Do you think the 'but it followed me home' excuse...

16 years ago

works with plants like it does with strays? LOL!

Went to the nursery to get a big bag of potting soil, and here's what ended up following me home:

(2) tree peonies, a PeeWee oakleaf hydrangea, some potting mix and a 6-pack of pansies - to the tune of $175.

Well, DH isn't one to notice much of anything unless there's golf balls strewn in the vicinity so maybe words won't ensue after all...

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ljrmiller
16 years ago
It doesn't work for me--even though I'm not financially accountable to anyone. At this point, planting season is a nonstop chorus of "Where are you going to put THAT/THOSE???" from my mother, my friends, and even the UPS and FedEx guys. And I buy more anyways. I FIND places to plant things :-)

Lisa
wyndyacre
16 years ago
Went for a motorcycle ride today and a 3' "Autumn Moon" Japanese maple, already fully leafed out, followed me home!

I wrapped the pot in a plastic bag to retain the soil and wrapped the branches in burlap with string. I laid it down on the seat behind me, strapped it down and it made it home perfectly intact.

I did get a few strange looks on the 1 1/2 hr ride home though. :)
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athenainwi
16 years ago
Wow, I can't imagine taking home a Japanese maple on a motorcycle.

My excuse is usually "But I told you months ago that I was going to buy that". My husband has a bad habit of not really listening, just nodding and agreeing. So I'll tell him I want this or that plant but that I'll wait until spring. By the time spring comes I have a big list to which he can't really say no to now. And most of the time I'll put everything on the back porch and he won't even say anything. I think mostly he's grateful that I don't expect him to go with me to the nurseries anymore.
SandL
16 years ago
Not unless it was an Ent named Treebeard.

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georgia-rose
16 years ago
I usually don't have a problem with DH, because he is a plant nut also. He doesn't mind having some common plants around, but he goes for those weird ones. The more difficult they are to grow and the stranger they appear, the better he likes them! He has an old friend, that is a Botanist(PhD) and when I go along on visits to his garden, it's like being in a foriegn country, where no English is spoken!
We went to a Big Box store(the Orange one) early Sun AM to obtain some potting mix to finish? my Spring ritual, "Divide-the-Plants", for my Garden Club fund raising sale. DH went along to load.(They don't provide that service, anymore). Found some Hydrangeas that I had been wanting for a year or more. His only comments were; Do you really need that many and where on earth are you going to plant them? I only purchased the best 2 of the 5 in stock, even though they were extremely reasonably priced. Looked at the JM's, but selection was VERY limited and price was astronomical!
Very likely, the vendor will be taking those home, after the planting season is over. I have grown and sold those in the past and would have been very embarrassed to quote a price that high, even to a stranger!
tjsangel
16 years ago
I know how you feel! It's spring fever for me. I cant pass up a store w/plants and leave them in the place. I was going for a walk yesterday and passed kmart, and I had to have a frances william hosta and a strawberry plant! At least I bought the smaller sized pots : ) My bf doesnt even notice the garden. I could fill up the whole backyard and he'd never look out there.

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paulan70
16 years ago
IT works ok except I tell dh it jumped into the cart. He is ok with it cause he knows I am becoming very picky on which plants I am bringing home. And he also knows I am the designer and he is the digger. We match what more can I say.

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