bonsainotwar

I had thought this thread might have taken a different direction.I have a juniper,a euonymous,and a sand cherry cultivar,that I rescued from the garbage at the garden center,at one of those "big box" chain stores,we all know and hate.These stores get in so many plants,that they can't possibly take care of them all,and a sizeable chunk of these end up in the trash compactor.And not even because they die.More often,it's simply because the regional ogffice has ordered more plants for each store than they can sell.They have a shipment coming in that they no longer have room for,so the existing stock gets tossed out.It matters not if this stock is prepackaged cupcakes,or flowering shrubs.The Wal-Mart model of retailing may be defended by the right wing in this country,but it is a scourge on society,and the planet.