Re: Selection

**K*@aol.com**

Duane
I really think it depends on what folks want. If they want Knockout roses  
then Home depot is fine. If they want ground covers they can go to the walmart  
that sells stepables or whatever. If they get hooked on gardening though they  
will find that wooly thyme is available from most herb growers, where it is  
probably cheaper, and more original/heirloom roses are available from mail  
order.  

I have found over the years though that most nurseries get most of their  
money from landscape and are guys - hence the boring selection.  If you can  find 
 strictly perennial nursery (usually operated by women) then they will  offer 
the less mainstream products as well as the banal options.

Alas, like independent bookstores, independent nurseries  are a dying breed.
Kate

Kate  Copsey
Garden Writer
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In a message dated 5/25/2008 7:36:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dcamp@chilitech.net writes:

I  tell my readers to buy locally whenever possible, but if the locals have  
nothing more than half a dozen dead common plants, I'm going go back to  
pushing mail order.

I know those who live in or near real major  metropolitan centers have places 
they can go to find the less banal, but  are others in less urban climes 
experiencing this?

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