Re: Great Plant Arisaema $$$

Boy!,
    You guys keep this kind of talk up and I am going to rewrite my catalog and
reprice my inventory this week. I have been selling my Spigellia for $9 from
divisions in gallon pots. Incidentally, Spigella is one of those slow growers.
Takes 3 years or more from seed to see the first bloom and takes some years for a
clump to mature out after transplanting to the garden for a decent show.
    The Brunneras are from tissue culture. Wholesale price is still high even for
tissue culture on these for they are new to the market. Problem for most smaller
nurseries are you have to purchase so many as a minimum, then take your losses
over the couple of years until you can grow them large enough to sell.... I don't
consider a 4" pot of these large enough to sell.... just my personal feelings.
Same for the Gingers coming on to the market.
    You guys are sure giving me something to think about before beginning to write
the 2000 catalog the end of this month.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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From: <PolarisOn@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Great Plant Arisaema $$$


snip.....                        The Great Plant Co.
> is a bit of a curiosity to me. While the set up is very enticing, the plants
> are over priced; yet the growers are very generously profiled on the site so
> that one may go directly to the source. A magnanimous retail plot?  Their
> printed catalogue has sumptuous photos. I have to say though, it's a real
> stretch to offer a 4" pot of Spiglea marilandica @ $18.00!!!  I recognized
> the photo of the owner as the B. and Langdon fellow who has been on many
> gardening programs. He has exquisite taste and prices to match.
>                                 This past weekend, Plant Delights in Raleigh,
> NC, had it's annual fall open house. If you have the PD 1999 catalogue,
> you've seen the very clever "Air- Isaema" artwork on the cover. This nursery
> is home to LOTS of exotic Arisaema. In these parts, I suppose it serves as
> the sole throne for these strange and incredible plants. (The shelf labeled
> for the Arisaema in the Greenhouse was empty. Signs had been placed along the
> row reading "SSSHH, the Arisaema are sleeping!  Please ask for assistance if
> you would like to buy one, or two.") Very cost prohibitive. Very cool. Less
> expensive and equally cool are the Sarracenia. There were some gorgeous
> hybrids in the bog garden and it was fun to peer into their open throats and
> spy all manner of insects.
>             I also saw the sad, nearly burned up Brunneras for which the
> thread goes on... they looked much like mine did before it died (sniff
> sniff). They were crumpled and crisp at the edges in 4" pots for a
> hard-to-believe $20.00 each.  I refrained.               In situ, however, a
> B. macrophylla 'Langtrees' was managing quite well, though the variegation on
> this one was not what I expected. It resembled the species in color and form,
> but the markings were minimal and faint. The leaves had spaced dashes of very
> pale grey /silver within the outer margin, not at all as dramatic as I'd
> imagined it to be. (This is good, being selective builds restraint.) I should
> add that this was a young plant which may account for it's lack of
> brilliance. (This is bad. The thought will linger.)
>                                     Nuff for now,
>
>                                     Holly
>                                     Zone 7
>
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