Re: Perennial plant of the year 2001

hello Bill,
    I was a member of the PPA for 3 or 4 years. Dropped out last year when the
dues went up once more and they wanted an additional fee.... and an additional
fee... for services (?). My big gripe with them at the time was exactly what
everyone is expressing here. But then this argument goes on all the time in the
nursery and landscaping industry. And within the PPA. People (customers) want what
their neighbors have... they do not want to be on the cutting edge of
horticulture.... or so the theory goes. So, the industry does not stock since you
will not purchase. You do not purchase because they do not have... sigh.
    One good thing the PPA does do and that is some of the best symposiums I have
ever attended at reasonable prices. We could not get a decent symposium around
here until the PPA brought some in couple of years ago.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Blee811@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Perennial plant of the year 2001


> It's my opinion too, Dean.  The plants selected for perennial plant of the
> year are, dare I say it, ordinary "garden variety" perennials.  About the
> only positive thing one could say about them is that you can buy them almost
> anywhere; perhaps that's the purpose.  I was also stunned by this year's
> choice of a grass!  Yes, it's a perennial grass, but hardly what we think of
> when we think of perennials.  I greet each year's announcement with a big
> yawn.  If the nursery trade takes the award seriously and propogates even
> more of the winner of the year and the landscapers buy it and install in,
> then it explains a lot about most of the landscaping we see, doesn't it?
>
> Bill Lee
> Cincinnati, Z6a


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