Letters from Customers
in the Twilight Zone
Dear Tony:
I'm sorry to say I will not be buying your book today Mr. Avent. I decided
to get someone else's book that was a little more positive. I understand
that you are just trying to get people to understand how difficult it can
be to start a business but after reading only two pages of your book it was
so negative and discouraging I put it back. I say this with great respect
for you and know that you must have a sincere passion for what you do and
you are trying to weed out the fly by night people. I just want a book that
is full of good information as well as helping to feed the fire of enthusiasm.
By the looks of your web site you are very successful and probably could
care less what I think. I just thought you might like to know it is a little
discouraging and I was hoping to be inspired by you.
N. D. Via email 5.2010
To the owner of Plant Delights Nursery:
Just a brief note from an irate consumer who was out to spend money on these great pots of yours that promotes root growth- I found it highly annoying that your catalog had NOT A POT IN IT!!! I've returned you catalog to prove my point!!! And why am I so bent out of shape about this you ask? Because my business - God's Garden of Boerne Texas- is growing project sycamores that it will be offering to NASA for free when it returns to the moon to be back up life support and I'm striving to see that they've got solid root balls!!!
Have a great life!!
R.W.T. via letter 3/09
It's the global warming thing, dude. Only they have backwards. Last year we got four feet of snow instead of our 10 feet of winter rain in October and November. By December our balmy, tropical temperatures had returned. The surf was up in K-town (a.k.a "Bridge to Nowhere") all the way to Yakutat
Yakutat has recently risen up as the surfing capital of Alaska. Warm Pacific currents keep water temperatures in the area mild, although wetsuits are still a must for most of the year. Several surfers reside in the town year-round, while others are beginning to creep in from surrounding areas and the Lower 48.
Sarah Palin doesn't live in Southeast Alaska (a.k.a. the Banana belt of Alaska) . If she did, she would tell you that on a really clear day we can see Hawaii from the top of Deer Mountain. Our annual rain fall is around 12 feet, but the record breaker of 14 feet occurred in 1949. Now, this global warming thing is causing more snow than anyone can ever remember. Today, the snow has reacxhed the top of my livingroom windows, 5.5 feet from the ground. There is no denying it. Our zone valve must be stuck.
G.P. in Alaska 1/09
Hi yawl:
Thanks for the verification.My addiction still ravages my brain. I have selcted more godies but will not add at this timw .My spouse has graciouly offered to bring this poor sufffering plantholic to your den of iniquity. We willbe bringing a relative, maybe I can pick her pocket while she is drooling over some plant Oh depravity! To whet her appette , would you please send a catalogue to my friend.
Your umble servant
J. M. prisoner #10534 via email 1/09
Dear PDN:
I am a new subscriber to your magazine. I have accidentally thrown out
several copies of your magazine because the cover looks like something
other than a gardening catalog. I can't describe to you what it looks
like, but it doesn't look like any other gardening catalog that I've ever
seen and I've accidently thrown it out a number of times. I just wanted
to just put this bug in your ear ... I think it's a clever cover, but it's
hard to decipher you know, on first glance what this catalog is about,
so I just wanted to put a bug in your ear. I'm not complaining. I
think you guys have a great catalog and I love what you carry, but I
just you you to know just kind of being on your side, I wanted to let you
know that you might want to consider doing something that's a little more
understanding when you first look at it, this catalog.. Okay.
M.H. location unknown...possibly Mars 7/08
Dear Plant Delights:
I am writing to warn you that Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' nearly killed our
cat. The tiny barbs on the leaf surface made it impossible for the cat to
hack it up. The resulting blockage in his intestine made it impossible for
him to eat. After a major operation to remove the leaf, he hovered near
death for a week with a high fever, losing so much blood he needed two
transfusions. We thought we were going to lose him. He was a stray our
housemate who died of cancer last summer brought home as a tiny kitten. We
cried to see her cat look just the way she did at the end, so thin, with
such huge, haunted eyes. Then the vet discovered six inches of leaf packed
in his nasal cavity. Once that was removed he began to heal.
The vet bill was $2,000. Many pet owners wouldn't or couldn't pay that much
to save a cat. For those unlucky cats, ingesting this plant would be a death
sentence, and the pet owners might never know what caused it. It's possible
this plant has been killing cats for years.
Please stop selling this plant. You'll save cat lives, and human grief.
I'll never get over the guilt of causing such suffering just for the sake of
a pretty garden.
C.S. in Washington 3/08
Ed note: All carex have edges including species native to every state
in the US.
Dear Plant Delights:
I'm sorry, but I can't stop thinking and looking at all of your goodies.
I wish I lived closer so that I could run my fingers through your plants.
humma humma!
J. via email 3/07
Dear Plant Delighs:
For me gardening is about BEAUTY, it is about a BREAK form the world and all associated human POLITICS. You may wonder where my sense of humor is, but I don't find the covers of your catalog attractive, clever, or amusing. The subject of contemporary world events is exactly what I enjoy taking a break from. I find them reactionary, simplistic, and presumptive that your customers are interested in or share the cartoonist's worldview. I do not.
I have had mostly first rate products and service from from your nursery. In the past, when troubled by your covers, I've told myself to not be so fragile, buck-up, stretch a little, and remember your right to freedom of speech and expression. I could always tear the cover off, and keep the catalog at the bottom of the pile, diving down there only when I needed something you folks alone have. My attempt not to throw the plants out with the bath water.
I guess turning 50 unleashed something. I find myself less willing to tolerate things I don't like, and plainly disagree with. And the inclusion of politics, especially with a simplistic worldview, in a medium about gardening is no longer something I want in my garden, or my home. Please unsubscribe us. Thanks.
Best,
J.H. via email 2/07
Dear Heronswood Customer:
This is to announce Heronswood's relocation from western Washington State
to new headquarters at Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In
addition to 60 acres of space for research gardens here in southeastern PA,
we have 50 acres of research and production in central PA in the eastern
Appalachian Mountains, as well as another 30 acres on the southern tip of
Delaware, a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean and the Maryland and Virginia
borders. This excellent spread of growing and testing facilities over 3
hardiness zones (5,6 and 7) will enable us to upgrade our current offers,
to breed new plants, and to select from the many that we collect around
the world those best suited to your garden.
in size and diversity of locations, we shall be operating closer to our
customers in the Northeastern and Mid-western US.These broad mid-Atlantic
production sites are situated perfectly to serve our customers in the
Southeast as well. Finally, we shall continue to serve with no change
except the display gardens and Open Days in Kingston our many valued
customers in the Pacific Northwest, as well as our friends
on the west coast and in the mountain states.
herbaceous perennials more than we have done previously. Under the
direction of Grace Romero, who has over 25 years experience breeding and
collecting plants, the Heronswood team will vigorously develop new lines
of hellebore as well as many other perennial classes. Plant exploration
will be done by a constellation of collectors located in the US, Central
America and the UK. Indeed, we are expanding and invigorating all phases
of Heronswood's horticultural and botanical operations.
we shall both produce a new edition of the Heronswood Catalog this fall
(2006), featuring over 300 fully illustrated and unique cultivars, and
launch an enhanced website that will have over 500 all in excellent
supply and top condition. In addition, we shall improve the shipping of
our plants by increasing their size, as well as improving the containers
in which we will enclose them for the upcoming 2007 season.
we shall be open to the public at Heronswood's new location at Fordhook Farm
in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on a seasonal bi-monthly basis, or about 5 Open
House weekends per year, beginning fall of 2006. In due time, we shall be open
by appointment as well. Already, we have tested Heronswood plants here for 5
years. Grace Romero created a large, beautiful full sun experimental perennial
garden, dubbed 'The Happiness Garden'. The season for our Open House tours of
the six acres of gardens will be slightly different from Washington State due
to the changes in the climate. We shall offer garden tours and plant sales,
as well as lectures and seminars. Check back here later this summer for
upcoming dates. We look forward to serving you.
Happy Gardening.
G. Ball in PA, 7/5/06
Dear Plant Delights:
My hostas arrived this morning and I just finished planting them. Talk about gorgeous hunks of plant flesh! If your hostas were men, I wouldn't come out of the hosta garden until frostbite forced me back inside this fall!
Nice, heathy, BIG and gorgeous green! What more could a girl ask for??
I really appreciate the fact you also included plant markers! Next year I won't have to try and guess what their names are like I'm doing with some purchases I made last year from a different hosta seller.
Thanks a bunch! I look forward to buying more goodies in the future! Is there any way you could put me on your want list for Outhouse Delight? I have a perfect place for it where the guys "go" out back to empty their beer after they have partaken of the amber ale.
L. K via email 6/06
Goodevning:
Dear diane and plantdelight
Perhaps you forget me but I not I am a customer of you .with palms and lovely plants
My name is g. t. I live in greece I writte this letter to tell you the succesfull with plants and palms All are healthy and grow up fast, only… First time sabal luisiana minor seems to dry and was stady But now it is the winner one. it grows up fast..
I experince that the pass in life of luisianna minor include Very srtrege waither Strong wind realy crazy and rain fall with gallons of watter A crazy waither it was my last plant Finnaly become the gold winner it grow up after the terrible waither strong
My opinion is that your plants is in a high quality to very high quality I m glad that I buy from you And I like to rebuy again later
Sweet kisses and warm sense from g. t. in Greece via email 6/06
Aloha,
Do you carry any natural healing type of plantings? In creating a web based marketing cooperative, I look for that yin/yang balance in everything and when I saw your web site, I got that feeling. Thanks for everything.
Aloha blessings,
S. B. via email 5/06
Hi:
I received my order today,everything look wonderful,going to put it all in the ground right
now...after I read the planting instructions...see I am smarter than I look...smile...my only concern
though is I lent my catalog out and didnt get another one with my order and I am experiencing
extreme anxiaty(so I cant spell..spell check couldnt find it either)...please help and ship new
catalog,I am at your mercy,hoping to survive long enough to receive it,fading fast Thanks
T.T. via email
Dear Tony:
1. Your knees are ugly. 2. You cannot draw. 3. I recommend that you get out of the centerfold posing
business.
W. C. in MI 1/06
Help!
Ordered your catalog a few weeks ago. I have now made 120 trips to the mail box, but alas, have
returned empty each time. Oh, the pain is unbearable.
Please check and find out where it is. Life has lost all meaning. I must have it so the sun will shine
again.
R.L. in FL 2/06
Dear Plant Delight:
There are those of us who love dogs and forgive them when they dig up that rare or expensive plant in
our backyard, but who know that other people would not be as forgiving. Parents tolerate their crying
child a lot better than the person at the next table. However, the statement in your brochure that "Fido
can do his business in his own yard." reflects a short-sighted attitude. Fido leaves his yard for many
reasons other than defecation. Almost every yard is too small for Fido; he needs more exercise, more
running room, more stimulation. He helps humans get the exercise they need by taking them along with
him. There's a wonderful series on National Geographic TV right now called the Dog Whisperer. The
star (Cesar Milan) is able to trace a great many dog behavioral problems back to their having too much
pent up energy and not enough guidance.
I'm not saying that you should encourage people to bring dogs to your establishment, just that you
shouldn't be encouraging people to confine dogs to small spaces (yards = cages) anymore than you would
encourage people to regularly grow trees in pots. They may survive that way, but it's not their natural or
best situation.
B. N. 2/06
Dear Plant Delights:
This time europe organazied from great britain Feedex is also british company I do not know why all proplems hapent now! I feell shade because I lose the plants But I do not feel shade because I loose th monay I sacrifice them to the lost souls i will buy again on new year when austria is organized europe things Movie Time I am person that extraterestorie activities are a nature aly subject We was 6 5 in usa and I the 5 are death now only I exist until the end of generation the last
G. T. in Greece 9/05
Dear Plant Delights:
Can I plant a fern out side and after a harsh Midwest winter would there be problems for it to bloom
again?
L. via email 4/05
Dear Plant Delights:
You people are seducers! We have no beer, no food, the children are naked, but I must have these plants!
I have resisted your catalogs for the whole year and then temptation took over.
M. R. 2/24/05
To: Plant Delights:
You seem to denigrate Clinton and his "women" in comments about Kniphofias and other things.
Bush is on idiot and has led us down a primrose path to a endless war in Iraq. I see now
honorable way out. But terrorism and the threat of terriorism is getting Bush the bump he
needed. Even my doctor says that Bush will cheat to win if he has to (just like Florida last time).
I have four draft age nephews and the war in Iraq is a endless morass, I'd rather not see them take
refuge in Canada or Europe (My sisters one Dem other Rep, will ship them out if necessary). We
unseated a non-religious muslim (Saddam, the butcher) and if we leave the Shiites and their
Iranian allies will take power and take vengence on the minorities (Christian, Sunni Muslim and
Kurd) and we have created an excellent venue for the USA haters to attack us and the average
Iraqui peon to be cought in the crossfire. I hate Islam. I am a caucasian Buddhist and hate
violence and Islam has foreceable conveted the Buddhists of Afghaistan, Pakistan and
Bengladesh (you neck or you penis, which do we cut?) so there is no love for Islam here. I am as
well a citizen of the world. I see no gain in war in Iraq execpt for the oil companies. Keep
politics out of the catalog and your statements. I'd rather have Clinton geting oral sex from some
JAP than getting fu..... (economically) by Duibya (George W. Bush).
Perhaps you take exception to the foibles of all our leaders. I'm really not happy with Bush and
view the Clinton years as a time of peace and prosperity, unlike now. This fight about
"Whitewater" and the JAP blowjob were "weapons of mass distraction" as is the war in Iraq. The
real issues to most Americans are pretty basic bread and butter. We have a shrinking middle
class, both he and she work and still they are not getting ahead, excessive immigration (cheap
docile labor), a North Korean leader Kim Il Sung that is a meglomaniac with nukes (that
mushroom cloud in NK, it was a atmospheric blast that set off a forest fire on the anniversary of
NK's "independence") that could treaten the west coast if his missile technology gets much better
but already may be, huge national debt and in a few years the boomers will start to retire and
need medicare, medicade and social security. I see much greater issues at home. Yes oil is
important, but Saddam (may he burn in the deepest pit in hell) was essentially defanged
after Desert Storm.
I'm from a small town in extreme northern Michigan. The place is dependent on Social Security,
tourists and some agriculture and forestry. Rural poverty is as bad as many parts of Appalachia.
My parents go to Canada to buy their drugs and many go there for treatment as it is so much
cheaper even if you have to pay out of your own pocket. I went to Canada to get lasik at 1/3 the
price charged here in California ($3K). Some folks are (my mom for instance) "uninsurable" for
a period or forever due to "pre-existing" conditions like heart trouble, diabetes and a history of
breast cancer. I see things in Canada as more fair to the common folk. If they had a climate like
Australia, I'd move tomorrow. Don't get me wrong, I love this country, California has been very
good to me, but I see needless agression, corporate cheating, homeless people, uninsured people,
civility breaking down and a million problems that are due to lack of self respect and respect for
others and their (or community) property. Perhaps these problems are systemic but it would be
good to work toward a safe, clean and prosperous America not just more money and power for
The Rich. I'd like to see our leaders work toward a more fair America. As yet corportations are
not paying their fair share nor playing fair with their stockholders. These excessive corporate
salaries and special stocks dilute the shares of the holders of common stock and reduce the
incomes of those shareholders. After Enron I suspect many firms of doing just the same thing
but perhaps not to such an extreme. Yet, United Airlines employees from pilots to mechanics
will see their pensions reduced and the taxpayer will pick up the tab. Geesh! What next?
I'd bet we'll get four more years of Bush and by 2008 the government will be broke, they will
raise taxes and fees on the middle class (the poor don't have it and the rich are immune), to top it
off we will have to not only care and educate our children but take care of mom too once Social
Security is more or less bankrupt or the benefits are reduced drastically to balance
the budget, which is more or less a fiction anyway. Only time will tell but I'm paying off my
debts and stockpiling cash as I fear that if this nation doesn't clean up its act we will become
another Argentina and suffer as they do. All we need is a run on the US$ and boom,
our prosperity is over.
B.B. in California 9/04
Dear Plant People,
You were absolutely correct!!! 'Out House Delight' is the ugliest hosta in existence!!! (I do
believe it is probably the ugliest PLANT in existence.) I ordered it (2003) because of the name,
which brought back many memories from my childhood (some pleasant-some unpleasant.)
I really did not believe your description of it. I thought you must be just joking. But, NO, you
were not joking. I'm sorry that I wasted my hard-earned money. Next year I think I will rip it out.
Sincerely, B.B. in Minnesota 9/04
Dear Plant Delights:
Hello, thank you for reading this. I read about your Hosta Plantaginea or Autumn Lily in a
magazine. I would like to know if I could order a plant with its roots so I could replant it in my
yard. Or Could I order the seeds like you specify in the magazine. Thank you very much for the
information. I live in Reno. I did call this morning to ask but 3 nurseries have no idea what I am
talking about. Please help.
J.B. in NV 6/01
Dear Plant Delights:
My name is (withheld) and my order number is 47918. I received my order on Friday and I am
impressed with the great shape the plants were in and how LARGE they are, especially my
Alocasia. I have named him Arnold and I am quite fond of him already. He did scare my cats
when I took him out of the box, must be his size. I will look forward to ordering from you again,
you have a great business.
P.W. on 5/01
Get a hold of it guy.
Where do you come off thinking you know anything about growing plants and tress, in The White Rock
Area of Dallas, Texas? We have Gumbo dirt on top of white rock, the only thing that lives are the white
folks that duck the bullets from Ferguson Road Apts. I have lived here since 1962, I have a pond, my fish;
know how to duck when the gunfire goes off. Too bad our chief of police lives in Plano.
S.F. in Texas 1/03
Dear Plant Delights:
My fiancee has asked me to research and plan how to redo the landscaping around her
house. Would you please send a copy of your catalog to: Name Withheld, Death Row, etc.
M. R. in Ct.
Dear Plant Delights:
Of Gods and Goddesses, Demi-Gods, and Demi-Goddesses of rare, exotic, strange, ugly,
stinky and beautiful flora, I contend I am not worthy to grow an Amorphophallus gigas.
However, having such profound "luck" with other deformed penis plants, much to my wife's
revulsion, I implore you to place me on a waiting like for a tuber of petite size. As a man of
modest means, I will go without sustenance and work part time at a Quick Mart to raise the
required remuneration.
P.H. in Texas
Dear Plant Delights:
If you are a time traveler or alien disguised as human, I need your help! My entire life and
health have been altered and messed with. I have suffered tremendously and am now dying! The
type of time travel which I think is most suited to my situation is having my consciousness
transferred to my younger self using either the carbon copy replica method, or brain snapshot
device. Please explain your method and how safe it is. I am in great danger and need this
immediately. If you are in possession of the said technology please send an email to me.
I.T. via email
Dear Plant Delights,
Gazing through your catalog has so aroused within us such an overpowering passion that the
only conceivable solution would be for you to totally surrender those lovely pulsating perennials
over to our every honorable intention, so that we may release this burning fusion into a luminous
onslaught of everlasting ecstasy.
D. H. in NY 11/01
Dear Tony:
I was in need of cheering up and your catalog did it...now Fairweather's issue has arrived
so I am all excited. I was so upset at Heronswood's sale to Burpee that I came down with the
worst migraine in 20 years. Would have felt better had he just closed shop, period. Burpee is
not noted for generous sized plants, at any cost, plus not that good to begin with, regardless of
their reputation...like Wayside. Have you seen John Scheepers latest bulb catalog? His selection
of Amaryllis (I hate Hippeastrum as it sounds like a hippo with a rectal problem)...needless to
say I ordered one of each. Sorry I blabbed so long. Hope your year has been a great one.
B.V. in IL 8/21/01
As I sit perusing your latest catalog, I'm faced with the stark realization that I need help - as in PA help. That's right. PLANTS ANONYMOUS. I'm talking all 12 steps.
My first clue? The hand begins to tremble as I pluck the catalog from the otherwise non-descript junk mail. I immediately plot to turn the clocks forward so that my family will go to bed at what they think is normal time, rendering the entire evening mine to scour and savor the
new edition. Next comes hand stretches to prevent cramping during double box checking. I then spend the next several hours in the PLANT ZONE. As I near the end of the zone, I'm forced to undertake the daunting task of deciding whether to whittle down the list or devise a really creative plant financing scenario.
Yeah, Betty Ford needs a new wing at the center
Hello,
I am interested in a plant called HOSTA. .I was wondring if you curently have that plant available and also if there are any catalogs with the plants etc. that you sell.
S.G. in California
Dear Tony:
I recently visited PDN with my garden club. I was the one with the two small children who landed on the news that night) and was impressed with your garden series, "stupid garden art." truly inspirational.
From one fellow stupid artist to another i have a tip which has amused me for years: Barbie heads when decapitated from their useless anorexic bodies fit perfectly on the ends of number 2 pencils and can thus (when the pencil is sharpened) can be stuck in the soil. the soil can be sand, loam or clay and need not be amended with organic matter, so it can be enjoyed by garden enthusiasts and black-thumbs alike. I hope you find this tip useful.
Sincerely, R. B. in Carborro, NC
After reading the article about you in our Pittsburgh Post Gazette, "Rooted In Humor", I thought
what better gift could I order for my two friends who not only are wonderful gardeners but who
also garden for and with lots of fun!!
So, instead of sending you two boxes of chocolates, I sat down and tried to figure out
how many stamps will make up 10 stamps at 44 cents! I do know I have to hurry...For the post
office may increase the rate before I get all these bastard stamps figured out! If the order is for 1
catalog, then I should send 10 thirty-four cents stamps...Right? Since I want two catalogs, that
will take 20 thirty-four cents...with me so far?
But, here is the rub. Being a lady "of a certain age", I can program my VCR, set the
clock on it, program my Microwave, drive a 5-speed stick shift Nissan and in the last two years
have learned to operate this computer and even surf the Internet while using e-mail to keep in
contact with my four grown sons and their families! Alas - it has even gotten to the point that
my computer just said "Phewwww" and quit.
You will find stamps enough to send me the catalogs which I intend to give to my sister
and a daughter-in-law so they can enjoy your wonderful attitute toward gardens just as I have in
reading the delightful description of you, and your "sort of weird" organization.
Sorry about the chocolate - but being a "senior" lady, I really believe that adage you
young folks keep saying "Use it or loose it". So, this has now become a mind boggler and I hope
you have as much trouble as I did trying to figure out if I sent the right number of odds and ends
stamps! Thought that looked better than bastard which I used before. Besides - too much
chocolate is not good for you...besides it just puts on extra pounds and you will have to spend
that much more time at the gym!
P.M. in PA 2/22/01
I'm really enjoying the rohdea that I purchased from you last year... they certainly are
providing bright spots on these cold days. I even salvaged a few seeds from the birds and have
recently put them into some soil.
A woman visited me and complained that an idea of an herb, "Rohdea japonica," kept
appearing in her mind, and she couldn't think about anything else at all no matter how she tried
to stop thinking about it. While she was awake, Rohdea japonica occupied her mind. Judging
only by what she said, her symptoms looked strange. But if we turn our attention to the cause,
they were not essentially different from anthropophobia and nosophobia. She was in a troubled
family situation. When her friend visited her, she gave her friend some advice about curing a
health problem with Rohdea japonica. After talking about it, she began to worry that her advice
wasn't absolutely correct, that she didn't know enough about the herb. She felt ashamed about
the subject. After that, whenever she remembered Rohdea japonica, she felt upset. So she
decided that she had better not think about it and tried to repress it whenever it occurred to her.
In short, she disliked the upset feeling and tried not to think of the herb. But actually the idea
"Rohdea japonica" reminds her of that event and makes her upset. It is natural and could happen
to anyone who has experienced such an event. Normal people know that such a thing sometimes
happens and forget it soon. However, neurotic people can't forget any upset feeling at all and
force themselves to try to get rid of it. They are adversely affected by their obsession. When
crossing a river it is easy to swim with the current, but if we swim against the current we feel the
water's resistance strongly. This symptom is like that experience.
C. H in Tennessee via T. K. 2/2/01
Dear Sir:
We have been assigned to do a small project on Heena. Can u please provide us the
scientific or plant name of the Heena Plant? It's a plant that is used for temporary Tatoo, widely
used in country, India to decorate the bride's hand and feet and also used as a hair conditioner.
M.A. via email 5/13/00
Dear Plant Delights:
I need 20-25 16 foot tall Sabal palms delivered and planted at my residence in ....,
Louisiana. Please advise if you can do this, or put me on to someone who can.
E.G. in Louisiana 3/28/00
I need to build a polite green fence because my not quite finished new home
is already getting a
new neighbor to the south. About 12 feet from our house. Irritating. I
know Wisconsin is not
the best place for this plan, but here goes. I am serious, so go ahead and
laugh if you have to.
Four bamboos 20-35 ft. tall on the south lot line. In front of them three
Royal Standard Hostas
in between. In front of them, three Alocasia Macrorrhizos, with two more
Royal Standard
Hostas in between, in front of all this, two Alocasia Portodoras, and across
the front of the whole
thing, five torchlight hostas to trim the edge, spaced evenly. My husband
and I need privacy in
our garden for obvious reasons. If you think I am out of my mind for trying
this in Wisconsin let
me know. If not, I need to start planning the soil prep, etc to make this
work. Please e-mail me
with your thoughts on this. I will need to order the black bamboo from
Lousiana Nursery, as you
have none. Or do you? Let me know. Our house will be done next month.
Our landscaping
will be done in the spring. I need to know if I can order and pay for my
stuff now and have it
delivered in the spring.
R.R. in Wisconsin
Dear Plant Delights Nusery,
My name is (name witheld) and I am definatly what you would call a plant lover. Recently I
finished adding a greenhouse onto the back of my house in order to satisfy my love for plant life.
Since the addition, I have been thinking a lot about what I think would be the ultimate
plant/human relationship. I figure if anyone could help me it would be you. I am looking for a
plant, maybe a type of vine, that is able to attach itself and grow on an actual human body and
maybe create a type a symbiosis. Do you know anyone who has ever accomplished this? If so, I
would like to get in touch with him or her right away. If not I would like to try and be the first.
Please, it you have any suggestions or comments write me back as soon as possible. Thank you.
- J.P. via email
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