tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4357292734474424397..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Blind Date (Alworthia x 'Black Gem')mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66529415288271012862008-05-09T05:15:00.000-07:002008-05-09T05:15:00.000-07:00It's not that I don't believe it's true, it's just...It's not that I don't believe it's true, it's just that I don't live in a part of the country where this is normally a big issue, so I've never had to think about it w/r/t someone else's property, and my gardening has pretty strictly been indoors, so flame-retardancy isn't really an issue for me w/r/t my own property either. It's a perspective issue. My whole plants-on-fire experience is limited mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-19901472706388164212008-05-09T05:01:00.000-07:002008-05-09T05:01:00.000-07:00There are fire retardant and fire promoting plants...There are fire retardant and fire promoting plants. A Eucalyptus will pretty much explode in a fireball given the right conditons, whereas an aloe will not burn because of high moisture content.<BR/><BR/>Which one would you rather have next to the house in a wildfire??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-57942296665780401812007-11-26T09:49:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:49:00.000-08:00You have finally identified a plant's name for whi...You have finally identified a plant's name for which I have been searching a long while.<BR/>Thanks.<BR/>LRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com