Fast Growing Trees Nursery Blog

Don’t just give another boring bouquet of cut flowers this Valentine’s Day… surprise your loved one with living Knockout Rose bushes! These unique gifts show plenty of thought, and will continue to provide beautiful roses each and every year.

Double Knockout Roses produce twice as many petals as regular roses (up to an unbelievable 25 [...]

My Pics from Haiti

Watch This Video of my recent family trip to Haiti, and you’ll see why their concrete buildings crumble so easily.

You’ll also see how 30 years turned much of this tropical island into a deforested wasteland.

We have postponed our Haiti Fruit Tree Nursery project in order to provide immediate [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]