State directory
Plant Nurseries & Garden Centers in North Carolina
Growing zones in North Carolina
Zones 6b–8b
Most nursery-dense area: avg. minimum winter temperature 15°F.
Frost window across North Carolina
Fall frost arrives anywhere from Oct 13 to Nov 22 depending on where in the state; spring's last frost clears anywhere from Mar 15 to May 6.
Based on 232 ZIPs with NOAA-matched frost data in North Carolina; a marginal/near-continuous-growing ZIP isn't counted here.
Business structure
532 independent nurseries and 217 chain, big-box, or grower/wholesale locations across North Carolina.
Licence registry
This directory does not hold a bulk licence registry for North Carolina; per-listing licence status is not verifiable here.
Every located business on the map
Where North Carolina's nurseries are
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Cities
Browse by city
We only give a city its own page once it clears 3 verified listings, so this list is shorter than the map above; every business we can place on a map, in any city, is a pin up there.
- Apex 13
- Archdale 3
- Arden 3
- Asheville 33
- Banner Elk 5
- Black Mountain 3
- Burlington 7
- Candler 4
- Cary 15
- Castle Hayne 3
- Chapel Hill 17
- Charlotte 41
- Cherryville 3
- Clayton 4
- Clemmons 3
- Clinton 8
- Colfax 4
- Concord 4
- Cornelius 3
- Dallas 4
- Denver 3
- Dunn 7
- Durham 36
- Elizabeth City 3
- Fayetteville 33
- Franklinton 3
- Fuquay Varina 4
- Garner 13
- Gastonia 13
- Goldsboro 11
- Greensboro 42
- Hendersonville 3
- High Point 11
- Hillsborough 5
- Holly Springs 5
- Hope Mills 4
- Huntersville 4
- Jacksonville 18
- Kernersville 8
- King 3
- Knightdale 4
- Leland 4
- Lexington 11
- Mebane 3
- Midland 3
- Mills River 3
- Mint Hill 3
- Monroe 5
- Mooresville 3
- Morrisville 3
- Nashville 6
- Newland 4
- Newport 4
- Pinetops 3
- Pineville 3
- Raleigh 44
- Richlands 5
- Rocky Mount 10
- Rural Hall 3
- Salisbury 14
- Swansboro 5
- Tarboro 5
- Thomasville 5
- Unionville 3
- Wake Forest 4
- Waxhaw 4
- Weaverville 7
- Willow Spring 5
- Wilmington 41
- Wilson 8
- Winston Salem 29
- Zebulon 4
Zone hubs
What grows in zone 6b → What grows in zone 7a → What grows in zone 7b → What grows in zone 8a → What grows in zone 8b →