One year, late in the summer, I noticed a ton of semi-live lantana in pots at the local Home Depot store.
They looked pretty bad. I had seen dead plants thrown in dumpsters at Home Depot.
It was too late to set them out, but I thought I would try to over winter them if I could get them at a decent price.
I asked about them discounting the plants and I was told, "No. They cannot be discounted. We have to sell them at the full price."
They said that the live plants are not really Home Depot inventory. Some plant place in the area leaves all of the live plants and dictates the price.
I passed and I am sure the plants went in the dumpster.
I have commented that we need a SPCP (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Plants) because the Walmart and Home Depot employees frequently fail to water live plants every day.
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