Wit, Wisdom and Whoa, Not So Fast

摘要

Extracts and extrapolations from recent conferences: CHRIS HANSEN, Great Garden Plants, on selections for online retailing: "The gaudier, the better. Never underestimate the tackiness of the American gardener." Hardly an uplifting thought, I thought.But then visions of plastic flamingos danced in my head, followed by painted plywood cutouts, tire planters, gnomes, pimped poinsettias, fairy gardens, and ... Okay, Chris, you're onto something. DAVID CULP, Sunny Border Nursery, on tough love: "ScabiosaButterfly Blue is like a four-year-old: You have to make it rest." Bingo. This cute Perennial Plant of the Year literally exhausts itself pushing out flowers. Whack it back in late summer to enhance its chances of overwintering. (We do not advise such treatment for actual four-year-olds.)