Marion's Nursery LLC

With an eye on the environment and all that it encompasses, at Marion’s Nursery we focus on native trees, shrubs and plants. We offer vegetable starts for the home gardener in the spring and plants for decorating your flower beds when Mother Nature brings forth life from the soil.

As a nursery in our first year, much of our tree offerings are still in the growth stage and we will not have much to offer in the way of trees yet. That being said, I do take cuttings from my Pawpaw which are usually ready for sale in the following year.

The Brown Turkey Fig is a tree I generally have available in mid summer. These are grown out from cuttings of a very productive group of trees I planted a few years ago.

I germinate and grow Pomegranate trees form seed I harvest from my very productive tree. I am playing with growing out cuttings from the same tree. Obviously, the pomegranate is not a native tree but it is not invasive, nor aggressive.

One day, I hope to master the cultivation of a few more food based trees and shrubs like: Aronia Berry (Chokeberry), Plum, Apricot, Peach and more. I have a bountifully producing Mulberry tree that I intentionally planted, before I knew how abundant that species is in the RVA. I doubt I will cultivate it for sale as most here consider it invasive and aggressive (it certainly can be.)

By mid to late Spring, I hope to have grown out some Coleus and other desirable and tender plants to beautify your yards. I also grow out cuttings from our massive False Indigo which blooms twice a year with a beautiful spike of tiny purple flowers with orange flecks. Local pollinators love it and since it is a riparian plant (grows along waterways) it does very well in low lying areas of Richmond that experience ponding and longer than normal set soil. Our mother plant lives in a lawn that does receive all the rain from one of our roofs. She does fine in the heat of summer, but I do throw on a sprinkler if blooms are in place and a dry spell in happening.

In the fall of 2025, we decided to expand into cut flowers to help generate income while other things are growing out to a sellable size. The cut flowers will be offered to local florists primarily, but I am open to offering bouquets and “cut your own” events. I also plan to offer a “table setting subscription” for local restaurants. I use soil blocking to germinate and grow out my transplants, a good majority of my seed comes from Virginia growers and some come from out of state. I seek the highest quality seed and non GMO sources.