Re: good plants

I can speak with great authority on how well they will grow in our area. . . . I just can't sell them.
Rebecca,

If you have room for a demonstration garden, then even people who don't know the names can buy the plants they see.

I have been surprised, though, even in nurseries with wonderful gardens, that there will be spectacular plants in flower when I'm there, but the owners haven't bothered to propagate them. In fact, they sound a bit surprised about it. I know that a nursery can't propagate everything every year, but if there is a flaming red something right by the front gate, that plant should be available every year. (And it's OK to say it's sold out for this year - I'll be back again. The only place I haven't managed to get to twice is Tony Avent's nursery out in North Carolina.).

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil

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