@parus I spend winter in Texas & summer in Minnesota. As a Master Gardener, I am on a first-name basis with several garden center owners, and I can tell you that the small ones, who operate on razor-thin margins, are SCARED of being able to ride this out. Since many already have their stock, both plants and supplies, they would be more than happy to work with you to get you what you need. I suggest calling a local independent to arrange to buy on the phone and pick up curbside. In the Twin Cities in MN, several of my friends who work at small nurseries are busy filling such orders - even setting up flats of plants "to order" for early season planters like pansy bowls. Not quite the same as selecting your own plants, but enough to get you started...
@feisty76 - Don't worry about being behind in your garden work - your plants will forgive you! I am sitting anxiously in Texas, not knowing when I will get back to my up North gardens - but I know all will eventually be well.
So for now, I am using my "garden time" - the early morning when I usually walk the yard, coffee cup in hand, to plan my daily garden tasks - to walk my little Texas community and admire the blooming cactus & trees
Sue

Parus, I'm wondering too how our spring/summer gardens will differ this year from past seasons. When I first became addicted to gardening, I filled every inch with something growing. Only later, when an artist friend commented on a group of paintings at our museum and mentioned that she appreciated how the artist effectively used "the spaces in between" did it dawn on me that spacing has merit. May see more spaces than we bargained for this year but as long as there is some dirt to play in and something green growing to nurture, bet we will be ok. Take care.