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Mon-Fri: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Acorn Farms Nursery

 

Acorn Farms Inc was founded in 1980 as a Central Ohio wholesale nursery and tree farm on a 80 acre tract in the Alum Creek Valley of Central Ohio. Acorn Farms continues to grow and expand offering over 800 acres of the highest quality shade and ornamental trees and 80 acres of container stock including wholesale shrubs, perennials, annuals, succulents, poinsettias, mums, bulbs, and seasonal plants. Sales are generated by both on and off site staff, with truck delivery to the US East Coast including New York, Long Island, New England, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, and to the Midwest areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia, W. Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.


We offer a vast selection of the highest quality plant material including hardy, native plants and unique, hard to find ornamentals. Our timely service, whether you are close or far away, has afforded us the opportunity to expand rapidly without compromising quality to become a leading producer of wholesale nursery stock across the US.

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Our Online Shop is open to our current wholesale customers! To view pricing and shop online you will need to Register for our secure portal. A human needs to verify your account with us, so if we are at lunch or closed, it may take a bit longer, but we will email you once your portal has been activated.

NOTE: Existing customers DO NOT fill out another Customer Application. Just Register for portal access if you want pricing and to order online.

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We are wholesale only and not open to the general public. If you are in the business of reselling plant material and want to become a customer, please visit our Customer Forms section for more information on what we need from you. If you are looking for retail, please consider our sister company, Oakland Nursery.

HOURS
Mon-Fri: 8:00am-4:30 pm
Saturday: 8:00-11:30 am (Apr-Nov)

Note: Only authorized landscape personnel with a list of materials needed will be allowed on property.

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    Acer pal. dis. 'Baby Lace'

    This charming miniature Japanese maple is known for its exceptionally fine-textured, deeply cut foliage and compact, mounding growth habit. The delicate leaves emerge in spring with a distinct reddish-orange hue, maturing to a soft light green throughout the summer months before turning a brilliant orange-red in the fall.

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    Thuja occ. Pancake™

    Thuja occidentalis 'Pancake' is a unique, ultra-low-growing evergreen that forms a dense, flat-topped mound resembling ... you guessed it ... a pancake. Its feathery, scale-like foliage emerges a soft sage green and takes on attractive blue-bronze tones during the winter months, providing year-round texture and interest. This exceptionally hardy and slow-growing cedar is a perfect solution for groundcover use, rock gardens, or as a low-maintenance border along walkways where space is limited.

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    Buddleia Pugster Pico Punch®

    Revolutionize your garden borders with the thick, sturdy stems and vivid 'punch' of color provided by this dwarf butterfly bush. Pugster Pico Punch® offers superior winter hardiness and a continuous summer-to-fall bloom cycle, ensuring your landscape stays saturated with brilliant magenta tones and fluttering butterflies all season long.

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    Acer palmatum 'Dr Seuss'

    Acer palmatum 'Dr Seuss' is a captivating upright Japanese maple celebrated for its deeply divided, strap-like leaves that create a distinct, shaggy texture. Its foliage undergoes a beautiful seasonal transition, emerging in bright shades of chartreuse in spring before maturing to medium green through summer. In fall, there's a dramatic finish of orange and gold. Add a touch of whimsy with this beauty!

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    Magnolia 'Sunsation'

    Magnolia 'Sunsation' is a superior late-blooming hybrid engineered for reliability, consistently avoiding the late spring frosts that damage earlier cultivars. This upright, pyramidal specimen produces high-impact, 7-inch goblet-shaped blooms in a distinct primrose yellow with a high-contrast rosy-pink base, offering a sophisticated vertical accent for modern landscapes.

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    Acer pal. dis. 'Seiryu'

    This unique lace-leaf Japanese Maple maintains a strong upright, vase-shaped growth habit rather than the typical weeping form. Its finely dissected, emerald-green foliage creates a light, airy texture that provides a sophisticated look to the landscape throughout its growing season. In fall, leaves transform into a vibrant mosaic of gold, orange, and crimson.

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    Cornus flo. 'Ragin Red'

    Cornus florida 'Ragin’ Red' is an exceptional flowering dogwood variety distinguished by its intensely deep red bracts, which are among the darkest of any cultivar. The new spring foliage emerges with a striking burgundy tint before maturing to a rich green, eventually shifting to a brilliant maroon in the autumn. This tree offers a classic, tiered branching habit and excellent vigor, making it a premier specimen choice for those seeking high-impact color in the spring landscape.

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    Cercis can. Heart's Desire™

    Cercis canadensis Heart's Desire™ is a stunning Redbud selection celebrated for its distinctively thick, leathery, heart-shaped leaves that possess a beautiful glossy finish. In early spring, its branches are smothered in dense clusters of lavender-pink flowers before the foliage emerges in a deep, lustrous green. It maintains a compact, rounded habit, making it an ideal ornamental tree for smaller residential landscapes where a splash of vibrant spring color and high-quality summer foliage are desired.

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    Acer palmatum 'Mikazuki'

    Engineered for superior sun-scorch resistance, 'Mikazuki' offers exceptional versatility for both partial shade and full-sun landscape applications. Its vigorous yet refined growth habit ensures a well-branched, structural form, providing appeal for customers seeking a unique, architectural focal point.

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    Rhododendron Bloombux® Magenta

    Rhododendron Bloombux® Magenta offers a breakthrough in hedging, combining boxwood-like utility with a mass-flowering habit in a bold magenta hue. Engineered for durability, this lime-tolerant and disease-resistant hybrid provides vivid seasonal color while maintaining its dense, globose form, offering a sophisticated, low-maintenance alternative to traditional green-only borders.

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    Acer jap. 'Rising Sun'

    Admired for its architectural 'Full Moon' foliage, 'Rising Sun' boasts expansive, fan-like leaves that feel more like the tropics than the temperate forest. Its exquisite character is defined by delicate red tassel-blossoms and a legendary fall transformation into shades of burnt orange and scarlet.

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    Delphinium elatum 'Violets Are Blue'

    Delphinium elatum 'Violets Are Blue' is a high-performance perennial distinguished by its exceptionally strong, self-supporting stems and compact, mid-sized habit. It delivers a prolific display of densely packed, deep violet-blue spikes with contrasting dark black centers, offering a vertical architectural element for sunny borders without the maintenance requirements of traditional staking.

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    Weigelia Watermelon Kisses™

    Selected for branch density and a uniform growth rate, Watermelon Kisses™ provides maximum appeal with its unique bi-color floral display and clean, mid-green foliage. This hardy, nectar-rich cultivar is an ideal pollinator-friendly choice for small-space landscapes, offering a reliable reblooming cycle that extends visual interest well beyond traditional varieties.

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    Ilex opaca (Male/Female Combo)

    Ilex opaca (Male/Female Combo) provides a streamlined solution for guaranteed berry production, featuring both pollinator and fruit-bearing selections grown in a single container. This integrated approach ensures a heavy crop of signature red berries against classic, spine-tipped evergreen foliage, eliminating the need for complex landscape spacing or secondary pollinator plantings.

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    Berberis thu. 'Orange Torch'

    Proven for its exceptional sun-scorch resistance and stable, uniform growth, 'Orange Torch' offers a high-impact solution for modern landscapes. Its fiery-hued canopy - emerging neon orange and maturing to a burnished copper - remains vivid even in high-heat. It provides a reliable vertical accent and superior winter stem interest for commercial and residential sites alike.

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    Acer pal. dis. 'Hana Matoi'

    This is a stunning, dwarf variegated Japanese Maple prized for its weeping, mounding habit and intricate, lace-like foliage. The leaves emerge in spring with a vibrant mix of pink, cream, and green - often appearing as if the tree is covered in flowers - before transitioning to a deep red and purple variegation in summer.

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    Asparagus 'Jersey Giant'

    Distinguished by its superior resistance to Rust, Fusarium, and Crown Rot, 'Jersey Giant' Asparagus is a high-utility perennial vegetable ideal for large-scale production or edible landscapes. This hardy selection delivers a uniform harvest window and maintains its structural integrity over a long productive lifespan.

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    Petunia Headliner™ 'Strawberry Picotee'

    Petunia Headliner™ 'Strawberry Picotee' delivers high-impact appeal with its early flowering and exceptional color stability. This vigor-balanced variety features oversized, vibrant strawberry-red blooms sharply defined by a crisp white margin, maintaining its clean bicolor pattern even under high-stress conditions.

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    Gaultheria pro. Cherry Berries™

    Cherry Berries™ offers a charming year-round display of dainty bell-shaped flowers followed by an abundance of aromatic, bird-friendly fruit. This low-growing gem is perfect for woodland borders, releasing a nostalgic minty fragrance whenever its vibrant evergreen leaves are brushed.

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    Acer pal. 'Koyohime'

    Acer palmatum 'Koyohime' is a premier dwarf Japanese Maple loved for its dense, multi-stemmed habit and tiny, star-shaped foliage. It is particularly striking in spring when the new leaves emerge with a distinct reddish-pink tint before maturing to a crisp, vibrant green for the summer months. Due to its naturally compact and spreading form, it is an exceptional choice for rock gardens and small patio containers.

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    Acer pal. 'Omure Yama'

    This is a spectacular weeping Japanese Maple known for its graceful, pendulous branches that create a cascading, willow-like silhouette. The deeply incised, palmate leaves emerge a bright light green in spring and transition to showy shades of gold, orange, and fiery red in fall. It is a sophisticated choice for a focal point, where its elegant architecture and fluid movement can be fully appreciated.

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    Acer pal. 'Red Spider'

    Acer palmatum 'Red Spider' is a striking variety known for its incredibly narrow, strap-like leaves that give the tree a delicate, wispy appearance. Its foliage emerges a vibrant coral-red in spring and holds its deep burgundy tones through the summer before turning a brilliant crimson in fall. It grows into a modest, upright tree that provides a unique, fine-textured look without taking up too much space in the landscape.

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    Acer pal. 'Tsukasa Silhouette'

    This outstanding columnar Japanese Maple is prized for its tight, narrow form that makes it a perfect solution for tight spaces or as a vertical accent. Unlike many other varieties, 'Tsukasa Silhouette' maintains a crisp, bright green foliage throughout the heat of summer without scorching, before transforming into a showy fall display of reds and oranges. Fantastic choice for framing entryways or creating a refined, upright screen in smaller landscapes.

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    Aronia melanocarpa

    Aronia melanocarpa, commonly known as Black Chokeberry, is a rugged and versatile native shrub celebrated for its four-season interest and extreme cold hardiness. It produces clusters of white flowers in spring followed by glossy, dark purple-black berries in late summer, while the foliage puts on a spectacular finale with intense purple and red hues in fall. This adaptable native plant is an excellent choice for mass plantings, pollinator gardens, or moisture-prone areas where it can provide both ornamental beauty and a valuable food source for birds.

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    Astilbe are. 'Happy Spirit'

    Astilbe arendsii 'Happy Spirit' is a sophisticated perennial distinguished by its elegant plumes of creamy white flowers held on contrasting dark red stems. It is highly valued for its mid-to-late summer bloom time and its lush, fern-like green foliage that remains attractive throughout the growing season. Thriving in shaded, moist locations, it provides a luminous "glow" to dark garden corners and makes an excellent long-lasting cut flower.

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    Bidens 'Bee Alive Double Orange'

    Bidens 'Bee Alive Double Orange' is a vibrant, heat-tolerant annual that stands out as the first double-flowered orange variety of its kind. It features masses of double, burnt-orange blooms with golden centers that contrast beautifully against its fine, fern-like green foliage from spring through the first frost. With a compact, mounded habit, it is a versatile performer that excels in sunny hanging baskets, mixed containers, or as a high-impact filler in pollinator-friendly garden borders.

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    Buddleia Pugster Sorbet™

    Buddleia Pugster Sorbet™ is a revolutionary dwarf Butterfly Bush that packs full-sized, fragrant flower spikes onto a surprisingly compact and sturdy frame. Pugster Sorbet™ is known for its unique bicolor blooms of soft raspberry-pink and apricot, which emerge continuously from summer through fall without the need for deadheading. Its thick, heavy stems provide better winter hardiness than many other dwarf types, making it a reliable, low-maintenance choice for sunny borders or decorative patio containers.

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    Callicarpa Bubble Up™

    Callicarpa Bubble Up™ represents a significant advancement, offering a refined, compact habit that eliminates the leggy growth typical of the species. This versatile deciduous shrub is great for mass plantings and mixed borders, providing a structural foundation of clean green foliage followed by an unmatched profusion of large, violet-purple berries in autumn.

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    Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily'

    Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily' offers a refined upgrade to the classic Star Magnolia, featuring a denser, more upright-oval habit and an increased petal count for a fuller, 'waterlily' floral effect. This cold-hardy deciduous shrub is a premier choice for early-spring interest, delivering a prolific display of fragrant, multi-petaled white blooms that emerge before the foliage on a well-branched, structural frame.

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    Euonymus jap. 'Happiness'

    Euonymus japonicus 'Happiness' is a vibrant, compact evergreen shrub that lives up to its name with brilliant golden-yellow foliage that provides year-round color. The young leaves emerge a glowing yellow before maturing to a soft chartreuse, creating a luminous effect in sunny or partially shaded garden spots. Its naturally upright and mounded habit makes it an ideal low-maintenance choice for low hedges, borders, or as a bright pop of color in mixed container gardens.

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    Juniperus chi. Gin Fizz®

    Add year-round structure and vibrant life to your garden with the densely branched 'Gin Fizz'. This hardy, salt-tolerant juniper is a berry-producing powerhouse, offering a lush, berry-heavy display that serves as both a visual masterpiece and a sanctuary for local birds.

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    Taxus cuspidata 'Nova'

    Taxus cuspidata 'Nova' is a robust and versatile Japanese Yew known for its dense, upright pyramidal habit and dark, evergreen needles. It is highly valued for its exceptional cold hardiness and its ability to maintain a deep green color even through the harshest winter months. Its uniform growth and tolerance for heavy shearing make it an ideal selection for formal hedges, privacy screens, or as a structural foundation planting in both sun and shade.

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    Viburnum den. Glitters & Glows®

    Viburnum dentatum Glitters & Glows® is an innovative duo featuring two distinct Arrowwood varieties planted together in one pot to ensure heavy fruit production. This pairing provides a reliable display of creamy white spring flowers followed by a massive crop of ornamental, shiny blue berries in late summer that are a favorite for local songbirds. With a sturdy, upright habit and clean, pest-resistant foliage that turns a beautiful burgundy in the fall, it serves as a high-performance choice for privacy screens or naturalized hedges.

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    Viburnum juddii 'Select'

    Viburnum juddii 'Select' is a premier form of the classic Judd Viburnum, prized for its intoxicating, spicy fragrance and exceptionally uniform, rounded habit. In mid-spring, it is covered in dense, semi-snowball clusters of pink-budded flowers that open to a pure, waxy white. This hardy, deciduous shrub features clean, leathery green foliage that turns a beautiful reddish-purple in fall, making it a perfect sensory focal point near patios, walkways, or windows where its scent can be fully enjoyed.

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    Taxus baccata 'Repandens'

    This is an elegant, low-growing English Yew featuring a unique spreading habit with gracefully weeping branch tips. Its lush, dark evergreen needles are arranged in a flat spray, providing a soft, feathery texture that remains vibrant and deep green year-round. This versatile and long-lived shrub is exceptionally shade-tolerant, making it an ideal choice for a sophisticated groundcover, a low foundation planting, or for adding structural interest to the front of a border.

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    Taxodium dis. 'Falling Waters'

    Taxodium distichum 'Falling Waters' is a breathtaking weeping deciduous conifer of the native Bald Cypress, featuring a strong central leader and branches that drape vertically toward the ground. Its delicate, needle-like foliage emerges a soft chartreuse in spring and matures to a rich green before turning a stunning copper-bronze in the autumn. It is exceptionally adaptable, thriving in both wet, swampy soils and average garden conditions, making it a dramatic focal point for pond edges or large landscapes.

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    Syringa ret. 'Summer Storm'

    'Summer Storm' Lilac is a vigorous and fast-growing Tree Lilac known for its large, airy plumes of creamy-white flowers that bloom in early summer when most other lilacs have finished. It features attractive, dark green foliage and a refined, upright habit that provides an elegant silhouette even when not in bloom. Its resistance to pests and diseases, combined with its tolerance for urban conditions, makes it a reliable and low-maintenance choice for street plantings or as a focal point in a small yard.

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    Rosa 'Opening Night'

    Rosa 'Opening Night' is an award-winning hybrid tea rose famous for its perfectly formed, velvety red blooms that sit atop long, sturdy stems. Each large, double flower retains its brilliant color without fading, providing a classic "Hollywood" red that stands out beautifully against the lustrous, dark green foliage. Known for its vigor and repeat-blooming nature, this rose is a quintessential choice for cutting gardens and formal displays where high-drama color is the goal.

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    Rosa 'Double Delight'

    Rosa 'Double Delight' is one of the most iconic hybrid tea roses in the world, renowned for its extraordinary fragrance and striking bicolor blooms. Each flower features a creamy-white to pale yellow center elegantly edged in a deep, strawberry red that intensifies with exposure to sunlight. The large, high-centered blossoms are held on long stems, making them a favorite for bouquets. With its bushy habit and prolific repeat-blooming nature, 'Double Delight' remains a top choice for gardeners who want to combine a powerful, spicy scent with high-impact visual drama.

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    Pinus strobiformis 'Foxtail'

    Pinus strobiformis 'Foxtail' is a distinctive evergreen of the Southwestern White Pine, named for its exceptionally dense and tufted branch tips that resemble a fox's tail. It features long, soft needles with a striking silvery-blue cast, providing a shimmering, fine-textured appearance in the landscape. It maintains a narrow, conical form as it matures and is noted for its excellent drought tolerance once established, making it a rugged yet elegant specimen for adding vertical structure and unique color to the garden.


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