Re: Smaller Plants Preferred
Thanks, Nan. I have read the same, but hadn't connected it with perennials,
just trees and shrubs.
Hal Lanktree
Rochester, Michigan (Zone 5b)
hlanktree@mindspring.com
> Hal, there has been quite a bit of research (and I don't have the
> references at hand) that indicates that smaller plants go through far less
> transplant shock than do larger plants. They also tend to recover faster
> and adapt better to "foreign" conditions that they encounter in their "new
> digs" (forgive the pun). As I recall, the researchers found that after X
> amount of time, smaller plants tend to catch up with and even outgrow
> larger ones that were planted at the same time (and under appropriate
> experimental conditions of course). The take home message for us
gardeners
> is that if you don't need a huge plant immediately (at the time of
> planting), then you are always better off to purchase smaller plants.
I've
> seen evidence of that even in my own gardening. These days, I always go
> for the smaller plant and I am seldom disappointed.
>
> Nan
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