RE: Cult: Species: A modest proposal



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From: 	iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of Ross Bishop
Sent: 	Wednesday, August 13, 1997 3:23 PM
To: 	Multiple recipients of list
Subject: 	Re: Cult: Species:  A modest proposal

> So, how about giving the species (especially the natives), as well as
> the Siberians, Japanese, Louisianas a try? When you have selected the
> right plant for your garden, it requires much less maintenance.

Dennis,
Where I live nothing would grow naturally except cactus, sagebrush and
prarie dogs. Perhaps it's human arrogance, but I like my gardens - and
they are all "artificial" in the sense you describe.
Ross

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Ross, oh Ross.....

I could spend all night listing all the wonderful and beautiful plants that 
you could grow in your garden without amending the soil and with a very 
minimal use of water, including arilbred iris (do you know people all over the 
country would give their eye teeth to be able to grow OYEZ, but it does just 
fine here).  But first you have to get over thinking a garden is something 
found in English garden catalogs and a yard is bluegrass lawn.  A garden here 
can be a wonderland of blues and yellows, silvers and pinks and purples, lit 
by brilliant reds and surrounded by the softest, thickest drought-tolerant 
grasses you can imagine.  It only requires a shift in perception.  Take 
yourself on the tour of "Mostly Xeric Gardens" sponsored by the Santa Fe 
Botanical Garden on August 31--I have info!

Barb in Santa Fe, where I'll admit I tried growing Japanese iris once.
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