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Re: plant snobs
Charlotte Strem wrote:
>
> 6/11/98
> My plant "snobism" seems directly tied to what plants I grew up with -
> those are the ones I consider "dead common" and are of less interest to me
> than those "exotic" plants I've seen other places.
> I grew up in Los Angeles and we had bird of paradise (the City Flower of
> LA), equisetum, day lillies, acanthus, bermuda grass, eugenia, a jacaranda
> tree, & hibiscus. I was stunned one day to see bird of paradise blooms for
> $3.50 for a single bloom in Philadelphia. It's all a matter of what's
> common where. Conversely, I'd love to be able to grow peonies, which were
> "dead common" in Philly - but have no luck to date.
>
> Some people go to Las Vegas to gamble, I garden.
>
> Charlotte
I agree with a number of your dislikes (especially daylilies which I
cannot abide), but cannot rubbish jacarandas. Where I lived near Nairobi
(Kenya), they were a real cliche, as so many gardens had a drive lined
with them, but I never tired of the glorious sight of that carpet of
blue petals.. They were also all down the main avenue in the centre of
the city, underplanted with crimson bougainvillea grown as a ground
cover (an amazingly imaginative and successful conception).
Hbiscus was a real standby in most gardens and I remember one where the
old original red double was grown as a most attractive hedge. I still
have a soft spot for them, even though the only way I can have one now
is in a pot in my greenhouse. The one I have chose for my bit of
nostalgia is a magnificent single red with flowers as big as side
plates. She comes from Haiwaii and her name is Molly Cummings. She
flowers right from early summer into early winter, but as the weather
cools the flowers get darker and smaller.
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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