madgard wrote:
: and to jump in here, Karen, since I not only shop regularly at my local
: Lowes, here in Eastern Tennessee in MOrristown, the trucks are arriving
: daily. I know this because I now work in the nursery/greenhouse part of Lawn
: and Gardening at this Lowes GBSEG
: madgardener

LOL! If Lowe's were smart, it would offer a pager notification service
for people who want to know when the trucks come in ;-)

I am an equal opportunity purchaser in this town that has only a few
locally-run nurseries and most of those are either very limited,
poorly-run, overpriced or all of the above. If Lowe's wants to sell me,
for example, a healthy, well-grown 6' red oak tree for peanuts, who am I
to argue? As much as I believe in supporting the local economy, it
doesn't extend to buying the same tree from a local nursery at four times
the price.

Some of my best bargains have been mystery plants from places like Lowe's
and Wal-Mart. I have a knack for plant ID from leaf, so even if it has
but one leaf, I can usually hazard a pretty good guess ;-)

Cheers!

-- Karen

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