I am lucky we have 3 Lowe's in the area and they all have a good set up. Two Lowe's location will put beautiful potted plants on clearance when new shipments arrive. The other one will not put anything until they are almost halfway decent.
Here are a few of my half off winter succulent rescue. Basically I bought these for the price of the pots and succulents were free:
These were half off last winter, they are full price now.