Hartke Nursery

Hartke Nursery is a great place to go if you are looking to buy a tree or trees for your yard. The people who work there are extremely knowledgeable about plants, which trees grow well in what sun and soil conditions, etc. The employees are also extremely friendly, they don’t look down on those with little or no horticultural knowledge.

Hartke’s is a grand little farm house that sits back from Olive Boulevard and, upon arriving, will transport you into an oasis of plant loveliness.
In the summer you will enjoy a large selection of annuals, perrenials, trees, shrubs and vegetable starts. The women who run this place have owned it forever and really know their stuff.
They carry some organic soil amendments for those of you who grow your own food (their «black gold» compost is super rich, dark and yummy)
I wish that they had more of a transplant vegetable selection, but people just aren’t that adventurous when it comes to things. That just means you’ve gotta do it the hard way and stick it out with seeds. It’s more gratifying that way any hoo.
My mom has purchased her annual flowers every year since I was a kid at Hartke’s and they are always of the highest quality.
Hartke’s also has a fine selection of home grown vegetables for purchase in the summer. Some of the tastiest tomatoes if you catch ‘em on the right day.