Roots Backyard Nursery

I want to tell y’all a story.
A story about Beth being a bad plant mommy last summer.
Remember last summer, when it was like 200 degrees and storms blew through and it was generally unpleasant for many other reasons? Well, Beth didn’t get as much gardening done as she would have liked to. And as a result, some newly purchased potted perennials from Roots sat neglected in their poor little pots. All summer long. And fall. And winter.
Okay, it was only one newly purchased potted perennial from Roots. That somehow managed to fall underneath my potting bench and roll towards the back… and to make a long story short… it was an accident, okay?
But this poor thing sat out in the harsh Chigoland elements for 3 freakin’ seasons. In its thin, temporary nursery-​stock gallon pot. With no sunlight.
And… and…
The damn thing lived.
IT LIVED.
Imagine my surprise when mid-​March came along and Beth was getting her potting bench cleaned up from the winter and found this pot with something in it, and that something was SPROUTING. New leaves everywhere!
I planted that poor weigela and the rest is history. It bloomed as if to say «thank you».
The moral of this story is, buy plants from Roots!