Re: [SG] Wayside and White Flower

In a message dated 2/19/99 8:34:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
skinnerd@FREENET.TLH.FL.US writes:

<< I have to agree with Gene, at least regarding White Flower
 Farms (no personal experience with Wayside).   A $75 order
 got me 5 little 4 inch pots, which were packaged well for
 shipping, but not any better in quality than any others I order
 from. >>

Guys,

More from zone 4, an easy drive to White Flower Farm in Connecticut.  In our
neck of the woods nearly everyone has made the trek to WFF.  The last time I
visited the director of horticulture was an Englishman of great charm.  All of
the gardeners are uniformed and the place is immaculate.

WFF has various events on site including a tea on the lawns.  The catalog
pictures of the CT site are for real.  The display gardens are well kept with
large drifts of perennials in a variety of settings.  In one of the
greenhouses is a display of the most unusual tuberous begonias, HUGE flowers,
each grown in a large pot.

Perennials and shrubs are for sale retail.  The assortment is larger than in
the catalog and plants are a good size.  In August everything is on sale and
that is when the surrounding gardeners drive over.

For some reason Connecticut has many high quality nurseries making a good
daytrip from many points in New England.  WFF being in the loop would be
added.

I have never ordered by mail from WFF.  There is a wonderful assessment of WFF
and Wayside in "Second Nature" by Michael Pollan.  WFF is thought to be yankee
and plain spoken, Wayside is southern and splashy.

Whatever your opinion, Gene's evaluation as a free encyclopedia is a good one.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
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