The stores are bursting with colorful plants, and you’re ready to get going. So, where do you go to buy your plants?
Based on surveys with shoppers around the sound, Checkbook.org finds that when it comes to plants, there is a relationship between price and quality.
“The companies that get the highest ratings for plant quality and customer service tend to charge higher prices,” said Kevin Brasler, Checkbook’s executive editor. “The Home Depot and Lowe’s charge really low prices for plants. Compared to most other chains and independents, they have very, very low prices. But they also get really low ratings from their customers that we survey for things like product quality, advice, and customer service.”
Checkbook is an independent, non-profit, subscriber-based consumer rating and education service. As a courtesy to Northwest Newsradio listeners, you can use this special link (until June 5, 2022) to get a free 30-day trial membership to Checkbook. This gives you access to all the local ratings, including 91 garden centers around the Sound.
LISTEN to Checkbook’s Consumerpedia podcast: Growing Concerns: How to Buy Plants and Get Good Lawn Care
