Already done - all my plants are potted, except one pot I forgot to order something for and my strawberry pot, I forgot about it too and want some moss roses! I do some mixed containers, including an old copper boiler pot on the front porch. Also was able to get ferns and a hanging basket (bouganvilla - I know I mispelled that LOL!). We keep potting soil on hand. Watered and fertilized everything today. Before the stay at home issue, we were able to get some more creeping phlox, candy tuft and a few new azaleas (we had 3 die over the winter and also needed some for a new bed). I love SPRING!!!

ETA - We have a great local nursery and our grocery store has some plants in. I found the ferns there (while grocery shopping, not out shopping for plants).

Forgot, for the first time the local green house had my favorite flower of all time, Coreopsis Moonbeam. Happy dance!

Lucky you! I would love to help keep our local garden centers open, but they are not allowed to do business....not even delivery or curbside pickup. (Michigan)

all of our small nurseries and garden shops are delivering-- they'd be crazy not to--but they are reminding us all that despite the renewed enthusiasm the Stay At Home order has sparked, it's too early to put a wide range of plants in the ground!

Online seed retailers are seeing record numbers of orders.

Tina, I was upset they didn't have Moss Rose, which I call Rose Moss. lol It used to reseed but it's day is done. DH always has bags of potting soil in the green house which I steal, but he hasn't had the time to stock up yet.

Bluebell, why not? This time of the year is what puts food on their table and it makes no sense! Can you get groceries curbside? I forgot, MI was hit hard by the virus, wasn't it?

Funky, it's also too early here to set plants out, I think we can after the 16th. Seeds! I need to order some, especially Cosmos.

Maire, now I'm craving a salad! Does your lettuce pop up in the strangest places outside the garden? We get little bunches in the gravel drive around the greenhouse and my little grandaughter will always grab a leaf and eat it, but never during dinner. :)

Mairecate, butter head is one of my favorite lettuces. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Oakley - that's interesting that your lettuce escapes - that's really bolting! You're in a warmer climate though so maybe it selfseeds. I'm not too far from funky and when the lettuce starts to bolt we pull it out.

localeater - I haven't had Butterhead before but the plant tag referred to it as a Boston lettuce.

It's still a little early in the season so the nursery will deliver the rest when they get it.

We have a bunch of seedlings shipping from Burpee soon (don't forget about catalog/online orders!) , but, yes, Lowe's or Pike nurseries will deliver garden soil or plants here. I usually get my coleus for the front planter box from the large farmers market, but not sure I want to go if I can get delivery. But I know Pike has them.

Gscience, I've ordered plants online a few times with great success and I may order more, depending on if I need them or not. The Clematis I ordered a few years ago are stunning!

If you're not sure about delivery, call a nursery and I bet they're doing it. I read that in the UK over $200 million worth of plants will be destroyed from all the nurseries. Boy, I hope not.

Garden centers in my state are open, so I hope to go there as usual. I will wear a mask and keep my distance from others. I always order plants online, too.

I got my spring order from High Country Gardens about five weeks ago because we’re in zone 8. Everything is coming up except the rain lilies which I have now been told to expect to see in late summer. I planted two fireworks goldenrod, six red devil verbena, five or six mixed color canna lillies, a couple of butterfly weeds, a few yellow flowering Texas yucca, and two ghost honeysuckle vines. It will be a couple of seasons before they really look great.

On our last visit to the garden Depts of our big box stores I bought a few things to spruce up the front and recently posted some pics on the projects thread. When I watered them this morning I took a picture....they have really grown!

The stock and giant pansies are doing really well but the candytuft is just not happy ☹️

Here are some of the shrubs, fig and blueberries. They have come back to life but the one is finally showing some leaves. They got eaten by the deer so now we have the netting. We also got more of these large pots. We ask for fewer boxes but they still put them each in a box. Oh well I put them out on Nextdoor and someone gets them.

Oakley, Michigan is shut down except for non-essential jobs. Garden centers are not considered essential.

Bluebell - that's really a shame, especially for those gardeners who have been going through catalogs all winter just dreaming about what they want to plant.

DH drove past our nursery today on his way to the pharmacy. He was shocked at how busy they were - he said it looked like one of those Sunday afternoons in May when everyone decides they need flowers. It was 75 today which was about 15 degrees above normal and I guess that helped bring people out.

KSWL, you did a great job. Is the Candytuft in front? For the time being, use your hands to scoot the mulch away from the bottom of each plant. Some plants need to breathe in that area. Iv'e had to do it before and it seemed to work, or it was just a coincidence.

Gscience, those trellis's are nice looking. I may find a new vine to grow in a pot this year.

Thanks Oakley. I redo the pine straw every few days to make sure the plants have breathing room but the dogs walking around them and the landscapers doing edging and mowing seem to manage to cover them up as soon as I free them.

They are tomato stakes he buys at Lowe's, but we have to put the deer netting around them. Two of our other raised beds at the back of the deck are no longer getting enough sun, so we are going to have to put more at the side of the house. Plus, one of those raised beds is falling apart. The containers are fairly easy to move around, and those super large ones can handle tomatoes, too.

Well, it snowed here this morning outside Buffalo, NY. But I called a local nursery so I could do a curbside pickup of potted plants for Easter presents. And I have the Bluestone Perennials catalog next to me to put together my order from them. They have great unusual varieties of perennials. I don't order the usual things I can find in any local nursery, since they can be a tad more expensive. But love their selections for my northern gardens. Anyone interested in perennial mums, they have a huge selection. Just make sure you protect them from the bunnies until they get larger, I speak from experience. LOL!