Re: Wholesale Varieties
Carol is right in that landscapers are slow to change and the fact is
that they drive the wholesale market. As much as we may want a garden
plant that is DIFFERENT, rare or unusual, most of the mass market is
interested in a plant that is the SAME as one they've seen elsewhere.
Reputable landscapers are held accountable for their product, so they
hesitate to take risks, when they know that certain varieties will
perform as the client expects.
The differences between wholesale varieties (for general landscape use)
and collector's varieties is much more obvious with daylilies. The two
most often specified (and boring) daylilies are 'Stella d'Oro' and
'Hyperion'. They are widely planted for good reason, but you rarely see
them used to great advantage in the collector's garden.
'Stella d'Oro' is obviously specified for its extended and repeat bloom.
If you read the catalogs, 'Hyperion' is touted to be THE standard for
pure yellow daylilies, but the real reason it is often in landscape
specs is because the spent blooms fall off quickly, reducing the need to
dead head. For mass plantings, you can have good appearance without
continual grooming.
Off my soapbox and back to Siberian irises.
R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
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