Home Depot and Plants

If you are looking for a place to buy plants that have reasonable prices and a wide variety of plants to choose from, then I would recommend going to Home Depot for you gardening needs. I have worked at Home Depot for the past four summers as a plant vendor and the prices and products that Home Depot provides is hard to beat. If you had to choose from Walmart, Lowes, or Home Depot, you should go with Home Depot one hundred percent. If you want to know my feelings about Walmart and plants, be sure to check my blog post that I did on that subject just a while back. Here are some benefits to shopping at Home Depot for your gardening needs.

The first benefit to shopping at Home Depot for your plant needs is the accessibility. Home Depot is a huge company that can be found all across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico with 2,286 stores. The main problem I find with local nurseries is that there aren’t many of them. The closest nursery to my house is thirty minutes away. It usually comes down to it being an inconvenience to go the local nurseries because it out of the way. Home Depot on the other hand is only ten minutes from my house and is a much easier drive. This is probably true for most people because there aren’t many local nurseries, but there is a lot of Home Depot’s around to help you with your gardening needs.

The second benefit to shopping at Home Depot for your plant needs is the pricing of the products. I find that shopping at local nurseries tends to be more expensive. They do provide more of a personal experience when shopping with them but the price doesn’t always match up  to how much the plant is actually worth. They do care for their plants more too. Home Depot on the other hand doesn’t have the man power to keep up the amount of plants they have. If you are going to a local nursery, you will get a more personal experience with plants that are taken care of everyday, but the prices tend to be higher because of those reasons. Home Depot keeps their prices fair for the plants you are buying. If you are buying a one gallon plant, the price is around eight dollars. The one gallon plants are smaller plants that are just starting to grow and have a while before they reach full maturity. The next size of plant that you can purchase are two gallon plants. These plants are priced around twenty-two dollars and are a medium size. They aren’t fully mature plants but they are big enough to take up some space in your garden. Also, you can still watch them grow, which is always rewarding to see. The next size is a three gallon plant. They are priced at thirty dollars and are slightly more mature than the two gallon plants. I would recommend going with the two gallon plants just because there is not a very noticeable difference in the plants actual size. The only real difference is the pot size. Lastly, they even have plants that are five gallons and up. The prices of these range from fifty dollars to one hundred and fifty dollars. Five gallon and up plants are very mature or completely matured; these plants are perfect for the customer who doesn’t have the time or the patience for the plant to reach its full size. Compared to nurseries, these prices are amazing. Also, these are brand named plants the come from well known growers; First Edition, Proven Winners, Knock Out Roses, etc. Lastly, Home Depot is always putting their stuff on and off sale. If you wait to the end of June, most of the shrubs are fifty percent off. Keep a close look at your local newspaper because that is where they’ll tell you when things are going on sale.

The Third benefit to buying your plants from home depot is the variety. If it is a decently common plant, Home Depot will have it for you. To give you a better understanding as to how many different plants they have, there are three different plant vendor companies that provide all the plants. Each vendor has a different variety of plants to choose from. There is the Master Piece vendor. They work with the annual plants that die off during the winter. These plants are meant to be potted in pots and used as décor for your window sill or your patio. If you are looking for something that is colorful and ready to put on display, then the annual vendor will have the plant for you. Another vendor is the Hampshire vendor. The types of plants that they provide are flowering perennial plants. These plants will come back every year and provide a lot of color for your garden. The last vendor is the Stinchcomb vendor. This is the company that I worked for and the plants that we provided are shrubs that are perennial or annual. I would love to name all of the plants that we have but I don’t think anyone has enough time to read all of them. Some annuals that we provide are tropical plants. Hibiscus, canna, mandevilla, gardenia; just to name a few. The tropical plants provide a lot of color and give off a Hawaii vibe. The only problem is that they die in the winter because they can’t handle the cold. For the perennial plants, we have even more to choose from. From roses, to hydrangeas, to burning bush, and even arborvitaes. These are the type of plants that will make your garden or landscaping pop. The perennial shrubs also tend to be easier to take care of. As you can see there is a lot to choose from. If you need help finding a plant or understanding more about a certain plant, don’t be afraid to ask the Master Piece vendor that wears red shirts, the Hampshire vendor that wears dark blue shirts, or the Stinchcomb vendor that wears grey shirts.

Home Depot is the place that I would recommend to anyone that is looking to find a wide variety of plants at a reasonable price. I hope this gave you a better understanding of what Home Depot provides when it comes to plants.

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