sustainable plants with a particular focus on seed and plant diversity. If you love peppers, you'll love Cross Country Nurseries, as it grows the world's largest selection of sweet and hot pepper plants of over 400 varieties. In addition to peppers, Cross Country Nurseries also offers 30 varieties of eggplants and 200 varieties of tomatoes. That's quite a selection, and if you're not sure of what to choose, the website will help you out. It allows you to sort by the number of days to harvest, pod type, color, size, country of origin, species, and more. The website also offers supplies, like fertilizer, and how-to guides to help both new and veteran gardeners nurture their plants. Cross Coun

6. Etsy

   Etsy is an online marketplace where independent sellers offer handcrafted and vintage items. The site currently has nine million active sellers and over 96 million active buyers. When most people think of Etsy, they think of things like jewelry, home decor, and baby blankets, or maybe more unique finds like salad nails, but it can actually be a great place to search for fruit and vegetable plants. To browse plants on Etsy, go under categories and select Home & Living, and then Outdoor & Gardening. From here, select Plants, and then Fruits & Vegetables. The site lets you filter by price, delivery date, and location. Searching by location is one of the biggest benefits of buying through Etsy; if you're worried about your plants surviving on a mail truck during a heat wave, you can choose a seller nearby to reduce the time in transit. You can also enter what you're lo

7. GrowJoy

   Facebook/GrowJoyPlants Fifteen years ago, Joe Stutzman started growing tomatoes in a garden patch in Berne, Indiana. Today, that patch has grown into GrowJoy, a company that grows a variety of plants in its greenhouse and ships them country-wide. The company prides itself on growing plants without the use of chemicals and is committed to providing quality plants that anyone can nurture. GrowJoy hasn't forgotten its tomato roots; it offers nearly 100 varieties of tomatoes, including heirloom tomato varieties. A wide range of other vegetables are available as well, including squash, beans, cucumbers, lettuce, okra, beets, and corn. For fruit, the site offers options like cantaloupe, strawberry, and watermelon plants. If herbs are more your thing, you have a dozen options, including chives, dill, mint, and tarragon. GrowJoy's website also lets you sort plants by purpose, from options that a

8. Hirt's Gardens

   X/HirtsGardens Located in Wadsworth, Ohio, Hirt's Gardens is one of the oldest gardening centers in the state. It focuses specifically on providing hard-to-find, unusual, and exotic plants from around the world. Additionally, the site offers gardening supplies, including stunning garden planters. The site offers several varieties of vegetables, including asparagus, cauliflower, and a few unique types of peppers. It offers even more fruit options, such as kiwi, oranges, grapes, currants, and rare types of strawberries like the pineberry and the marina strawberry. Herb varieties include mint, turmeric, sage, and lavender. Hirt's Gardens has an average rating of 3.9 stars on Google as of writing. Customers are typically pleased with how quickly the plants ship, the packaging, the health of the plants, and the variety of difficult-to-find plants the website offers. One reviewer sums it up by

9. Park Seeds

   Facebook/parkwholesale Park Seeds was founded in 1868 by George W. Park, a 15-year-old who hoped to make some pocket money by selling seeds through the mail. The company started to grow, and eventually moved from Pennsylvania to Greenwood, South Carolina, where it remains today. Though times and seasons have changed, Park Seed remains dedicated to bringing the joys of gardening to as many people as possible. The company currently sells only through its online store, shipping seeds and plants across the country. Gardeners can choose from a huge variety of vegetable plants, from artichokes to zucchinis and everything in between, including exclusive hybrids like Whopper Red Tomatoes and Sir Crunch a Lot Cucumbers. For fruits, choose from standard options like berry plants, apple and fig trees, and melons, to more exotic options like kiwi, guava, and paw paw. Herbs such as chamomile, cilant