garden philosophy
- Subject: garden philosophy
- From: &* <p*@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:07:33 -0700
To Sean's comments:
My own turn on this phrase is that I am totally egalitarian in my
consideration of plants, analyzing their usefulness or appropriateness to a
project on their merit alone, not some sort of arbitrary 'status' they may
have with gardeners. I also consider the appropriateness of a plant to the
garden owners - are the 'compatible', do they 'understand' each other, do
their lifestyles work together!
I say a loud "AMEN!"
I too plant the common with the uncommon, and have decided not to turn my
nose up at oleanders or Photinia, just because they are common or sometimes
badly used. To reiterate my original comment in this vein which smacks more
of Twain than Sean's eloquent Thoreauish comments- any plant can be useful
in the right setting, but, like the shoes or people I mentioned before, I
just like some better than others. Some I want around me, and some I don't!
Here's to individual taste!
Karrie Reid
Folsom Foothill Gardener
WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE 106F TODAY WITH AIR QUALITY RATED AS UNSAFE!
(We are downwind of the American River Fire Complex.) In case you haven't
checked the fire web pages, there are currently 330 fires burning in 27
hotspots in California right now! Yikes!
