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/…