On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:53:26 +0000, sacha
wrote:

in article , descds at
wrote on 3/2/03 6:28 pm:

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:21:52 -0000, "david"
wrote:

If you want quantity..have you thought of asking your local nursery for a
price for what you want,??

I've tried that .. they are not specialists in such things so tend to
import heathers etc .. Thusly the price is still not right

Kinda looking for around £1 a plant or less for 1 or 2 year old pot
grown winter heathers .. looking for around 60 to 100 ...


OTOH, miracles do happen and you could keep your eyes open for garden sales
and for a nursery that's packing up and selling off stock. Or you could buy
a few plants and raise your own - slowly. ;-)

point taken however they have been at our local markets before at
those prices quite readily available .. I was kinda looking to get
some to establish now rather than latter. I've found a site on the web
that does 500 plugs of heathers for £55 which with the math is pretty
good .. I would prefer to buy more established plants but the plugs
may be a way to go.

As you say i could propgate them but then i'd have to wait a further
two years for what i need them for. Mind you if it comes down to costs
i guess i'm probably going to have to go down that root.

Thanks anyway for the reply.