There's one in Layton I like for their variety of plants.

Their names are fairly similar, so I sometimes mix the names up (J&L vs J&J).

I live in Utah County, so locally I often go to Cook's Greenhouse Nursery in Orem.

If you like seeds, you really need to see Granite Seed Company's website. They're in Lehi, and I've been very happy with seeds I've bought there. They are a bulk seller of seed, so go there when you need a lot of something. But they have some great natives and unusual things.

I've also been to Wasatch Shadows in Sandy a few times and liked the service and selection.

Oh, and there's also Linden Nursery in Lindon (they refuse to misspell the name of the tree like the town founder did). I didn't buy many plants there, but back when I did the whole new landscape in 2001, Linden Nursery had this great landscape designer working there who would draw up a very detailed landscape plan for about $400. Made blueprints with complete plant lists and hardscape elements and everything. It was great to have his help in shaping my yards. I don't know if they still offer that service.

I have to admit, though, that if I need run-of-the-mill stuff, I just go to Wal-Mart, Lowes, or Home Depot. Low prices are good.

I've found a nice thing or two at Vineyard in Orem - yuccas, various trees(even Dawn Redwood, Large leaf Catalpa).

Even Lowes will come up with unusual plants - hardy agave, yuccas, bamboo etc.

Good luck, Alan

Crystal

I'll have to check out some of the others mentioned. I'm going to need a lot of plant materials this spring.

I would not buy anything from Glover's.
I had a very bad experience in 2003, spent alot of $$, and quite a lot of the perennials failed to thrive.... turned out they gave me bad planting advise, as I later learned.
Was a beginner to perennial gardening back then.
When I went back to talk to them about the problem, they had very poor customer service.
Told me basically they were not going to do anything cause I should not have gone on the advise of the salesperson to tell me if a plant should go in the shade or full sun.
Well "hello!!" isn't that why I went to Glover's instead of Walmart? For their knowledge??
Since then I have learned colombine and foxglove like shade and full sun is not their friend like I was told by Glover's. A few days later when I went back for something to plant behind to grow taller, they told me that delphinium would be a good choice it would grow to be about 6 feet,,,, yah right....Not theirs maybe two feet! LOL
My strawberries from there must have been the STERILE everbearing variety. For all these years they have done nothing but get green and pretty. I have done EVERYTHING imaginable to get them to bloom and produce... nothing.
Yet the ones from Walmart gave us lots of berries!
One of my friends later said she bought two flats of pansies and they were all dying, she knows my pansies always look great, so she asked me to come take a look.... They were fried! They were in FULL SUN at the advise of Glover's salesperson(was probably the same idiot that sold me mine)...when I told her what the problem was, she said Glover's were even selling them on tables in full sun, and I remembered that they were cause I bought a few flats of pansies from them too.

That was an expensive lesson to learn, but do research on your plants before you plant and do not go on the advise of salesclerks!

I decided that I just would not work with Glover's again.

I like the variety of herbs that I can find at Western Garden center across from Trolley Square. I wandered in there one day, not really thinking that they would have what herb I was looking for, since other places didn't either... and they not only had the Lemongrass I was looking for, but they had a huge variety of unusual basils and then I noticed all the bareroot roses that they had.... WOW! What a selection! Every Jackson & Perkins rose offered in the catalogue was there! And priced about what it would cost to order from the catalogue! I promptly bought the lemongrass, one each of the basil and two lavender roses.

Anyone know about the nursery in Uintah, South of Ogden? I heard it was really big, but nothing more. What do they carry? How are their prices? If I am going to go up to Willard Bay and Brigham Cuty, might as well check them out along the way.

I would recommend the dump to everyone who can find access to a pick up..... TOTALLY worth it..... Word of advise though......
make sure that you have a good wheelbarrow or two, several teenagers with shovels to get the stuff outta the bed of the truck once you get home! LOL
Took me close to a week on my own to do it!
Glutton for punishment, I went back 2 more times to get more!!

Keep going north and you'll drive through Brigham City. Just beyond Brigham is another nursery--or I should say a gal who sells plants. Even if no one is there, you can leave your money in a box on her porch. She has an amazing variety. It's best if she IS there. She'll take you on a tour of her garden, and show you plants that do well in various conditions. It's a very pleasant way to spend an hour.

Willard Bay Gardens is awesome too.
J & J Nursery in Layton is good too. I get most of my houseplants for home & work from them.

HTH

Last week I went to Valley Nursery in Uintah and I loved it!
I bought three flats of pansies and had a hard time making up my mind on which colors, there were so many to choose from!
They had lots of violas too in amazing colors!
They are HUGE, they have easily got to three times the size of Glovers!
Then I get finished planting my astibilles, hostas and ferns, I will have to go back and see what are in all their different buildings.

When I bought my pansies, they were so nice, the guy offered to carry all the flats to my car and load them for me!
Lets see Walmart give that kinda personalized service!

Speaking of Walmart, Saturday, I was at the new one in Sandy where the old Quarry used to be, and the are selling tons of plants there that are;
1) NOT zoned for UT!
2) TOO early to survive the Spring
3)A huge variety this early in the season... Lemon trees, every kind of veggie you can imagine...
Almost every customer out there was buying tomato plants, and I overheard one of the customers ask if she should plant it in the ground or in a container, The salesperson said, "you could go home and plant it in the ground, or we have some potting soil back here you can get for a container."
I hate that alot of these places hire people who have NO CLUE what they are talking about and make themselves into "an authority " on the subject of plants, just because they work in the garden center.
Bet they barely know the difference between a pansy and a petunia!

The worst thing is, in a week or two when that tomato plant is freezing to death, struggling to survive, that customer is going to rip it up outta the ground, go to customer service and complain about it.
Walmart(with their dumb employee giving wrong advise), Wrong for selling it too early to begin with will gladly give the customer back the $$, then turn around and NOT pay the grower who foolishly sold it to Walmart to begin with!

That garden center was a buzz of buying frenzy.... Some grower, thinking all the product was headed for a zone 9-11 will go out of business later this year!

I like Walmart, but not when they are stupid and make someone else pay for their stupidity!

PlantWorld sucks. Super high prices, badly grown trees, baaadly organized layout (roses next to pavers next to veggies). I never know where to find anything.

I liked Star Nursery for a long time because they are based out of Las Vegas and have a lot of 'desert' plants and amendments that are desert-soil specific. Their staffs knowledge is so-so because they have a lot of seasonal-only and non-english-speaking help. If you buy parts for a water system from them, they will help you design and pick parts for the system, which is a good service.

Lately though I've been favoring plain old Lowes mainly because they have a one-year-money-back guarantee if I kill it. :D I like that! Also I can find some plants that aren't normally grown in this area but that I can play with making microclimates for (like blueberry bushes). I also got some great roses from them on clearance for $3.00! They only problems is the nursery is small and there isn't a lot of stuff.

Thats my vote for southern Utah!

Empire Gardens (Wholesale & retail, easiest way to find it is to head north on 700 East and around 3600 South look for a tiny street marked "Empire" on your right.) Bring a checkbook & look for Ruth. Knock on the door if you can't find anyone. Great for gallon pots of drought resistant perennials, shrubs, trees, whatever. When folks stop by in the fall to ask where I'm getting such great plant material, this is generally where I've been. Family relationship with Millcreek Gardens.

Millcreek Gardens (around 36OO S on 900 E) This is where I get my cocoa hulls for mulch. (Ask for discounts on multiple bags and soon your garden will smell like chocolate too!)

Cactus & Tropicals (corner of 2000 E & 2700 S) I go here year round due to frequent tempting orchid deliveries. Lots more than the name suggests. Friendly knowledgeable staff, many with a sense of humor which I appreciate during gardening challenges.

not a nursery per se, but fun for gardeners:

Farmers Market (8am Saturday at Pioneer Park) Consider the lilies near Borski Farms & Caputo's on north side of market, heading east. Empire Gardens has a sampling of plants further west on that north side walkway. Lilies, houseplants, trellises & more around the market. I purchased stone and metal garden garden benches from a local artist here, great finds for gardeners throughout the market. Organic farmers happy to talk shop, specialty growers of perennials & houseplants, artists who will handcraft something fabulous for your garden.

Plenty of great food, fiddles, and organic coffee to keep up your strength while seeing and being seen. Great stop for newcomers to Salt Lake as well, you'll see a lot of Salt Lake at once!

Ladybug Nursery is located just off Hwy 56, on Westridge rd. in Cedar City