National Preseason Forecast

Spring is the great X-factor in the garden center world. If things go well, these few weeks buoy the entire year. If they don’t … well, you know how the story goes. (SPOILER ALERT: It doesn’t conclude with the words, “and they all lived happily ever after.”)

To get a feel for what this spring will bring, Garden Center surveyed almost 200 retailers from around the country to get the collective take on what’s going to be “Hot!/Not!” in 2011. Here’s “What!” you and your peers had to say…