Re:was foxglove and columbine/now mom & pop nurseries

Jean - 

I bet the chocolate columbine was beautiful!!!!  My columbine are faithful 
but those foxgloves....well with the Texas...never know what the weather will 
be....sometimes we have a very cool spring and sometimes, such as this year, 
we hit 90 degrees before May.  My foxgloves and delphiniums are now out of 
bloom and the seeds are ripening.  I think this year instead of letting the 
seeds drop I will keep them in an envelope until fall--Oct/Nov, then give 
them a toss....about the same time I put out the snapdragons and larkspur...I 
think maybe this year I might be able to have some of my own.  Of course to 
be sure, I will still go to my favorite mom & pop nursery and buy my 20 
foxgloves.  

Speaking of Mom & Pop nurseries.....has everyone discovered that we are 
seeing fewer and fewer smaller nurseries make it in todays trade.  I 
personally would like to see them stay and I support them by not buying my 
plants at the Home Depots, Lowes, and WalMarts.  I do support the Home 
Depots, Lowe's and WalMarts by purchasing my pots, potting soil, fertilizers 
and watering instruments there.

I can go to my select few mom & pop nurseries and they know me by name and 
give my children treats every now and again.  Upon my arrival we are 
instantly in a  conversation about what's in bloom and/or how did that 
experimental plant do in your garden.....you don't really get that at a chain 
store.  They will immediately take me to something new at their center 
because they know me well enough that if I ain't got it....I'm gonna get 
it!!!!!!!  Let's here it for our Mom & Pop nurseries and the support of 
keeping them in business.  It is important to me....is it important to you?

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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