The Tree Center

The Tree Center sells trees, shrubs and other garden plants online, alongside practical guidance for gardeners. Customers can order plants and consult planting instructions covering early watering, acid-soil plants such as rhododendrons and azaleas, and deciduous hedges for privacy and garden protection. Its website also offers spring and fall presales.

Based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, the business started and incorporated in 2015. Clint Stelfox is listed as its owner. The company describes its horticultural experience as spanning 40 years and three generations—a statement about its accumulated expertise, rather than the age of the business.

Gardening education is part of its offering: The Tree Center makes its advice available even to people who buy trees elsewhere. Its guides address practical choices such as shade, soil and plant selection. The company says over half of its business comes from repeat customers, without specifying a reporting period or how that share is measured.