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Why Buy Ready
Plants
WHY
BUY READY-GROWN PLANTS? Sowing seed is the cheapest
and easiest method of creating bedding plants; perennials
are easily propagated by division; and cuttings are the most
economical way of propagating trees and shrubs. So what are
the pros and cons of buying ready-grown plants?
Bulbs
Seeds of bulbous plants take years to grow and develop a
bulb that will produce flowers.
Seeds of some bulbous plants are not readily available.
Bedding plants
Only a few plants are needed.
Delicate seedlings receive protection in nursery greenhouse
Space is saved on biennials that will not flower for a year.
Perennials
Mature plants offer a quicker, showier display of flowers.
Cuttings and division take up time and space that can be
saved.
Provides an "instant" garden.
Container shrubs and trees
Cuttings take time to mature.
More flexibility for planting times.
Best chance of healthy specimens.
Container-grown plants may be expensive
Bare-root and balled-root shrubs and trees
Cuttings take time to mature.
Bare-root plants are cheaper than balled-root and container
plants
Restricted to planting in late fall through early spring,
depending on zone.
Plants packaged this way can be difficult to check for
health and are prone to being damaged or started into
premature growth.
Convenient for mail order, but sometimes delayed or damaged.
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