Plants/Seeds

Our seasonal selection of garden plants changes almost daily during the spring and summer months. We search the best of local growers to bring you the widest choice of ideal plants for urban gardens, decks, balconies, and courtyards. We've got annuals, perennials, small shrubs, bedding plants, vegetables, herbs, and more.

Annuals are plants that germinate, flower, and die within one year. Generally with gardening the term "annual" refers to a plant grown outdoors in the spring or summer that survives for only one season. Annuals are some of the most adaptive of all garden plants, flowering quickly, and blooming for long seasons. Most prefer full or partial sunlight and an adequate amount of water. Some common annuals include most vegetables and herbs, bedding plants like petunias and impatiens, and tropical plants grown outdoors and allowed to die when winter arrives.

Perennials are plants that live for more than two years. Garden perennials usually refer to perennial herbaceous plants that grow and bloom over the spring and summer months, die back during the fall/winter, and then grow back in the spring. The plants return from their root-stock, rather than seeding themselves like an annual plant does. Perennials can live anywhere from two years to 3,000 years, like some trees! Perennials include many woodland plants and ferns, ornamental grasses, small shruby plants like peonies and lots more. Many shade loving plants are perennials, but there are many sunlovers as well.

Shrubs are a category of 'woody plant', encompassing a large number of plants and trees. Shrubs can be a great starting point as you begin planning a garden.  They can help with 

designating perimeters and adding layers to your landscaping or garden. Many shrubs respond well to pruning, which encourages new growth. A full range of shrubs exists from delicate ornamentals to evergreens and larger trees.

Do you enjoy starting your plants from seeds?

If so, we've got the largest selection of seeds in the city. For more than seven years, our customers have been raving about their success with our perennial best selling line, Botanical Interests. Flowers, fruits and vegetables, herbs, organics and exotics, Market Blooms carries the entire line of Botanical Interests Seeds. Check out their website, and remember, we offer the full line of seeds, including large pack sizes in our Garden and Plant store. The new 2010 seed line has arrived and is in store now! We also have peat pots, seed starting soil, seed trays, soil test kits, plant markers, gardening gloves, pruning shears and lots more gardening essentials.

There are dozens of varieties of plants that can thrive in a small space like your city courtyard, deck,backyard, balcony, or even on your fire escape! Gardening in containers can be very different than gardening in a plot of land. Our Urban Gardening can help with information and great tips about gardening in the urban jungle!