OT: perennials in Dutch
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: OT: perennials in Dutch
- From: B* S*
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:51:21 -0500
-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
Special Offer-Earn 300 Points from MyPoints.com for trying @Backup
Get automatic protection and access to your important computer files.
Install today:
http://click.egroups.com/1/6347/0/_/486170/_/968680263/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->
>My experience with van Bourgondien & Sons is NOT AT ALL GOOD. Granted my
>experience is several years old. About ten years ago I ordered a
>particular named phlox from v.B. When it bloomed, I was disappointed to
>discover that my "white" phlox bloomed a beautiful red. Upon notification,
>I got a replacement: the following year, my white phlox bloomed a
>beautiful purple. I never asked for a third one!
This is what I mean about ordering perennial plants from Holland sources.
By the way, does anyone have an explanation why the variegated phlox
variety "Darwin's Choice" now appears in nearly all Dutch-based catalogs as
"Darwin's Joyce?"
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<wshear@email.hsc.edu>
Moderating e-lists:
Coleus at http://www.egroups.com/community/coleus
Opiliones at http://www.egroups.com/community/opiliones
Myriapod at http://www.egroups.com/community/myriapod
