Impulse garden purchases at the local big box store
We're probably all guilty of doing this. You walk into Home Depot or Lowes and spot a plant that looks really nice but you don't know anything about it. For just a few bucks you buy it only to have it die before you could do anything about it. Those early season tomatoes that are set out in March won't make it because it's still too early to plant tomatoes for a few more months. That fruit tree that probably won't see it's first fruit because your region is too hot or too cold. Last week, I walked into an Home Depot and then an Atwoods and I could not resist the temptation to purchase a $13 pear tree and an $8 grape vine. The package markings were suspiciously devoid of detailed plant hardiness or even the type of grape I was buying (red seedless was not enough information to go on). I knew if I was going to buy it, I had to act quickly because these plants are delivered in a dormant state and stored inside near the cash registers where they hope p