I wish I lived in a more suitable climate; think I'd order and start a business, Nick. Oochigeas and Caroline Constabel appeal to me in particular, personally; but there is such a demand here in the states that it would be a almost guaranteed return on investment to grow and sell any of the varieties not currently available here. Do you know where they're located? Or if they have a test garden that's open to the public? I've stayed away from the debate about TC/division grown plants because I really have no experience with the difference. It would be interesting to see a garden of mature, TC generated plants.
Karen, all of the six original Itohs I ordered from Select Plus looked EXACTLY LIKE the plants I received from MB. That was around 8 years ago and I had no clue of how to care for them, ended up losing half of them that first year. Ended up losing Berry Garcia when I divided it fall before last for a trade, I'll get that one back sometime in the future to another trade, hopefully, plus that's one that I got from MB last year. My BG from Select Plus never made it to the double flowering form anyway, very weak plant as compared to the other 2 that survived, Singing in The Rain and Strawberry Blonde. It was in my garden for around 6 years, only bloomed the last 2 years. I do wonder if Select Plus' original stock was something similar to what Plantek now offers and if the wonderful divisions we've gotten from them in the last couple of years are descendant from some of those tiny things like the ones I first got from them 8 years ago.
