tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post1516969184877983094..comments2023-10-09T06:48:02.888-05:00Comments on Garden Girl: Pass-Along Plantsgarden girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-58552698321207607512009-04-01T07:19:00.000-05:002009-04-01T07:19:00.000-05:00oh no! I didn't know people were still doing that...oh no! I didn't know people were still doing that! I'm glad you were able to rescue those plants!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-73263762298904424502009-03-31T16:59:00.000-05:002009-03-31T16:59:00.000-05:00I lucked out yesterday, when I caught my neighbor ...I lucked out yesterday, when I caught my neighbor pulling out heaps of plants so that she can put in a cement front yard. (GASP !!!!!!!) I scored heaps of lovely things and even though I don't have a clue what half of them are, I can't wait to see what will happen next spring!!Tatersmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991481246363893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-4563825901753670172009-03-30T19:50:00.000-05:002009-03-30T19:50:00.000-05:00Love that quote Monica! I think every gardener ca...Love that quote Monica! I think every gardener can relate!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-74312678625363351162009-03-30T19:17:00.000-05:002009-03-30T19:17:00.000-05:00Just sorting through notes of two years of plant e...Just sorting through notes of two years of plant events/talks and came across a recent quote by Felder Rushing "Anyone who doesn't have hostas, doesn't have friends." Meaning hostas are a popular passalong plant. :)Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-4046948246994028582009-03-30T15:43:00.000-05:002009-03-30T15:43:00.000-05:00Thank you Sunita! They really are, and often do b...Thank you Sunita! They really are, and often do better than some of the newer varieties at the nurseries! And you're right, not only do you get the plants, but the memory of the person who gave it to you comes with it.<BR/><BR/>I'll keep you posted on the sedums! I hope they do well - nothing else I've put there before has!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-61445584136379874292009-03-30T09:00:00.000-05:002009-03-30T09:00:00.000-05:00Linda, what a lovely post! Arent pass-along plants...Linda, what a lovely post! Arent pass-along plants the best? Not only do you get a lovely plant but you get to relish the memories of who gifted it to you and when. Much better than nursery-bought plants !<BR/>Let me know how the sedum does, will you? I've got a lot of shade under my cashew trees where some sedums will fit in really well.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-75146482186692851172009-03-30T07:14:00.000-05:002009-03-30T07:14:00.000-05:00Hellow Sweet Bay, that's awesome! 50 years - wow!...Hellow Sweet Bay, that's awesome! 50 years - wow! It's wonderful to have such storied plants in the garden.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-77434320764931047962009-03-29T22:33:00.000-05:002009-03-29T22:33:00.000-05:00My August lily (a large-flowered fragrant white on...My August lily (a large-flowered fragrant white one) came from my paternal grandmother. It's probably been in the family over 50 years. Many of our iris came from my husband's grandmother's garden. It's wonderful to have plants with a provenance in the garden -- it adds to a garden's richness.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-24226559430406205742009-03-29T16:48:00.000-05:002009-03-29T16:48:00.000-05:00Thank you Joey.I hear you on the geranium and the ...Thank you Joey.<BR/><BR/>I hear you on the geranium and the celandine poppies! In the dry shade of our silver maples, not much survives, let alone thrives, and I can count on one hand the plants that have self-seeded in five years here (except the silver maples - hundreds of them seed themselves every spring. :( Still, I'll be watching them!<BR/><BR/>Thank you Marie.<BR/><BR/>I hear you Elizabeth - it's been a very long time since I've been the beneficiary of plant sharing. It's very good of you to share yours, and I'm sure it's much appreciated.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-73030135088924954642009-03-29T16:11:00.000-05:002009-03-29T16:11:00.000-05:00I have given many, and taken few. I never seem to ...I have given many, and taken few. I never seem to be there when plants are up for grabs.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-7651481237128641552009-03-29T14:59:00.000-05:002009-03-29T14:59:00.000-05:00Very nice post :)Very nice post :)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390455875023239060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-516243133571681072009-03-29T13:56:00.000-05:002009-03-29T13:56:00.000-05:00A lovely post, Linda ~ sharing is what gardening ...A lovely post, Linda ~ sharing is what gardening is all about! My garden is filled with gifts and, like you, think of each donor when their plants bloom ~ some are stunning treasures and some become pests ... like cute Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) ... and I'd think twice about planting them again since they have danced throughout my gardens:) I love my Celandine poppies but keep a watchful eye on them also :) Isn't spring grand!joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-46012054222086521042009-03-29T12:46:00.000-05:002009-03-29T12:46:00.000-05:00Hi Jen, so glad you got them! We had snow this mor...Hi Jen, so glad you got them! We had snow this morning, so I'm glad I held off on planting them. I'm looking forward to getting those babies in the ground too! I almost to hate to open them, the packets are so pretty.<BR/><BR/>I admire your resourcefulness Lynn! What a fun memory of your rose campions' beginnings!<BR/><BR/>Hope you're having a great Sunday too.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-91033874776222556202009-03-29T12:20:00.000-05:002009-03-29T12:20:00.000-05:00Hi Linda, I agree that everyone who loves gardenin...Hi Linda, I agree that everyone who loves gardening have just a tad more generosity in their blood as we are so willing to share treasures from the garden. I'v been known to leave notes in mailboxes of strangers to ask for a trade..(my rose campions came that way). I'm sure your sentiments on those first pass along plants will touch your neighbor deeply. Have a great Sunday,<BR/>Lynnlynn'sgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104383899991317740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-18139248897902275442009-03-29T11:25:00.000-05:002009-03-29T11:25:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for sending me those wonderful seed...Thanks so much for sending me those wonderful seeds from Renee's seeds. What lovely packaging, I can hardly wait to plant them.<BR/><BR/>JenRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-62250525264310443592009-03-28T23:15:00.000-05:002009-03-28T23:15:00.000-05:00Hi Brenda, I love sedums too! They are indeed ver...Hi Brenda, I love sedums too! They are indeed very easy! Speaking of passing on plants, thanks so much for the hyacinth bean seeds! I'm looking forward to trying them. <BR/><BR/>You are so lucky to have such a wonderful neighbor and gardening friend. It's been many years since I've had a gardening neighbor, and miss that.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more Rosemarie! And gardeners are a very generous, sharing sort.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-53913332951080761092009-03-28T18:12:00.000-05:002009-03-28T18:12:00.000-05:00That is so nice! What's a garden (or plants) if no...That is so nice! What's a garden (or plants) if not to share it with others!Rosemariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18286254322888159442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-75851404579656142492009-03-28T16:22:00.000-05:002009-03-28T16:22:00.000-05:00I'm in love with sedums, by the way! They are a ca...I'm in love with sedums, by the way! They are a carefree plant. Our "elders" teach us so much about gardening. And passing on plants for us to try. My neighbor in back fits this bill for me. We just got back from a garden tour. We may be 25 years apart in age. But not in the love of gardening!<BR/>BrendaBrenda Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544794729410559072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-6411139586243620502009-03-28T09:03:00.000-05:002009-03-28T09:03:00.000-05:00Thank you Rose. I wish I still had more of the pl...Thank you Rose. I wish I still had more of the plants from her in this garden. Divisions and seedlings from the plants she gave me were relocated to two different gardens during two different moves. But the last move here was in February, and the hostas had moved here the previous spring. Wish I'd taken more of the decendents from her plants when I had the chance, and the moral of that story is a gardener should never move in winter! You're lucky to still have most of those pass-along plants. Although they might not be the latest and 'greatest,' the pass-alongs are the sentimental favorities in my garden.<BR/><BR/>Hi Melanthia, all that gardening talk with your collegue must have made the time fly at work. I had one job years ago where two of my collegues were avid gardeners. It was really nice having that connection with them, and we all learned a lot from each other. I lost contact with one of them, but still stay in touch with the other one regularly, and she's still gardening away! <BR/><BR/>Good morning Frances, and thank you! That's the first time I've seen a pulmonaria sprout already budding! I'm already trying to figure out what cultivar it is - maybe Diana Clare. Probably too early to tell though.<BR/><BR/>I think you're correct and the hosta is Royal Standard, or at least that's what I've thought for years - it's a fast grower, has the characteristic very shiny foliage and those large, pretty, fragrant blooms, and is very adaptable to shade or sun.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-77019012767324889562009-03-28T05:41:00.000-05:002009-03-28T05:41:00.000-05:00Hi Linda, this is such a well written piece on the...Hi Linda, this is such a well written piece on the generosity of gardeners and the persistance of plants. That does look like a pulmonaria, with a bud even, how wonderful. My older neighbors have given me so many things at this garden it would take several posts to name them all. I have tried to respond in kind but it is so little in comparison. That hosta is one of my favorites with the large white fragrant August blooms, I am guessing it is Royal Standard. What a way to begin a garden. :-)<BR/>FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-56526766169076073562009-03-28T02:46:00.000-05:002009-03-28T02:46:00.000-05:00This reminds me of a former colleague who often sh...This reminds me of a former colleague who often shared not only plants but all her gardening advice. I eagerly soaked it up and loved weekends when she and I worked together. We'd talk gardening between actual productivity. I don't get to see her as much but there's several plants in my garden that remind me of her generosity.Gardenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447339122924259391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-48732562898707865202009-03-27T19:44:00.000-05:002009-03-27T19:44:00.000-05:00I always love reading about the traditions of gard...I always love reading about the traditions of gardening and how our interest in gardening was nurtured by others. A lovely post, Linda, and I can't think of a better way to remember someone than through a lovely plant that comes back year after year.<BR/><BR/>I always say I've only been gardening for 6 or 7 years, but that's not really true. Before I had much time to spend on a garden, I received passalongs from my mother, my aunt, and a few other special people. Most of those plants moved with me several years ago and now reside in my new gardens. I think of the people who gave them to me every time I walk by them.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-289160213029925252009-03-27T19:12:00.000-05:002009-03-27T19:12:00.000-05:00Aw, thank you Anna - seriously, you just made my d...Aw, thank you Anna - seriously, you just made my day. You're a sweetheart!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-70916727529116286532009-03-27T19:06:00.000-05:002009-03-27T19:06:00.000-05:00You are the most grateful person I know. Seriously...You are the most grateful person I know. Seriously--you have a very sweet spirit. I think your garden would appreciate a good book written about them. I would buy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447389184218295999.post-31867882409844162772009-03-27T19:04:00.000-05:002009-03-27T19:04:00.000-05:00Thanks Kim and Victoria!Thanks for the tip Racquel...Thanks Kim and Victoria!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip Racquel. I have a Black Jack sedum in the same bed in a bit more sun than the newbies will get. (well, actually it's now a Matrona sedum - it reverted.) It grows slowly in mostly shade, and although it does tend to flop, it blooms nicely. If the autumn sun sedums bloom as well I'll be happy, especially since sedums do so well in dry conditions.<BR/><BR/>Hi Cathy, gardening moms are great at sharing their plants! It's great your neighbors garden and share plants too. <BR/><BR/>That cranesbill has very pale pink, (nearly white) blooms. I think it's a more wild variety - seems to spread more quickly than the other geraniums I have, and the blooms stand up taller above the plant than the rest of the geraniums here.<BR/><BR/>Hi Tatersmama, aw, thank you! I'm glad you visited. I love Jen's new weekly feature blogs, andn I'm glad I came across yours through her post today. I enjoyed your blog and will be back!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.com