Re: Plant search
- Subject: Re: Plant search
- From: S* M*
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:37:21 -0800
At 04:38 PM 11/17/2001 -0800, Joe Seals wrote:
>As for finding plant sources on the web, I have a long "bookmark" list of
>the web sites of (mostly) wholesale
>nurseries. .. If any of you are interested, I could post a list of the
>best of these wholesales (most in California, some in so. Oregon).
I would love to have a copy of your list! If you don't want to post it to
medit-plants, maybe you would be willing to email it to me privately? And
have you tried Forest Farm for the plants you're searching for? Richter's
Herbs has Lavandula canariensis/multifida, but maybe the source David has
suggested is local for you.
At 04:25 PM 11/17/2001 -0800, david feix wrote:
>I have a general question for everyone, how do you do
>plant searches to find growers of specific things? I
>tend to do it manually by consulting what
>catalogues/old arboretum lists,(such as for Strybing),
>that I have in my home library. Is there a way to do
>this through the web, that gives good results?
What often works for me is to include the word "order" in my Google search,
along with the name of the plant. This tends to yield a high percentage of
pages that are actually selling the plant, rather than pages of botanical
information or pictures. They will include a button labeled "order", or a
paragraph headed "To Order", or something like that. You can also include
the phrase "shopping cart", although there are a lot of nursery sites that
don't use that phrase. Sometimes I include the word "nursery".... Good luck!
