Select Trees

What Select Trees does

Select Trees Enterprises, Inc. (operating as Select Trees) is a privately held wholesale tree nursery founded in 1985 by Tim Patterson and Mike Glenn in Crawford, Georgia. The company operates 650+ acres of field-grown tree production with a team of approximately 15, supplying landscape professionals and design-build contractors with large-caliper, branded ornamental and shade trees across the Southeastern, Southwestern, Northeastern, and Mid-Atlantic United States. Its core differentiators are a proprietary Superior Genetics program that develops trademarked cultivars (including own-root clonal oaks such as Highbeam Overcup Oak, Highpoint Willow Oak, Hightower Swamp White Oak, and Endurance Live Oak) and the proprietary Extreme Nursery Culture root-enhancement process that improves transplant performance and survivability on commercial job sites.

Select Trees sells exclusively through a B2B wholesale model — there are no direct retail or consumer channels — and goes to market via landscape architect specification, contractor relationships, and CEU-approved educational farm tours built around ISA and ASLA continuing-education credits. The customer base spans large-scale commercial, institutional, and cultural projects, with named installations at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Citi Field, Hudson Yards, Crystal Bridges Museum, Auburn University, Clemson, NC State, UGA, the University of Tennessee, Heifer International, and Turner Broadcasting headquarters. The company has begun digitizing its wholesale motion through a member-login online catalog and an active social media presence, while formalizing operational leadership with second-generation involvement.

The company is privately held, with no disclosed revenue, no external funding rounds, and no patent portfolio. Its economic model rests on premium pricing for branded, trademarked, genetically characterized cultivars combined with large-caliper inventory that requires multi-year growing cycles, creating a working-capital-intensive production model that depends on long lead-time demand visibility from specifying landscape architects.

Name

Select Trees

Legal name

Select Trees Enterprises, Inc.

Website

https://selecttrees.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Select Trees is a privately held wholesale tree nursery operating 650+ acres in Georgia, supplying landscape professionals across the US Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic with proprietary trademarked, large-caliper tree cultivars developed through its own Superior Genetics program and Extreme Nursery Culture process.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Tree Nursery

NAICS

Nursery and Tree Production (111421)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Tree Nursery Stock Production (Seedlings, Saplings, Clonal Material) (AFAMACAA)

Keywords

• Wholesale tree nursery
• Shade and ornamental trees
• Field-grown trees
• Landscape trees
• Clonal tree cultivars

Headquarters

HQ city

Crawford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Tree Sales: B2B wholesale distribution of high-quality, sustainable trees to landscape professionals including landscape architects, developers, contractors, government institutions, and other organizations. Sales occur in volume with pricing available upon login/member registration. The company offers volume discounts for large orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Select Trees is a wholesale tree nursery that grows and sells large-caliper, field-grown shade, ornamental, and evergreen trees to landscape professionals across the southern and eastern United States. The company offers a proprietary branded portfolio (Select SustainablePlus®) of trademarked cultivars produced through its Extreme Nursery Culture root-enhancement process and Superior Genetics program, sold via a direct B2B sales team with volume discounts. The company also delivers CEU-approved farm tours and educational programs to landscape architects and designers.

Product overview

Select Trees is a wholesale tree nursery offering Select SustainablePlus® trees — a comprehensive portfolio of branded, proprietary tree cultivars grown through their Extreme Nursery Culture process and Superior Genetics program. The company operates over 650 acres of field-grown trees and specializes in root-pruned, large-caliper shade trees, evergreen trees, and ornamental trees. Their product line includes numerous trademarked cultivars such as Highbeam® Overcup Oak, Alta® Southern Magnolia, and other own-root clonal oaks that represent industry-leading innovations. The company also offers educational services through farm tours and CEU-approved training programs for landscape professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Select SustainablePlus: Brand of sustainable trees offered by Select Trees.

Products and services

• Select SustainablePlus® Trees Select Trees' flagship branded offering of high-quality, sustainable trees produced through their Extreme Nursery Culture process and Superior Genetics program. These are large-caliper, root-pruned, field-grown shade and ornamental trees sold wholesale to landscape professionals.
• Highbeam® Overcup Oak Native shade tree and the first cultivar Overcup Oak available on its own root, featuring lustrous leathery leaves that turn yellow and bronze-red in fall with clean leaf drop.
• Alta® Southern Magnolia Broadleaf evergreen with a more contained, denser form attributed to its tight branching pattern, offering a finer, more formal texture than traditional Southern Magnolias.
• Ascendor® Willow Oak Upright Willow Oak with moderate branch angle that is less likely to develop included bark, featuring vigorous growth rate and a more fibrous root system than typical Willow Oaks.
• Autumn Gold™ Bald Cypress Deciduous conifer propagated on its own root with consistent shape and growth rate, selected for dense branching, golden fall color and bright green summer foliage.
• Built to Last® Red Maple Native shade tree and branch sport from October Glory® Red Maple, more heat tolerant with approximately 10-20% increased growth rate while maintaining similar fall color.
• Burgundy Lacebark Elm Shade tree selected for outstanding autumn foliage and broad-rounded habit, featuring uniform branch development and extremely fast growth.
• Claudia Wannamaker Southern Magnolia Medium-oval pyramidal evergreen with dark green leaves and medium brown underside, blooming at an early age with easier transplantability when root pruned.
• Contemplation® Parrotia Shade tree with exfoliating colorful bark and striking fall leaf color, providing a kaleidoscope of red, pink, purple, yellow, and orange colors.
• Highpoint® Nuttall Oak First cultivar Nuttall Oak on its own root with bronzy red spring foliage turning to lustrous dark green and brilliant yellow/orange in fall.
• Hightower® Willow Oak First cultivar of Willow Oak on its own root, native shade tree with dominant leader and upswept branching making it a perfect street tree.
• Endurance™ Compton Oak First cultivar Compton Oak available on its own root, a hybrid between Live Oak and Overcup Oak with great tolerance to many soil types.
• Epic® Red Oak Most upright large-maturing oak variety with clean leaf drop and consistent fall color, excellent for sites requiring vertical form.
• Creole Queen® American Elm Newest American Elm introduction and new standard for heat tolerance in southern landscapes, displaying tight branching and upright form similar to Princeton American Elm.
• Esplanade® Nuttall Oak Handsome Nuttall Oak with upswept branching structure lending to urban adaptability, with dark green foliage turning brilliant red and burgundy in autumn.
• Fortitude™ Willow Oak Native Willow Oak discovered by Dr. Dirr with mid-spring leaf-out that protects from cold damage, featuring naturally developed central leader and tolerance to urban conditions.
• Cool Fences™ Lusterleaf Holly Large, dense, pyramidal evergreen holly with lustrous dark green leaves and red fruit, featuring good shade and drought tolerance.
• Glorious Fences™ American Holly Native evergreen tree selected for upright habit, vigor, and density, great for screening hedge and specimen use.
• Palatial® Dawn Redwood Upright and dense branching structure with excellent dark-green foliage.
• Palisade® American Hornbeam Upright, narrow oval selection with strongly ascending branches.
• Panache® Shumard Oak Fast-growing oak suitable for streets, lawns and commercial open spaces.
• Prominence® Shumard Oak More vigorous, dense tree compared to most Shumard Oaks.
• Sangria® Red Leaf Nuttall Oak Nuttall Oak that stands out in spring with striking impact.
• Fruitland's Tea Olive Small evergreen tree producing cream-colored blooms in fall with exceptional fragrance, selected from Fruitland Nurseries with more cold hardiness.
• Jefferson American Elm Expansive, vase-shaped canopy with arching limbs and dark green summer foliage.
• Streamline® Overcup Oak Native shade tree on own root with moderately upswept branching.
• Moonglow® Sweetbay Magnolia Sweetbay Magnolia with distinct upright growth habit, vigorous growth rate, and increased cold hardiness.
• Spirit™ Fringetree Attractive small ornamental tree with fleecy white flowers and grey-brown bark exfoliating in papery curls.
• Green Giant Arborvitae Fast-growing western cedar evergreen suitable as conifer hedge, screen, specimen or accent, considered a good replacement for Leyland Cypress.
• Nellie R. Stevens Holly Most successful and reliable large holly in the Southeast, excellent screening or accent plant.
• Water Hickory Excellent specimen in the Southeast, commonly found in tough environments including swamps and lowlands.
• Icon™ Nuttall Oak Selected for good vigor, uniform and dense branching structure, form, and density.
• Jaybird™ Georgia Oak Handsome, densely branched tree perfect for tight spaces, planters, or as park tree.
• Select Elegance™ American Holly Dense, dark and vigorous native evergreen tree great for screening hedge and specimen.
• Mary Nell Holly Good screening and heat-tolerant plant with distinctive dark foliage and bright red fruit.
• Judy Evans American Holly Lustrous dark green foliage combined with outstanding bright red fruit making an admirable specimen.
• Muskogee Crape Myrtle Small tree with proliferation of light lavender flowers.
• Sarah's Favorite Crape Myrtle Similar to 'Natchez' in habit and bark, but more cold hardy.
• Lagniappe™ Fringetree Small native ornamental tree with masses of white cloud-like flowers in spring.
• Prodigy® Fringetree Ornamental flowering tree variety.
• Serenity™ Fringetree Small flowering tree better suited for urban conditions than most small native trees.
• Wirt L. Winn Holly One of the best hollies in terms of foliage quality and vigorous growth rate.
• Dura-Heat® River Birch Native shade tree with superior heat tolerance for southern climates, featuring more budbreaks than other cultivars for a fuller, denser appearance.
• Durable™ American Linden Vigorous native shade tree discovered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, performing well in areas where American Linden may not normally be considered.
• Pritchard Trident Maple Trident maple cultivar with excellent oval-round head.
• DeGroot Spire Arborvitae Narrow-columnar evergreen conifer with rich green twisted foliage, very slow-growing and suitable for tight spaces.
• Hetz Arborvitae Columnar pyramidal evergreen with coarse texture and good green winter color, a good substitute for Leyland Cypress and Cryptomeria.
• Providence™ Eastern Red Cedar Native evergreen good as a grouping or screening plant.
• Tapestry™ Eastern Red Cedar Native evergreen with unique density making it a very good selection for screening.
• Farm Tours & Educational Opportunities Hands-on field-based educational experiences including tree tours and tagging visits approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by ISA and ASLA, offered to landscape architects and designers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trees establish quickly and weather storms better than trees from other growers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. Family-owned wholesale shade and flowering tree nursery in Oregon, B2B to landscape professionals across North America. Closest direct peer: similar scale wholesale model, similar focus on large-caliper landscape trees with proprietary cultivar selection.
• Moon Nurseries: Wholesale B2B nursery on the East Coast supplying large-caliper trees to landscape contractors in the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable wholesale model, customer base, and product focus on landscape-grade shade and ornamental trees.
• Heritage Seedlings & Liners: Oregon-based wholesale producer of bareroot and container seedlings and liners for nursery trade, reforestation, and landscape use. Comparable wholesale nursery with R&D focus on improved genetics.
• Forrest Keeling Nursery: Missouri-based wholesale nursery specializing in container-grown native and improved tree seedlings using the patented RootTrapper® and RootMaker® systems — directly comparable proprietary root-enhancement technology and B2B wholesale model.
• L.E. Cooke Co. California wholesale nursery producing fruit, shade, and ornamental trees for landscape trade and growers across the western US. Comparable wholesale B2B model with focus on improved and proprietary cultivars.
• Bailey Nurseries: One of the largest wholesale nurseries in North America, headquartered in Minnesota, serving landscape professionals and retail garden centers with branded plant lines including Endless Summer and First Editions. Comparable as a B2B wholesale nursery with proprietary branded genetics.

Broad incumbents

• Monrovia Nursery: Largest specialty nursery grower in the US, selling branded container-grown plants and trees through garden centers and landscape professionals nationwide. Broader incumbent with a wider plant portfolio (shrubs, perennials, trees) but overlapping B2B landscape trade channel.

Emerging players

• Arbor Day Foundation Tree Nursery: Non-profit tree nursery supplying improved conservation-grade seedlings and landscape trees to consumers and reforestation partners. Adjacent emerging player in the tree-production space with growing private-landscape market presence.
• Bower & Branch: Network of premium growers selling larger trees online directly to homeowners and landscapers. Comparable premium large-tree positioning, but a newer digital/e-commerce distribution model and overlapping grower base.

Regional players

• Siebenthaler Nursery: Dayton, Ohio-based regional wholesale and landscape nursery serving the Midwest with large-caliper trees. Comparable wholesale tree production and B2B landscape customer base but geographically distinct.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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