where do you buy house plants?
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Anonymous
| Looking for some house plants. Probably parlor palm, bromeliad, calathea, maybe a succulent. I know not to go to Home Depot, have heard too much about bugs. Do you just go to a local nursery/garden center? Order online from a plant specific website (the sill, rooted, etc.)? |
Anonymous
| Merrifield Garden has a good selection of plants for indoors and outdoors. |
Anonymous
+1, this is where to go for "fancy" plants but, FYI, they can still have bugs. I usually get mine at Home Depot and have only gotten bugs once. |
Anonymous
| Also, I go to the Kensington Farmers Market and the plant person there often has houseplants. I just watered two I bought from her that are doing really well. Saturday mornings. She comes in winter unless it’s below freezing, I think. |
Anonymous
| Sill on Bethesda Row is great, they have everything sectioned by level of care needed, light level and the people there are really knowledgeable. |
Anonymous
| OP here, thank you! |
Anonymous
At such high prices, we expect no bugs on plants. Doesn’t hurt to inspect the whole plant before paying for them. |
Anonymous
| I ordered a bunch, including some pretty large ones, from Little Leaf and had them delivered. I think LL closed, but Rewild is similar and delivers. |
Anonymous
| Plants Alive in Silver Spring. Great but pricey. |
Anonymous
| The online places won’t ship in freezing weather. |
Anonymous
| Botanologica in Falls church. My Arlington Buy Nothing group has a lot of people who propagate plants. |
Anonymous
| Good Earth in Potomac. Rewild DC opened a location in Potomac too. There’s also American Plant. Agree Plants Alive is a bit pricey. I would also be extra careful to check for bugs there. I had to put several plants back after noticing mealy bugs/white flies infesting the plant. |
Anonymous
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Whenever you buy a new houseplant, even if you don't see bugs, you should isolate that plant for at least a week better two away from your other houseplants.
Bugs happen even in the stock at very pricey nice places. Bugs can be managed/eradicated by appropriate means, typically soapy water does the trick. Isolate new plants, always. I pick up my houseplants at the grocery store, HD, Lowe's, and a local florist with a great selection - but she is pricey so I don't stop in there often. |
Anonymous
Way too pricey for what they are offering. I like the Sill and Rewild. |
Anonymous
| Trader Joe’s. |