Morning Glories: Looking for Ron, 0 by Soulja

Soulja wrote:
wow. I wanna be in the grow out club! ~ holy cow. ~ is there an initiation? I really don't know very much but I know after searching for months, there is hardly anywhere to get the more unusual flowers other than ebay. I would need to know just what to do and I would definitely take pictures.(!!!) If you or Beth would need DGers to participate in grow outs, and would trust a new grower, I would be very interested and excited to be involved but I don't have much to offer in return.... Thanks for the post. Your JMG Art for Art's sake philosophy argument is a compelling epilogue to an article i read yesterday from today's NYT,

Exporting Japan's Way Of Tea:

"Sen Rikyu, a great tea master from the late 16th Century is said to have grown gorgeous Morning Glories at the time a rare flower in japan, in the garden by his tea house. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a ruthless ruler who had made Kyoto his capitol, sought an invitation to tea so that he could see the flowers.

Rikyu demurred but Hideyoshi persisted until he received his invitiation. Arriving at the garden Hideyoshi saw not a single morning glory. They had all been removed. Enraged, Hideyoshi stormed into the tea house, the worst manners for a guest at tea.

Once inside though, Hideyoshi's anger gave way to calm delight. For there, in the alcove of the tea house was a single morning glory, the most perfect of it's kind."


****** talk about not selling out.