tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post449155250745719092..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Work-related: Three plants I just don't get.mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-88965610208109888472009-05-31T07:10:48.501-07:002009-05-31T07:10:48.501-07:00Alyssum makes a great ground cover, and in the cas...Alyssum makes a great ground cover, and in the case of my own garden, it helps keep the cats from using my rose bed in the front of my house for a litter box. Less dirt showing = fewer kitty visitors.kiki bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024168014150981318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-87079313700431601042008-06-06T18:09:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:09:00.000-07:00Oh an forgot to mention that with Ageratum, as you...Oh an forgot to mention that with Ageratum, as you already noted, the color is a bit unusual which can be part of its appeal. Then too, texture-wise, the flowers do have a different look than the majority of flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26850696492952478382008-06-06T18:04:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:04:00.000-07:00As MSS stated -- alyssum has a wonderful fragrance...As MSS stated -- alyssum has a wonderful fragrance and fills out very well over a summer and just blooms and blooms. (Something understandably hard to envision in your lil plugs)<BR/><BR/>It will also often cascade a bit over the sides of pots or the walls of raised beds.<BR/><BR/>Then too if one is a veggie gardener, it can be handy to have patches of alyssum amongst garden plants to help Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40700620857239691042008-05-27T19:13:00.000-07:002008-05-27T19:13:00.000-07:00I was pretty surprised by the 'Diamond Frost:' it'...I was pretty surprised by the 'Diamond Frost:' it's a useful filler and has a number of nice qualities, but we got a <I>ton</I> of it in and it was still one of the first things we sold out of. I couldn't believe it.<BR/><BR/>We also sold out of spikes (<I>Dracaena indivisa</I>? I'm not sure what the correct name is.) early, which personally I think are about the lamest thing you can put in a mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-76952642872125711782008-05-27T17:00:00.000-07:002008-05-27T17:00:00.000-07:00I work at a gardening center and deal with these g...I work at a gardening center and deal with these guys all day long. Though I'm not a personal fan of dried flowers, karen715 made the good point of gomphrena drying well. Alyssum looks wonderful in big patches. and Ageratum has a name that sounds like a big, mythical sea creature. When I water it at work I sometimes go "aarrr, matey! yer tentacles be looking a little dry!" (watering can be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58379926186472961072008-05-25T13:30:00.000-07:002008-05-25T13:30:00.000-07:00I'm not a big fan of gomphrena (what we southerner...I'm not a big fan of gomphrena (what we southerners call bachelor buttons rather than cornflowers.)<BR/><BR/>However I do like sweet alyssum. Not only is the honey-scent heavenly on a sunny winter day when I'm doing my transplanting, it just lasts and lasts filling in all over the garden during the spring. I replant it every fall although I've never had much success growing it from seed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61670753077176494172008-05-25T04:24:00.000-07:002008-05-25T04:24:00.000-07:00Some people buy without thinking about it, sure, b...Some people buy without thinking about it, sure, but there are plenty of others who agonize over every detail and won't leave unless they're sure that the plant will work for the particular spot they want to plant. There are also a batch of customers, not terribly common, who want their hands held through every step of the process: they want me to tell them what plants to buy, and how many, and mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70582427294267810722008-05-24T23:05:00.000-07:002008-05-24T23:05:00.000-07:00Do you think many buyers think beyond 'that's pret...Do you think many buyers think beyond 'that's pretty' and only think where to put it / how it might grow, when they get home.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64972894350952243282008-05-24T06:12:00.000-07:002008-05-24T06:12:00.000-07:00I don't really get the appeal of the others myself...I don't really get the appeal of the others myself, but Gomphrena can be stunning when large and mature, in mid-to-late summer. Especially beautiful is the red cultivar 'Strawberry Fields.' Gomphrena also dries very well. I can see why you aren't impressed; you really don't get the full effect when they are small plug-sized plants. I remember the first time I saw Strawberry Fields at the NY Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com