"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
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I'm sorry I missed this post from the other day, tk. The suggestions for the craft garden is by no means a complete list...I wanted to just give an indication of what could be grown for various applications.
However, I believe it is Spring Hill catalog that offers an assortment of Everlastings in prepackaged garden mixes at rather affordable prices. If anyone got one of those seed sets, they'd be likely to be able to grow a nice selection of plants that dry quite well. I recommend this approach as an alternative for those who do not enjoy a "trial and error" experiment in gardening by guesswork. Others may perfer to grow only one or two specific plants knowing what the need and want.
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
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I bought there bush roses set with the free one and some ranuculus, and a bunch of other stuff I don't remember what all now. And the only thing that grew was the peach tree. I followed the directions very carefully cause I had never had a garden before and I so wanted it to be beautiful. Anyway they have a guarantee so I called them and they reshipped everything. And none of that stuff grew either. I was big time upset. I didn't even bother to contact them again. It was just to painful to water and fertilize stuff that never grew just turned brown and died.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
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While everyone is certainly entitled to share an opinion here, which is what makes all good forums GREAT forums, I would be terribly remiss if I did not add another comment about Spring Hill.
It's been in business since 1848 and has been notoriously reliable season after season, not just for myself but many others as well. Very fair pricing too.
That being said, it is difficult to order from catalogs and from on-line sources in general. Many people prefer to shop locally where they can freely eyeball the products and make quick returns in case of trouble. Shopping as a rule is a very personal experience for most people.
I used Spring Hill merely as an example of a reliable catalog plants and supplies source...there are others with equally reputable histories.
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"In the midst of winter, I learned there lives in me an invincible summer" Camus (maybe a paraphrase) Plants: 9229 | From: Maine | Registered: Oct 2004
| Seeded: 66.63.78.107
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To your touch garden you could add a nerve plant I forget what the real name is mamosa? but you touch it and the leaves fold up..
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| Seeded: 66.31.21.34
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