Comments regarding Van Veen Nursery

It looks like most of these reviews are fairly old so I thought I would update everyone about the nursery. Van Veen Nursery [HYPERLINK@vanveennursery.com] is still producing the fine plants that past customers have reviewed. The nursery has a long list of stock plants and anyone can order cuttings produced from these plants. Quantities can be from 1-1,000. You can also send your cuttings to Van Veen Nursery and they will root them for you. Again, any quantity. No order is too small or large and there is no up front cost. You only pay for the cuttings that are returned to you. I have a small hobby nursery and used to do my own cutting but now I am using Van Veen Nursery. They do a great job and I no longer have all the problems associated with the process. The Nursery's crew has many years of experience and does a great job.


Kathy Van Veen passed away in April 2017, she desired to have her three generation inter-city nursery continue as a place where plants could be propagated and hybridized, and a place where the public could learn more about Rhododendrons.  Van Veen Heritage Garden was created to make Kathy's wish come true. Van Veen Heritage Garden is a 501 (C) (3) non profit and owns Van Veen Nursery. See  http://vanveenheritagegarden.org/. Their Go Fund Me website is [HYPERLINK@gofund.me] Do help to preserve this valuable resource.

Oh Happy Day!!!!!!!!!!! My Rhoadies and Azes arrived after over
a year of planning. I received over 60 huge huge lucious, vibrant, delicious, well identified (we have been to the what the heck is this one department with other nurseries), and healthy, big and juicy tons
of rooties, good dirt, and packed with an eye to saving some money and fresh arrival. The box was the size of a medium casket and wax impregnated, GREAT IDEA!!!

The folks at VANVEEN were wonderful to talk with and learn and discuss the order. If some type of plant I was ordering for my zone,
but they felt it still might have been stressed, they suggested another that they felt would thrive better and give me the same bang for my planting schemes.

I have already placed my orders for next year, and will add to that as I receive grown on plants, and have a wish list going.

My back is going to protest, but my heart and mind are full of gung ho to dig the holes and mix the soil and get these puppies in their spots, covered with chicken wire so my chickens don't dig them up and destroy them. Those folks with squirrel problems might look at my simple solution to help their young ones get started in life without being destroyed.

I am so happy to find this nursery. Good prices, quality goods, good people and honest, what else could you want?
Sheri from WigglyPaw Farm

Outstanding customer service and plants are a great value. I could not believe the size of some of the plants they sent. I strongly recommend them for rhododendrons-great selection.

A-1+ Mutiple orders. They are propagators. If you want a particular plant you need to order several months in advance. They can get things not listed in their catalog. My only problem with small plants is the squirrels pulling them up.

Awesome healthy plants. Pleasure to do business with.

Very pleasant SR and knowlegable and helpful. Plants were sent promptly and for yearlings they were pretty large. They look like they are making it through this winter, too. I would recommend that you have the plants sent overnight if you live on the east coast because plants are so vigorous that the roots will dry up if you ship 3 day...

It would be hard to overstate how impressed I am with Van Veen. I have recently placed two orders with them totaling 30 or so rhododendrons. The yearlings were healthy and large, and in one case in which a very exotic species wasn’t quite up to snuff—though the plants still looked much better than cuttings I’ve grown—Van Veen tossed in one free runt and substituted larger, older plants for another species ordered. All at wholesale prices for 5 of each.

Since I am a novice trying to grow rhodies in an uncongenial climate, a few questions were posed with my second order. The salesperson made informed suggestions and took it upon herself to pore over old invoices to see what had been ordered by nurseries close to my area, calling me back after a several-day gap to read the list she had compiled. This service in response to a one-of-each retail order placed with largely wholesale provider.

I don’t think I’ve ever had such a positive experience with any telephone, mail, or Web order business in my life. Now, if only the plants survive in my climate.

Quality plants at resonable prices. These are plant people who take pride in customer satisfaction.

I have ordered rhododendrons and azaleas from van veen several times. They are just fantastic to deal with. the plants are of the Best quality and the selection is wonderful. All plants are rooted on their own roots and not grafted. Highly recommended!!!!!

A-1 place to buy bulbs. UPS let my order freze. I called and two days later I recived a new order by Priority mail at no cost to me . WHERE CAN YOU BEAT THAT?

The best rhododendron grower in the country. Absolutely beautiful plants. They only have smaller plants now, but they used to sell large ones. I think they only have one to three year-old plants now, but still very nice healthy plants.