Re: mislabeled plants
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- Subject: Re: mislabeled plants
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 03:28:32 -0400
Well, thank you spell checker...turned schlock into clock.....sorry 'bout
that one!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@clark.net>
> Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 3:12 AM
>
> Gene, no excuses needed, but there's a vast difference between making the
> effort and sending clock...You make the effort and some of the mass
market
> companies do not. With plants, anything can happen and does, in my
> experience, but you know what I meant:-)
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
> Editor: Gardening in Shade
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> > From: GeneBush <genebush@otherside.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:37 AM
> >
> > Hello Marge,
> > One of my favorites (?) is when I order wholesale from a very large
> > company. The plants arrive and are potted up. All looks fine and when I
> > receive an order from a customer I ship ...before blooms in most cases.
> > When the customer plants it in the garden and then 3 months later calls
> or
> > writes. "Gene, can't you tell the blankety-blankety difference between
> red
> > and white?" They sent the wrong species or cultivar. I have no way of
> > knowing until the bloom here in the display beds.
> > Seeds do get crossed up from the best of companies, but usually less
> often
> > than with live plants.
> > Before I print up my catalog I send the text out to three different
> people
> > to check the botanical and the descriptions I have written. Corrections
> are
> > made and then reread. Guess what? I will still find minor (hopefully)
> > mistakes we have all missed... after the catalog is printed, of course.
> > Am I making excuses? Not really... I hope. Just all is never as simple
> as
> > it appears from the outside. There is no excuse however, for receiving
> > poorly treated plants or value less than what was paid.
> > Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> > around the woods - around the world
> > genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Marge Talt <mtalt@clark.net>
> > > Subject: Re: mislabeled plants
> > > Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 3:47 AM
> > >
> > > 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
> > > mtalt@clark.net
> > > Editor: Gardening in Shade
> > > current article: Building A Raised Bed Garden
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> > >
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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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