Re: plectranthus, P. Sheild et al

**"* C* <d*@chilitech.net>**

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>

> Well, I would in no way assume that the lack of a particular plant in your 
> area means that a shift in marketing, a wholesale crop failure, or the 
> death of "real gardeners."  As a part-time worker in a garden center, I 
> see that every year a particular plant may not be available for a variety 
> of reasons

OK, but my comment was not that dahlias and cannas were not available but 
rather that they were not available as tubers. Only as potted and growing 
plants, and with the dahlias, in bloom. That bloom thing eliminates 90 
percent of the great dahlias.

And incidentally, though this may be a local or regional thing, my local 
KMart (the only big box store in the area of this small town) has half (or 
less) the plant inventory they carried in the last couple of years.

D 

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