Garden Center Experience: Annuals, Perennials, and Expert Advice

Spring garden center visits offer sensory delights: trays of colorful annuals, perennials with generational histories, and full supporting cast of tools, soil, and fertilizers.

Plant Categories

Perennials return yearly—trees, shrubs, many flowers. Size doesn't indicate type. Higher initial cost but long-term value; can be moved or shared. Annuals last one season—trendy, affordable, greenhouse-grown in bulk. Perfect for seasonal color experimentation.

Expert Guidance

Horticultural staff combine science with practical experience—irreplaceable for successful gardening. Personal relationships with fellow gardeners at the center build cumulative knowledge.