Don't read this post, I would hate to see them ruffled.
Just to clear the air, let me start by saying I am not too crazy about
flowers. My wife on the other hand is off the wall completely nuts, gone 100% gaga over perrentials. The girl has amassed a collection of these cultivated
weeds that would rival a botanical garden. I learned years ago how to keep myself from bending over and pulling
weeds from her beds. The trick is never learn to tell the difference between an ordinary
weed and the fancy
weeds. I am "Persona Non Grata" in her landscaping, oh darn. She does encourage me to run the wheel barrel and haul her vast amounts of well rotted horse hockey to various location on the property. She does not even trust me with a
weed whacker or the lawn mower. Quote "I would rather do it myself".
Well here is my problem. Over the years I have strived to suprize her with new
plants for her beds, but it gets harder and harder to find something she does not already have. What do you buy for a girl that already has seventeen varieties of lavender? If there was a
flower trivia game I would enter this lady. Do you have to put a bib On a Gerber Daisy? Bulbs Tubers, Rhizoms, all roots to me.
Let me say this just to be fair. The place looks great! she has something blooming from the time the snow slows to a stop til her Mums are finished in the fall!