Outdoor hardening houses
Every woody plant spends at least two weeks in 30 percent shade cloth before sale, so your landscape does not sunburn on day one.
Perennial nursery · Asheville, North Carolina
Shrubs and natives with a guarantee you can read.
Willow & Stem grows 420 species of perennials, shrubs and native grasses on 18 acres outside Asheville. Every tag lists mature size, deer resistance and the pH range we tested in our beds. Designers, landscapers and homeowners search weekly availability online, reserve plants for pickup and read care notes written by the crew who watered them that morning.
Open Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays for potting.
Plants leave here hardened, not shocked
We root in compost-based media, acclimate in outdoor houses and publish the exact light a plant saw before you load it.
Watered by zone, not guesswork
Soil moisture probes trigger irrigation by species. Tags include the last seven days of water so you know if a plant prefers dry or steady.
Pest monitoring log
Scouts walk every house twice a week. If we spot aphids, we flag the bench online and discount affected trays rather than hide them.
This week's availability
Search by sun, deer pressure or bloom month. Mark plants to pick up and send the list to your crew.
listings ready
Compact sweetspire with early summer blooms. 42 ready at north house.
Early white blooms turning pink. 18 ready, hardened outdoors.
Evergreen fern for dry shade. 120 ready under shade cloth.
Blue stems with fall colour. 200 liners ready for massing.
Services for pros and homeowners
Walk the houses
Photographs from a Tuesday morning walk with our propagation lead.
Designers and gardeners
“Availability search saves my office hours. I send clients a link and they see the same counts I do.”
“Tags told me which azaleas tolerate clay. Every plant from the July heat wave lived.”
“Holding yard let us stage a job across two weekends without losing quality.”
Open a trade account
Wholesale accounts are approved within two business days after we verify your license.
Weekly availability email
Tuesday mornings we publish new counts, heat alerts and native plant highlights.