But the recomendation that folks buy their backyard flora based on the warranty/guarantee offered by the nursery is a bit off base. Nursery managers are pretty savy folks in growing shrubs, trees, perennials, and ornamental grasses but living things do, occasionally, die. Some nurseries offering guarntees/waranties on their stock do so as a tool for their profit and not for the benefit of their customers. Other times, the warranty/ guarantee is voided as soon as the customer leaves the nursery parking lot. With any warranty/guarantee you should be able to read it first before you buy the warrantied product. How many folks on a sunny spring day, shopping for shrubs for the front yard, will take the time to read a waranty/guarantee written up by an insurance company with more denial clauses than fish in a river ?

The real key to buying healthy nursery stock is to know what you’re looking for, a tip offered in the list of tips. Look for healthy stock, don’t buy diseased or insect riven stock. If you need help a good nursery will have many employees who can answer questions and guide you to what you might want. They’ll even offer planting suggestions.