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plants in February. I have been given grudging tours through nursery seedling growing areas followed with a polite refusal to sell me any of the plants... From my experience, 90 percent of the industry goes into hibernation from fall to mid-spring. It seems to me that the industry is missing a golden opportunity to expand its selling season with just a little educational advertising.”

Another reader continues, “...around Thanksgiving, they hide the tools, books, pots, seeds, plants, etc. and display nothing but Xmas stuff. In the dead of winter, I need to be able to see evidence that spring will come, and I also need to buy Xmas gifts for gardeners. I can’t do either one...”

Yet another readers asks, “Why do garden centers persist in selling market packs that obviously are overgrown? I have had garden centers

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