tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post4596669321915313023..comments2023-09-20T11:00:37.211-05:00Comments on The Phytophactor: Gardening Resolutions for a New YearThe Phytophactorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-70279367468386505192010-01-04T09:04:39.976-06:002010-01-04T09:04:39.976-06:00A big thanks to CelticRose for this link that illu...A big thanks to CelticRose for this link that illustrates <a href="http://www.azplantlady.com/2009/10/scary-pruning-practices-and-unfortunate.html" rel="nofollow">the good, the bad, and the ugly</a> of pruning.<br /><br />And a big gold star to Larissa for catching my homage to Arlo Guthrie.The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-43005917838603338192010-01-03T15:27:14.492-06:002010-01-03T15:27:14.492-06:00I appreciate your Alice's Restaurant reference...I appreciate your Alice's Restaurant reference. Well played sir.Larissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167481652457463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-71680288360525326242010-01-01T08:25:14.975-06:002010-01-01T08:25:14.975-06:00This blog entry explains poodle pruning, among oth...This blog entry explains poodle pruning, among other sins: http://www.azplantlady.com/2009/10/scary-pruning-practices-and-unfortunate.html.<br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates this practice. I don't know why landscapers feel they have to get their chainsaws out and trim every single shrub into a "poodle" or "cupcake" shape. Not only is it ugly, but it's more work. I've seen beautiful flowers hacked off more than once when the "poodlers" go on their rounds. :-(CelticRosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-60804648296283051602009-12-30T20:28:33.055-06:002009-12-30T20:28:33.055-06:00That's a wonderful, thought-provoking list. I ...That's a wonderful, thought-provoking list. I quite agree with 3, 5, 7, and 8, but am not so sure about 4. I mean aren't "scientific name" and "cultivar" a contradiction in terms? Come to think of it, that's true of wild plants too, given the rate at which plants hybridize and speciate and generally flout the expectations of botanists. (Perhaps that could be the subject of a future post.) Finally, I have no idea what poodle-pruning is, owing no doubt to the fact that I live in a non-shrubby part of the country, unless you count <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>.<br /><br />Happy gardening,<br />ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-12941723906581309422009-12-30T14:20:13.837-06:002009-12-30T14:20:13.837-06:00>>I wish, that when we have to sell our gard...>>I wish, that when we have to sell our garden, we could choose the best 'applicant'!<br /><br />Mrs. Phactor once expressed her position most clearly, "They can pry this property out of my cold dead fingers." And at that point, the applicant pool will no longer matter to us.The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-16047928577888056192009-12-30T11:55:20.186-06:002009-12-30T11:55:20.186-06:00I wish, that when we have to sell our garden, we c...I wish, that when we have to sell our garden, we could choose the best 'applicant'!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com