Price Comparison

Price Comparison

I am only half-joking when I say I’m a walking billboard for George O. White State Nursery in Licking, Missouri.

For years, I have ordered native Missouri trees, shrubs and perennials, slowly adding new sources of nectar and pollen for my native and honey bees to my one-acre Missouri hillside garden. I know where the seed stock comes from, I used to work for the agency that started this nursery, now managed by Missouri’s Department of Conservation.

So let’s do a little inventory:

Excellent local seed stock, check.

Grown in Missouri soil conditions, check.

And what about the price?

Hard to beat any way you look at it. The minimum order of 10 seedlings is 90 cents per seedling compared to $6.98 for an Eastern Redbud seedling.

For 25 seedlings, the George O. White State Nursery price drops to 44 cents per seedling. For 100 or more seedlings, the price is 36 cents per seedling. If you have a Missouri Heritage card, you get a 20% discount up to $20.

Shipping is free if you live in Missouri, or you can also visit the nursery in spring to pick up your order.

If you miss getting what you want this year, ordering opens up September 1.

Native Missouri Pawpaws, a tree that is coming back into Missouri gardens, (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

If your desired item is marked sold, order it anyway. I ordered PawPaw trees last December and was just notified that the seedlings are available because the previous person didn’t pay for them.

Once you get the invoice, send in your check to secure your order.

This is a great source of native trees, shrubs and flowers, for a variety of reasons, including the price!

Charlotte