Having a business myself, i understand the mindset of hoping and trying to make things work until you finally have to admit that you are just not able to fulfil that order, in time, with the proper quality / quantity. Especially if you care about a reputation for quality, these decisions are not made lightly. If they had planned to take the money, or even intended to keep it for as long as possible, you would still be fighting over getting it back....

Honestly until you mentioned "hairiness" I never thought about it. I read your post and looked at my violets and realized the different levels of "hairiness" my violets have. I have violets with all ranges of "hair". I have a couple that are almost slick as a water slide. Then there are others with lots of "hair". And everything in between. I never paid attention before! I just figured that is the way THAT particular violet was! lol Rosie

Our mulched beds are overrun with wild purple violets. I live in the DC area. I thought I'd give up on weeding and simply plant other more decorative violets (viola odorata, viola walteri) in the same beds and call it a day. Bad idea?

It is a bad idea only if you are one of those that think certain plants need to be murdered with poisons. When you ask the inter net "How do wild violets spread" you get a ton of information about how to kill them and none about how they got where they are. Like most other flowers these do supply some beneficial insects, as well as many butterflies, with a food source. By killing off these plants you cut down on food available to these insects which could mean there will be fewer of them in the future. We not only are killing off the insects that help pollinate the plants that produce the foods we eat but we are killing them off at a fairly rapid pace. We may die of starvation before climate change has an adverse affect on us. kimmq is kimmsr