In my limited (10 years) experience in collecting seriously, I always find smaller growers are the best folks to purchase from. I’m consistently disappointed by big growers who market plants that have been coddled and are not prepared for the “real world”. Bridget In SE Pennsylvania hoping for some nice rain and cool temps so the arsiaema don’t fry. > On Jun 20, 2018, at 11:28 AM, Hansen Nursery <robin@hansennursery.com> wrote: > > For some time this phrase from Monrovia Nurseries has bothered me: > "high-bred, well-fed, loving care distinctively better". But will it > survive? Can we or should we try to duplicate those growing conditions > provided by growers? "Meltdown" - when your coddled, healthy, luxurious > annual/perennial/shrub/tree promptly succumbs under normal, i.e. homeowner > conditions.. > > > > Am I just being perverse in objecting to the way our bulbs and other plants > are marketed? What have everyone's experiences been when they order some > luscious-sounding bulb from a nursery and it does ok for a year or not at > all, never grows, does fine and then disappears? I ordered a particular > plant from SpringHill Nursery and so far, it has not lived up to the > gorgeous photo nor the description. I doubt very many of us follow any kind > of rigid, exacting schedule for watering and fertilizing as these big > commercial nurseries do. Is it just a few big nurseries that push this > hype? > > > > My general preference is to order from small, specialized nurseries, but > every now and then I succumb to the lure of photos and descriptions and > order from SpringHill or another nursery. Do your bulbs survive and produce > for the most part? Or? > > > > Just curious! > > > > Robin > > Hansen Nursery > > robin@hansennursery.com > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…