Bonnie has 3 dozen or so growing facilities, but their website says that not all varieties are grown at every site. They share plants and ship things around to accomodate orders by the big box stores.
With the economy is shambles, I suspect that what we're getting is lower quality. That will reduce their overhead and, of course, that means they have to charge more to make you not look at the quality - thus the price increases.
If I were to purchase any plants this year, I would be looking at sources like Fusion Power and Sandhill. I don't even want any of Bonnie's flowers for fear of bringing home something I didn't intend to buy.
Ted
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Ted
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Owner & Sole Operator Of
The Muddy Bucket Farm
and Tomato Ranch
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