Re: mislabeled plants
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- Subject: Re: mislabeled plants
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 03:47:08 -0400
I agree that it's time for you to find a new plant source! Taxonomy is a
tough one, to be sure, but for relatively common plants like the ones
you're listing, there really isn't any excuse! I do a fair amount of
searching the net for plants and it always interests me to see the many
different spellings and capitalizations used for what is surely the same
plant amongst different nurseries....but to get those colors wrong as well
as completely different species....no excuse but sloppiness! And, what a
disappointment ...been there - done that...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: jeanne latta <jplatta@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 6:16 PM
>
> Well Kemberly, welcome to the group who live with
> mislabeled plants. I was perusing my garden this
> afternoon and counting the plants I have that were
> supposed to be something else. My pink foxglove that
> I planted is starting to bloom and it is white. My
> red poppy bloomed early this week and it is a vivid
> orange. I planted 3 red Monarda. 2 of them turned
> out to be violet and the other one is pink. The
> butterfly weed has turned out to be red valerian, The
> coreopsis grandiflora began blooming today and it
> looks more like a gaillardia. In fact in my whole
> garden, the only plants that are what they are
> supposed to be are the ones I bought from White Flower
> Farm. What is it with these growers.
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