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Re: sedum

"why are these now old-fashioned plants so dominating the popular market?"

They're cheap.

Graham Rice

http://TransatlanticPlantsman.com



>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Duane Campbell" <dcamp@chilitech.net>
>To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers
>
>>  Would I be correct to suggest that most everyone here would agree that
>>  Auturm Joy should have disappeared from the big box parking lots two
>>  decades
>>  ago? Along with Purple Palace heuchera.
>
>Please excuse me for replying to my own post. But I threw that last
>paragraph in as an afterthought, but it is something I have been thinking
>about.
>
>Plants like Autumn Joy and Palace Purple were a breakthrough three decades
>ago, and I truly thank whoever introduced them. But it's like disco. Way out
>of date. There are many more interesting sedums and heucheras, and they are
>no more difficult to propogate. I can't believe that the small plant patent
>fee is so prohibitive. Where big box stores do carry better varieties, they
>are commonly no more expensive than their obsolete offspring.
>
>So please explain -- you PR and breeder and wholesale grower types here --
>why are these now old-fashioned plants so dominating the popular market?
>
>D
>
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