Instead of ordering by mail this year, I'd like to buy all of my perennials locally. It would be great to have a thread that I can print out and take along with me - I have major spring shopping to do! So please tell me your favorites here in Long Island, along with name of city.

I'll start:

Cheap Sam's - north service road on LIE near Nichols Rad
Marders - Bridgehampton (nice stuff)
Lowe's/Kmart/Home Depot - anywhere (what can I say? they're cheap!)
Peconic River Herb Farm - can't remember name of town (nice selection)
Bayport Flower House - Bayport

Please list yours too - Thanks!

Angie

Talmage Farm Agway, Riverhead, selection and price. They grow most of the perennial stock themselves and new stuff is brought down every week so you can request items.

Peconic River Herb Farm is in Calverton. I love going there but I really don't think they have the greatest perennial selection. But they have a great selection of trees, shrubs and herbs.

Love the two sweet older women who run the place. They wear flowered dresses and straw sun bonnets. It's worth a trip just for the atmosphere.

The Garden Spot - Railroad Avenue in Center Moriches, just south of Sunrise. The people who work there are wonderful, and they make an effort to have a variety of interesting plants. More perennials and annuals than trees and shrubs.
VerDerBer's - in Aqueboge on 25. They have all kinds of perennials, but I really love their selection of trees and shrubs. They have things I've never seen anywhere else.
Stables - East Moriches on Montauk Highway. Good prices, and a nice selection. Nothing exotic, but a good variety.
Peconic River Herb Farm - Calverton on River Road. They seem to get the perennials that I would be tempted to order from the catalogs. Great shrubs and trees, and very nice annual/tropical selection that's a cut above the rest. You can buy little plugs from them at this time of year very reasonably.
Holly's - East Moriches on Montauk Highway. All Long Island-grown plants, which I like. Healthy shrubs and trees and reasonable prices.
Growers Outlet - Moriches, just off Barnes Road. Nice plants, great prices. Roam around to see what interests you, and then go find one of the guys to let you know about prices.
Hulse's Garden Shed - Downtown Center Moriches, just behind the Sea Cove and the Bagel Deli. They sell annuals in old-fashioned wooden boxes for flats (with a small deposit), and if you need less than a flat, they come and cut them out for you, and then wrap them up with newspaper and twine. This is a family operation, and they do a great job. I get vegetables, herbs, and annuals from them, and have always been pleased. It's a fun place to check out.
Marder's - Bridgehampton. When I want something really out of the ordinary it's worth stopping in. The place isn't cheap, but they get some very interesting plants, and I think it's worth a splurge from time to time!

Oh, and if anyone's looking for those whiskey half-casks for planters, the cheapest I've seen was at the K-Mart in Riverhead...just $14.99!!

Take care, and happy shopping!

Plus, visiting new nurseries is a great way for me to get to know Long Island, which is still relatively new to me (moved here about 2 1/2 years ago).

Thanks again everyone, and keep 'em coming!
Angie

Store Location
Exit 62 off L.I.E. (North Service Road)
148 Morris Avenue
Holtsville, NY 11742
Phone 631-654-3020
FAX 631-654-3022

Hours
9am to 6pm Mon.-Sat.
9am to 5pm Sun.

I purchased mostly shrubs and small trees from them, but they're all doing great 4 years later! Hicks on Jericho Tpk Westbury often has good perennials, though they're not cheap.

Li

Marder's
Martin Viette
Brookville Nursery

Also....from time to time, Frank's (the one on Wantagh Avenue in Levittown) can have some nice stock. They had some terrific buys on daylilies last year...and NO! they weren't Stell d'Oro's either!

Martin Viette is extremely expensive...but you cannot go wrong with any of their perennials (we go during the end of season sale in July).

I like Hicks too.

And then there's Agway in Hicksville...for years I've sung their praises regarding their petunia stock...the biggest and most colorful flowers going. I love petunias...they're old fashioned and I can't get enough of them.

Great thread by the way!

Ciao,
OITGAD

Long Island Perennial Farm.
They are located on Reeves Ave in Riverhead

My wife actually takes a day off from work every year to be there on the day they open. I believe they open next Friday and are usually closed by August. As the name says they do mostly perennials.

Happy Gardening fellow LIers!

Angie

I work at Martin Viette in Brookville, so that one is at the top of my list and a definite recommendation. You don't have to buy, it is just a great place to visit and walk around. It is on 43 acres.

Karen

Angie

Thanks for that recommendation Lee!

This weekend, off to the Moriches area or Martin Viette/Hick's.

Fun!

Angie

Brookville Nurseries, on 25A in Brookville.

Great selection of all types of plants, trees and shrubs, herbs and vegetables.

Wonderful atmosphere - wide open field where the plants live in a natural environment.

Love the ladies & gentleman who run the nursery and care for the plants.

Well worth your time to browse and plant shop.

Angie

Marder's is so far still my favorite. I still need to visit all of the ones in the Moriches area.

I forgot to mention that I also really like:

-Lynch's, Southampton
-East-Something Nursery in Water Mill, on Montauk Hwy

Angie

Second on the list is Hicks which can be a little expensive, too. I spend around 500 bucks each year on container plants not to mention on new pots.

Third is Kunz nursery on Route 112 just south of the tracks in Port Jefferson. They have some unusual material and Mr. Kunz is an encyclopedia of information. Just don't get him started on a slow day or you might have to call home to have them hold your dinner. They don't make people like this guy anymore, on Christmas Eve, the day they close for 3 months, I had to pick up a Pointsettia for my daughter and I forgot my wallet at home, he said to pay him in the spring when he reopened!!! This was a $50 plant.

The ladies at Brookville Nursery did the same for me. They don't take credit cards and I didn't have cash/check on me. They just offered to open a house account for me and gave me the address to send in my payment. So nice to see people doing business the old fashioned way.

Angie

Hick's Nursery - Westbury -- Better selection, more expensive prices.

Cipriano's - East Meadow -- Quality stuff! Not as big as the previous!

Abby's Parkside -- Wantagh -- the MOST helpful and AVAILABLE staff... Limited selection...

Atlantic Nursery - Freeport....
Martin Viette - East Norwich...
Both are the absolute best in terms of quality... MV has an impressive collection of perennials....

Both are expensive... Atlantic can be REDICULOUS ( But, their stuff is the best... and they have a help-desk... bring in an example of a problem... and their guy knows what it is, and tells you how to deal with it (accurately!)

Like lawyers, and doctors... it's a matter of what you can afford...

But overall... The Dee's in Oceanside is my personal favorite!

P.S. Home Depot and Lowe's.... Whatever hodgepodge, they have is cheap.... REEEAAAAAAALLLL cheap...

P.P.S. And it has NEVER BEEN WATERED.....

P.P.P.S. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!

We look like we're expensive, but we're not and we have a lot of the same stuff as Marder's but at better prices and our nursery is beautiful. I'm the tree and shrub buyer and it's a wonderful placve to work (but if you think you have a plant problem now try working and a nursery, it's like a drunk becoming a bartender!!!)
And if you've visit us, you can keep going out to Fort Pond Native plants in montauk and then look for whales and seals or at least keep your eyes peeled for good looking surfer boys and girls.
paige

Tcorrigan, that's a great list, and hopefully I'll hit everyone one of them soon! You're right about some of those plants never getting any water. I rescued 2 foxgloves a couple of weeks ago and luckily they're still alive. Most of my other plants, however, are from the "real" nurseries.

Paige, I forgot about Bayberry's!!! I have been there, and it IS a great nursery. Do you have any linden trees with a nice caliper? Our town planted one on our sidewalk a few weeks ago, and it's a very young tree with a 1.5" - 2" caliper and will probably take about 10 years to look like anything significant. We'd like to replace it with a more mature specimen.

Angie

Trimble's - Rte 25, somewhere near Cutchogue. Great stuff!

Angie

Enjoy the weekend - its almost here,

Beth

Wowee. What a big place. That stock is so much better than Atlantic nursery. Every time I walked down another aisle there were more and more things I was surprised to see.

Thanks for the advice. I think I found my new nursery. :)

My other favorites have already been mentioned, so I won't be redundant.

I was looking for Daisy Gardens but couldn't find it.. maybe I was on the wrong Gillette Avenue? Is Daisy Gardens closer to Nicholls Road or closer to Sayville? (I'm going to Sayville next week to get my hair trimmed, so I'd love to find out where Daisy Gardens is before then! :-))

Anplace besides Franks,Lowes,Home Depot,Kmart, and Hicks.
Good prices and hopefully has a good selection of everything including herbs? Organic is a plus!!

Thanks

Patsy

VerDerBer's - Route 25 Aquebogue
Bayport Flower House - 940 Montauk Hwy. Bayport
Daisy Garden - Gillette Avenue Bayport
Marders - Snake Hollow Road Bridgehampton
Peconic River Herb Farm - 2749 River Rd. Calverton
Growers Outlet - Barnes Road Center Moriches
The Garden Spot - Railroad Avenue Center Moriches
Holly's - Montauk Highway East Moriches
Hulse's Garden Shed - (behind Sea Cove) East Moriches
Stables - Montauk Highway East Moriches
Cheap Sam's - Farmingville
Bissett - 323 Long Island Avenue Holtsville
Bloomin Haus - 816 Waverly Avenue Holtsville
Porter's Colorful Gardens - Rte 25 Jamesport
Wheatley Farms - Dayton Ave Manorville
Glover Perennial Growers - 1160 Mill Rd. Mattituck
Landscape Adventure - Sound Ave Mattituck
Long Island Perennial Farm - Reeves Ave Riverhead
Talmage Farm - 2975 Sound Avenue Riverhead
Hitherbrook Nursery - 559 Route 25A St. James

Thank you