Re: low-maintenance plants
- Subject: Re: low-maintenance plants
- From: T* a* M* R*
- Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 08:27:42 +1200
Carol Joynson wrote:
>
> My Kansas grandma called them "shameless hussies" - I never heard heard them
> called "ladies" till I got to California. And I was thrilled to find some
> growing off in the jungle of my recently acquired 79 year old house -
> neglected and unwatered for at least thirty years and doing very well, thank
> you.
>
> I heartily agree! My Texan grandma always referred to these as "nekkid
> ladies," and their scent is enough to send me down the fondest childhood
> memory lanes in the central valley where she had it planted in with an
> unruly batch of mint. The combo was heady!
They are always called "Naked Ladies" in New Zealand where they come up
in the grass along the borders of many old farm paddocks, as well as
still beig popular in gardens. Also grown here is a white form, which
seems equally floriferous and is specially attractive I think.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata - at the Southern tip of North Island, NZ,
Lat 41°15'S, Long 174°58'E (Antipodes of Spain/Southern France)
