The Genius Genus

We are a houseplant boutique located in Belleview Shopping Center in Alexandria, VA! We sell plants of all types, common to rare, small to large. We also sell pots, plant care items and accessories, and we offer plant sitting services for when you go out of town and Repotting services both in store and in home.

Located at 1508A Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307, The Genius Genus operates as a plant nursery serving Alexandria in Virginia. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as garden center, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Garden centers and plant nurseries sell annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, vegetables and houseplants, along with soil, mulch, fertilizer, pots and tools. Independent nurseries often grow part of their own stock and carry varieties that do well in the local climate, while big-box garden departments compete on price for common plants. Wholesale nurseries and growers sell to landscapers and sometimes to the public at volume prices; tree nurseries sell balled-and-burlapped and container trees and can deliver and plant large specimens. Specialty growers focus on bonsai, cactus and succulents, orchids or native plants, and hydroponics stores sell lights, nutrients and systems for growing indoors.

The business lists hours on 5 days of the week. Typical hours are 11 am–8 pm. It is closed on Monday, Tuesday. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. The listed phone number is (703) 495-3311. Many businesses also reply to text messages on the same number if it is a cell phone. Its website is thegeniusgenus.com, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 22 reviews, which is a strong result for a plant nursery in Alexandria and suggests consistent service.

Alexandria is in Virginia, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. US addresses list the street number and name, then the city, state abbreviation and ZIP code, and Alexandria follows the same pattern; a suite or apartment number such as Ste 200 refers to a unit inside the building. The map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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