That concerns me as well. Just like food, it started with sugar, then it was corn syrup and now its who knows what! Then we have GMO's to worry about. I feel other plants (ornamentals) are at risk for this also. 10, 20 or 50 years from now -- will anything be natural? I used to love those big fat juicy homegrown tomatoes when I was little. The kind big enough to slice and cover a whole piece of bread. Now we buy little scrawny Styrofoam tasteless things called tomatoes. It is practically impossible to buy corn or soy products at a regular store that are not GMO. At what point will daylilies be tissue cultured in mass quantities after mom and pop field growers have either passed on, or big government has imposed so many intrusions that no one wants to mess with it. Then the only place to buy a dl is a huge money making big box place with inferior plants compared to nature. I am not implying that Wild's is only selling TC or that they have some kind of evil intentions. I am just saying this kind of thing does start small and seemingly harmless and then snowballs while the public is unbeknownst. The question is where does it stop? or rather how can it be prevented. One of the ways it is prevented is buy the public having knowledge to make a CHOICE. I believe many gardeners will CHOOSE not to buy TC if they knew. By not advertising it that way, the public has no choice. Once nurseries realized those plants do not sell well they will steer away from it more-so. One of the main reasons GMO has infilterated practically EVERY food on the shelf-- the public was not educated early enough, and farmers were lied to, and no one was required to label foods so that customers could make a choice. People should have the right to know what they are spending their money on-not be led to think they are getting something they are not.
