Re: George Ball's NYT op-ed article

**"Tom Ogren" t*@earthlink.net**

Kathy Jentz brings up yet another interesting and alarming thread here...the
growing number of mean greenies who abhor anything that is a hybrid. Some of
them also spill over to denouncing any plants that are grafted or budded,
but hybrids of all sorts seem to be their main target (unless you dare to
mention GE'd plants!).
   I see much of this anti-hybrid fervor as stemming from ignorance. I've
been hybridizing plants for years in my back yard, mostly begonias and
roses, and I hardly think it's an unpatriotic endeavor...or ruining the
ecology of anything in particular. The whole thread of this discussion is
very interesting, and bothersome too, because I, like most of ya'll out
there in GWL land, don't most of us consider ourselves ecologists at heart?
Extremists, no matter how well-intentioned, can soil almost any good thing,
and that's what I see happening here....even if G. Ball did have a few of
his facts out of order.

----- Original Message -----
From: <WGardenermag@aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] George Ball's NYT op-ed article

> In a message dated 3/21/2006 6:29:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> FRIELSTER@aol.com writes:
> I ask again: Who are these native plants bullies George is so worried
about?
> Who is threatening gardeners' rights to plant non-natives? Name some
names.
> _______________________________________________
> In my own backyard - Takoma Park, MD - there is a lobby to make it ILLEGAL
to
> plant anything but natives. They are gaining supporters daily. So much for
> free-will, choice and live-and-let-live. We welcome immigrant workers here
(even
> illegals), but not their plant cousins.  Thank goodness I'm one block
outside
> of TP borders.
>
> As to people who are "plant nazis" - I went to a workshop last week where
a
> speaker was shouted down by one such type for daring to saying daylily
hybrids
> were useful in rain garden settings. She was a real bully - and left the
> speaker (a botanist) in tears. If I had her name, I'd gladly share it with
all.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kathy Jentz
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