Aconitum (color sells)

**"* G* <f*@juno.com>**

I want to give speak up for people who buy when perennials are in bloom. I
myself wouldn't buy anything I hadn't seen in bloom -- I just have more
opportunity than many consumers to see a plant in bloom in someone's garden
or in a nursery in a previous year. I'm loathe to buy even a new color of a
plant that I know, say a daylily, because you can never really tell the
color from a photograph. I have to applaud shoppers who are taking a chance
on something new and interesting to them rather than sticking to mums and
pansies.

Fran

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Subject: Re: [GWL] Aconitum (color sells)

We all keep banging our heads against that same wall: Too many people will
only buy plants that are flowering. Never mind that it's not even in their
best
interest to do so; to buy most perennials in full bloom means that you've
bought them at their peak, and you then get to preside over their decline.
Market wisdom tends to argue that homeowners won't buy on faith, won't buy
potential. But they will. It requires education. If you disagree, answer me
this: How pretty is a tulip bulb?
Bang on!
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