garden talk

What was the first plant that got you interested in gardening? For me, it was Sweet Rocket or Hesperis. We were riding around the country and came up on a patch in the ditch. We came home and got the shovel. Next plant was purple Moss Phlox. I still have it. Third, was a Wild Rose. 1 plant has spread the length of the wall. That lead to crocus and tulips. All in 1981. It's snowballed from there.

It was the wildflowers that I saw in Fredericksburg, Texas one year. My hubby and
I went to this place that I was told about and fell in love with plants. I purchased my
first seeds ever and came home and did nothing more than just tossed them
in an area and the next spring I had beautiful flowers. Then I got to thinking if I
had really prepared the soil for them what would they have done? So the following
year I did alittle more to the area that I had sown the year before and I was blessed
with an even more beautiful display and the rest is history.

Angela

Here is a link to the place that I was talking about. It is truly a neat site. It is
worth looking at. http://www.wildseedfarms.com/

Strawberries probably. Maybe pussywillows. I remember waves of ferns in the understory right about the time I read the book "Where The Red Fern Grows". Clover of all things because I recall always being on the look out for a 4-leaf clover. Oh my, so long ago.

My grandmother and mother were gardeners. I have been gardening off and on since I could walk. Remember helping pick peas and beans and flowers when I was about 4 yrs. old and I am now 64 as of 3/15. Right now I have flower beds all over our yard. Up and down our driveway (1000'), i have daylilies (which the deer loved until my hubby came up with a solution to keep the deer away), several rose of sharons, 3 crepe myrtles and lots and lots of trees because we live in the woods. My husband was in the navy and we moved a lot. When we moved from FL to CA. I repotted all my plants, (roses included), had them inspected, got certification for them and took them all packed into my 68 mustang which we pulled in back of our truck. All made it to CA. Should have seen the strange looks at rest stops.

Liz

Wish I could have seen that mustang planter.
It is hard to remember since I have been gardening since I was a kid, but I think strawberries were the first plant I grew, my mother gave me a small spot by the rhubarb. The next summer my dad dug up a spot for me to garden since we lived on a small urban lot it wasn't very big so I grew miniature vegetables, my favorite was the corn.

LC2sgarden, please tell me what your husband did to keep the deer out of the daylilies.

LOl Texas. You truly have a green thumb. I ordered from Wildseed Farms a long time ago, but being zone 5, most of it was too tender. I still have the catalogs. They're part of my collection.

Liz, lucky you to have all that room! My longest bed is 84' x 14'. I'd love to be able to plant a lot more. I like to have grass too. I would have liked to seen the Mustang planter too.

Zenpotter, I had a Grandma that liked to get us the penny packet from Gurneys. She also got them for my daughter.

Mine would have to be clematis. As a small lad I visited one of my Great Aunts and she had a english style garden with lots of different Clematis everywhere. I remember being amazed at their beauty. To say the least , I now have 11 different Clematis and everytime they bloom I think of my trip to Aunt Ceila's house.

That's neat Gldandrews. I have a lot of different memory plants too.