Re: Aconitum (color sells)

**P* M* <p*@meadows.pair.com>**

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 17:38:05 -0500, you wrote:

>
>I don't intend this post to be moaning about box stores or customers who want instant gardens... I want your thoughts on how we, as 
>garden communicatiors, can continue to encourage people to ask for and buy the plants that are not in bloom, or those that take a 
>few years to mature.  It comes back, I think, to keeping people interested and excited enough so that they will become gardeners not 
>just garden consumers.  

I'm knowledgeable enough to buy plants that are not in
bloom:  however, here's something that I have never seen in
a garden center/nursery (not even once):  next to a flat of
non-blooming plants, a *large* color photo of the plant in
full bloom.  Laminated preferably.  By large, I mean an 8" x
11" or larger print.

Yes, the little plant-tags (sometimes) have a picture of the
plant in bloom.  But they do not have the impact that a
large color photo would.  A picture of the plant nicely
planted in an appropriate setting (with other plants) would
be good too.

If I were in a position to advise garden center owners about
anything, this is one thing I would certainly advise them to
do.

Pat
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