Re: Meserve Hollies
Arnhild, In the case of the PJM Rhododendrons, the plants didn't
necessarily die during the first year which is the limit of the
guarantee. And the folks who bought them are not necessarily gardeners and
have no idea that the shrubs should not look sparsely decked out with
leaves. These shrubs do fine in Minnesota, I think, but our soil is too
alkaline for them. When I see them planted in a landscape, I think within
5 years, something else will be planted there because they will not thrive.
I like your term "walk on the climate borders". I haven't heard it
before. I know a few gardeners who revel in growing something that they
know is not supposed to be able to grow where they planted it. I'm not one
of them. I too realize that there are so many choices.
Gail K
I too can't understand why the nursery does this, but I don't hear people
blaming the nursery. I don't understand that either.At 07:40 AM 11/21/00
+0100, Arnhild Bleie wrote:
>---- well - in that case the nursery usually would had to pay the people
>the money back here in Norway, or give new plants of any kind - isn't that
>common by you?
>On the other hand he could been honest and told people that "this plant is
>interesting, but not tried, you may report back if it works ok, if it dies
>out you get your money back ...etc " - and in a way get it tried out around
>in the district?
>
>But it is not good to be kind of 'fooled' by the nusery! But maybe he was
>fooled too by the wholesale seller?
>On the other hand I can't understand why nuseries do this because there are
>so many beautiful plant out there hardy enough, it is not neccissary to
>walk on the climate borders all the time, or even on the wrong side!? Must
>be bad for the business?
>
>
>.......so to climate:
>
> >I don't know if he sells the Chinas or Princess/Prince.
>------> I don't see any differences between my Princess and Angel in
>hardiness, but ... then of course we come back to this regarding winter
>climate, maybe mine is too mild to come out with differences between them.
>You are right Bobbi, temperatures here where I live (Hardanger - a fjord in
>south west coast) does not get much beyond zero Farenheit - it in fact
>never does! It more dance up and down a few degrees around zero Celsius and
>that means the freezing point.
>Our 0*C = freezing point as is 32 *F, and minimum seldom come under -5 to
>-7*C (23 to 19,5*F), then we
>really are freezing here along the coast because of humid climate and maybe
>no snow. And anything under -10*C (14*F) is kind of extreme, I think the
>coldest messured here ever is around -18*C ?(-4*F), but this is not in my
>time of memory
>-thanks to Bob and Paul about temperatures Celsius to Farenheit - now I
>used the libary when telling you this :)
>
>regards
>Arnhild .. with +8.9*C (= 48*F) outside this morning (more than normal,
>but not unusual) ... strange to compare isn't it .. and I am still
>gardening every day .. planting bulbs and babybushes ... no - this is
>certainly not northpole! Tho' many people think Norway is colder than cold
>... but not here by the sea where I live, of course it is snow on mountains
>around ...
