Re: Removing plants from the wild
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Removing plants from the wild
- From: l*@teamzeon.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:02:29 -0500
Valerie Lowery@ZEON
02/03/99 09:02 AM
In Kentucky the police will fine you, too, if you remove plants from the
wild. My story:
The family was going to have a big to-do for my niece who was going away to
college. It was going to be a backyard party in the fall and I wanted
fresh flowers for all of the tables. Well, near where I work, there was
masses of wild asters growing along an entrance ramp to the expressway.
Very pretty. I decided to cut some of those asters for my tables;
unfortunately, I picked the wrong time. It was getting dark and I had just
about finished cutting what I wanted when the cops pulled up behind me with
the lights flashing. When I explained what I was doing (holding the
evidence in hand, mind you) he flashed a light on the asters and then on my
face ... no doubt to see if I was sober (it was dark and here I am on an
entrance ramp to the highway with clippers). Trying not to laugh, he told
me that I couldn't pick the wildflowers, but since I had already been
through so much trouble, he'd let me take what I had. Shaking his head he
went back to his car, but not before he outright laughed aloud before
closing the door.
Be careful how you get your flowers, folks!
Val in KY
zone 6a
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