Re: shopping & Artemesia 'Oriental Limelight'

In a message dated 4/23/02 9:27:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Reelemon35@cs.com writes:

<< Claire:  you don't mention where you found your great bargains.  Was it at 
 any of the nationwide stores such as Home Depot?  I would love to have the 
 opportunity to buy at such reasonable rates. >>

No, not at Home Depot.  At three local nurseries which are pretty good for 
annuals. Local for me is the Albany, New York area which is about a 45 minute 
ride or more to these nurseries.    I have a bunch of containers all over the 
garden so do buy annuals as it is much easier than growing them.  I was out 
asking for a few things I know might be hard to find.  One nursery told me 
they take the grower's mix, do not order individually so get lots of 
diversity or I suppose what the growers have too much of.  This is the third 
year we have been seeing Canadian plants in the early spring.  

I think the plants are grown around Lake Ontario where there are many green 
houses.  Home Depot also will have one quart plants but not these more 
interesting plants.  It may be because we are closer to the border and the 
Province of Ontario.  I really do not know why.  

My niece who is in the nursery business, mainly woody plants, said that she 
was offered Canadian plants at very low cost if their trucks did the picking 
up.  She doesn't do perennials so left it alone.  

I am so amazed at the cultivars offered.   You should keep your eyes open at 
all nurseries these days as diversity has improved a great deal.  Even the HD 
has been carrying dwarf rock garden rhododendrons at around 5.00.  One never 
knows.    

Some of you may be able to plant out sooner than we can.  I have to keep 
these plants in a cold frame for a few more weeks.  We had an inch of snow 
this morning sitting right on top of the PJM's.

Claire Peplowski 
NYS z4

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