Did Tender Heart Treasures go out of business?
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Comments (8)Linnea, Freesias have bang for the buck. Buds along the stem open in sucession for a longer show (than daffs, tulips, etc) in early spring. Multiply easily and would likely store well. Pink with yellow throat are really nice. The golden yellows seem to multiple the fastest. I think ranunculus are drop dead gorgeous but they too are spring bloomers. I have not had success with out of the ground storage. Perhaps stored in fast draining soil, moistened every 2 months? Ixia are graceful with long arching narrow stems loaded with fat buds along the last 6+ inches. Late spring. Have never tried storing. Need to plant in same hole for great effect. Lovely. Babiana have rich jewel colors - over quickly and plentiful foliage is slow to ripen. Late spring. I only keep them because of the colors (in a vy large pot with chives). Sparaxis are easy. I think the purply ones are the prettiest. I tired of the red quickly. Trigridias have a larger flower than sparaxis; open to show the interesting mottled contrasting centers. Easy. Didn't combine well in my garden. I have had lousy luck with anemone blanda. De Caen anemones do great (bloomin now with the daffs) & very showy. Don't know about storage. Summer blooming semi-tropical bulbs/tubers are scant. I think you have the best with dahlias & tuberous begonias. A showly glad is Wine And Roses (I think) but it must be staked. The prettiest don't seem to be offered online. Watsonia needs to be in the ground for 2 or 3 years for a good show. Deep rooted - not a good subject for pots. Mature clumps 4+ feet tall. Devil to dig out established ones. Milk & Wine Crinum Lily - a want Scarborough Lily aka Vallota speciosa - love it. Sprekelia - very exotic looking. Mealy bugs get into mine. Homeria - seldom seen spring bloomer. Long wiry stem with canteloupe colored, tubular bell flowers - charming. My more flamboyant gardening friend saw mine & loved. Also in yellow if I remember correctly. Dutch iris - a spring must for me in medium lavender. Bletilla striata - love these. Finally found a spot where they're happy with morning sun only. Don't see foliage yet - maybe the huge weed crop obscures? Cyclamen florist type. Easy spring. Sorry so many are spring....See MoreGoing out of business sale - Manatee
Comments (6)I went today at 11am. They were not busy. The woman owner (seller) was there and very helpful. Spent more than I had planned, of course. So much is left. They think will be open next weekend, too. I got Brugmansias, firebushes (see my separate thread/question) they had both types and 2 sizes 8 for $10 and 3 for $10), succulents, yellow bulbines, saucers for bird/butterfly baths, a petrea blooming, and, for $5, a Mary L. Proctor (http://www.missionarymary.com) delightful, small tin cutout of a dancing blue frog reading, "Let a little mercy in my garden". Inside, are a few antiques, collectibles, large rusty iron furniture ($125, up but maybe were pre-sale prices), for $25 a large colorful Mexican ceramic wall scounce I guess for fitting with an electric light - seems perfect condition - an unusual bargain), plus odd & ends of bags and boxes of soil amendments and river pebbles. A room filled with tools that might be for sale. Carol, our neighborhood tom-tom is what I call our Lakewood Estates Community Assoc. president's e-mails to those who want to get them (usually re lost cats & dogs or suspicious door-bell ringers)....See MoreQ&Z Nursery Going Out of Business
Comments (40)We really are talking about two different creatures...general garden center vs specialty hosta grower. I agree with most of the comments about general nurseries. Most are boring and uninspiring. I rarely buy much from them, and even less likely to buy a hosta there. General nurseries usually buy in bareroot field grown stock or larger plugs, because growing TC liners to a retail size takes at least one full season. They can make more money growing 2-3 fast crops in a season with their space. And therein lies the issue of price...hostas are a relatively slow crop to produce. The longer it takes to grow a plant, the more it's going to cost. Never mind there is soooo much more cost in producing a plant, than the cost of the plant itself. Then factor in the hours spent hybridizing, collecting, cleaning, and growing seeds...and (ideally) years of evaluation...that's a whole lot of time and effort invested in a finished product that the consumer wants to pay less and less for every year. The box store growers make very low margins on large volume. Specialty growers just can not survive doing that. Expecting a specialty grower to conform to mass market prices is guaranteed death for the specialty grower. In the hosta world, it is these small, specialty growers that develop and bring to market the new, cool plants that you all keep saying you want. They need your support...and waiting for the end of the season sale is too late! moccasinlanding, in the past few years Q&Z has been introducing some of Van's plants. I can't say for sure, but I suspect Mark asked if he could put some of Van's plants into TC. From there, Q&Z sells the liners to hosta growers across the country and around the world. As for volume...not sure what an average run was for them...maybe 1000+....maybe much more. I do know some varieties are difficult to produce and were very limited (streakers, for example). Most TC contracts (a plant TCed exclusively for a retail grower) are probably around 200-500 plants. Here again, the larger quantity the lab produces, the cheaper the liners are. Most specialty growers can not sell through so many plants in a reasonable time frame. It seams the general perception the consumer has is that the specialty growers are filling their bank account from crazy margins we charge. Fact is, many growers are barely scraping by. By the way, Tony Avent shared his opinion and condolences on Q&Z in the September Plant Delights newsletter....See MoreChristopher Peacock- Out of Business
Comments (12)I love Peacock kitchens. I noticed the article last month. Christopher Peacock is actually going to try to rehire those who were laid off. ~boxerpups -------------------Here it is----------------------------- Connecticut Post: "Apr 21, 2009 (Connecticut Post - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX News Network) -- Christopher Peacock said he hopes to buy back the Norwalk-based furniture company that bears his name seven months after selling it to an English home furnishings company that later went bankrupt. Peacock, who founded the company in 1992, has been trying to acquire Christopher Peacock Cabinetry from Barclays Bank, the receiver for Smallbone PLC, a Devizes, England-based firm that last month fell into bankruptcy as a result of the sluggish global economy, he said. He sold it to Smallbone for $12.5 million in September. "It was the U.K. businesses that were in trouble, so the American companies were caught in the net," he said. Smallbone bought Christopher Peacock Cabinetry to add to its other home furnishings companies -- Paris Ceramics USA of Stamford, Hopton Works, Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Smallbone of Devizes, all based in Devizes, said Lane Brooks, Peacock's vice president of communications. "They were very interested in acquiring us because they wanted this high-end luxury conglomerative brand," he said. An unknown number of bidders are interested in purchasing the Norwalk cabinet-maker, which has stopped depositing checks received from clients who recently have placed orders, Peacock said. "We decided we should not take customers' deposits based on the uncertainty of the future of the business," he said, adding that he hopes a deal can be reached in a day or so. "It's a very strong company with a very good name and reputation for doing the right thing." PricewaterhouseCoopers is overseeing the transaction. Christopher Peacock Cabinetry, which has cut its work force to about 100 employees, has showrooms in Greenwich, Chicago and San Francisco and dealerships in Boston and Los Angeles. It also has a manufacturing facility in West Virginia. "By buying it back, I am re-employing people and will be able to make good on clients that have placed orders with us and take on new clients," he said. Peacock, who came from London as a furniture designer in the late 1980s, in 2007 founded Peacock & Beale, a home furnishings store in Greenwich, with interior designer Connie Beale. Leo Caplan, a private investor from England, recently bought Hopton Works and Mark Wilkinson Furniture from Barclays. The hope is that Peacock will stay in Norwalk, said Ed Musante, president of the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce. "They have an excellent name," he said. "It would be a great ending to the story if he was able to get the company back and continue here." To see more of the Connecticut Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.connpost.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport http://idms.cargillag.com/news/news_story.idms?ID_NEWS=103423396&NEWS_TYPE=ECO...See Moregrammahony
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