While Plant Lust exists to bring over 100 nurseries to the comfort of your own home, we still love the inspiration of an in-person nursery visit and generally leave with a car-trunk full of things we just couldn’t possibly resist. Come join us here!
This weekend I felt like a high roller. Picture less Vegas vacation, diamonds, cars and rolling around on piles of cash. More rolling around on piles of groundcovers and you've got the idea. We're among gardeners here. You guys get it. Thanks to Tamara of Chickadee...
Winter is a great time to appreciate year round punch. The bones of a good tree, fruit laden shrubbery, spiky plants scoffing at cloudy skies. The bark of Crape Myrtles, Stewartias, and Japanese Maples, ooh la la. Confiners busy on double duty, sinewy structure...
It’s conifer season, and high time I tackle this topic. Oh, I've tried before, but every time I undertake Conifers 101, I get overwhelmed with how much there is to learn. I’m determined to stick with it this time. (Note to self: stop trying to learn everything...
Annie’s Annuals and Perennials is unlike any other nursery I’ve visited. I’ll let Annie herself tell you why… “From humble beginnings as a backyard hobby 20 years ago, "Annie's" has evolved into a 2 ½-acre "growing" nursery here in Richmond, CA (across the Bay from...
Many people break down the plant selling biz along these lines: there are nurseries and there are plant stores, plant stores sell the plants the nurseries grow. However when a plant store becomes a destination for both new and experienced gardeners alike, heck even...
I really meant to draw up a blueprint for Flamingo Park Gardens, develop a strategy, make a definite plan—on paper. And if wishes were horses… I seem to be buying plants, quite a few plants, and working the “plan” outward from there. Oh, I can hear professional garden...
One of our primary goals at plant lust is to support the fabulous independent and specialty nurseries which grow (as well as discover and then propagate/or breed) the plants we lust after. While you can always peruse their offerings on our website a visit to the...