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pirl wrote:
That is a high price for starting with them but it also would encourage you to do your best growing it. Some DG person said, on some thread, if we treated our plants as costing $200.00 each we'd be better gardeners. We'd also be OC!

I planted the few I bought in our own compost and in full sun but no other special conditions and they've done very well. One, from Dutch Gardens, has expanded VERY well: