Making a business out of gardening. Advice please

Orange_King

Davesnave wrote: »

Oh gosh! Well, I used to think it would be best to have the latest plants, so if there was a new Echinacea, say, I'd get it. I'd know B&Q wouldn't have it! Another example would be something like the yellow Leucanthemum 'Sonnenschein.'

Then the hard teaching of experience kicked me around a bit. It turned out a lot of the new Echinaceas, with their orange hues, got their fancy genes from E Paradoxa and curled up their toes in the harsher winters. And 'Sonnenschein' turned out to be a miffy plant too....:(

Now, after trekking around a bit and visiting a national collection or two, I grow Echinacea 'Ruby Giant' and Leucanthemum 'Bishopstone' because they are good doers, and if people buy them, they're liable to keep them.

Many thanks, some nice looking plants among those. Trial and error is wonderful isn't it , I do prefer it when there is a successful outcome to the efforts but on the reverse side, it gets a bit boring when you do actually crack something and have a plentiful supply.

It is much more satisfying getting there after previous failures!