Fast Growing Trees Nursery Blog

Fast Growing Trees Nursery has been known for being a leader in the mail order gardening industry. But now, we’re leading a new trail to help spread the benefits of green living.

We’ve recently unveiled GardeningForKids.org, a center for green values that parents can share with their kids.

By teaching our children early about the benefits of gardening, planting trees and green living, we are helping repair the damage done to our environment by past generations.

To learn more about how you can make a difference with your children, visit Gardening for Kids by Fast Growing Trees Nursery.

Fast Growing Trees Nursery is proud to announce our partnership with Trees for the Future in an effort to reforrest the barren lands of Africa.

Trees for the Future is an Award Winning, non-profit organization dedicated to reforesting third world countries  who suffer from desertification and other environmental deficiencies.  Since 1989, they have helped contribute over 50 million trees to barren lands.

And now, Fast Growing Trees Nursery has found a way for gardeners, like yourself, to make a positive global impact.

For every tree sold on our website, one is donated to Africa on your behalf.  So far, almost 200,000 trees have been donated to Africa.

The Fast Growing Trees Nursery Africa Project has set a goal of 1,000,000 trees to be planted in barren African lands.

For more information, visit PlantATreeInAfrica.org.

Shop for your loved ones the easy way this year- send them healthy blueberry plants that give a lifetime of healthy, sweet berries.

Blueberries are a tasty way to get the necessary vitamins and antioxidants your body needs. It seems like every time you turn on the news, there’s a new story on the healthy benefits of growing your own blueberry bushes.

Blueberries are the #1 fruit for providing healthy antioxidants… which give your skin a youthful glow and takes years off your appearance. In fact, many skin-care products actually contain blueberry extracts as active ingredients.

Order several blueberry bushes, and you’ll get bushels of berries the first full growing season. Over time, you’ll grow thousands of healthy, delicious berries… all for free.

Prominently featured in the book, “The World’s Healthiest Foods,” blueberries are known to be very rich in nutrients and flavor… yet extremely low in calories.

These make the perfect gift for the gardener or health nut in your life. They can just pick their blueberries right off the branch for a healthy snack.

Don’t put this off any longer… we’ve managed to extend your holiday shipping deadline a few more days.

You must order by Friday, December 18th at noon EST for deliveries west of the Mississippi River… or Monday, December 21st by noon EST for deliveries east of the Mississippi River.

The producers for The Today Show asked me “What’s your Hottest Fast Growing Tree?”

I gave some of my favorites, then when I described the Summers Red Maple they flipped out.

“We can say this grows twice as fast as other red maple trees plus gives red foliage for months longer?” was their response.

I said, “not only that, but the red foliage starts in July and August… a characteristic that no other maple trees offer.”

We discussed how the oversized leaves can cut summer AC bills by 20%… just by shading the east, west and southwest sides of a home and the air conditioning units. Then in the winter, those large leaves fall, letting through sunlight when it’s needed most.

So we helped them put together the segment and sent them several Summers Reds, so they could demonstrate how they grow 4+ ft per year.

Learn more about our Summers Red Maples…

Always wanted to grow fresh, organic fruit…but never had the patience?

Problem Solved!

Some of our fruit trees are up to 9 ft. tall and budding fruit already.

If we don’t sell them now, they’ll be too large to ship. So we’re having a fruit sale.

These dwarf varieties grow to an average height of 10-15 ft, so they need little yard space, yet give you bushels of delicious fruit.

Choose from apple trees, sweet cherries from cherry trees, juicy plums & delicious pears that are well branched and can give you fruit the very first season.

The peach trees are fruiting like crazy just sitting in our field!

Read more about these amazing fruit trees…

Seems like the health benefits of fresh berries are constantly in the news. We can’t say if they fight disease… but nothing is more rewarding than walking out to your yard each morning and filling up a container with fresh, delicious, vine-ripened berries.

Attractive, year-round blueberry bushes that are easy to grow. Fall is the perfect time to plant these fruit trees… they’ll get adjusted to your environment quickly and produce tons of free berries… year after year.

We’ve looked for years for the easiest to grow berry bushes. Now, we’ve found the most adaptable, disease & insect resistant berry plants available that produce healthy, organic fruit.

Read more about disease-fighting super berries here…

A new study released by the Environmental Working Group shows that significant amounts of chemicals can be absorbed into fruit.

If you thought you were safe by just washing or peeling your fruit, you may want to reconsider your choices.

Apples, peaches and cherries were shown to absorb the most chemicals, with berries not far behind.

But planted in your own backyard, these fruit trees are easily grown with no pesticides at all.

Fruits that are indented at the top tend to puddle chemicals… the stem then pulls the pesticides into the interior of the fruit. You can scrub your fruit all you want, but you can’t get rid of it.

To learn more about fruit trees, go here.

Blueberries are always in the news because of their health benefits. They’re full of healthy antioxidants, which have been shown to slow signs of aging.

And the safest way to get blueberries is to grow them yourself. Recent studies have shown that after washing grocery store apples, 50% of the pesticides are still on the surface of your fruit.

And that’s fruit with waxy, non-porous skin. Fruit with softer skin, like blueberries, absorb higher amounts of chemicals… so the need to grow fruit trees yourself is even greater.

Just three blueberry plants can give you bushels full of healthy, juicy blueberries every year. We’re sure to send you the perfect combination of pollinators, so you get the most berries possible.

Read more about these amazing blueberries…