W. K. Lis
Superstar
Places like Plant World and Humber Nurseries have gone (hopefully only temporary) from the retail scene, some turned wholesale only. We have only small retailers in the plant nursery business this spring.
While there will be big box stores or grocery stores that sell nursery stock, they are only a side business for them. Looking for experts to help you? Not if they only pay the staff minimum wage. I would expect that they will be selling only the common varieties of plants. Stuff the serious gardeners are not looking for. I don't want "beefsteak" tomatoes for example, which have no flavour. Where can I get the "exotic" garden plants?
We would like to see the wholesalers have a retail outlet, so that homeowners or condo dwellers can get something that only the landscapers will get access to.
Maybe with this thread, you can report on the plant nurseries that you came across, and most importantly, are still open.
While there will be big box stores or grocery stores that sell nursery stock, they are only a side business for them. Looking for experts to help you? Not if they only pay the staff minimum wage. I would expect that they will be selling only the common varieties of plants. Stuff the serious gardeners are not looking for. I don't want "beefsteak" tomatoes for example, which have no flavour. Where can I get the "exotic" garden plants?
We would like to see the wholesalers have a retail outlet, so that homeowners or condo dwellers can get something that only the landscapers will get access to.
Maybe with this thread, you can report on the plant nurseries that you came across, and most importantly, are still open.