Re: rare and choice was: Words to watch Re: Invasive perennials
- Subject: Re: rare and choice was: Words to watch Re: Invasive perennials
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 04:15:39 -0400
Well, you've hit a couple of adjectives that are IMO totally
meaningless today. I am continually amazed at which plants are given
the 'rare and choice' descriptions. Of course, Wayside tends to go a
tad overboard in their prose, but several nurseries that I respect
have labeled some plants that I *know* are neither rare nor choice
with those words...maybe the catalog description writer was really
tired of trying to come up with new and different ways to describe a
plant to make someone want to buy it or something.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
>
> I just cleaned up a stack of catalogs and remembered my favorites
> from Wayside's catalog.
> Coreopsis rosea and an ajuga - labelled rare and choice; both
spread
> like wild fire!
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