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Author Garden: Stupid Plant Tricks Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Gardeners get really focused, to the exclusion of all logical brain function, sometimes...... Hollywood and I were on a gardening shopping day last summer when we spotted a grouping of some REALLY interesting succulent babies (Interesting, because we always look for odd coloration, form, etc. We both love the purples, the blues, the pinks & the opalescents). This was a group of imports that were all BRONZE! Well, we snapped up those babies...(at TOP dollar).. what an unusual addition to our growing collection! We follow this ritual when we bring in new plants ...We go out every day and check to see how the new guys are acclimating to their new home, talk to them, give 'em a little encouragement, you know....for a coupla weeks & then they're ready for re-potting, top dressing..little pat on the head, etc. (Now, we joke that we live in some kind of a mini-vortex, here; every new plant that comes to our garden loses all control...they almost immediately begin forming a flower or start sprouting babies...it's amazing to watch) Welp, these new bronze plants (4 or 5 of them) did NOTHING.....Nothing! They sat in their little nursery pots looking like paintings..no action whatsoever. Wot a mystery! Were these a special breed from another continent? Another planet? They were so unusual and beautiful, and hey, we don't know everything... Then one day.... A voice from the garden....."Jillie........?" It was Hollywood, outside, bent in half, looking at the new bronze plants REALLY closely. "Jillie, I hate to be the one to say it...." Me..."What?" Her.. "This unusual coloration?" Me....."Yeah, I love it." Her...."Well, we now have the distinction of having purchased, at a premium price..... ((drum roll)) "...Plants that were already... dead." * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 64.12.96.70 Phil and Laura guest posted                 Hmmmmm, Jillie, what kinda "tea" ya drinkin??? Seeded: 170.215.46.77 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Hey, P & L..... Succulent gardening is a "nat-chur-al" high... (WARNING!.....is known to cause delusion) * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 64.12.96.70 Jiffymouse guest posted                 did ya save the receipt? Seeded: 12.77.200.68 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Awwe, Jiffy, I'd love to say we went marching back, receipt in hand, indignantly demanding money back... I think embarassment took over....We quietly put 'em in the dumper..... We consider it garden-school tuition * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 63.205.41.122 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       You have a way of telling these stories....I had my head up soooo close to the monitor waiting to see what you had....you know this cactophile.. And at top dollar!!!! I'm laughing with you Jillie/Hollywood...not at you!!! ROFL I was waiting for a post stating what happened when you took it back!!!! * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       awwwwwwww Jillie... I thought you were going to say that they were... dare I say it??????? plastic!!! What's great is that you can post about it here and give us a chuckle for the day - THANKS! * * * * Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Plants: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 67.84.51.43 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       I think she should have been a writer!!! Suspense stories, And then,................ Something,.............. came up from behind Hollywood, and, get ready for this................. it,.................. Hey, I didn't say I knew how to write stories!! * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.67.103 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Catlover, thanks. I put down things just like they really happen, pregnant pauses and all. Lynne, it would have been less embarassing had they been plastic. I mean, if we hadn't been in the "zone" of the big succulent quest, we'd have noticed that what we called hoity-toity "bronze" was BROWN... as in DEAD. DUH! Weez, you ARE a writer. I only do stuff for effect and impact. You write REAL substance. I'm the goof * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 63.205.43.146 Barb H. Dream Gardener Member # 1787 posted                       Jillie, LOL!!! Sounds like a LOT of 'unusual' and 'exotic' dead plants I've got too! P.S. There's always next shopping trip to really get 'into the zone!' * * * * Plants: 458 | From: Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 69.139.4.81 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Morning, Barb, Yep, be sure to always label the dearly departed "Bronze;" it's MUCH more pretentious than than the alternative. Can't wait for the next "zone" event. No telling what will come home with us, now. * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 205.188.208.108 rue anemone Super Gardener Member # 1744 posted                       LOL!! That is to funny!!! That reminds me of when I was in grade school and bought a cactus that was flowering. I was so excited! I showed my cactus flower to my aunt. She said "Oh that isn`t real. They stick those straw flowers in there to help it sell". I showed here how the flower closed up when it got wet and opened up as it dried. She could not convince me. After the cactus had bloomed for over a year, I thought that maybe she was right. I gave the flower a little tug and it slipped right out of a teeny tiny hole in the side of the cactus. I was so disapointed to learn the truth. * * * * Plants: 679 | From: IN | Registered: Dec 2003  |  Seeded: 67.29.217.61 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Awe, Rue, that's so sweet. See, even kids (who're smarter than grownups, most of the time) can be fooled sometimes. * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 205.188.208.108 sraye Gardener Member # 1762 posted                       OMG!! That is SO funny... Sounds exactly like something I would do... thank you for the great story. Made me laugh and got my cold and rainy Sunday morning going.... Shanna Plants: 8 | From: Texas | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 209.223.254.3 Barb H. Dream Gardener Member # 1787 posted                       Jillie, Green. Stick with green! Green is good! * * * * Plants: 458 | From: Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 69.139.4.81 Jillie Garden Pro! Member # 1680 posted                       Mantra: Think green...think green...think green....think green.....Ohmmmmmmmmm.... * * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Seeded: 63.205.41.168

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