Marian, I agree with you---this is a wonderful and informative site----like you, I check it first and last and inbetween, every day!! I am also new, and I don't post too often, but I am learning and my brugs are growing thanks to the generous folks here!

Sharon

I don't think that anyone has a problem with you. I don't. You are the good kind of newbie who came and is really active in the forum. When I mentioned newbies I was refering to people who show up and only post in response to an offer then are never to be heard from again, that is until the next offer. lol
Karyn

I love having Newbies around .. We all were at one point.. It keeps the enthuasium (sp) at a max.. which is wonderful for everyone! LOL I LOVE to trade and I love to give them away... It is the people who show up beg, plead contribute very little and are never heard from again.. UNTIL like Karyn said there is an offer out there.. and even worst is you can find those same people on half a dozen other plant forums doing the same thing...
Chena

Marian

I'm not sure exactly what that post was about & not sure I'd want to. I do hope whatever happened or what went wrong 'fixes' itself. wildflower seems like a sweet person & I'm sorry she had a bad experience with someone. But - I'm sure it's not you! :) You're to darn nice to get upset with! lol! And you're a very welcome garden web friend as far as I'm concerned - as well as several others here. I appreciate each & every one of you! Just thought I'd let you know! :)

Mike

You people are so wonderful thank you for being my friend. As most of you can probably tell I worry about hurting others feelings.

I have made a couple of very special friends as far as I'm concerened. I know that these people will over look my short comming and ding me on the head if I don't respond.

Some of you know I've screwed up and ordered more than one of the same Brug off ebay because of memory problems. LOL Thanks for pointing it out to me friend. At least I have the same taste in what I like. LOL (tears running down my cheeks) From laughing at myself over these darn plants.

I should have some wondrful Brugs to share with my new friends next year. A couple are very sought after. (grin)

Happy Brugging Ya'll, Marian

I can completely understand wildflowers frustration. She from (what i understood)unfortunalty had one asking her to send them plants before she got her postage and were getting rude and demamnding. NOT COOL... And others who were argueing about her way of only wanting paypal. Now thats just RUDE.

This has nothing to with the poster of this thread. You are great. I am sure you are a great person just the fact that you are here saying Thanks is wonderful. I am so sorry she and all of you have ever gone through this and to All Newbies If your not willing to Give plants dont ask for plants. Its only fair. This has nothing to with the poster of this thread. Its just me rambleing.Postage plants are work, money, time, and love and deserve Much apperciation and are not to be taken lightly.

I have been on GW for several years now, and this goes on every fall. I used to give away tons of cuttings to anyone who asked and also did quite a bit of trading on GW but after some especially rude people in the last few years I have cut back considerably. I think it has gotten better now because of the *rate this trader* type of forums- so people can't get away with just dropping in to get all they can and then disappearing once the giveaways are gone. I have given out lots of seed here this year though, for postage with no problems and those people were happy to have them which makes me feel great.

With GW in general,it is too easy just to make up a new ID and zone etc and continue. Some people who come around in fall are also sellers and will try to manipulate you via email into giving them tons of cuttings and even come back and demand more, and be extremely rude when you say no!

I like DG and other paid forums better to trade in now because there is more accountablity in who you are etc.

I am not trying to scare any newbies away or anything, we are glad to have you. I am just talking about the individuals who show up for freebies then take off or are rude etc.
~SJN

Dittos J4J

And just to let that rude person out there know - if you see this. . .you have no idea what you missed out on.

Wildflowers sends BASEBALL BATS for cuttings. . .as do the other posters. So to the rude person out there. . . . next time - think that through - or go buy them yourself.

My little slice of Illinois is going to have dots of Wildflower all over it in all those ladies' yards. Think I'll change the label to "Wildflower's Susie Q"

Wildflowers SQ thats funny.. My granddaughter (just now 7) loves to garden.. when we get plant's or seed from someone we just name it that.. She can't remember the botanical names but she doesn't forget where it came from...

Hey Chena - I like that. . .Wildflower SQ - shorter tag for me to write.

I have one cutting from her. . .it's over 2 lbs. It's so funny - this cutting is sticking out of an italian lead crystal vase. It's the only thing big and heavy enough in my house that could hold this thing ERECT.

It was crashing over in the bubbler on the other cuttings - it fell over in the plastic pitcher (pshhhhhhhhhhhhh!) all over the counter. LOL. Should have seen me on my hands and knees digging in my cabinets!

Where is that vase. . .I know I have something. . what is that? A juicer? THAT got a lot of use. . .where IS IT . .that vase. . .what's this? Part of a pasta machine?. . .never use it. . .what a waste. . .and don't even KNOW what that is. .where. . .HA. . .THERE'S that vase. . .knew I had something around here. . . .

OMG, Marian

Ya mean I'm not the only one who gets several of a variety of some plant, because I like it so much and can't remember I already have it???

As you can tell by my user name, I'm into hostas- I have over 300 varieties. Well, last year I ordered "Olive Branch" from a hosta nursery online. Then I took a trip to NC and visited two hosta nurseries while there. Do you know, I got an "Olive Branch" at each of those nurseries and had a good laugh at myself when I got home and saw what I had done! So, I really like this hosta but not three times over! lol! Guess what my hosta trades were in 2006!!

Brenda B

LOL!!!!
Ya'll don't have a corner on the market when comes to Can't remember S!!! I wish I knew what half of these notes even ment! LOL
Dweeb.. I guess that could be considered a deadly weapon if it was used commission of a felony
Chena

LOL Chena

It's huge. . .next stop was gonna be the bathtub until I could find a BUCKET or fill something with ROCKS on the bottom. (grin)

I am a newbie and pretty well read everything as I am trying to learn everything that I can about brugs. I do comment on some of the posts, but am fairly quiet. I am around for the long haul though. I am not going anywhere. :)
I was offered some cuttings from a very generous member from Canada, and received the most amazing cuttings!! She was very generous and all the cuttings but one are rooting and seem very happy. I know that I am extremely happy with them. I never thought that I would own any! I had admired them (from afar:)) as I thought that they were expensive and hard to grow.
I don't respond to offers from the states as I am not sure about the regulations about mailing them here.
I do hope that you all know how much I appreciate responses to my questions and I do hope that the "very generous member" will see this one more big THANK YOU and I hope she realizes just how thrilled and happy I was to be offered and receive such a wonderful gift.
Lois

Lois:

And that's all it takes. Viola!

I wish we could ship there. I have a dear friend there...but she nor I wanted to take the chance. Instead, I send her chocolates. (grin) And well, the occasional doggy basket for her pooches. LOL. . .

Welllll, I LOVE chocolate and I have TWO pooches (thus the "grey" in my name!! :)

I haven't read all the responses but after reading Marian/Lovelyiris' post and ending up with tears in my eyes, I had to respond.

I want to Ditto practically everything Marian/LovelyIris said.
Especially the part about being older than the norm for a newbie who got bitten by the Brug Bug much later in life. Also the part about memory not being as good as it once was.

But mostly I want to Ditto her feelings about the people here, on the Brug Forum.
The people who post here on a regular or semi-regular basis, who give of their time freely, give of their very sound advice freely and offer cuttings for the mere cost of postage, really warms my heart.

Ya see, at my age I've seen some pretty ugly things that humanity does to humanity, pretty much on a daily basis.
Then while looking for information on my precious Brug I find this site and wow.....talk about reinstilling my faith in humanity, you've all done it ten-fold!

I just want to make sure that all you regulars/semi-regulars know how much you are appreciated.
Your love of Brugs, of Mother Nature in general ie: other plants, pets, the outdoors, etc. tells me I'm getting to know a spectacular group here....the pinnacle of great people here.

As I told Marian in an email earlier today, I wish I had more than my white-to-yellowish Brug (I still haven't found out it's name) to offer cuttings to all of you, if just to thank you all for the wonderful information re; Brugs that you have shared with me through all your posts/responses.

Although I told myself no more Ebay unless it was holiday gift related, I won 3 thick rooted stalks of Versicolor Peach and I'm proud to report they are all doing wonderfully!
It's not a unique Brug for all you Brug pros but I had to start somewhere. LOL
I am hoping that by this time next year I can come here and offer all of you who have been so kind a cutting or two...that's my hope.

And to all you enablers out there...yes, you. You know who you are!
For the last 9 days straight, practically my whole back yard has been uprooted! Yes, mud, rocks, trunks, empty clay pots, roots, pruning pieces, bags and bags of opened and unopened planting soils and amendments and you name it is all over my back yard...hardly can take a step without stepping into or onto one of the above mines.
Why?
I wanted to condense what I had in the way of plants to make room for what else?
More Brugs, of course!
I won't order any more Brugs until I have the areas perfectly cleared out and my other plants in new homes around the grounds but let it be known, after the holidays I'm going to be a Brug-Buyin' Fool! And it's all your fault...You know who you are! *evil grin*

Anyway, speaking of ramblin on (Mike? LOL I do it too!), I just wanted to say a Big Thank You to all of you who have posted your links, pictures, advice and your daily antics and funnies of life.
My days are much nicer now because of all of you.

Amity
What once was an 12 ft. Nandina in the ground is now an 8 ft. Nandina uprooted and put in it's own pot. Why? So that the area where the Nandina was, can be used for....
More brugs! LOL

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Amity

There wasn't ALOT of rambling! You must be having a very good day! I would have kept going for oh - maybe another 30 minutes or so! lol! Very sweet post! I can't speak for the others - but your kind words made me feel GOOD! :)

Mike

Sibhskylvr, errrr.... I mean, Mike (my hubby's name!),

Obviously you haven't seen some of my posts on the decorating forum --- I tend to make mini-novels out of my questions and responses. *grin*

I'm a very, very shy person by nature. In fact, so much so that people who first know me think I'm a snoot.
Not so. So not so. Just extremely shy and not very self-confident around lots of people.

That's why I fell in love with the internet when my son first introduced me to it years ago.
I could talk to tons of folks who couldn't see how red my cheeks were turning just by me replying to a post. And reply, I do! Loooong replies. LOL

Very nice and comforting to know I'm in with some great company, ramblers! LOL

First Amity the Nandina looks wonderful in the pot. You go girl and make room for more BRUGS. I have purchased a few that I will be sharing with you next year if they grow for me. (grin)

Just ask Mike, some of them I like so well I ordered 3 of them. LOL- Not on purpose but because I'm so darn forgetful I didn't write them down. So next time I saw it, I still liked it and they called it something else so I ordered it again. It's tough being a Newbie to BRUGS, EBAY, and a forgetful senior citizen too.

Happy Brugging Ya'll, Marian

Damn.. Another soooo sweet person.
Hats off to amity

There are some very nice people on this forum. Its too bad some people have to spoil the fun for others but I guess its like that with everything now days. I like to ramble too and all my friends are tired of hearing about what plants I got now and how great it is and that was before I discovered brugs, lol. Now they avoid me at parties and all back away saying no I have a black thumb and I don't want to try some of your seeds or cuttings. Well thats the end of my fun unless they like to fish then I can tell them about how many I caught last weekend and how big they were, lol. I have no life other than working, playing with my plants and dogs and birds and going fishing with my husband but this is my first house and after all the years of toting around a few potted plants from one house to another I finally can settle down and have my OWN stuff and plant it and not worry about having to leave it someday so I was very happy when I found the flower forums. Its like Christmas every day! Thanks to all the new friends I have made and looking forward to getting to know the rest of you. Now I have hundreds of people to talk to every night so if you get sick of hearing me ramble let me know and I'll move on to the next poor sucker that will listen to me, lol.

amity - I haven't seen your postings on the decorating forum. Do they have a decorating section for brugs? :) I may have to check it out if they do! lol! I just feel - be who you are & not try to be someone you're not. Life is much better that way! :) Seriously though - sometimes 'rambling' can be fun! It shows what a true person one is. You can tell alot from the writings of others - just read them! (here I go!) lol!

Marian - There's nothing wrong with having more than one cultivar of a particular brug! :) Everyone should have at least TWO! lol! A senior citizen? What? You said you were 31!! What's going on here? lol!

fool4flowers - Always do what makes 'you' happy! If making others happy does it for you - so be it! If having brugs is it - then so be it! If fishing is it - so be it! See how that works? :) If everyone were the same - what a pitiful existence this would be each of us!

(I've never learned to preview - lol!)

last line in above post should read:

"If everyone were the same - what a pitiful existence this would be for each of us!"

I just need to meet some local people who like plants and fishing then I could be happy all the time and they would get my extras and get to go fishing with us. What more could you want, lol.

This is a great forum, lots of great people, although there are some that have been missing for a while (particularly fellow Canadians : Jroot, RuthAnn, where are you??) I've been here for a number of years, and I have to say the good far outnumber the bad. I've always offered cuttings in the fall, and for the most part the people that respond come through. I've had a few that ask and never follow through, but you know, I've probably done it too. Life gets busy. I've never had anyone stiff me on postage, or on a trade though! And I love being able to share such spectacular plants with others, especially people who are just discovering the joy of growing Brugs. (Says the addict...)
And, Lois, you make me blush!!That's the best, when you know you've been appreciated! Thanks for the thanks.