purpleinopp,
I went to Lowe's just the other day, to shop for Christmas gifts. There was lots of empty space in the plant section even then. They now have it pretty well set up with a rail down the center of the plant display tables so a covering can be quickly placed over them if necessary. They also have a huge tent set up in the parking lot for Christmas trees which is probably mostly empty by now they could move plants into if necessary I would think. Not long ago they had more milorganite than I thought they would ever sale, but the day I was recently there I could not find any.