Name

FastGrowingTrees.com

Legal name

Fast Growing Trees, LLC

Website

https://fast-growing-trees.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Plant Nursery

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (44424)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200), Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses (5961)

akta.pro primary industry

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

Keywords

• Online plant nursery
• Tree and shrub sales
• Garden supplies retail
• Landscape plants
• Privacy trees

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Mill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Plant Sales: Direct retail sales of trees, shrubs, plants, and garden supplies through their Shopify e-commerce platform. Customers purchase individual plants with one-time payments. The company ships live plants directly to customers' doors.
2. Plant Expert Consultations: Personalized expert support for plant care or plant selection guidance, including full landscape designs. Consultations are scheduled via live video calls and start at $25 per session.
3. Warranty Extensions: Optional 1-year warranty add-on that provides extended protection for plants against damage from weather, human error, or other factors, offered as a store credit replacement.
4. Garden Supplies: Sale of accessories, tools, fertilizers, soil additives, pots, containers, and grass seed as complementary products to their plant offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FastGrowingTrees.com operates a direct-to-consumer online nursery that sells a broad catalog of trees, shrubs, plants, and garden supplies to U.S. residential customers. Orders are fulfilled from the company's Fort Mill, South Carolina nursery and shipped directly to customers' homes nationwide. The company also offers paid plant expert consultations via live video and phone for personalized plant selection and landscape design.

Product overview

FastGrowingTrees.com operates as an e-commerce direct-to-consumer online nursery offering a comprehensive catalog of trees, plants, and garden supplies. The core product portfolio spans Fruit Trees, Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, Flowering Trees, Shade Trees, Tropical Plants, Perennials, and Indoor Plants, supported by Garden Supplies and Plant Expert Consultations as add-on services. The company also offers proprietary branded products including the Thuja Green Giant Arborvitae and Meyer Lemon Tree as flagship offerings, along with third-party branded lines such as Proven Winners, Knock Out Roses, and Endless Summer Hydrangeas. Additional services include the Alive & Thrive Guarantee (1-year plant health warranty) and TreeCash Rewards (loyalty credit program). The platform is built on Shopify e-commerce infrastructure and sells directly to consumers across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fruit Trees A comprehensive selection of fruit-bearing trees including citrus trees (lemon, lime, orange), cherry trees, apple trees, peach trees, tropical fruit trees, berry bushes, olive trees, fig trees, and avocado trees, sold to U.S. residential homeowners for home fruit production.
• Evergreen Trees Year-round green foliage trees including arborvitae, spruce, juniper, cypress, pine, bamboo, holly, cedar, and cryptomeria varieties, marketed primarily for privacy screening and year-round landscape structure.
• Shrubs Deciduous and evergreen shrubs including hydrangeas, rose bushes, holly shrubs, lilac shrubs, rhododendron, gardenia, camellia, azalea, and laurel, sold for ornamental and foundation plantings.
• Flowering Trees Decorative flowering trees such as crape myrtle, dogwood, magnolia, redbud, cherry blossom, rose trees, lilac trees, crabapple, mimosa, and hydrangea trees, marketed for ornamental seasonal color.
• Shade Trees Large canopy trees for shade and privacy including palm trees, Japanese maple, maple, oak, willow, poplar, birch, ginkgo, elm, and aspen trees.
• Tropical Plants Heat-loving plants including tropical flowering plants, bougainvillea, hibiscus, and tropical palms for warm climates.
• Perennials Returning plants including ornamental grasses, wisteria vines, lavender, peonies, bougainvillea, sage and salvia, hosta, echinacea coneflowers, lantana, and daisies.
• Indoor Plants Houseplants suitable for indoor growing environments, sold to residential customers.
• Garden Supplies Accessories and tools, pest and disease control products, fertilizers and soil additives, pots and containers, and grass seed sold as complementary products to the live plant catalog.
• Plant Expert Consultations Personalized expert support for plant care or plant selection guidance, including full landscape designs, delivered via live video calls starting at $25 per session.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2.7 million plants delivered and growing
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• The Planting TreeminorOthers · 8 July 2021Fast Growing Trees completed the acquisition of The Planting Tree, an e-commerce DTC provider of trees and plants based in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The acquisition expanded FGT's product portfolio and customer base with synergies in marketing, customer service, and supply chain management.
• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationFastGrowingTrees.com uses Shopify as their e-commerce platform to sell products and services. Through this relationship, FGT may obtain personal information from Shopify for order processing and customer management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nature Hills Nursery: Online DTC nursery retailer selling trees, shrubs, and plants directly to homeowners. Closest direct competitor to FGT in product range (trees, shrubs, perennials), target customer (residential gardeners), and DTC e-commerce delivery model with a plant guarantee.
• Brighter Blooms: Online nursery selling trees, shrubs, and flowering plants direct to consumers with a satisfaction guarantee. Mirrors FGT's DTC nursery model, broad catalog, and plant-arrival guarantee positioning.
• Stark Bro's Nurseries: Heritage DTC fruit tree and nursery retailer specializing in edible and ornamental trees. Closely comparable in tree-heavy assortment and direct-shipping model, though skewed more toward fruit-bearing stock.
• Wilson Bros Gardens: Online container-grown plant retailer selling shrubs, trees, and perennials to residential customers. Similar e-commerce-only fulfillment model and plant-focused catalog targeting US homeowners.
• Spring Hill Nurseries: Long-established online and catalog nursery retailer offering perennials, shrubs, bulbs, and trees to home gardeners. Comparable in DTC channel mix, breadth of plant assortment, and target homeowner demographic.
• The Tree Center: Online-only tree and plant retailer focused on privacy trees, fruit trees, and ornamental shrubs for homeowners. Directly comparable assortment and shipping model to FGT, competing for the same residential landscaping buyer.

Others

• Monrovia Nursery: Major wholesale plant grower supplying independent garden centers and landscapers across the US. Comparable plant category but operates B2B/wholesale rather than DTC; functions as a supply-side counterpart to FGT's retail model.
• Proven Winners: Plant brand cooperative of growers that supplies branded annuals, perennials, and shrubs. A brand that FGT resells and a key supplier/comparator in the branded plant retail ecosystem rather than a direct DTC competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Burpee: Iconic direct-to-consumer seed and live plant retailer offering vegetables, flowers, herbs, and plants to home gardeners. Overlaps with FGT in plant sales but is broader in seeds and annuals; comparable in DTC and catalog heritage.
• The Home Depot Garden Center: Largest US home improvement retailer with extensive live plant assortment and in-store pickup convenience. Competes with FGT on price and selection but lacks the depth of DTC nursery expertise and the 1-year plant guarantee.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fast-growing-trees

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

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