RE: price and quality/Best deal??
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: price and quality/Best deal??
- From: P* S*
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:19:59 -0800
As a beginning gardener, I am just starting to order from catalogs so have
been listening hard to what you all say.
I have a question: If all things re: quality are equal, do you typically
get better prices when purchasing from a catalog versus a garden center?
Sue P.
SPesznec@lhs.org Milwaukie, OR.
> ----------
> From: bhayes@catskill.net
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 3:02 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: price and quality
>
> As I'm sure is the case with all of you, I have been receiving many
> catalogues from mail order nurseries;
>
> I've been looking for an oak leaf hydrangea, and found one in Park's for
> $13.95 and one in Wayside Gardens for $34.95;
>
> now naturally I'd like to get the lower priced one, but am afraid there
> will
> be a corresponding difference in quality;
>
> does anyone know why there should be such a big difference in price, and
> does anyone know whether Parks is good enough?
>
> A few years ago I bought the Fairy rose, the generic one, not the name
> brand, from one of the cheaper catalogues; the plants were just fine and
> have lasted for years with very little attention;
>
> the price I paid was a fraction of what the name suppliers ask.
>
> Isabelle Hayes
>
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