RE: two countries
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- Subject: RE: two countries
- From: V* M*
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:54:58 +0100
- Importance: Normal
>>Well, Valerie, we may have more land in some cases, but I bet that U.S.
>>gardeners who collect plants and want to acquire new cultivars as a
>>percentage of the total population is a much smaller percentage than in
the
>>U.K.
Why is this? Is this changing?
>>Reports from your shows thrill me and yet sadden me too because I know
>>the chances of seeing those plants in my garden are either very far off or
>>not possible at all.
So, as Claire said, we have good things in both countries: you have the land
and we have plant availability!
>>Many American gardeners buy their plants at the
>>grocery store!!!
Now that Wal-Mart (? sp) have arrived over here, I wonder if this will
happen in the UK? Our DIY/hardware stores have 'Garden Centres' attached
to them!
Valerie
Sth Yorks, England
Zone 8
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