General Discussion & Chat: Posting my disappointment..., 1 by darius

darius wrote:
Many of you have cheered me on as I was selling my house in Asheville, and delighted with me that the new owner(s) had agreed to let me take some tagged plants after the fact of closing, and also to divide some perennials this spring.

Well, it hasn't turned out that way, despite the contract AND our verbal agreement.

In January, he was okay with me taking the Contorted Filbert (Harry Lauder's Walking Stick) and the stick that has now leafed out into the lush Acer palmatum dissectium (dwarf cascading Laceleaf Japanese maple) and 2-4 other tagged plants. Now that they are leafing out, it's another story!

Two days ago I called him to tell him I would be Friday there to dig plants, and now he's decided they are HIS plants and I'm not even invited onto the property.

Y'know, I really would have willingly (but with a struggle) have left the 2 specimen plants, fearing to kill them by moving them. But to have him just shut the door to my old garden is both an insult and a real disappointment.

Here's a (poor) photo of the Jap maple last May, taken from the rooftop.