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alemedo8

Gardens, gardening, and the search for interesting species of flora

Quick question for the gardening-types of r/Atlanta, does anyone have any special recommendations for finding rare species of plants/shrubs/flowers in Atlanta? Metro-area is fine, I had someone but that fell through. I've checked with certain Pike stores but they have mostly run-of-the-mill or foregin "popular" types of shrubs and such...I'm trying to get my hands on some more local flavors of azaleas, some rare camellia's, and some other stuff (tea olive shrubs of varying sizes and other shrubs). I can get some of my stuff from Pike but wasn't sure if someone knew a group in particular that they have an awesome experience with.

Happy Monday and remember, April/May showers bring May/June flowers?

Posted May 1, 2017, 1:55 PM UTC

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SammaATLGrant Park•

GardenHood in Grant Park has a more unique selection and I would expect they could do special orders for you. Oakland Cemetery has plant sales periodically, including some vintage plants not typically sold any more.

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4O4N0TF0UNDMidtown•

So not in Atlanta, but especially if you're into camellias you need to make a trip down to Massee lane gardens. They have a lot of camellias for sale, in addition to being just an absolutely beautiful garden! About two hours south, and well worth the trip :D

EDIT: Relevant to garden folks, but if you're a member of the atlanta botanical gardens, you can get in for free as well :)

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ButtercupslosinitStaunchly Anti-Guns•

Google tells me Nearly Native Nursery is a good source. Trees Atlanta has a native plant sale, but it happened in early April.

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Feelinglikeagoodtime•

Lost Mountain Nursery OTP near Dallas GA has some local azaleas and some native orchids (Things I have gotten). They were expanding last year when I visited them so I would also expect expanded selection but I haven't gotten to visit them yet this year. Fair warning though I am a plant addict.

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