I received a call last night from the nursery, to let me know that the Homestead Purple Verbena was in, and I had twenty-four hours to pick it up. Doesn’t that seem like a rather short time frame?
\nAt any rate, I wanted to return a clematis and pick up the verbena. I stopped at the checkout, and explained that the tag in the pot of clematis said “Nelly Moser,” but it was labeled differently on the outside of the pot. I wanted to make an exchange. They told me to leave the pot at checkout and look for the “Nelly Moser” that I wanted. Of course, they were out.
\nSo, I started working my way through the nursery toward the annual section. Along the way four little pots of basil, and two more of lemon verbena grabbed my arm as I went by. I rounded the corner at the veggies, coming into the stretch, when two pots of tomatoes jumped out in front of my cart. I HAD to rescue them.
\nWhile I was there, I thought I might pick up a morning glory that was already two feet tall, but they were out of that, too. This beautiful cardinal vine tempted me instead.
\nI FINALLY got to the annual information desk, and asked for the verbena. Neither of us could count. I’d ordered nine and came home with seven. BUT….while I was waiting, I found the morning glory I wanted! *G*
\nSome days ya just have to go with the flow. I’ve got a LOT of planting to do, and I’ll have to make at least one more trip to the nursery. Do you believe that I walked out of there without any dill seed!??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I received a call last night from the nursery, to let me know that the Homestead Purple Verbena was in, and I had twenty-four hours to pick it up. Doesn’t that seem like a rather short time frame? At any … Continue reading