Re: undulata
- Subject: Re: undulata
- From: C*
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:37:32 -0400
OK, here's a question for you. Why is it for sale at your nursery? If you hate
the plant so much why don't you toss it into the compost pile and quit trying
to sell it to those unsuspecting customers? (I'd put one of those little smiley
faces here if I could remember how to make them.) (Too bad they don't have a
little group of characters that make a dagger that's thrust deep into the back
and slowly twisted back and forth)
Chick
Ransom Lydell wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chick" <chick@bridgewoodgardens.com>
> To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:47 AM
> Subject: Re: undulata
> I understand Chick.
> That has been true here for many years. Until about two year ago. The
> demand started to taper off, and now ,no one even seems intrested in them.
> At the gardens, they are by far the biggest plants I offer in containers,
> they are the first to be seen, and they are among the least expensive.
> Still no one even comments on them any more.
> Thanks
> Ran
>
> > That's amazing. It is my biggest selling hosta at retail, and I make
> > absolutely no effort to tell people what to buy unless they ask and I
> never
> > recommend it. I assume its because of price, and since our retail is not
> > focused towards hosta people like our mailorder is, many of our customers
> shop
> > for hostas the same way they do petunias. I'm surprised that there is
> that big
> > a difference.
> >
> > Chick
> >
> > Ransom Lydell wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chick" <chick@bridgewoodgardens.com>
> > > To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:37 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Registration
> > > I have not sold a single one this year, in spite of having several
> hundred
> > > avaliable in pots. I hope this means that hosta buyers around here are
> > > finally becoming educated.
> > > Thanks
> > > Ran
> > >
> > > > I hate to be defending a hosta that I would never personally grow for
> > > myself.
> > > > I guess my point is, that in spite of the faults that Ran lists,
> undulata
> > > > remains one of the most popular hostas because it is cheap and fast
> > > growing
> > >
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