RE: More Buddleia holes...

I couldn't agree more with what Kemberly said.  Don't be discouraged!  

Another point:  Most gardeners have plants they just can't grow, and they
(after some reasonable period of perseverance) give up and move on to other
plants that they succeed with.  For some of us, that means we grow just the
easy stuff (lots of daylilies and hostas, in my case).  For other gardeners,
that means they stop growing plants that are not hardy, or need
environmental factors they just cannot provide.  Or they grow perennials as
annuals.  But in either case, all our gardens still look ok (most days),
because no one focuses on what plants are missing from the landscape.  The
failures are easily forgotten.  And even if you are obsessive and can't
forget them, your garden visitors truly don't give a hoot about what's
missing.  

Actually, that's one of the nicest things about gardening.  Your failures
end quickly, and what lasts, almost by definition, are the successes.  Oh
yes, and the weeds.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mclainakag@aol.com [M*@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 4:10 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: More Buddleia holes...


Subj:	Re: More Buddleia holes...
Date:	99-07-09 16:08:23 EDT
From:	Mclainakag
To:	perennials@mallorncom


Sharon-

I can't help you with your bug problem but I will encourage you not to give 
up on gardening.  Sometimes it takes awhile to fight the battle with the
bugs 
but I believe where there is a will there is a way.  Just consider it a 
challenge.  It will take a little while to have a garden that is balanced in

critters that will "take care" of each other.  

The rewards from your garden will soon out weigh the problems that you will 
encounter throughout the year....I'm sure that there are several others 
gardeners out there that will agree with me.

I've been battling mealy bugs this year "big time"----this is the first time

I've ever seen them in my garden, usually they are confined to the 
greenhouse.  This year they are covering my verbena's and some of my 
brugs----we've been getting so much rain lately that it is pointless to
treat 
them because it just washes away.

Hang in there and I'm sure someone on this list will be able to provide you 
with the advice/help that you need....just don't give up.  Not that the bugs

in your garden are your mistake but it is a mistake non-the-less.....we
learn 
from them and once this information is absorbed and remembered it will be
one 
less problem to tackle in the future.  Just keep in mind that if you didn't 
have this problem you wouldn't have the opportunity to learn about bugs and 
the remedies.

Don't worry about your buddleia.....they are "troopers" and he will come out

of this problem even stronger.

Good luck and try not to be discouraged

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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