BTW the class is ALL ZONE 9-10 crapola.....You cant pass the classes
unless you can put all the questions in relation with Atlanta &
surrounding areas......I'm in 7a..What do I care what is in
Atlanta....It was a hell of a ride but I got-er-done last March
2004.....I'm none the wiser.....My plants keeling over from time to
time is due to the fact that the night crew turns off the irrigation
so they don't get their fairy asses wet, and the plants are too stupid
to walk to the tap to get water after a 98degree day or when shipped
to us dry so the trucking co can save on the weight...(Wet plants
weigh more than damp plants, thus affecting the shipping) So when they
get to HD or Lowes they are already stressed some and if someone there
isn't savvy enough to get them watered, then yea, theres your
complaint......The box stores differ from district to district....If
your DM is a garden freak, then your stores follow suit....If they
worked in lumber their whole career, then you see landscape timbers
all over the parking lot and dying plants and poor selections....Give
us a break General Public.....We can't please everyone's
interest.....While HD and Lowes are getting creamed by you-all, no one
is noticing that Wal-Mart is sneaking up on both of us.........
More to come.....
Yes, I have definately noticed that Wal-mart's plants this year were a lot
healthier than last year.

As for my local store, I am a gardening freak, so I have taken the time to
set up misting systems for most ofthe areas we keep the plants. (that is
when the night crew doesn't tear out the hoses with the fork lifts.)
Yesterday I think I scared my store manager when I yelled at him because he
picked up a plant, not by the pot, but by the stem.