Reply #45: I've bought a lot of seeds there too

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and last year I bought a starter for a climbing rose plant. The rose seller, for example, just sells roses that she has raised herself, and she knows everything in the world about them and even publishes a news letter.

The orchid sellers, likewise, have been growing them for years and know everything about how to make them bloom. These are fantastic people to buy from because they take so much pride in what they sell, and it most often turns into a repeat buying arrangement where everybody is happy.