Re: Show plants
- Subject: Re: Show plants
- From: G* R*
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:58:15 -0500
>> >From what I can tell, most of the big name displays keep their material
>>from year to
>>year excluding bulbs and annuals.
>
>
>I was at the Philadelphia show last week talking to some of the
>major exhibitors and designers. For the most part, the larger trees
>and shrubs are simply shredded. The herbaceous and annual material
>is mostly thrown away. It is only the odd rarity (not many rare
>trees there) that is taken back to the nursery and put back into the
>forcing greenhouse.
Why don't they sell it all off to the visitors at the end of the show
as they do at the Chelsea Flower Show?
Graham Rice
http://grahamrice.com
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