Obviously nothing can cure what's already circulating out there. But we do have options. I will be notifying the vendor that sent me the incorrect cultivar 2 yrs ago. As well as vendors that sent incorrect plants this spring.
As much as I dislike having to ride people, this is one of the times that it's necessary. Maybe if everyone that received an incorrect semp, went back to the vendor and did a bit of complaining, it would improve. Plant vendors don't want to spend their time fielding those types of calls. They are in business and they want to take orders. If I want them to send me the correct plants, I have to let them know when they get it wrong. They must be made aware that there's a problem.
I must be confident that the plant I'm selling at the farmers market or, trading with forum members, is indeed the correctly named semp!
Sending out the correctly named plants is absolutely the least a plant vendor can do! They cannot "fix" it, but they certainty can improve it.
My plants are very important to me. I enjoy collecting the species and cultivars that are pleasing to me, as we all do. We lovingly plant and tend. Spend time and effort to label, photograph and document. Yet somehow, somewhere along the line someone made a mistake or wasn't paying attention or simply didn't know better. Abracadabra, I have another noid!
