Re: White Flower Farms - a brief visit

In a message dated 7/16/02 12:41:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bhayes@catskill.net writes:

<< I have to agree with Cheryl about White Flower Farms.  When I came into
 some little money several years ago, in an insurance settlement after a
 car ran down onto our property from the road, destroying some bushes, I
 decided to spend the money on stuff from WFF, as their prices had been
 too steep for my own money. >>


I would make three.  I never got there in the spring season so they may have 
better quality plants at that time.  They are very expensive when you can buy 
the same plant in the the same area for much less cost.  Also White Flower 
does not deal in newest cultivars.  The McGourtys of Hillside were in the 
same general area and always had interesting plants plus great display 
gardens.  Unfortunately for gardeners today, the McGourtys have closed the 
nursery but not the gardens.  They have written several good books on 
perennials.

Many years ago White Flower was a pioneer in new cultivars and high quality 
plants when local garden centers had little to choose from.  Connecticut is 
full of perennial sellers now that have both general selections and some 
specialists.  The best woody plant nursery on the East coast is there 
(Twombley), a center of miles of roads of plants.  White Flower, I think 
rides along on it's old reputation, very good fifty years ago but not in 
keeping with the times.

Isabelle, you have Storey Nursery near you and the costs would be much lower, 
a family owned business.  There is also a seedling nursery calling itself the 
Dutchess County Botanic Garden in your area that is a wonderful source of 
seed grown everything, huge inventory and family owned.  There is a big 
sell-off sometime this month, there name is,I believe Santini.  The Phantom 
Gardener on Route 9 also carries many hard to find plants and will also have 
a summer sale.

Claire Peplowski 
NYS z4

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