A new and disturbing practice....
Most large chain stores get very good plants.
The trick is to buy them when they first come in before the store employees have a chance to kill them. I agree wholeheartedly with this. Even in our local garden centers, it pays to buy & install plants soon after they arrive in inventory. They don't get better as they year goes on. Even with GOOD care, they become increasingly potbound. I find that it also pays to visit the garden centers before the season starts to see what has overwintered (in order to avoid buying it later). I have bought a few plants that had suffered in pots, and although with TLC they became healthy and strong, a year or two of growth was lost as they recovered. The time loss isnpt worth it to me, even if the price is reduced. But often, the price is the same, and it's buyer beware. Mike Prager Beaufort, NC (on the coast in zone 8a) (Remove spam traps from email address to reply.) |
A new and disturbing practice....
Most large chain stores get very good plants.
The trick is to buy them when they first come in before the store employees have a chance to kill them. I agree wholeheartedly with this. Even in our local garden centers, it pays to buy & install plants soon after they arrive in inventory. They don't get better as they year goes on. Even with GOOD care, they become increasingly potbound. I find that it also pays to visit the garden centers before the season starts to see what has overwintered (in order to avoid buying it later). I have bought a few plants that had suffered in pots, and although with TLC they became healthy and strong, a year or two of growth was lost as they recovered. The time loss isnpt worth it to me, even if the price is reduced. But often, the price is the same, and it's buyer beware. Mike Prager Beaufort, NC (on the coast in zone 8a) (Remove spam traps from email address to reply.) |
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