Are you sick of flowers, yet?

[senoritafish]

Well, it's spring; can't be helped. ;p

I belong to a garden club and many of the members grow roses; however, I am not a huge rose fan. I tend to regard them as the poodles of horticulture world (just as goldfish are the poodles of the aquarium fish world) - relatively common, but most of them are overbred, they take a lot of maintenance to look good, pests love them, and they're fussy and spoiled. However, I do own just one. I ordered this one from a catalog years ago; called either 'Peppermint Stick' or 'Candy Cane' (I can't remember which), she's just crazy enough to suit my strange tastes. She also thrives on neglect - I didn't even realize she was blooming until Gareth dragged me out in the backyard to see her today.

By the way - to give you a hint to what kind of gardener I am? Gareth refers to the backyard as the "lotsadirt."


Backyard
Huntington Beach CA
Sharp VE-CG30
21 April 2008




Los Alamitos - This one was behind the bus stop today; I thought the large size might make a good wallpaper.