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| I've lived just north of Destin for years and have yet to find a great garden center for outdoor plants, or house plants. Any suggestions from Mobile to Panama City would be appreciated! |
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| I've purchased a lot of fruit trees from Crestview Nursery. They usually have a wide variety in the spring. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Dec 10, 12 at 8:59
| Thanks! I've seen the sign on the highway driving by and they have a website but it's so incomplete and unchanged in such a long time, I couldn't tell if they were still in business or not. |
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| Are you looking for anything specific? I've been trying to grow just about everything that fruits in N. Florida, had a lot of success and a lot of failures so far! |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Tue, Dec 11, 12 at 10:06
| Thanks again! Fruits would be good! Trees/shrubs especially. I will definitely be paying CN a visit in the spring. Of course there's raspberries and figs here already. Ok, I admit, I'm looking for fru-fru ornamental shrubs, variegated foliage, and more Coleus, haven't seen a store with more than a handful of varieties, house plants & tropicals, ramblin' roses (up to my limit of knockouts!) Also having a terrible time trying to find butterfly host and nectar plants. I've lived here 5 years and still no Asclepias! Trying to get a slip of my Mom's passion vine before the GF cats eat it all has been tricky, it would be so much easier to buy half a dozen plants. Where are all of the Flax, Silene, Phlox (tall and creeping,) daylilies, beautiful variegated Lamium, Monarda, Veronica, Polemonium, Baptisia, Brunnera, Thalictrum, Dicentra, Hostas, Columbine, etc...? Haven't seen Heliotrope or Streptocarpella since moving down here. (Going by memories of OH, some of these may not work in AL...) Flats of perennials in general seem like looking for a needle in a haystack. |
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- Posted by honeybunny2 Z9TX (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 17:23
| I buy my rare ornamental and tropical plants from Krautz greenhouse in Calif. I have always gotten great plants in 4 inch pots, that grow very fast. I get my dayliles from Maryott's Nursery in Calif. They are a rust free nursery. I buy my brugmansia from Mark on the brugmansaia forum. Most of my plants I get at the plant swaps here in Texas. Barbra |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 2, 13 at 12:50
| Thanks for that. Hoping for suggestions for in-person shopping... |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 9, 13 at 12:19
| In OH I used to love going to... DeMonye's in Columbus. Looking for places like these... |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Jan 25, 13 at 13:03
| Well, if there aren't places like this along the coast, folks might think it's worth a little drive to Dothan Nurseries. It's about 90 minutes away from me, but I had to go over there for another purpose. I never even looked at the outdoor plants, spent the whole hour I was there in the house plants. I've already picked a day in March for a return visit, with more time and a bigger vehicle! |
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| Just want to say that I sympathize! I live just east of Destin, and I know the pickin's are slim. If you get down this way, you might check out the Niceville Garden Shop on I-20 (John Sims Pkwy), or Thomas Hicks in Santa Rosa Beach (2 locations). Both are locally-owned, and offer a better variety than the Big Box stores. The Niceville Garden Shop is quaint and small, and leans toward the backyard gardener. Thomas Hicks is more of a landscape provider. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 9:22
| Heythere, thanks for the suggestions! I will definitely check those out when I can. Not that one is needed, but it's great to have a reason to drive to the beach. I've got to say more good things about Dothan Nurseries. I'm fortunate to have other reasons to be near there on Mondays, so I've been by twice more already. This place is HUGE and AMAZING and it's so beautiful, like a park where you can buy the stuff and plants. I've been 3 times and it's been different every time. New plants, new displays, lots of action and high quality plants and ideas. I feel confident in calling this place a destination, worth driving to Dothan if that's the only reason for someone to go there. |
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