Re: Joke plant site

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2001.12.20 at 21:22:50(7966) Susan, John, et al: The Shady Deals website was written primarily by one of my college classmates Larry Hatch, who now operates the New Ornamentals Online Database from his office in Raleigh. http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/nos.html +More There are a few other with warped minds that offered input. At 09:14 AM 12/20/01 -0600, you wrote: >Susan, > >I LOVED this site! Thank you so much for posting it. For those who know >who wrote it, if it's not a secret, I'd love to congratulate the authors. > >My only problem with the site is that I want to tell everyone about it, >but nobody but a plant catalog obsessive like me can appreciate the jokes. >Even a simple one like "Acer grisham, the paperback maple" requires that >you know the latin AND common names of plants AND recognize the catalog >format of Glasshouse Works; ie the aroid listers will understand it , but >my friends and family just go, "So?" > >Oh, wait, I do know a couple of landscape architects I can tell about >it... > >John Smolowe >Menlo Park, CA > >"Cooper, Susan L." wrote: > >> Check out this plant site. It's only for laughs, but does have aroids! >> http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/shady.html >> >> Susan > > > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 662-0370 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

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