I happened to be standing in line at my Lowes when they changed the signs from 50% off to 75% off. My little car was so full of goodies that I barely had room to do my happy dance!
I bought trees, sedum, hostas, roses, butterfly bushes (at $1 each!), salvia, lavender, veronica, pansies, perovskia, delosperma, hibiscus and crepe myrtles! And all were in good shape. And all are now planted.
Even the large indoor tropicals were on sale! I think the only thing they excluded were the mums and bulbs.
People in zone 5 will probably see this sale in the coming week.