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GREENS, From p. 2
sellera^rehe says, adding that after the Friday afternoon shipment is the best time to come and choose your greenery.
Like many local greenhouses and nurseries, Seneca Falls gets many of its plants and trees for spring selling from far away places, like the deep South, California, and Pennsylvania. According to Katherine Mangold, a landscape designer for the nursery, trucks loaded with greens arrive two or three times a day from March through May.
But shipping costs hike the retail price of plantings.
“Plants are relatively expensive in this area,” says Mangold. “It's the shipping costs plus the demand — they’re aren’t enough growers. “And,” she adds, “people (here) want big stuff, specimen stuff (like centerpieces for yards). They want instant gratification.”
An example of a centerpiece landscape item, according to Mangold, is a Japanese maple, a slowgrowing decorative tree with feathery leaves. One Japanese maple at Seneca Falls is 50 years old. That specimen, says Mangold, is worth about $6,000.
“The larger they are and the rarer they are, the more expensive they are,” she says.
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