hazelnut said: Ive noticed plants I buy at big box stores just don't have the longevity of plants I grow myself from seed.
Unfortunately, convincing people that are used to purchasing those uniform big box plants... not easy... There even seem to be people that prefer the whole bedding plant experience!
I have a hard time seeing [as gardening]... plugging a buncha plants into a bed for a few months... and then ripping them out... and putting in different ones for a few months... might be more accurate to call it 'flower arranging' ...
Gets old... nothing ever does anything...