Grower's Comments
More information leads to better decisions. Our on-line and office availability are regularly updated with Grower's Comments by our Inventory Coordinator about plant conditions. The legend below is a guide for some of the keys now appearing on the availability.
- B&B - Bud & Bloom.
- Fall color/Fall foliage - Plant is exhibiting optimal fall color change on foliage.
- Full Bloom - Full Bloom
- Gorgeous - Absolutely stunning, either beautiful blooms, buds, fascinating seedheads or fruits paired with wonderful foliage, or even just lovely and colorful foliage of top quality on its own.
- Light tops - Well-established roots, but small heads, or "tops" of plants. Usually, a young or newer crop.
- Landscape Grade - Short or sparse branching of plant.
- Past Bloom - May still have some flowers but past full bloom.
- Leggy - May look a bit stretched, but still has foliage on new shoots.
- Reflushing - Was trimmed recently and is actively pushing new growth.
- Retail Ready - Full foliage, buds/blooms and all around nice looking.
- Seasonal look/foliage - Not a specimen - a bit past prime, fallen to the elements usually mid-summer (tipburn, discoloring, etc.).
- Seedheads - Typically grasses or other crops with showy seedheads.
- Summer Dormancy - Plant may not have attractive growth/foliage, but roots are still viable.
- Trimmed - A crop that has been visibly trimmed, has not reflushed yet.
- Variable - A crop that has both light tops and tops that are fuller, denser, more retail ready.