Jack and the drummer planted the tree and I moved a couple of the newly planted perennials that would have been under the tree if I'd left them in place.
And let me just tell you one gardening hint: if you are ever at the nursery and you see a lovely healthy plant that has pale green and cream colored leaves and you notice that "weed" is part of its name, as in, "Bishop's Weed"---
SERIOUSLY, WALK AWAY. PUT DOWN THE PLANT AND WALK OR PERHAPS RUN AWAY.
Unless you want a complete bed, no yard, no neighborhood full of bishop's weed. Even if you don't water it and you plant it right next to the hot, hot sidewalk. It starts out as a sweet little carpet of green and in just a few short moments, it has taken over everything in sight. And when you try to dig it up, you will find it has a root system that looks like that knot-tying stuff people did in the 70's--what was that called, not origami, or boondoggle, but, oh man, this is driving me crazy--okay, it was macrame (thank you google).
Okay, so the root system of the bishop's weed is like some macrame project got buried underneath the lovely green and cream-colored leaves.
Anyway, don't buy it unless you want a lot of it in your yard. And your neighbor's yard. And your grass. And in any vehicle that parks within two feet of it.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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3 comments:
This pretty much describes how I feel about grape hyacinth. No "weed" in the name, but the plant itself, though a certain kind of pretty, is definitely a nuisance. Of the worst variety... bulb.
Hey! Weeds have feelings too!
wow, good advice. I consider myself fully warned.
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