On 25/10/07 23:49, in article ,
"Rhiannon_s" wrote:




"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 25/10/07 20:33, in article
, "Dave Hill"
wrote:

On 25 Oct, 18:06, Anne Jackson wrote:
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Apart from Latin name and colour (if no photo) what sort of info do
people
think most important in a plant catalogue. I know it needs to be
informative but not too wordy, IMO!

Height and spread, and whether or not it's hardy would do for me.

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AnneJ

I'd be inclined to publish a descriptive plant list with a much more
descriptive catalogue with pics etc on your web site, the lists you
can then print yourself as required rather than have a bill for
several hundred pounds from the printer.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries


Wonderful, David. You and Charlie have probably saved us a lot of time
and
money.
Thank you to everyone else. Please keep the ideas/wants/needs/suggestions
coming. It's genuinely helpful.

I hate to say this, but I probably wouldn't buy mail order based on that. I
mean a plant list is fair enough if you live close enough to the nursery to
have a look in person, but if I'm not able to visit then I want a catalogue
to browse at leisure before deciding. I know you say you'll have that on
website, but as I said upthread, I find reading from website rather tedious
and it cuts down on pimping plants to friends and discussing stuff with
friends too.

If you were to give me a choice between mail order company with plant price
lise accompanied by net link, and a plant catalogue with pics, a little
description I'd go with the latter everytime.

Sorry.
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Rhiannon_s
There is no God but Eris, and Jay and Silent Bob are her Prophets.


No, this is what I'm asking about, so don't be sorry! It is genuinely
useful. I'm inclined to agree with you about having a catalogue-in-the-hand
but we do have to look at costs, too, so that's why I'm canvassing these
useful opinions.

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'