Broadwell’s Nursery

We had a wonderful experience at Broadwell’s this past weekend. They were extremely helpful, knowledgeable and we truly appreciated feeling like they weren’t trying to take advantage of us. I highly recommend Broadwell’s for a no frills but very reasonably priced experience!

What this place has going for it is it’s cheap. They are a wholesaler so you’re not paying the upmarks you find at nurseries closer to the Triangle. For example, I got hostas for $ 3 each. A steal compared to places like Garden Supply.
But this is not the sort of place to go if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for. Selection is limited and items are often poorly marked. The workers can’t help you much beyond telling you where on the property certain items are.
Also you get what you pay for. Unlike the very well maintained hostas at Garden Supply, the ones I got at Broadwell’s were filled with weeds. We had to dig through the piles of plants to find ones with the least weeds and I’ll end up having to remove as much dirt as possible from the plants before planting to avoid introducing weeds to the garden bed. You’ll also want to triple check that plants aren’t root bound.
TL;DR version: Great prices but not the place to go for window shopping. Be extra vigilant on which plants you choose to ensure good specimens.

This place is great!!! Very helpful! Even gave us an old truck to drive on the property since we had a trailer attached to ours. The prices are FANTASTIC! Literally ¹⁄₃ of what you would pay anywhere else.

Can I give it more stars?
This isn’t a typical nursery like the suburban garden center you’re used to. This is acres and acres of plants. Like — you tell them you want something and they point you to a pick up truck and tell you where on the property to go get them.
Here’s a good example: Needed about 18 blue rug junipers to fill in a front yard. They were $ 14– $ 18 at Lowes/​HDepot — at Broadwells? $ 3 apiece! Spent $ 63 instead $ 400.
They have trees and plants of all variety.
Have been to Broadwells a bunch of times. It is a fantastic resource!
Totally worth the 40 minute drive from Raleigh
PS — There are 3 nurseries next to/​across from each other at the same location. One has more flowers, the others more tree/​shrubs/​the other lots of ornamentals, etc. No matter what you need… you’re covered!