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Monkey Puzzle Tree advice needed
Janet Baraclough..11/4/04 5:19
k The message from Kay Easton contains these words: In article , Brian writes Monkey Puzzle trees grow quite quickly but need very large gardens and should be planted when less than 12" high. Expect to pay through the nose! Our garden centre has one at about 14" in a container at £88!! That is outrageous! You can get them far cheaper than that. I agree it's outrageous, but I've noticed more and more GC's doing the same; they have a few strategically placed plants with astronomical prices, and amazingly, they sell like hot cakes. The plant themselves are not rare, or very large. I suspect that it's a (highly successful) sales tactic aimed at the kind of designer-label shoppers who confuse high price with high value. I think that's on a par with the sort of nursery customers who buy anything if it's in flower. But if they ask for suggestions for a shrub for a particular spot and what you suggest is perfect but in its dormant phase, they will reject it. Even showing them pictures and RHS Encyclopedia descriptions doesn't help. It's a combination of not knowing enough to plan forward and wanting 'instant gratification'. ;-) Perhaps it's the same sort of gardener who comes in to buy a tree or shrub because their next door neighbour has one. If you suggest they buy something different so that both houses will have something else to enjoy you get a funny "have you got two heads" sort of look. I'm not blaming them BTW - it's their garden! - but it seems that fewer people now buy shrubs in the autumn for forward-planning. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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