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Re: fleurettes

At 12:34 PM 7/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Ruth:
>
>Thought this list was dead and even checked to make sure I
>was still subscribed.  I have tried those mini plants
>several times.  Advise you not to waste money on them. 
>Unless you can water every few HOURS!  I've had absolutely
>no luck with them and just threw out a mini rose I had
>bought that way.
>
>I think they are strongly misrepresenting these plants.  The
>ones here aren't being sold with self wicking pots which may
>be the only way they would stay alive.

>-- 
>Diana Pederson, Zone 5, Michigan, USA

Thanks for the input, Diana.  I didn't buy it, it was given to me by a
flower shop manager.  I think she hopes I'll write about it and I probably
will.  However, based on what you wrote she may not like what I write <G>.
I'll fool around with it for a bit and see.

It really bugs me (sorry) when these do nothing plants are offered for sale.
People keep on buying them because they are eye-catching and that's all
right if they buy them instead of cut flowers.  They have about the same
life expectancy.

What's sad is that many people would like to grow plants and when these
don't live they think they are at fault and give up.

Thanks again.

Ruth Z climbing down off her soapbox.
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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