Re: MEDIT-PLANTS digest 3122

We actually have a large  demo rock and medit garden.  Unfortunately, we are not open to the public due to zoning restrictions.  We host private tours to gardening clubs and societies, and it is certainly true that if something is in bloom in the garden, then it is an easy sale. 
Unfortunately, in our climate, this is usually entirely the wrong time to plant.  We emphasize fall planting, as it is the ONLY time to plant in the Sierra Foothills.  Not a whole lot of showy stuff going on in our neck of the woods in October!

Rebecca Lance
Granite Gardens Rare Plants
www.ggrareplants.com



On Jan 1, 2006, at 12:09 AM, mediterranean climate gardening e-mail forum for gardeners in these climates throughout the world wrote:

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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