Plant lust
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Plant lust
- From: S* S*
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:23:47 -0800
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It is amazing, isn't it, how plants that we "simply
have to have" don't cause the batting of an eye to a
fellow plant lover? Beauty is in the eye of the
beholder, as well as lust, I guess.
The good news is, there are always plants who
perform poorly (at least in "our" yard) or don't live
up to your expectations, or *grow* beyond your
expectations...
As a new gardener I approached each bed as live
and die choices of what I'd have to live with forever
-- HA -- how naive I was! Now, unless the cost is
exorbitant, I approach it as, "give it a try" or "see
how this works."
Sure has been dead on the ol' computer lately.
Everyone's Christmas busy, I'm sure, so Merry
Christmas to you all!
Susan Saxton
For mine is just a little old-fashioned garden where
the flowers come together to praise the Lord and
teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
1835-1894
>>> Don Martinson <dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu>
12/15/98 10:32am >>>
The catalogs have begun arriving, initiating the
thoughts of "I've got to
have that plant."
I recently read a review of Jamaica Kincaid's new
book "My Favorite Plant"
(Farrar, Strauss and Geroux) by Emile Mitchell. In
it, she states,
"In the plant kingdom, as in romance, apparently
the heart alone knows what
it wants."
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
Heat Zone #4
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