The Girls’ Favorite Plants

My lovely and talented daughter, Leandra, recently said, “You know mom, throughout my entire life, whenever anyone says, ‘You’re a little odd.’ I always say, ‘You should meet my mother.’” Well, I’m not the only one. Five more, sharing many of my peculiarities, were here for girls’ weekend. I thought it would make an interesting blog if each girl picked her favorite plant and had a picture taken with it. Unfortunately only half of us are crazy enough to be on the internet looking more than a little strange.

I’m not sure if the responsibility for how we are dressed rests with Melinda or Jennifer. It was Melinda who brought me this custom-made platter last year, but it was Jennifer who said, “Let’s all dress up next year and recreate the platter.”

Blue wins the prize for best costume. As you can see from her ensemble, she is an avid bird watcher. We enjoyed listening to her ipod alternate between songs and bird calls. Her favorite plant is Heliopsis ‘October Glory’ because, “It’s big and showy like me!” (You can read about Peggy and Blue’s big adventure last year at the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show.) More about the plant: I think they told me the wrong name when I bought him at the Forever Green Mountain garden club yard/plant sale last spring because I can’t find him on the internet, perennial, full sun, and Blue says, “It represents the glory of October.”

Melinda flies in from Texas for girls’ weekend. When an early version of our hats had us looking a little nunnish, she did what I was about to do and sang, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” (It was a similar bursting into show tunes event that prompted Leandra’s comment.) Her favorite plant is the pampas grass because, “It stands out, and it’s fuzzy on top.” More about the plant: Easy to grow and spectacular in full sun, for me it’s a focal point in the late summer border garden, I wrote an entire blog about it, and I agree with Patrick that the dwarf varieties are easier to work with in most gardens, but I still like mine better.

I wish Liz had let me show her picture because she is laughing so hard that she is about to pee her shorts. Sadly, I was forced to cut everything but her arm and beer mug which reads “It’s my 50^th year. Fetch me a beer.” Her favorite plant is the dew drop plant because she likes purple and, “It’s wispy and loose.” More about the plant: subscribe to Alabama Gardener Magazine so you can read about him in 2012, loves heat, needs to move into the garage soon, has been blooming nonstop since I purchased him in May and has poisonous, yellow berries in the fall.
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Jennifer is the only one who still looks good in a bikini. She definitely lives up to her nickname, Barbie. Her favorite plant is this hibiscus; she says it’s because, “It’s big and red and it attracts hummingbirds and I like tropicals.” But I think she picked it because it matches her bathing suit. More about the plant: Dale says the only reason I moved the sidewalk was to make room for this plant and he’s not completely wrong, perennial in zone 7 and blooms from the end of June through October.

As you can see from Stacey’s plate persona, she loves to read. She also loves words in general. Her hobbies include calligraphy and playing scrabble or words with friends. Not one to waste those precious words, her speech is direct and to the point. Her favorite plant is Mexican petunia, (Ruellia) because, “It’s purple.” More about the plant: it’s an annual in Northern gardens, but perennial here in zone 7; if I plant it in the garden, the bunnies keep it trimmed to about an inch, so I grow it in pots; it’s easy to root in a glass of water or just stick a cutting in soil; and although they have survived mild winters in pots I put them in the garage just to be on the safe side.

My wonderful husband Dale thinks I’m insane because I’m considering using this picture as my avatar, but I’m not afraid to be ridiculous. Besides, it makes me laugh every time I look at it, and I love to amuse myself. My favorite plant is cardoon because, “The foliage is super cool.” More about the plant: I grew it from seed, I’ve read it’s delicious when properly harvested (you have to wrap it in paper first or something like that), the voles thought his 2 brothers were yummy, the flower reminds me of a cush ball and I’m compelled to stroke it.