buying pond plants
Today I headed out to one of our
local nurseries. They had two long water tables set up with pond plants. Big pots, full of water and very, very heavy pond plants. I found a star grass and looked for something to put it in. Nothing. No plastic bags available. It was very heavy and very drippy. I managed to get it to the checkout but had the furthest to walk from any other display of plants. If you are going to carry pond plants think about your customer! (Also have a nice demo pond set up, some information sheets and don't let the displays fill up with algae, pond slime and mosquito larvae!) k :-) |
buying pond plants
"kthirtya" wrote in message
oups.com... Today I headed out to one of our local nurseries. They had two long water tables set up with pond plants. Big pots, full of water and very, very heavy pond plants. I found a star grass and looked for something to put it in. Nothing. No plastic bags available. It was very heavy and very drippy. I managed to get it to the checkout but had the furthest to walk from any other display of plants. If you are going to carry pond plants think about your customer! (Also have a nice demo pond set up, some information sheets and don't let the displays fill up with algae, pond slime and mosquito larvae!) k :-) I didn't realise our local GC had a branch in the US ;-) Peter |
buying pond plants
I get mine he
http://aquaticplantdepot.com/index.html I get pots and dirt separately, as they ship the plants wrapped in damp paper. I have no connection with this outfit, but I've been happy with them. "kthirtya" wrote in message oups.com... Today I headed out to one of our local nurseries. They had two long water tables set up with pond plants. Big pots, full of water and very, very heavy pond plants. I found a star grass and looked for something to put it in. Nothing. No plastic bags available. It was very heavy and very drippy. I managed to get it to the checkout but had the furthest to walk from any other display of plants. If you are going to carry pond plants think about your customer! (Also have a nice demo pond set up, some information sheets and don't let the displays fill up with algae, pond slime and mosquito larvae!) k :-) |
buying pond plants
http://aquaticplantdepot.com/index.html Looks interesting! I like to buy locally but they've got to meet me half way and provide some sort of service. I'm sure they don't like dripping pond plants being tracked across their store. The star grass is very pretty but hardy to only zone 8. (We're zone 7 here.) But I do have a daughter who is off to college in the school year and has this very nice sunny window just begging to be used during the school year.... k :-) |
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