Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New Family Photo, 0 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
MM,

I plant a lot of flowerbeds, color is the service I want to develop more and get more clients for. There is only one company in the bay area that does this and they use the same plants year after year. They have all the malls and big business parks as clients and I intend to get some of them as my clients. I am always trying new (to this area) plants or plants that are not widely grown. I have had good success with delphiniums and next I want to try columbine for winter annuals. Summer is more of a challenge, as you know. I have been expanding my collection of coleus, they are popular and very easy to grow. The wholesalers do not carry alot of different types and they change them often so that creates its own problems. I have only been in business here for 3 years. I come from the SF Bay area, lots of different plants and many great suppliers. With the population boom (many folks from out of the area) and greater interest in gardening that should change.

I try to grow any and all the plants I see available. I order a lot by mail. My garden is just a holding area or experiment planting to see what is possible. My plant selections are based on ease of care mostly. I stick with the 'classic' plantings schemes or ones that I see around town that catch my eye.

I buy a lot of books too. I try and get them used, online and out of print. Many good ideas have been lost over the years.

Time to get busy on the paperwork. Todays photo.....it is small but it looks good.

This message was edited Apr 9, 2006 7:34 AM