All the plant varieties you need, with higher quality and a lower price.

We purchase our plants from the same sources as garden centers, big box stores, and other retailers. Through our unique distribution system, you get those plants quicker and with less cost. How do we make that happen?

Price Advantage.

Pricing is our Strength. With brick and mortar retail locations, your plant purchases must pay for the building, electricity, water, soil, fertilizer, tools, and the labor needed for the retailer to care for your plants. We've eliminated much of that overhead and pass the savings on to you.

Superior Service

Partners Working With You to Bring your Landscape to Life

We are your partners in creating beauty in the world.

Our core belief is that planting means believing in the future. That makes us a team. As gardeners, we're one community working together to make the world a more beautiful place. Here's how we go beyond "selling" to help you with that mission.

Plant Selection

Unmatched Selection

You are not limited to a physical inventory on a lot. We purchase plant material from the best national and regional wholesale growers. This means that we have to ability to shop our suppliers for you, finding the right plant and offering you a choice of sizes and prices to find you the sweet spot for your project.

Customized Delivery

Get Plants The Best Way For You

We can deliver to you in a way that fits your schedule and lifestyle. Instead of one location being your only option, we can deliver direct or to a central location. We can leave you a pallet, unload flats, or unpack each plant. We'll get you the plants in the best way for you.

Professional Support

Learn from Our Experts

Wisconsin Plants Direct will help with plant selection, delivery issues, and provide custom design work if needed. No summer help! When you work with us, you work with people who have dedicated their professional lives to the green industry. If we don't know the answer to your question we know the channels needed to figure it out.

Expert Service

Meet our team of plant devotees.

John Paynter

President

John Paynter has 20 years of experience in multiple areas of horticulture. John's first job was working for a Christmas tree producer and garden center. His experience includes work with a variety of local tree farms, nurseries, and greenhouses. Most recently, John has worked in the retail plant industry. John's primary areas of expertise include plant production, landscape construction and maintenance, and sound farming practice.

John has a degree in business and biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In addition to adding extensive experience working with plant life, John has experience developing and managing business operations. In his free time, John enjoys hunting, fishing, land improvement, and other outdoor ventures.

Jeremy Bartz

Sales and Purchasing Director

Jeremy has more than 5 years of experience in biology. In addition to working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Jeremy has spent years working in the retail plant industry. He has honed his skills in helping gardeners and professionals like you with plant identification, care, and disease for annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs.

Jeremy has a degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He has followed up his degree work with significant research and attendance at seminars. When Jeremy is not studying plants or assisting customers, he is enjoying the outdoors through hunting, fishing, and other activities.