Oops! Just noticed that I didn't spell the name of the town correctly in the title, although I did in the write up. My apologies to all who live there. My sister lived there for a year when her engineer husband was working on something in the region, and she loved it. Nice small Southern town.

Rumor has it that the entire garden center industry figured out they were losing money selling things in six packs and four packs, so now the smallest you can find is a four inch pot. The business you mention was one of the last that I know of that sold new plugs or seedlings for a low price. I guess the times have caught up with them also.

Off topic but I was wondering ,ncrescue, if in your rescue efforts do you ever come across native blue-eyed grass?(siserinchium/syserinchium). It's just starting to bloom. The plants look like a miniature iris leaf fanning out but the blooms are standard petalled and a lovely blue.
I had a fit to get it when I saw it at a center(since closed) only to discover I already had the native type growing at the forest edge of the back yard. How it survived bulldozers and backhoes removing farm soil and saplings I have no idea. But, I love it and woe to the lawn manglers and weed sprayers who go anywhere near them.
Out of bloom, they look like a coarse,weedy grass and the spray boys have killed off one patch I've since repopulated.
The cultivated blue-eyed grass is not setting seed.

Yes, I have found many of these plants, and I have quite a few naturally on my property where the lawn mower cannot reach. I try to dig the ones in the field in early spring and move them to a safe area, but usually that means shade, and they really don't bloom quite as well. Do you want any if I come across some? There is more than one type, I think, but I am not qualified to make that distinction.

We had a mini-rescue yesterday, and I have almost decided I am too old for this "sport." Falling down and getting eaten by briars is not fun, but the plants are still worth it...if my body cooperates.

Thanks nc, but I've got quite a few returning to the back woodside beds now I've threatened the lawn care guys with (well, you don't want to know)..if they even walk in my back yard with any Round-up.

The darn plants look so much like weedy grass except when they're blooming. Good for naturalized borders or edges of rain gardens and they don't mind if they only get a few hours of sun. Mine are mostly in dappled shade.