Re: More plants!
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  • Subject: Re: More plants!
  • From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 15:18:09 -0500 (CDT)
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <1018@rewrite.hort.net>
> 
> One friend a few blocks over grew perennials along the inside of her
> chain link fence. The neighbor was always yelling at her every time
> a daisy would poke through to the other side. I just don’t get it.

He plants a ton of stuff as well, so I think it's just that the plants are 
inconvenient.  

Their driveway comes up right alongside the house and they don't park in the 
garage, so they don't have enough room to open their doors all of the way.  
Previous residents never had problems, but they're much older and need the 
extra room.  He parks with the right wheels of his van in the grass on the 
side of the driveway so he can open his door as far as it can go, but it his 
wife now has a harder time getting out on the other side.  They have about 
18-24" of space before it becomes our property, then another 5' or so until 
it reaches our house.  It's understandable that she steps on the plants on 
our side of the property line, although I wish they had a different solution. 

However, that only explains some of the plants.  Wilting hellebores and 
declining hosta against the foundation aren't caused by foot traffic.

I am *NOT* saying that he's doing anything to them (hello Urbana neighbors on 
this list!).  But I am perplexed by the whole thing.  Maybe a camera is the 
way to go.

On the bright side, I pulled out my thought-to-be-dead Hydrangea serrata 
'Midoriboshi-Temari' this morning and was about to toss it when I noticed a 
tiny sprig of green sprouting at the base.  I stuck it in some dirt and will 
pot it up tonight to baby it until fall.

Chris

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