3 Types of Plant Nursery: 11 More Nursery Types to Select

You might wonder which types of plant nursery I select after reading this article, But Don’t worry, just read my article on Market Analysis using the and internet & using simple tricks.

Before Introduced Types of Plant Nursery, Here is the

Simple Definition of a Plant Nursery 

What Is a Nursery? Nursery is an entity or stock that store & well maintain plants and related products giving other services to the community at competitive prices. It can be formed in many ways as an individual business, partnership, small scale, or large scale.

Now, you might be curious that what are the types of plant nurseries or the classification of plant nurseries is exist to select & how I select them.  

What Are the Types of Plant Nursery?

As a plant nursery, We always attention to the Plant Nursery business. Here, We want to explain what types of nurseries we can start including the most common 3 types of nurseries. It can be divided based on a number of ways, We have figured out here for the sake of easiness choosing a suited nursery type,

#1 Way of Selling (basic 3 types of nursery)

Retail, Whole Sale, and Mail Order (Online Plant Nursery) mostly identify as three basic types of plant nursery

#2 Plant category

Fruit, Vegetable, Woody Plants, Medicinal Plants, Ornamental Plants, Forest Nursery

#3 Ownership

Privet / Franchise, Partnership, Single Owned,

#4 Stability

Permanent, Temporary

 

Types of Plant Nursery Based on Way of Selling (Three Types)

1. Whole-Sale Nursery

If you looking to start with a big investment and has adequate resources to pursue it. It is ideal you can have a good income based on the category you specialize in. Wholesale as it means we are looking to maintain a larger quantity of stock and supply (bulk) a big amount per sale. You have to find clients like departmental stores, florists, and larger construction companies. Also, you can grow houseplants, and vegetables, based on the client’s requirements. To know more read our article on Wholesale Plant Nursery

2. Retail Nursery

Simply, it is targeting more & more customers who normally tend to buy a small number of plants. If you go to this kind of Plant nursery, you have to have some competitive advantage through marketing or product differentiation based on customer type, prices, requirements, quality & size. Since your target market is public make sure to be aware of the trends & their requirements. To know more read my article on Retail Plant Nursery

3. Mail Order Nursery (Online Plant Nursery)

This is one of the trending, which we currently owe. No matter whether you are a Retail or Wholesale Nursery owner, If you have the ability to sell, or take orders online. However, make sure you have to consider a number of factors before going this kind of plant nursery type, the way of shipping, stock maintenance physically & on your website, the possibility of sending any plant category, customer complaints handling, etc. To know every aspect you can read our article before going for Online Plant Nursery.

 

 

Types of Plant Nursery Based on Plant Category

1. Fruit Plants Nurseries

If you go for a fruit plant nursery you can build a brand name around it because gradually you can be specialized in it. Although there is very sustainable income you got from this type of plant nursery don’t forget to consider the customer demands and the latest trends in the industry. For example – 20 years ago people were willing to plant bigger plants but nowadays they need more small plant hybrid versions with technologically improved ones. Because People love to grow a variety of plants on rooftop/balcony or as a usual backyard.

2. Vegetable Nurseries

Vegetable Plant selling is very good because it’s short-term and people usually & repeatedly buy plants from you after they harvest their product. But you shouldn’t limit your products so that customers can easily get seeds from vegetables & produce plants by themselves. Seeds selling, and other tool kits, equipment, guideline leaflets, videos, fertilizers, pesticides, and compost selling will deviate you from the competitors and can aid to increase sales.

3. Ornamental Plant Nurseries / Flower Plant

This is one of the best because your price decision capability is high. Since buyers consider the attractiveness of your plant, its height, Color, Grade, the Way you provide it, after services, previous experiences, especially the information you provide to maintain it. Maybe most of your customers are not experts on this thing then you have to tell them in detail about the plant which they searching for.

4. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Nurseries

This is an impressive plant category Since We also select the same category. We can tell you what, from this kind of medicinal plant nursery marvelous benefits you can have. First, you come across interesting facts about the plant life that can motivate you, their medicinal use, and how they use, as well as it can implement in your day-to-day life. Especially you can build your own brand name around it since you are in a niche category. The target market is very limited I suggest you provide mail-ordering (online store) services to attract customers living in any part of your country.

5. Hi-Tech Nurseries

Starting this kind of Plant Nursery involves advanced technology. It’s primarily based on the technological improvements added to the plants for example there are high trending demands for gerbera, bananas, and some coconut plants. However, there is a chance for you among fewer competitors and you can domain the market that very high-profit gain. You need to consider the appropriateness of this type of plant nursery to your area or country, as well as the available technology to get into your plant business.

Types of Plant Nursery Based on Ownership

1. Private Nurseries

They agreed to provide the plants that need bigger contracts, sometimes the basic investment is done by that company and buys the plants at agreed prices. On one side, you have the benefits as well as the losses.  

2. Partnership

This type of nursery starts with the support of two or more partners. Sometimes production doing by one party and marketing is completed by another one. Profits are distributed based on the pre-agreed ratio. Partnership plant nurseries also have some pros & cons.

3. Single Owned

Family members or a single person play a major role in your plant nursery. It is quite stable responsibility the success totally depended on you. If you like to go for this type of nursery please consider the tax policies prevailing in your country.

Types of Plant Nursery Based on Stability / Time Period

1. Temporary Nurseries

This type of nursery built up a period, in most cases the reason for afforestation. It is built for a certain time period sometimes to complete a project,

2. Permanent Nurseries

This type of plant nursery will exist for years and is well planned, and well managed by the owners. It is located in a place where that distribution process can easily handle.

How do We select the best Plant Nursery Type?

You read this article from different parts of the world but We believe that you could get some cues to select the best type to start a plant nursery. We would like to recommend first coming up with all the ideas you have and then filtering them to select the best type of plant nursery. However, it involves strategies to consider before invent into the nursery business.