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Subject: Chen Yi
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I have been importing, growing and selling unusual Asian plants for
many years. I have dealt with very many nurserymen in several Asian
countries.

I have bought plants from Chen Yi for about 9 years. I find her to be
honest and reliable. She is the only nursery in China that I will deal
with.

Chen Yi sells both wild-collected plants and plants propagated and
grown in nurseries. If you don't want to buy wild-collected plants (I
don't), ask her in advance of ordering whether the plant you want is
wild-collected or not. My experience is that (unlike most nurserymen)
she will tell you the truth. It is a simple matter to distinguish a
wild-collected plant from a nursery-grown plant, and I have never been
misled. Among the plants that are nursery-grown are many asarums,
hepaticas, Saruma, Deinanthe, Syneilesis, Arisaema candidissimum and
other fine garden plants.

Chen Yi sells wild-collected plants because people want to buy them. I
know from experience that few gardeners are willing to pay what it
costs to grow many of those plants in nurseries. When customers stop
wanting rare plants on the cheap, she and other collectors will be out
of business.

Anyone who has been in the markets in China knows that dried plants of
orchids, Podophyllum, Epimedium, Asarum and many others are sold by
the ton for medicinal use. I don't think the trade in horticultural
plants represents even a fraction of that trade and at least some of
Chen Yi's plants live and are propagated in the West to enrich gardens
and perhaps conserve rare species. Like it or not many rare and
wonderful plants from China have been introduced through Chen Yi and
are now well-established in Western nurseries and gardens where they
are propagated and sold.

Almost all of the spring-flowering woodland plants from North America
that are sold by brokers by the millions are wild-collected in the US.
This is still legal in most places. The trade in trilliums alone is
staggering, and many of these end up brokered to Europe, ending up in
the gardens of more than a few self-righteous arm-chair
conservationists.

I know that many, many subscribers to this list are growing wonderful
Chinese plants thanks to Chen Yi. So let's give her a break.

Barry Yinger
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania USA

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and selling unusual Asian plants for many years. I have dealt with very =
many nurserymen in several Asian countries.<br><br>I have bought plants =
from Chen Yi for about 9 years. I find her to be honest and reliable. =
She is the only nursery in China that I will deal with.<br><br>Chen Yi =
sells both wild-collected plants and plants propagated and grown in =
nurseries. If you don't want to buy wild-collected plants (I don't), ask ==
her in advance of ordering whether the plant you want is wild-collected =
or not. My experience is that (unlike most nurserymen) she will tell you ==
the truth. It is a simple matter to distinguish a wild-collected plant =
from a nursery-grown plant, and I have never been misled. Among the =
plants that are nursery-grown are many asarums, hepaticas, Saruma, =
Deinanthe, Syneilesis, Arisaema candidissimum and other fine garden =
plants.<br><br>Chen Yi sells wild-collected plants because people want =
to buy them. I know from experience that few gardeners are willing to =
pay what it costs to grow many of those plants in nurseries. When =
customers stop wanting rare plants on the cheap, she and other =
collectors will be out of business.<br><br>Anyone who has been in the =
markets in China knows that dried plants of orchids, Podophyllum, =
Epimedium, Asarum and many others are sold by the ton for medicinal use. ==
I don't think the trade in horticultural plants represents even a =
fraction of that trade and at least some of Chen Yi's plants live and =
are propagated in the West to enrich gardens and perhaps conserve rare =
species. Like it or not many rare and wonderful plants from China have =
been introduced through Chen Yi and are now well-established in Western =
nurseries and gardens where they are propagated and sold.<br><br>Almost =
all of the spring-flowering woodland plants from North America that are =
sold by brokers by the millions are wild-collected in the US. This is =
still legal in most places. The trade in trilliums alone is staggering, =
and many of these end up brokered to Europe, ending up in the gardens of ==
more than a few self-righteous arm-chair conservationists.<br><br>I know ==
that many, many subscribers to this list are growing wonderful Chinese =
plants thanks to Chen Yi. So let's give her a break.<br><br>Barry =
Yinger<br>Lewisberry, Pennsylvania =
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