For those who stopped by for some actual gardening related news or notes, you may ponder this...
"If you are a gardener, it isn't a question of if you talk to plants, it's a question of what you talk to them about."
I told this sedum that its flowers made it look ratty, "please hold still while I cut them all off".
Then I cut off all the flowers and threw them into the compost bin, along with all the trimmings from cutting back the fall blooming asters.
I told the asters to "branch out and be ready to bloom like crazy in the fall".
I am not the only one talking to my plants -- instructing them, praising them, admonishing them, am I?
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I have that same sedum. I like the flowers until they fade. Then, they are ugly! How is it posting from your iPad?~~Dee
I hope you pinched the asters to get their attention.
Mustn't repeat some of the chats I have in the garden...
Threats work wonders when talking to a plant that has been reluctant to bloom or do well.
They pay attention if you speak softly and carry big pruners.
The most important conversation I have in the garden is when I am out begging the roses to please wake up, open up and bloom as the days for the Annual Rose Viewing approach. I give them lots of publicity, but then they get shy. Until the very last minute when they finally strut their stuff.
I find myself thanking the plants a lot too...they really do want to please you!
So glad I am not alone in having "conversations with my plants" :)
I have very kind conversations with my plants~I pet them and tell them how pretty they look and thank them for all the joy they give me. gail
I mostly threaten them or curse them for not doing what I want. A lot. I don't think they know what it's like to be talked to nicely.
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