Re: Selection

**H*@aol.com**

Kate:

I found your comment about 'guys' incredibly sexist and  reprehensible.  We 
obviously know and have had experiences with very  different people in the 
business.

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener

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In a message dated 5/25/2008 10:36:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
KTCopsey@aol.com writes:

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
_www.katecopsey.com_  (http://www.katecopsey.com/)  

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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