Re: Visit to Plant Delights

My we've suddenly got very grammar-conscious, haven't we? ;+)
Andrea, I didn't mean to put you on the spot, I figured it was something
special.  Actually, I don't use spell check very often, so you've most
likely seen a lot more of my errors than I have of yours!

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Visit to Plant Delights


> OOPS! I did mean t-shirt. My spell check apparently wants it to be "to"
and
> I wasn't paying attention. Sorry. :-o
> A
>
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Visit to Plant Delights
>
>
> > Sounds like a wonderful time, Andrea.  I have to ask - what's a
to-shirt?
> > At first I thought it was a typo, but you did it that way again.  Just
> > curious.
> >
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:46 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Visit to Plant Delights
> >
> >
> > > OK, it's taken me 2 days to let y'all know what went on a Plant
> Delights.
> > My
> > > back went out from the ride up there and had to go to the chiropractor
> > today
> > > to get it smashed back into place. Boy am I sore! No mowing or weeding
> for
> > me
> > > for a few days.
> > >
> > > Anyway, we arrived easily, VERY easy to find off I-40 south of
Raleigh.
> > >
> > > The place is gorgeous, it's on farm land. The office is in front, and
> they
> > > live in another house farther back on the property. The entire grounds
> are
> > > planted, mulched, labeled, with mixed borders of sun with conifers
(that
> I
> > > can't grow of course) and then of course shade borders as well. The
> plants
> > are
> > > spaced so everything is visible, rather than crammed 6 inches from one
> > another
> > > (like my yard) so you can see every individual plant. VERY COOL. Water
> > > features all over, testing gardens that weren't open. Red brick paths,
> > >
> > > the classes were really good. Two hours long each. The first was the
art
> > in
> > > the garden talk. I really like a lot of the stuff. Some of it was a
bit
> > too
> > > ornate for me. But the sculpture Joel Haas also does a lot of very
> > Japanese
> > > work that is clean and simple. Liked those. His point was that art
> should
> > > interact with the garden rather than blend. Don't place purple
sculpture
>
> > next
> > > to purple flowers. He showed us slides of some of that and sure
enough,
> > > couldn't really see either the plant or the art. He didn't trash
> concrete
> > > sculptures, just was trying to open our minds to other possibilities.
I
> > posted
> > > his talk the other night so you all can see some of his work if you
> like.
> > >
> > > Tony Avent's class, Tropicalissimo, was mainly geared towards people
in
> > their
> > > zone, but I did learn quite a bit about bananas. According to Tony, he
> has
> > not
> > > heard of any banana hardy north of zone 7. However, you can yank them
> out
> > of
> > > their pot and throw them potless in the basement for the winter and
they
> > will
> > > do fine as long as they had enough time to store plenty of sugars in
the
> > > spring. So for those of you north of zone 7 who want banana trees
badly,
> > you
> > > can have them but they take some work.
> > >
> > > Tony was as humorous as his catalogs and the new one came out today.
So
> > those
> > > on the mailing list should be getting one soon.
> > >
> > > The greenhouses were immaculate and all the plants in great shape.
Still
> > > pricey, but WOW. I did manage to get myself an Echinacea 'Art's pride"
> or
> > the
> > > orange one, and yes it is orange. A Musella which is type of banana
> grown
> > for
> > > its flowers. A Cordyline 'Red Sensation'  and a Phlox that I can't
> recall
> > > right now but it is almost black the flowers are so red. The flowers
are
> > also
> > > tiny and fuzzy looking. Their rest of the plant looks like a regular
> > Phlox. I
> > > hope it does OK here.
> > >
> > > There were a lot of people there, everyone was very nice. I have to
> admit
> > that
> > > I was less than attentive as I would have been squirming around in my
> > chair
> > > because my back hurt so bad. I finally popped 800 mg of ibuprofen and
> > stood
> > > for the rest of the class. LOL! And that was in the morning. Made it
> > through
> > > the rest of the day.
> > >
> > > So, Anyway-for those of you interested in tropical gardening, and want
> to
> > know
> > > more let me know. Many of the things he talked about were zone 6 also.
> > > Unfortunately, the rest of you would have to grow things in pots, but
> they
> > > sure do have some nice things. And gorgeous hostas. We had a great
talk
> on
> > the
> > > Amorphophallus plants, with much giggling and silliness. He is too
> funny.
> > And
> > > now they have their catalog covers on to-shirts. I wanted the plants
> more
> > so
> > > I'll get a to-shirt later!
> > >
> > > Had  GREAT time! Go if you get the chance. But call first as they
aren't
> > open
> > > to the public on a regular basis.
> > > Andrea H
> > > Beaufort, SC
> > >
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