Re: need your thoughts on some plants please.

And taste!!

james singer wrote:
The only plants we have interest in here that are victims of "NEWER, BETTER" marketing ploys are caladiums and tomatoes. Unless I'm forgetting some--a distinct possibility--I can't think of any others that have new models, even every four or five years.

And I agree with Ceres, "new is not necessarily better" for these two plants at least, and I'll take it one observation farther--the new introductions may not even be as good as what we now have or had last year. I don't think it's always sentimentality that prods us to prefer heirlooms; sometimes it's performance.


On Apr 10, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Donna wrote:

I think you are right Ceres about "new is not necessarily better". Seems
many of the new introductions are basically the same plant with a new name.
Granted there is something different, but enough to call it another plant?

As a watergardener they really need a plant control system... water lilies
are the worst for this.

Donna


In a message dated 4/9/05 6:49:53 PM, gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:

<< Echinacea purpurea 'doubledecker' This sure sounds like razzmatazz >>

Donna, I have dbdecker & have ordered razzmatazz and think they are very
different. I am not an Echinacea fan & these are the only ones to be in
my
garden. I'm not sure I really like dbdecker but we will see. Razzmatazz
is
gorgeous. I saw it in a friends garden last year & it was stunning. We
were
supposed to get Sunset but the shipment was delayed till May 15 & then
until June 15
which is after we are closed so the order was canceled.
We have Stoplight & Sunspot in the greenhouse sitting side by side and
I
see little difference but perhaps a little variation in the leaf shape.
Growth habit may be different but at this early point I cannot see a
difference.
I am not taken by the Heucheras. My favorite is still Midnight Claret
but only wish it was a bit more aggression grower. Regina is my favorite
to use
in containers. The color of this one picks up so nicely with many other
plants.
I think we have all learned new is not necessarily better.
Ceres

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