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Getting The Most
      Bling
    For Less
   Cha-Ching
   Making The Most Out Of Plant
     Purchases For Displays

   Amanda Campbell—Atlanta Botanical Garden
      Dan Johnson—Denver Botanic Garden
         Jonathan Wright--Chanticleer
APGA 2010
        Amanda Campbell
   Manager of Display Gardens
    Atlanta Botanical Garden




With special thanks to Kathryn Moomaw
The little black dress…

 Woody Plant Material Used In
 Annual Displays Year Round
Cupressus arizonica ‘Blue Ice’




•  5 years
•  Cost: $20
•  Cost per year: $4
Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’




•  5 years
•  Cost: $6
•  Cost per Year: $1.20
Ligustrum topiary

•  4 years
•  Cost: $175
•  Cost per Year: $43.75
A Bridesmaid Dress You
   Can Wear Again…


   Bought for indoor exhibit,
  reused for summer outdoor
            annuals
Chlorophytum comosum
•  7 years
•  cost: $9.50
•  Cost per year: $4.36
Strelitzia nicholii
•  7 years
•  Cost: $15
•  Cost per year: $5.14
Hemigraphis alternata
•  3 years
•  Cost: $1.50
•  Cost per year: $0.50
Closet Rotation


Plants we overwinter
Philodendron ‘Xanadu’
•  4 years
•  Cost: $12.50
•  Cost per year: $6.13
Musa ‘Little Prince’


•  4 years
•  Original Cost: $6
•  Cost per Year: $4.50
Xanthosoma ‘Lime Zinger’
•  5 years
•  Original Cost: $10
•  Cost per Year: $5
Xanthosoma ‘Albo marginata’
•  6 years
•  Original Cost: $25
•  Cost per Year: $7.17
You Can Dress It Up Or
        Down
 Plants used both indoors and
           outdoors
Epidendrum
•  4 years
•  Cost: Free! with
   purchase, but if we
   had paid $9.50…
•  Cost per year: $2.38
Cyathea cooperi,
          Australian Tree Fern
•  6 years
•  Cost: $15
•  Cost per year: $2.50
Alocasia ‘Stingray’
•  6 years
•  Cost: $20
•  Cost per year: $3.33
Heliconia
•  5 years
•  Cost: $20
•  Cost per year: $4
Back To School Shopping
       Propagation
Coleus ‘Fishnet Stockings’
•  5 years
•  Cost: $6
•  Cost per year: $3.20
Kalanchoe prolifera, Jurassic Kale

•  5 years
•  Cost: $6
•  Cost per year: $3.20
UGA Trial Gardens
A trend that sticks around

 Bought for annuals, then added
    to permanent collection
Canna ‘Valentine’
•  Originally bought for
   annuals in 2004 for
   $20 each
•  Moved to permanent
   location in 2006
•  Cost per year: $3.33
Hedera ‘Prince Avenue’
•  Originally bought in
   2004 for $45
•  Moved to permanent
   location in 2007
•  Cost per year: $7.50
We Loved It So Much We
  Took The Price Tag
        Off…

   From Southeastern Flower
  Show to permanent collection
Narcissus 2001
Delosperma 2002
Orchids 2003
Jonathan Wright, Horticulturist
Chanticleer Garden
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1
Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1

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Getting More Bling for Less "Cha-Ching": Making the Most Out of Plant Purchases for Displays Part 1