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30-04-2004, 12:03 AM

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from ojunk (Bill Spohn) contains these words:

The former curator of a large park here in Vancouver tells me that when they
put out new Rhododendrons they had gardeners strip all of the blooms for the
first few years, until they got big enough to be a bit hard to steal,
otherwise
they would have gone home in someone's trunk.

It's very common in the UK, both from private gardens and ones open to
the public. One near here, which is famous for its rare rhododendrons,
doesn't label newly planted ones. They are identified to the garden
staff by a tag with a number, and don't get a name label until the plant
is too big and well established for easy lifting.

Janet