Re: collectors and landscapers

Ernie Wasson wrote:
> 
> After having worked in various retail nurseries for over10 years I have
> noticed
> two basic types of plant shopping. Many customers wander around the
> nursery
> looking for something to catch their attention and then they ask about
> or look
> up what the potential plant needs and think about a possible location in
> their
> gardens. The other group of customers comes into the nursery with a
> "problem
> spot" or "empty spot" in their garden and look for plants for that
> particular
> location/niche in their landscape. Perhaps you could call the first
> group 
> collectors and the second group garden landscapers...

And among the collectors one should perhaps recognise a sub-group of
those who purchase a plant simply because it strikes their fancy and
then wander round their garden wondering what they can pull up to
accomodate the new treasure! 

I have numbered several of these among my frinds over the years.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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