Here's a newsfeed from October about Iseli & Weeks.
http://www.greenhousegrower.co...
Chapter 11 isn't bad, it's just a reorganization, not a liquidation. Looks like Weeks & Iseli are owned by International Garden Products & that took a tumble, which resulted in J & P to go belly up too. But it doesn't mention how J&P was attached to IGP. Huh.
I don't remember Pat Nixon.. I wasn't even born when her husband was in office (well, technically, I think I *was* around, but not quite hatched yet), so I don't know if red suits her or not. If you say it doesn't, then that sounds good too.
Steve - Babs has survived 2 winters with me. Granted, she's in a more protected area that doesn't get the horrific winds that the east side of my house gets, but she's survived & put out blooms, even with my ineptitude as far as watering/feeding. So, if she survives for me, she should survive for anyone. Her area is actually about a foot thick of a topsoil/pea gravel/breeze mix (who ever did the landscaping just put stuff on top of other stuff rather than scrape it off.. so if you go about 10" down, you'll hit red breeze, then about 2" of soil, then about 4" of pea gravel, then the rest is top soil again). I figured that the rock mixture would actually help with drainage, so I just amended it a little with MiracleGro Tree & Shrub soil rather than rip it all out and replace it all with that. Seems to work for everyone except Enchanted Evening.. that one didn't do well at all this year & I'll be surprised if she survives the winter. If she does, I'm moving her & Oklahoma to a more sunnier spot.. where they're at now is just too dark I think.
