On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:22:44 -0400, Vox Humana wrote:


"Judy and Dave G" wrote in message
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Hello all

I was at Wal-Mart this afternoon. I needed 6 more purple wave plants.
Well
they had 4 of those 6 foot high rolling carts with 6 shelves on them
just loaded with wave plants. But none of them were marked as to which
wave
they
were. No big surprise.

Here's the problem. Everyone of the plants in that garden center that
wasn't dead, was almost dead. Most were dead. Why? Because they had
not been watered. For God's sake. Water, that's all. I cannot believe
that there is no one that works at the WalMart garden center that does
not realize that plants NEED water to survive. How very, very sad.

It isn't a phenomena limited to Wal-Mart. In my area Lowe's, Home Depot,
and K-Mart all have the same problem. I am hesitant to buy any plants at
these stores unless they are just unloading them off the truck when I
arrive. Even if the plants you get aren't wilted when you buy them, god
only knows how many times they wilted while they were on the racks. I am
fortunate that I live near a couple of large producers of perennials so I
can get really healthy plants at about the same price the big box stores
sell their wilted plants. I always wonder how much they pay for the
plants because they must have an enormous loss due to failure to water.


And if no one says anything to the managers of these stores nothing will
ever be done about any of this. OPEN YOUR MOUTHS.At least you can say you
did YOUR part.