Re: Hesperis Matronalis

Hi Pat.  I suppose it depends on the sort of plants you like & 
the sorts of gardens you have.  It may be a weed (aka native 
wildflower), I happen to love it.  I've started a bunch from 
seed this year.  Then again, I love native wildflowers and their 
"rough" ilk.  Give me an Ascelpia or Thalictrum, Solidago, 
Eupatorium or Fillipendula any day.  I also like some highly 
cultivated things and highly collectible things, but my first 
loves are natives.  :)

You can find people to sneer at just about anything but 
ultra-rare collectibles.  That's their taste.  I can find people 
who like topiaries and "poodle trees".  I think they're vulgar.  
Peoples affection for plants is pretty personal, I find.  If you 
like them grow & enjoy them.

Jaime, who will bet dollars to doughnuts that woman has one of 
those hideous drooping cypress in her front yard.

> I seeded a garden with a *shade mixture* from a can and this year these
> things have taken off!! (Last year they came up but didn't bloom)  They
> are quite lovely, but when I had it identified by the local *plant
> doctor*, she looked down her nose at it and called it a weed.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Pat

jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
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