Big-box retailers battle for best annuals

As spring blossoms open, a fierce flower fight is heating up in the aisles of home-improvement megastores, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The weapons are scientifically altered versions of common flowering plants, engineered to bloom a little brighter or withstand benign neglect a little longer. Lowe's and Home Depot are locked in an annual arms race to discover and develop new plants—ideally as exclusives sold in only their stores.

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