Beginner Gardening: Addicted to Easter Candy, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
LOL, my copyright was on the first one. Too funny. I bet it was a HMF computer glitch when I was posting them. I can't imagine anyone would take some one's photos and leave the copyright on.

Look at the color of this one bloom. I love it. http://www.helpmefind.com/plant/pics.php?l=2.37396&nr=49475

I keep thinking of Charlotte. I hate that when I can't get a plant out of my mind. Mainly because they had one that had so many grafts on its head. It screamed buy me, Kelley.

I am almost to embarrassed to go back there though to get it. I was telling Sue the other night that when I went there the other day a LA nursery (one I actually went to when I was in LA with Lali 2 years ago) was there trying to sell bromeliads - a resurgent love of mine. I was all eyes focused like a beam on one of the broms he had in his hand.

I waited for him to leave the office ( I listened at the door with my heart beating wildly in desire) then followed him out to his truck and asked to buy the one whitish one from him. He said OK so I went to my car to get my wallet and while i did that the guy switched it with one not as nice. He put a paperbag sleeve over it so I did not notice the switch. Anyway, I was so jazzed over the deal flying high as a kite that I took the 2 broms and jumped in my car and left.

Well shoot, about an hour later when I was coming down from my high, I realized I had left 2 sedums and a big hanging pot of fancy petunias at the front of the nursery to buy. What made it worse is I had the lady putting out the big pots take the sleeves off each one and help me pick out the biggest one. I almost love the ritual of picking out the best as much as bringing the new plant home. LOL. So you know she knows who left it at the will buy place. They all know me at Regan's so I am so embarrassed.

Also what makes it all so bad is that, that very morning Sue wanted to meet at a nursery near her but I had told her just that morning I had laid in bed promising myself I would not go to another nursery till next week. I told her I just had to be able to keep my promise for at least a few hours. Well within hours I was at Regans. I am so sick. I need an intervention. And yesterday I was off and running buying aloes. HELP ME.

Well I have to dry my hair. Tom is on his way home, he just IMed me. Tonight is sushi date night. Lets not tell him about the broms or aloes. LOL And next week is the big show where I always go nuts on arisaemas and amorphophalluses and I have no money.

Here is the bromeliad that sent me into such a frenzy of lust and need. My 4th brom in this last 2 weeks with those great striations!