Usually when the green thumb comment is thrown out there its followed by "I have a brown thumb". In my experience, it starts out with the green thumb comment and ends up with the brown thumb comment. I've talked to people who tried gardening "I bought a few plants one summer and they died and...." If these died or did badly the assumption is "I just have a brown thumb" and they throw in the towel. You can usually tell in 5 minutes if the person is actually interested in gardening. Usually not. Its the same thing with drawing. You need lots of practice and hard work perseverance to learn to do this --- and desire. Its a matter of time & effort in both cases. Same thing in playing a piano, a person needs to learn scales and years of practice. The assumption some people make seems to be that some lucky people, by way of cosmic justice vs cosmic injustice, just plunk stuff in the ground and somehow it just easily grows for them while for other people, this is not the case. If the finished results or the glamor are the only thing a person wants, they will usually be disappointed and often they give up. On the other hand, if its the occupation itself and the work they enjoy, the final results are just the finished byproduct of that effort and they will usually achieve success. This is true in any endeavor. Talent is not a magic thing, its just enhances certain people in the process and results, its still about hard work and time. There is no easy.

Sounds like fun....but afraid it might be a very long commute for me. Linda C

Thanks! good site. now I need some arctic phlox. Jean

I would avoid her, she is rude and unprofessional. I made the mistake of ordering plants from her ebay account, and I messed it up and had to cancelled it, so I could combine the orders in my cart. This saves her time, and it combines the shipping. I had planed to order a lot of plants, but she blocked me on ebay. I had never had anyone do that before, and I have a 100% feedback rating in the over 8 years I have been on ebay. I called her, and explained the reason I did that, and asked for her to unblock me, and she refused. She was a rude person, and clearly does not care about her customers. She claimed that paypal charges her for any cancellation, but I have not experienced this myself, or seen any info on it being true. However, I told her that I was willing to make up for it, and that I was sorry, but she did not give a damn. So, I am glad that I called her, and found out what type of person she truly is. I have now been ordering from Great Garden Plants.