PIcked up some Hyacinths and Easter Lillies today.... Wal Mart kept the prices
high for a few days after Easter, but finally lowered them somewhat...

Hyacinths - 3.00 per pot 3, sometimes 4 bulbs per pot - pre Easter price 6.00

Easter Lilly - 3.00 per pot one plant per pot.... pre Easter price 6.00.

Tulips 3.00 per pot one plant per pot... pre Easter price 6.00

The store still had a fair sized selection... blooms were fading, but still
there so the hyacinth color was evident. That will help when laying
out the garden design prior to planting.

Prices might drop further as blooms die off OR Wal Mart might just dump
them in the dumpster... who knows.

Home Depot was selling nearly dead plants for 1.99. Guess they
can't afford a dumpster.

Peter

If the same type of plant is not in bloom in your area (don't know where you
are) the plants in the stores are forced into bloom for the holiday season.
That means they are weaker than flowers planted at the normal time in your
area (in the NE US - thats in the fall for the items mentioned)

Being forced, you may or may not get blooms next growing season - and if you
get them, they probably will be smaller and weaker than any bulbs planted
fresh in the fall.

Depending on your plans for your garden and your desire for good flower
coverage - those inexpensive plants might not be worth the cost.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:06:46 -0400, "JonquilJan" wrote:

If the same type of plant is not in bloom in your area (don't know where you
are) the plants in the stores are forced into bloom for the holiday season.
That means they are weaker than flowers planted at the normal time in your
area (in the NE US - thats in the fall for the items mentioned)

Being forced, you may or may not get blooms next growing season - and if you
get them, they probably will be smaller and weaker than any bulbs planted
fresh in the fall.

Depending on your plans for your garden and your desire for good flower
coverage - those inexpensive plants might not be worth the cost.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying


That's useful to know information... at least I won't spend a lot of
time in negativity if the plants fail to bloom next year....


it's worth a try, sometimes just to learn from the experience.....!!

Thanks for your advice !!

Peter