Re: Anyone collect heucheras?

Hello Diana,
    Good timing. I just received and potted up some heuchera from a fellow nursery
person. Half dozen each of there named varieties. All are the mini's. Two have
silvery-green foliage and one has the purple. It is raining here and I have no
desire to go out and check the names at this time.
    In the garden I have one of the pewters, one that blooms with the heucheras,
but has the foliage of a Foam Flower in super large size (name lost now), another
given to us called Raspberry Regal.
    I have been tempted to carry a line of these in the nursery & catalog.... but
keep chickening out. Just too many out there with 3 breeders working on nothing
but these. Just a bit like another green leafed hosta.... my eyes are starting to
glaze over. Which one does one order in volume, feeling sure I have picked the one
everyone will want?
    Same story with Pulmonaria... there are now a kizillion different ones out
there now as a result of tissue culture. Many are quite lovely indeed... and I
really like these for the early blooms and wonderful foliage almost all year.
But.... I am sitting on two named varieties in the nursery that are not selling
now.... 3 year old filled pots getting too big to ship.
    market is being flooded, but the price wholesale is not reflecting the
abundance.
    Anyone else care to jump in here?
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Diana Pederson <euphorbia@MICHCOM.NET>
Subject: [SG] Anyone collect heucheras?


> Hi:
>
> I am becoming fascinated with the foliage of heucheras.  Does anyone
> collect these?  I find the reddish/maroon colored ones help brighten up
> my hosta bed.  I've wondered if there might be a society for them?
>
> Also, this list seems mighty quiet. In May 1999 there were 336 messages
> sent but this May (2000) there were only 149 messages.  It seems to be
> decreasing monthly now.  Have other groups formed on specific plants and
> taken away some of the conversation from here?
> --
> Diana Pederson, Ingham County, Michigan, Zone 5, United States
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