Had a customer come in and want wisteria. Not that awful viney thing that takes over and kills tall pine trees—she wanted the well behaved dwarf one that makes a nice, graceful shrub, kind of like a small weeping willow. LOL I spent a good half hour trying to convince her there was no such thing as dwarf well behaved wisteria, that it was just the way it was pruned, and it took a lot of constant pruning to keep it under control. She left in a huff, and still thinks I was lying to her or a complete moron. Need I add that she wasn’t from the south? I hope she finds some and plants it right next to her house. LOL
We don’t have any of the garlic mustard or buckthorn, but I’ll see that and raise y’all some sandspurs and pennywort and Florida Betony and kudzu! Takers, anyone?!
Ow ow ow sandspurs. My grandmother lived on Sullivans Island. We were persistantly barefoot.
What got me into the love of wisteria in tree form was seeing three gorgeous trees in a row about 5’ high just like a palm trees in shape all in gorgeous bloom and looking perfectly neat. It was not a large property. It was on a road bordering Queens County and Nassau County as we were finding an alternate way to get on the Cross Island Parkway. It reminded me of the way many Italian gardeners around LI keep their fig trees so preserved for the winter. Perfectly trimmed and in bloom.