Well, it is across town from me but there is a Home Depot at the Pinnacle Shopping Center and a Lowe's just down the street. Both are within sight of Jefferson Memorial Cemetery. Google the two words - nursery Trussville - and a number of places pop up. I Googled for bonsai supplies and got nothing or value. Call the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and ask for a contact with the Bonsai society. Most plant societies leave contact information with the BBG.

I can't guarantee that they'll have either of those two things, but if you're going to be in the Trussville area you owe it to yourself to visit Leath Greenhouses, located at 2449 Old Springville Road. It's very easy to locate; you can contact them at (205) 854-3673 for directions.

I don't get there often enough but it's always worth the visit.

Good luck & have fun wherever you wind up!

Nelson

Nelson. Have you been to Leath's since they changed owners? What are the prices and selection like? I pass it almost every day but never seem to have the time to stop when I am out.
Jill

Jill,

Jan (birdlady10) and I stopped by there sometime this summer almost by accident, and were very pleasantly surprised.

The current owner is an extremely nice guy who told us how the original owners had shut the place down practically over night last December. He was one of the original employees and couldn't stand to see the place abandoned, so worked out some kind of deal to open it back up (God I hope I'm remembering this correctly!).

Anyway, at the time he was working his a$$ off to restore the business and get it restocked, and we both admired his drive & determination. I hope like heck he does very well.

The selection was a bit shy of what it was originally, but he was working hard to correct that and it shouldn't be a problem by now. I always thought the prices were reasonable and still do.

He had a great selection of what I refer to as "florist quality" houseplants, cacti, succulents, aquatic and carnivorous plants, as well as some nice tropicals and perennials.

I wish the place was closer - the few times I've visited have always been a treat and I've always found something unusual I couldn't do without!

Nelson

I went to Leath's today and it was great!! Lots of neat stuff and prices were very good; the people were very nice also. Thanks to everyone!! I also got 4 small bonsai pots there.

Yea! Glad you made it and had a great time. Now you've got me wantin' to go back :-)

Nelson

Let me try to remember what they had... I mostly concentrated on succulents. They had two types of Haworthia (one was probably H. retusa, the other a dark green columnar, Echinopsis, a Mammillaria, Rhipsalis cereuscula, Hatoria salicornioides, Euphorbia trigona, Cissus quadrangularis, several succulent Tradescantias, Birdsnest Sansevieria, a sedum (guatemalense?), and Euphorbia platyclada, which gets my vote as world's ugliest plant. They had Nematanthus, two kinds (I think they are two kinds!. Many other things, including a few bromeliads, but I just did not pay attention to it all!