Marshaaa,

The prices here are ridiculous, aren't they? I'd say go for it soon. I don't think they come down more than 40% off. If you're looking for something in particular I wouldn't wait long.

Also, there is a clearance section in the southeast section of the store, against the south wall. I've picked up glazed pots, trays and some odd ball plants there for cheap. You never know what you'll find.

The Tree Farm started their buy one, get one for a nickel sale on trees 2 weeks early this year. One of the staff told me it's been really tough to keep the the plants looking good this drought year, so they're just moving them out early.

Have fun! I love Paulino's.

Barb

Agree with treebarb, you won't get lower than 40% off except in the clearance sections. If you are in town, you may also visit O'Toole's and there may be some clearance left at some of the big box stores.

If you come up to the O'Tooles in Littleton (the closest one to you in Castle Rock) don't expect a lot. They sure LOOOOOOOOVE water. I swear they keep those poor plants completely underwater for 8 hours a day and by this point in the year there's not a whole lot left of them.

Wilmore, which is at C-470 and Broadway, which is not a terrible terrible drive if you're driving up to Denver for plants anyways takes MUCH better care of their stock.

Prices anywhere are astronomical thoug. Buying the smaller plants helps, and they usually do better in the long run anyway.

Thanks, everybody! I'm heading out today, although traveling on I-25 is risk-taking at it's worst! What we're willing to do for plants ....

Paulino's was fun - definitely the go-to place for perennials. Zach, thanks for telling me about Wilmore. Although their sale was not as good, I found a few things that were sold out at Paulino's. Tomorrow - Tagawa's!

Let me know what you think about Tagawa. I have some family who work there so I get the family discount but even with that, I think it's very expensive. I will say they have a very nice selection of hostas.

Paulino's is about the only garden center that I can afford anymore; sadly, no money this year to participate in the sale, but I hope everyone else that wants to gets to do so.

Nurseries/garden centers around here are WAAAAAAAYYYY too proud of their stuff! I used to go to Echter's all the time, to the point that some of the folks there knew my name, lol. They have a wonderful selection of plants, many unusual cultivars, all well-cared for and they have (or at least used to) a two-year warranty on nursery stock for a relatively nominal fee - but they got more and more expensive and it was no longer fun to go there just to look at all the lovely plants that I could no longer afford. I may have gone there once last year, didn't even check them out this year. Timberline is now closed. Tagawa's is a nice nursery to visit, but it is even more expensive than Echter's. O'Tooles has never impressed me.

It seems that the garden centers in Colorado are trying to make gardening a rich person's hobby/passion, pricing out the rest of us. I give thanks that we can still buy affordable seeds, have access to out of state sources via the Internet (or catalogue) - and that our "tradition" of having wonderful plant swaps twice a year still continues.

Holly