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Re: [GWL]: Recommending plant sources

To Claude Sweet

There is a terrific source for ivy right in your area called Samia Rose
Topiary owned by Pat Hammer who was at Longwood Gardens for years and years
and now has her own nursery.    Samiarose@srtopiary.com.

Suzanne Pierot, The American Ivy Society


----- Original Message -----
From: "Claude Sweet" <sweetent@home.com>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Recommending plant sources


> When the plant material is uncommon and only available from a few
> sources, finding more than one supplier can also be a problem.
>
> Over the years my policy has been to personally acquire plant material
> from direct mail suppliers and only recommending those that I have have
> positives experiences.
>
> There are many smaller companies that are using the internet to market
> plant materials so that my limited space and funds make it impossible to
> obtain personal knowledge of these suppliers.
>
> I have found that plant societies organized around a specific plant
> (clivia, plumeria, begonia, etc.) will frequently have individuals who
> have developed a small business enterprise to allow them to produce a
> profit or a loss associated with their activities.
>
> Such small scale business operations may have very elaborate web sites
> and/or publish color catalogs, but they seem to wait until they receive
> an order to propagate the plant material. The result is substantial
> delays in delivery. Combined with poor customer communications, the
> customer becomes extremely unhappy. They generally will write a nasty
> letter to the editor in which your article was published.
>
> It would be very helpful for our list to share positive and negative
> experiences with mail order suppliers so we don't recommend a company
> that can't handle orders resulting from our listing them as a source.
>
> Claude Sweet
> San Diego, CA
>
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