Re: No fan of Stella D'Oro
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: No fan of Stella D'Oro
- From: P* H*
- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 03:25:32 GMT
>From: Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: No fan of Stella D'Oro
>Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:01:35 -0600
>
>>Boy!, you guys are really tough. That cheerfully bright little bloom has a
>>friend in me. It doesn't perform the best in zone 9, but I still consider
>>it acceptable.
>>
>>Tom Miller
>
>
>That's OK, Tom. I hope no one would take this lack of enthusiasm (on the
>part of a few of us) personally. I can certainly understand its use
>(overuse?) in commercial plantings, and perhaps that's part of my problem
>with it. Sort of like the "Happy Face" and "Have a Nice Day".
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>l*@execpc.com
>
I certainly meant no offense to Stella lovers. I was given one by a friend
and it just doesn't do anything for me except take up valuable space. I can
appreciate its merits, but I need to find another friend who will love it
more than I do.
As to (over)use of any plant or anything else, there's a fine line between
popular and overdone. The "Macarena" or "Don't Worry, Be Happy" come to
mind. At what point does something cross the line? The line is simply
placed differently for different people.
Conversely, I am happy to find a plant I like has become somewhat popular,
because then it is easier to find and priced more competively. However,
depending upon the plant, it takes some of the enjoyment away for me when I
see it used all up and down the street and all over town. But that's okay,
too, because there is always something else to try.
Also conversely, I have been doing lots of reading about heirloom plants and
the work that organizations like the Seedsaver's Exchange is doing, and I am
well aware of how plants can fall out of public disfavor and followed with
growers no longer offering them, and pretty soon they have disappeared from
sight. So, I like to try to keep some of these formerly popular, but now
less so, plants in my garden to help ensure their continuation. For that
reason, getting back to the daylily discussion, I really like Hyperion and
hemerocallis flava (the lemon daylily). These are older varieties and often
harder to find, but very lovely.
Finally, I love to hear about what plants people like and dislike. Makes
for interesting reading.
>
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