Incorrect name tags on nursery plants
HC writes:
Today while browsing through a local nursery I noticed a Frangipani that
carried a ticket stating it was a red variety (can't think of the
variety now, sorry!) and a photo of amazing dark red blooms. Nothing
strange about that, until you looked at the blooms on the plant and they
were the regular white with yellow centre blooms.
I know I've been caught by incorrect tagging in the past and these days
try to only buy a plant that is actually in bloom. I know mistakes
Not a mistake; it's the oldest trick in the book. A customer before
you swapped the labels and got themselves a rare pink frangi for the
price of the common yellow! (They may even have broken off any blooms
so the cashier didn't spot the mislabel.) Then they leave it for some
unwary customer to purchase the common yellow for the price of the rare
pink! Nasty.
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
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