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You know how we always say we forget what we planted?

5 years ago

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I think this takes first prize -- I bought some perennials around a month ago, planted some of them, and when I was out in the garden the other day I had ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what the heck I planted, it's only been a month! I still have no idea, I've been racking my brain. Can't tell from the foliage, and the receipt is handwritten with only prices. Oh man, my prediction is coming true -- all the diet Pepsi I've been drinking since I was a kid really IS frying my brain cells.... LOL! (or not...)

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5 years ago

Have a look at your older posts - I usually come on here (to whine, usually, but sometimes to gloat)...and past posts have been a handy sort of journal - because any more formal method requires non-existent skills such as competence, consistence and a general togetherness which I do not possess (memory is sh*t too). I definitely recall you going on about various purchases...but otoh, you do seem to visit a LOT of nurseries.

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mxk3 z5b_MI
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5 years ago
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Oh, I'll be the first to admit I'm a total plant 'ho LOL! I didn't post about this particular visit, though -- so no record there.
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
5 years ago
Post a photo of the plant in question........maybe someone will recognize it.
susanzone5 (NY)
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I keep name tags in a big glass bowl, in order of purchase. I can go back and see what I may have forgotten.

It's amazing how many plants are no longer in the garden. What happened to them I don't know!!
sandyslopes z6 n. UT
5 years ago
That's funny! I bet you've been staring at them, thinking it will come to you any moment. Maybe it will, or maybe you'll have to wait for something significant like a flower next year. That just shows how many plants you've been planting this season.
hydrangeahead Central WI 4b
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I have a friend who patiently listens to my rants and raves about plants all year long.... The last time I was surprised when a plant flowered because I had forgotten it was really a tiger lily and not a ditch Lily, he laughed and laughed, and rightly pointed out that perhaps I have way too many plants....

... Sometimes it hits too close to home, haha---- we all understand, as most of us are in the same boat!!!!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years ago
I had ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what the heck I planted, it's only been a month! I still have no idea, I've been racking my brain.

==>>>

why does it matter??? ...it will come back to you.. probably in mid February.. when they are under a foot or two of snow..

but of course... by april.. you will have forgotten again ... rotflmbo ...

ken

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