Re: Re: infor

And I'll bet this genius has a driver's license.  That's pretty dang scary.

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea H
Sent: 6/21/2004 9:12:17 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] infor

> Wow, now that is simply not a comforting thought, that something so simple,
> will not sink in.
> 
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] infor
> 
> 
> > Pam, this reminds me of an event involving the neighbor with the Statue
> > of Liberty in his front yard.
> >
> > One time when Chuck, my yard guy, was here--and before he had his own
> > equipment, he had brought equipment from the nursery to use, so it was
> > obvious where he was from--the guy with the Statue of Liberty collared
> > him and asked: "Why doesn't my hibiscus bloom more?"
> >
> > Weekly, the guy prunes, trims, clips his hibiscus [a Seminole pink that
> > blooms like crazy most of the year] into the shape of a large, green
> > footstool.
> >
> > Chuck told him hibiscus bloom on new growth, and if you cut off the new
> > growth, you cut off the wood that supports blooms. The guy nodded and
> > thanked him.
> >
> > Since then, every week the guy prunes, trims, clips his hibiscus into
> > the shape of a large, green footstool and frets because it rarely
> > blooms.
> >
> > Not all tools in the shed are sharp.
> >
> > On Sunday, June 20, 2004, at 03:43 PM, ""
> > <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Why does anyone listen to WMT people about plants anyway? They are not
> > > the experts, even if you don't live to garden. Go to a nursery people
> > > and get some GOOD advice!! Ugh. I give this speech often, I'll spare
> > > you
> > > the full effect.
> > >
> > >
> > > Pam Evans
> > > Kemp, TX
> > > zone 8A
> >
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > Zone 10
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >
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