If spring is here, can plant sales be far behind?
Memphis Botanic Garden greenhouse manager Tyler Taylor places labels on yellow bell peppers that will soon be for sale. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Chocolate chip bungleweed in one of the greenhouses at the Memphis Botanic Garden March 24, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Botanic Garden greenhouse manager Tyler Taylor inspects a plant that will be for sale. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dale Skaggs inspects the Dixon strain of foamflower, or Tiarella. that will be offered in the spring plant sale at Dixon Gallery & Gardens. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dale Skaggs checks out the Velvet Elvis plants at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens March 24, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tulips grow in a patch of light at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens March 24, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Lichterman plant sale features the plants that bud and bloom in time. (Submitted by Lichterman Nature Center)
Garden directors can’t predict when flowers will bloom, but they can set dates and times for plant sales. The traditional spring events start in mid-April this year, and each venue has unique offerings.
