I am impressed with Hidden Springs nursery. After all these price hikes from other nurseries but hiddenspringsnursery.com still selling their fruit trees cheaper than most. I ordered from them in the past and I was happy with their fruit trees.
Tony
Do the send it immediately or make you wait till later?
You can request when to send out. They are good nurserymen.
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They’re not too far from me so I’m happy to support them.
I’ve been happy with their pawpaws but have not done mail order - did local pickup in containers since I had bad luck with bareroot pawpaws from Nolin River
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Side note on Nolin, I have several that I got from him in early 2020, doing good but not quite as good as the potted trees I got from others. A couple I got from him died back to rootstock and I just grafted them myself.
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Also hidden springs is a licensed KSU pawpaw seller. I assume they’ll carry the new releases expected this year. (I got my Chappell from them, hot off the press, actually before it was named.)
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I had thought they closed when Harold (I think that was his name) died, but it looks like his wife kept it going. I got some pawpaws there many years ago, it was cheap back then too!
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His name was Hector Black, and I think it’s his daughter managing the nursery now. I’ve been pleased with the health of their trees - usually small but very reasonably priced. I also had trouble with bareroot pawpaws from Nolin River - the trees that survived were stunted. Edible Landscaping’s pawpaws planted in the same place at the same time did much better for me. Hidden Springs’ pawpaws were smaller and needed some TLC to get going, but were a good value.
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The prices are great. I wish they had stuff I needed. Or Hector’s AAs.
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Website doesn’t say if they mail potted or bare root? Anyone know?
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They sent out bare root.
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Yes, I worked with Annie Black.
Nice, no frills, no hype place to do business.
My pawpaws from them have actually been some of my best performers but again I picked up in person and paid a tiny premium to keep them in their pots
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They do still have Hector’s autumn olives. They just can’t legally sell them in TN due to their invasive status.
Consider asking if they’ll sell you scion. They might be able to since you’re not in TN.
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I emailed now. Just to double check. I have all the Fruitwood AA, I’m wondering if Hidden has any others.
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Planting Justice out of California sells Hector Black’s autumn olives, but they’re not always in stock. Might be worth checking out also.
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Wish I had as good of luck as the rest of the folks here with Hidden Springs. I ordered 5 “trees” from them, and when I saw the size of the package I said to myself “Oh, that’s why they were so cheap.” My fault for not realizing they were going to be very small bare roots, which is not a problem but certainly would have changed my expectations.
I ordered a Rosseyanka persimmon, Nanking cherry, two Juneberries, and a Pucia Mol medlar. All arrived in okay health, albeit dormant, but only the medlar even woke up and remains alive. 4 of my 5 trees never did a thing for me (the persimmon rootstock put out some growth but the graft/scion failed). Annie with Hidden Springs offered a store credit for about half my order price, but after $35 shipping each time I doubt I’ll ever place another order if most of my credit is already eaten up by shipping.
Not trying to be a complainer or disparage a small nursery, but I’m certain a large part of their deaths had to do with them being small, young, weak bare roots not ready for shipping out IMO. Just set your expectations - you get what you pay for.
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I’m sorry that happened to you! I bought a medlar and a cornelian cherry from Hidden Springs and they were quite small, but did survive.
I, too, am not here to complain but I received a sour cherry tree with this nearly 90 degree angle in the young trunk. My question is, since it is already stiff and unable to be trained with a stake, is this even worth planting? I cannot imagine the tree will ever recover with a start like that.
That wouldn’t really bother me. I prefer it to one with less roots that is stick straight.
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I wouldn’t worry about the crooked trunk on a small tree. You can plant the roots on an angle so the top part of the tree is straight up. The bend looks dramatic now, but in a few years you won’t even notice it.
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