Re: hummingbirds NOW Tomato Hornworms

 We open Apr 1 and if you don't buy the unusual you will not
get  them.
Ceres, this goes back to what I said about Diascias and Parrot's Beak. You said they were available in Iowa and thought theywould be here too. Well, yes, but I am not going to buy tender palnts early for a dozen public gardens and babysit them until mid May. My place is packed til end of April with the plants I sell. Also mid April I get hardy plants in from 30 suppliers both for our gardens and our nursery and they take up whatever space I can find for them. So if I shop early to mid May for specialty tenders, there's a good chance they'll be gone.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] hummingbirds NOW Tomato Hornworms


In a message dated 3/11/06 8:24:56 PM, lindsey@mallorn.com writes:



   The same thing happens here every year.  Unfortunately, it's also the
   only way for me to get good annuals -- so I end up buying them a month
   early and storing them on the deck, bringing them in as necessary.
Chris, last year we had such nice weather in Apr & then in May we had 3 hard
frosts which caught many with tender plants in the ground. We had so many
who purchased plants multi times because they didn't listen to us at the
greenhouse. I had one gentleman who got 23 flats of impatiens. I still
wonder if
he was smart enough not to plant. One customer purchased tomato plants 3
times.
At the greenhouse, employees are allowed to make their selections and
store them in a greenhouse which is not open to the public. I really
appreciate this. We open Apr 1 and if you don't buy the unusual you will not
get
them.
Ceres

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