Re: Yard Labels
BUT THEN you start getting into hostas (where you find yourself standing
out in the yard saying "Oh sh*t, was that one 'Winfield Blue' or 'Blue
Wedgwood'?), or heucheras ("I can't remember if that's 'Persian Carpet'
or 'Quilter's Joy' but then again it may be 'Plum Pudding', I'll have to
go inside and see if I wrote it down"), or irises ("That's either the one
from so-and-so's grandma's yard or the one I paid fifty bucks for; I
can't remember"), or daylilies (see irises), or you decide to acquire and
maintain all fourty-nine-some-odd Monarda cultivars... ;-)
OK, so I'm still thinking about the Monardas (every time I buy one, no
matter what it's labeled, the flowers all turn out to be the same insipid
washed-out pink color), but otherwise I've come to realize that I need
garden labels. I use the metal kind more for their longevity than
anything else. I put them relatively close to the plant and push them
down close to the ground so that most of them are covered by their
plant's foliage. The only time they're ever blatantly visible is in late
winter/early spring before everything starts sending out leaves. I still
remember the names of most things but the labels are still there just in
case.
Dean Sliger
Warren, MI, USA
Zone 6B
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