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Dear Friends,
We’ve had great fun visiting different nurseries this spring. My favorites are always the ones we’ve not visited before. A trip quite a ways south, and a bit east, landed us at a neat place whose green houses climbed a hill. There were lots of glorious plants I recognized, and many I didn’t. I couldn’t resist a funky looking sedum (to say nothing of the flowers and shrubs that already filled our wagons!). Donkey's Tail sedum has pale green trailing shoots made up of interlocking plump, little leaves. The interlocking leaves remind me of necklaces I’ve had in the past. As we loaded the truck with plants, we realized the Donkey’s Tail was too delicate to put on the flat surface in the back. My sweetie decided hanging it from the hook behind him would work best. As we headed down the country road, I saw the plant begin to swing. As it made an ever bigger arc, chunks of the plant began to rain down. At the first stoplight I had him snag the plant, a true contortionist move, and hand it over. For the rest of the trip I held it steady on one knee to preserve the shoots. Have you ever tried to get out of a pickup truck, a tad stiff after not moving a muscle for forty miles, no hands, while holding something “breakable”?! The plant now sits in a place of honor on my deck - we’ll see how long I can keep it alive. Did I mention I’m a terrible gardener?
Wishing you a week of fun adventures,
Mary Beth
PS The girl ringing up my sale said how much she liked what I had selected (I figure she may say that to everyone, but…). The wagon was monochromatic, a whole range of green plants. I had everything from very yellow green, to things that are almost blue - I keep trying to tell everyone that all greens go together!
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