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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.
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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.
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 | Nurseries
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.
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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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