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4 - Buying plants
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Buying plants
Thanks to the plastic flowerpot, plants are grown, sold and planted all year round. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with taking advantage of someone else’s labour and buying ready-grown plants. Visiting garden centres and especially nurseries will introduce you to new plants you might not otherwise come across.
Garden centres
These days many garden centres are like department stores. Plant sales are only one aspect of their business. Nevertheless, a good one will sell a reasonable range of ‘everyday’ plants, and you can choose the best plants.
Nursery plantsNurseries
Usually small businesses run by enthusiasts who specialise in a particular plant type; alpines, clematis, old-fashioned perennials, herbs, rhododendrons, and so on. Nurseries are fantastic places to buy unusual plants, and owners are often generous with their knowledge.
Online and mail order
Both options are becoming increasingly popular and the internet is a great source for locating specialist nurseries. But you don’t get to see what you have ordered until it arrives. This isn’t such a problem with specialist nurseries. It is also a popular way to buy young plants (also known as ‘p±ô³Ü²µ²õ’) which are easy to pack and cheap to mail.
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