Five Acres of Landscape Plants, Shrubs & Trees

Here For You All Four Seasons Of The Year

The Family Tree Garden Center in Snellville has five acres of high-quality plants for all of your landscaping needs. We only buy from the best growers in the business and choose plants that will grow successfully in the Atlanta, Georgia area (zones 7a to 8a). We are open year-round and receive new plants several times a week based on the appropriate planting season. We also stock seasonal specialties during the colder months, such as carving pumpkins in October and Christmas trees in November.

 

Landscaping Shrubs

 

High-Quality Shrubs

Shrubs are defined as woody plants that are typically smaller than trees and generally have a rounded shape. Shrubs, trees, and vines are the only plants that have a woody growth structure. Vines are easier to distinguish due to their thin branches and trailing habits. However, the difference between trees and shrubs is harder to define, but most botanists generally agree that a shrub is a woody plant that grows several main stems from the ground level, whereas a tree is a woody plant that grows from a single trunk and has few or no branches growing below four feet. Some woody plants can be grown as shrubs or trees, depending on how they are trained by pruning, such as Crape Myrtles or Hydrangeas.

Deciduous Shrubs

Deciduous shrubs lose their leaves in the winter, but they are often some of the most beautiful blooms of the spring and summer. Hydrangea, viburnum, and butterfly bush are just a few of the showiest flowering shrubs we carry.

Evergreen Shrubs

Evergreen shrubs keep their leaves throughout the year, providing year-round color, texture, and interest. There are thousands of different evergreen shrubs. Gardenia, holly, arborvitae, and azalea are just a few of the most popular.

Hedge Shrubs

A hedge is a natural wall or divider that is made of typically dense and trimmable plants. Evergreen and deciduous plants can be used in hedges. They are either used decoratively, for privacy, or as wind breakers.

Annual Flowers & Plants

What are annual plants? Annuals are plants that complete their lifecycle in one growing season, typically during the spring to fall months. New flowering annuals will sprout from seeds, produce flowers during the spring and summer, yield new seeds towards the fall, then die off by the first hard frost. This annual cycle begins again in the spring. While some self-seeding annuals can return from the seeds they dropped under ideal conditions, it is much easier to add instant color to your outdoor landscaping by planting new colorful annual plants each spring. We receive a fresh shipment of colorful new annuals each week from March to November for your borders, beds, and containers.

 
  • King of Hearts

    Sun Annuals

    King of Hearts Petunias

  • Caladiums

    Shade Annuals

    Elephant Ear Caladiums

  • Hibiscus Flower

    Tropical Annuals

    Tree Form Hibiscus

  • Hanging Flower Basket

    Annual Hanging Baskets

    Mixed Petunia Hanging Baskets

  • Lantanas

    Bed & Border Annuals

    Annual Lantana Flowers

  • Shrimp Plant

    Unique Annual Varieties

    Golden Shrimp Plant

Landscaping Trees

 

High-Quality Trees

Trees are tall, woody plants that grow from a single, elongated stem that has few or no branches on the lower part. Only the outer layers of a tree’s trunk are living, with the dead inner layers only serving to support the weight of the growing crown. A tree’s age can be determined by the thickness of the trunk and the number of rings inside because each year, a tree grows two annual rings, one thinner ring (springwood) and one thicker ring (summerwood). There are hundreds of different tree species in the United States, but they all belong to three groups, categorized as deciduous (seasonally loses leaves), evergreen (keeps leaves), and coniferous (bears cones, but are also evergreens).

Coniferous Trees

Simply put, conifers are trees that bear cones with exposed seeds, and needle or scale-like leaves. Not all conifers are the same, but some of the most common are pine, spruce, fir, cedar, cypress, redwood, and many more.

Deciduous Trees

Deciduous trees are those that shed their leaves in the fall in preparation for the coming cold winter weather. Many deciduous trees put on a colorful leaf show in fall, such as red maple, sugar maple, white ash, and maidenhair.

Evergreen Trees

Evergreens include trees that keep their leaves through winter, including both conifers and broadleaf varieties. When choosing evergreens, consider colors or textures that complement your garden through all four seasons.

Perennial Plants

What are perennial plants? Perennials are plants that live at least three or more growing seasons. Typically, growers will start perennial plants from seed, but they will not produce flowers in their first year (nor do biennials, which have a two-year lifecycle). However, perennials make up for this non-flowering first year by flowering for multiple years to come. Under proper growing conditions and good care, short-lived perennials can live up to 10 years, and long-lived perennials can live up to 20 years or more! Short-lived perennials include Dianthus Pinks, Coral Bells Heucheras, and Shasta Daisies. Long-lived perennials include False Blue Indigo Baptisias, Hostas, and Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckias.

  • Coneflower

    Sun Perennials

    Coneflower Echinacea

  • Coral Bells

    Shade Perennials

    Coral Bells Heuchera

  • Perennial Hibiscus

    Tropical Perennials

    Vintage Wine Perennial Hibiscus

  • Ferns

    Tropical Perennial Plants

    Kimberly Queen Ferns

  • Groundcover Grass

    Groundcover Grasses

    Carex Evergold Sedge

  • Lunar Lights Begonia

    Unique Perennial Varieties

    Lunar Lights Begonia

Berries, Fruits, Herbs & Vegetables

 

Edible Gardening

One of the best parts of having a garden is growing your own foods right in your backyard! Whether you plant just a couple of tomato plants in pots on your deck, a few culinary herbs in some window boxes, or clear out an entire section of your yard for rotating vegetable crops, growing edible plants can be fun and rewarding! We carry a huge selection of both warm weather and cold weather herbs and vegetables, plus we sell organic seeds and supplies so that you can start your edible garden nearly any time of the year. In the summer, you can also grow sweet summer treats, like strawberries and blueberries, or enjoy healthy snacks for decades by planting a few fruit and nut trees.

Small Fruits & Berries

Simply put, conifers are trees that bear cones with exposed seeds, and needle or scale-like leaves. Not all conifers are the same, but some of the most common are pine, spruce, fir, cedar, cypress, redwood, and many more.

Vegetables & Herbs

We carry high-quality Bonnie and Chef Jeff’s vegetables and herbs. We stock a huge selection of your favorite warm-season veggies (tomatoes & peppers), hardy cool-season veggies (cabbages and kale), plus unique herbs.

Fruit & Nut Trees

Evergreens include trees that keep their leaves through winter, including both conifers and broadleaf varieties. When choosing evergreens, consider colors or textures that complement your garden through all four seasons.