Purchasing Plants

When the weather turns warm, Florida gardeners often find themselves daydreaming about all the new plants they could buy. Before racing off to the nearest nursery or garden center, take some practical advice on how to buy plants wisely.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Choosing Plants for Your Yard
• Landscape Plants: Selecting Trees from the Nursery

UF/IFAS Publications

• Budgeting for a Better Landscape
• Purchasing Healthy Plants (PDF)
• Selecting Disease Resistant Tomato Plants (PDF)
• Topics: Choosing Plants

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Buying Plants Locally
• Do Your Plant Homework
• FFL Principle #1: Right Plant, Right Place
• Plant Hardiness Zones
• Plant Labels
• Plant Patents
• Sources of Native Plants

Other Sites

Getting Started with Natives --Florida Native Plant Society

How to Buy a Plant--University of Illinois Extension

Purchasing Aquatic Plants--Virginia Cooperative Extension (PDF)

Tips on Buying Plants in the Garden Center--University of Illinois Extension

Ways to Buy Trees and Shrubs-eXtension.org