I love Bob Brown's catalogues from Cotswold garden flowers. They are
really honest and funny. Sort of
"don't bother with this plant it never does well" or "good honest
perennial, common as muck but does well anywhere"

So often I fall for pictures of flowers that actually only appear in 1s
or 2s and then the whole shrub looks boring. Sometimes the description
sounds absolutely enticing but I tend to forget that it's what they
leave out that's important NOT what they put in, (they are trying to
sell the stuff after all)
What I do hate most is a plant described as 'rare' when it's nothing of
the sort or an infamous runner that is recommended to beginners like
vinca.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk