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Re: [GWL]: Idiotic questions and requests


On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 10:06:38 -0700 Dan Heims <hortiholic@home.com> writes:
 
> I have been collecting such warped phrases since the 2000 Perennial 
> Plant Convention.
> AND I NEED MORE!   Can you help?  

Do these count?

Do you have any square bushes? After pointing out a flat-topped pine, I
was told that the plant in question also had flat sides. I led the
customer to the box bushes and gentlyexplained the concept of pruning. 

"How tall is a 4-foot rhododendron?" [The name was pronounced
'rhododendrum', of course.]

Fran Gustman, Editor
HortResources Newsletter
New England Horticultural Resources Network
Boston, MA
fgustman@juno.com

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