Re: New plants?

In a message dated 4/10/2004 1:24:30 AM Central Daylight Time, mtalt@hort.net 
writes:
Downside to this is a lot of disappointed gardeners wondering what
they did wrong that caused their beautiful plant to die.  
There have been more than few chances for the gardener to be disappointed 
over the last few years.  3 big ones come to mind.

 Coreopsis 'Limerock Ruby' sold a a hardy perennial and the fist year many 
were selling for 12 or more dollars each.  They were said to be hardy in zones 
4-9.  Well, 7a-9.maybe. all the others died.

Polemonium 'Brise D Anjou' - which for many did not thrive and turns out to 
have been infected with a virus.

Pulmonaria 'David Ward' -- which rarely ever looks good because the out side 
edge grows much slower than the inside of the leaf, if not grown under the 
perfect conditions?  Causing the leaves to bow up as if they have been sprayed 
with a weed killer.

I have list of others.  Its seems that a lot of these plants are found in 
greenhouses and spend all there life in greenhouse before they are released onto 
the market and no one knows how they are going to do in the real world.

Paul

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