Re: Happy Birthday Gene!/ Proven Winners

Off hand I know that we (MGs) get at least one Proven Winners shrub from
one of our wholesalers, Stonehouse Nursery in MI. It is the Weigela
'Wine and Roses'. When we ordered it, it was a Color Choice plant, but
before it was delivered, Color Choice (as I understand it) was bought
out by Proven Winners. This caused a long delay in shipping because PW
wouldn't allow shipping with CC tags and didn't give SH new tags to
replace them. It didn't matter that we hadn't ordered the tags and
didn't want them, and weren't going to be getting them. It froze the
shipment, causing us extra expense, until PW said it was ok.


Kitty

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> Hello Ceres, 
> If your do order and receive shrubs from Spring Meadow I doubt you will 
> have anything for sale until the fall.... unless you sell small sizes. The 
> shrubs you purchase wholesale will be in liners in 3 sizes. Nothing over 
> about 6 to 8 inches in height. With lots of care you could have a gallon for 
> sale this summer on some of the more fast growing. Hydrangea responds 
> quickest, I believe. 
> I am not sure about who and who does not have a license to sell PW 
> plants... I do not think it is exclusive to SM only. Could be wrong... I 
> have not followed through on a search. I do know I am currently looking 
> around for other wholesalers of larger shrubs and trees... and not having a 
> problem locating all I can find space for here. There are some wonderful 
> small family operations selling some pretty rare or unusual shrubs and trees 
> wholesale. 
> Gene E. Bush 
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc 
> www.munchkinnursery.com 
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com 
> Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> > Gene, I understand it is very expensive to be a member & attend these 
> > shows. 
> > ISU gets tickets for students/MGs very cheap and that is how I attend. 
> > Dr Armitage didn't have much new to talk about and he apologized to 
> > those who had heard him speak before because he said, 'I have the same 
> > old 
> > jokes.' And he did. The best speaker of the Iowa show (my personal 
> > opinion of 
> > course) was Dr Ann Marie VanDerZanden, ISU prof who spoke on 'Looking for 
> > Design 
> > Inspiration'. 
> > I did not speak to anyone at Spring Meadows. I just retrieved the 
> > infor 
> > for the greenhouse where I work. She was going to make the contact which 
> > may 
> > be useless. They are in the power seat, I would assume, since they have 
> > control of the PW contract. Their publication is exciting. There were 
> > other 
> > vendors at the show who are marketing PW but their stock comes from SM, 
> > correct? 
> > The greenhouse does not carry much in shrubs and it is difficult to have 
> > anything that looks good in such a short time since they are only open Apr 
> > & May. 
> > Ceres 
> 
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