The Merits Of All-American Selections
Every year, anxious gardeners like myself show up at our favorite greenhouses or garden centers looking for the newest color, longest lasting and splashiest annuals, as well as the new vegetable varieties to tempt our palates. Did you ever wonder about all those amazing plants and their journey to the retailer? Yes, of course there is the grower and shipper, soil, containers, fertilizer, tags, marketing, transporting and many other inputs that go into those beautiful and tasty delights. There are also untold hours of love and labor that come before every spring crop. …