RE: Was Boltonia now good sense

Claire, this is hilarious.  Maybe my overactive imagination.  I can just imagine these fisherman and golfers touring a garden while your husband creatively makes up plant names (inadvertently) -- all the while they men nodding gravely and astounded at his knowledge and wisdom ;-)

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From: ECPep@aol.com [E*@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:59 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Was Boltonia now good sense 


In a message dated 8/7/02 7:41:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
genebush@otherside.com writes:

<< I will have to talk JoAn into placing Boltonia in her raised beds or over
 with her grasses. Hummm... she has been removing some perennials she does
 not like with her grasses the last couple of weeks..... >>

You know Gene, that book, Gardens With Dirty Hands, contains an essay on two 
gardeners in the same garden and how that works. If using the same beds, it 
doesn't. In the Charlesworth books, he describes how he and Singer, both rock 
gardeners, on the same property had their own spaces.  Often he would say 
that despite the best advice (from Charlesworth), Singer did the wrong thing 
or exactly as he wished.  And, vice versa.

There are also the writings of Vita Sackville-West and her husband who 
together built Sissinghurst and not without some fireworks.  Marjorie Fish 
who was responsible for many plants in commerce today writes about she and 
Walter quite openly.  She outlived Walter and the last books are without him 
recalling that he would never have allowed some of her last projects.

My partner and husband does no gardening, that is he does not use plants.  He 
builds things and mows things. He invents things and makes water appear when 
we need it.  He has also developed the most amazing vocabulary of plant 
names.  If it is his friends (mostly fisherman or golfers) he tours around 
and names things and they are very impressed.  Most of the time he is wrong 
but they do not know it and all are happy with the tour.  I have recently 
noticed this while giving of some plant or a chunk of it.  No harm as I guess 
they are all happy with these creative names.

I think you very wise to have two separate divisions on the estate. I don't 
think it can work any other way.  I don't like help in the gardens with the 
plants,  I like to do it myself.  He never reads the plant postings so I 
think I am quite safe with this one.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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