Re: mislabeled plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: mislabeled plants
- From: D* M*
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:28:53 -0500
>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.
At least after 3 months, I might go back to a source and request a credit.
However, I've faced the problem that a particular plant might not bloom for
a season or two after I've ordered it. A prime (if extreme) example is my
Wisteria floribunda. I ordered it 8 years ago as a blue/white bicolor. It
finally bloomed this spring, but a very light lavender. At this point, I
was so happy to finally have blooms that I didn't care about the color!
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at: ( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
l*@execpc.com
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