On Tue, 30 May 2006 19:46:43 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote
(in article ):

On Mon, 29 May 2006 18:03:57 +0100, Sacha Hubbard
wrote:


Just a bit of mild curiosity and a small personal survey. ;-) What does
the panel think is a reasonable time in which to take back a dead plant and
expect a replacement?
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If a plant dies on me, I just blame the gardener and put it down to
experience. The only plant I've ever taken back was a Cotinus 'Royal
Purple', which when it came into leaf, wasn't. The nurseryman's
comment was "Oh, not another one!" OWTTE.

I think you were entirely justified in doing so. Most nurseries are very
conscientious, or try to be, about labeling but it is possible for mistakes
to be made and those should certainly be rectified.

As for mail order, I did have a passion flower arrive via a non-GPO
carrier, the day after a particularly hot Bank Holiday, having been
dispatched late in the previous week. It looked like a piece of
well-boiled lettuce, presumably having cooked in a hot van for three
days. Not very clever on the part of either the nursery or the
carrier. They did send a replacement.


You've just identified one reason my husband refuses to consider mail order
from here!

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
email address on web site