Heirloom plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Heirloom plants
- From: M* M* <m*@nemontel.net>
- Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 19:04:17 -0600
Hi, all...
Today I was weeding around my Golden Glow (rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia')
and I started thinking about the plants that we get from friends or family,
and why we grow them. My Golden Glow is from my great-grandparents'
homestead in South Dakota. They moved there in about 1906, but I don't know
if my great-grandmother brought her Golden Glow with her from Kansas, or if
she got it from a neighbor in South Dakota. I do know that I value that
hand-me-down more than I value anything I ever bought.
What plants have emotional meaning for you? What plants do you grow for
sentimental reasons, and why? To tell the truth, I joined this list because
I'm very interested in why people garden and why they grow what they do.
The practical and scientific stuff can be found in books, but only in a
forum like this list can you find the fascinating discussion about what
people really grow and why.
Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
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