Loosecanon wrote:

Also look at the number of plant nurseries that have gone out of business in
the last 10 years. How many that survive are selling good quality plants
with an extensive range, the answer is not many. This is because they are
limited to a few wholesale nurseries to supply the same things. Bunnings is
also supplied by the same people. It is a sad state we are in.

Well, an alternative explanation is that most people are clueless morons
and follow like sheep. So they watch these **** and wind home and garden
programs on TV and then do exactly what they did. So the demand in
Nurserys is for the same few plants. Consequently the nursery finds it
just uneconomical to sell other plants.

We have a local nursery guy, Tim Pickles, and he has been very
successful on a corner site in selling all sorts of stuff because he has
a good sense of humour and presents different ideas as demo plots on his
fenceline. People waiting at the lights get to see something different
and try it.

The time he went into a mega nursery place, he sold up in a few years.
It didn't work as well.