I'm going today (need some sedums), but as I recall from past years it's usually mid March when they start getting a lot of their new stock in.

I usually go about the first of April. I still have to keep the annuals in my foyer on really cold nights for another two weeks, but I've found that if I wait until later in the month, they run out of some things.

I usually go in April for herbs, annuals and perennials. I was at three wholesale grower's nurseries this week and much of their NC grown stock is still just half-rooted. My favorite nursery is just starting to pot up the perennials for availability in April.

Hi Shannon, most of our annuals will be available the first weeks in April. John the owner is still ordering and getting in daily new perennials so while you can plant the hardy perennials now you might want to wait till the last couple weeks in March till we get the bulk of everything in to shop. Just today I convinced him to bring in two new perennials I just HAD to have ha.

One more thing, we are open Sundays 1-5. That seems to be our slowest day for some reason. If you can only shop on the weekends it might be a nicer experience for you if come on Sunday. Adele

I'm hoping to go in early April. And now I just wanna see what plants it is that Adele wants so bad....

Today convinced me I have to go back in a few weeks, but they did have lots of sedums to choose from! I also saw a new ginger, which I'll wait to get next trip.

Was that the variegated one with orange flowers? We have all been a-twitter over that one. I'm waiting a couple weeks to get it also.

We don't normally carry trees but we also just brought in a lovely new salix 'peacock' a sport of Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'. I love, love, love this willow. It's really more of a bush form that can be trained or trimmed to suit your fancy. The plus is its variegated (white and green) and the new growth has a pinkish tinge. The sport 'peacock' is supposed to hold the pink longer into the summer months. I've got both now and am curious to see if there will be much of a difference. Adele

Okay, I will try and hold off until later in March. But it is so hard. I started a new bed last year and I need bones.

Adele- which plants did you have to have?!! Okay, don't tell me unless it needs shade. I can't possibly add anything else to my "want, gotta have that list." lol. The weekends are the best time for me to shop although it might be possible for me to do a "school day" trip. I just have to be in carpool by 2:45. (And have room for my kids in the car.)

Rootdigger I'm jealous. I have a couple of sedums from the swaps probably from you or Nancydar. And last fall did pickup a varigated Ginger from the swap. I hope it makes it. It was so pretty.
I know mid March-late March is only a couple of weeks away but man is time passing slowly. I think it is because I didn't get to go last year. Shannon

Adele, I looked at so many plants that I can't remember which one it (ginger) was, but I know I have every ginger they carry and I don't have that one, lol... I just hope it's still there when I get back! The salix sounds scrumptious, so I'll look for it too. There is a eucalyptus outside the potting room door in the courtyard that I really like. He needs to propagate that one! I can't remember the name of it but it had red stems and was so nice and green for this time of year. Very handsome plant!

Shannon, I haven't been to a greenhouse ALL winter so I was ready for a plant fix injection. The Green Shakes are not a pretty thing. About 10 minutes in I felt myself unclenching and reveling in the moment as the smell of green cleared the fog of winter from my mind... DH was laughing at me, lol, but it really was therapeutic! I hope you can get your fix soon!

I went to a few local garden centers recently and they had hardly any perennials out yet so I'll wait to make that long trip. I might wander out to the farmer's market soon just to see what's out. This warm weather makes me want to start getting going in the garden, but it's still a bit early and there's a lot that won't be showing up for some time.
Do tell us what you want Adelle, that's such a tease... -Ais.

Oh Ais....I want EVERYTHING. Sometimes I think my head will explode working at 'that place'. Want lists go in and out of my head at alarming rates. Last fall I was bugging John to bring in Hakonechloa Aureola but he kept telling me it wouldn't grow here. I had to go 'out of house' and buy them. I am hoping to prove to him that they will grow here. We will see. The two I HAD to have just recently aren't anything that spectacular, they both were really just whims. The first was sambucus 'black beauty' that I had seen in the dutchgarden catalog that day. The other was a gold mound duranta I saw the night before while researching a couple of durantas that we do carry. We carry the 'all gold' and the 'gold tip' It wasn't actually me that wanted the 'gold mound' but a co-worker, I just went along with her latest HAVE TO HAVE whim. So you see I am easily swayed back and forth. A dangerous character trait to have when you work at a place like BB's. Adele

I made my pilgrimage to 'that place' this past weekend. Can't imagine having to sort through any more 'wants' than I did, so if this wasn't fully stocked it's probably just as well, or I'd never have been able to get to the succulents at the end. I keep been meaning to start at that end but I always forget.

Adele, I'm growing several of the Hakonechloa cultivars. The species does the best for me even though it's hardest to find for sale. The cultivars are thinner in habit than the flowing mounds you see in the catalogs but I still like them. I think I've got Aureola, Albostriata, and All Gold out there, with the latter being the slowest.

Karen, I am excited to hear about your success with Hakonechloa. Do you grow it in shade or sun. I had read that in hot climates it was best in shade so I planted them under some native holly trees. I added compost and soil moist as well as a couple prayers and probably a mild threat. Adele