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meezersfive waukesha, WI(Zone 5a) Apr 21, 2004

What a heartbreak! I really feel for your loss, nurturing a plant is like raising a child. When we sold our house, in December the buyers assured me I could come back in spring and take selected perennials. So I waved farewell to my gorgeous white iris that had moved with me 3 times already, the roses, and a host of other perennials. You already see the end of this story. No soap. Nada. No legal agreement, so no retrieval in spring.
OK. FINE!! Well.... NOT really. Sooooooooooooo, just before the break of dawn, having donned my black cat burglar attire, I grabbed my little spade, did the "road trip", and skulked in the dark, through a neighbor's yard into my former garden. Ahhh, I smelled success! Flicked on my little Maglite, hmmmmmm, where are they? I KNOW those Iris were right here. And where is the Carpet of Roses? The pretty primroses? GONE!! ALL OF THEM GONE!! That miserable unspeakable ( censored) had either dug them all out, or mowed them down!! DH also told me that if I got arrested, he wasn't going to bail me out. My gardening friends are still telling this story. And I still miss those Iris.

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balvenie Marysville, WA(Zone 7a) Apr 22, 2004

Darius, I feel a great deal of sympathy for the shabby way your buyer has treated you.Wish there was an easy answer but all I can think of is to let it go and start anew. After 30 years in the same house and garden things have changed. The garden is renewed by mother nature and the seed catalog each spring. Some of the older plants, trees and shrubs die or need to be removed and there is always the joy in finding something new to grow or build. Specimen plants are treasures but often feel best if left where they were planted. Look at blessing your new home with a host of plants chosen just for the occasion. Maybe new 'walking sticks' and other varieties of maples will better suit the new landscape.Pictures of your new digs would be nice to see.

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