I have a huge pond, a third of an acre and they look great on the far bank
reflected in the water.
They are planted with Rogersias, Rheum's and the obligatory Gunneras and
provide great plumes for my little boys to run about with
every plant has its place doesn't it?


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 17/11/04 6:21 pm, in article , "Mike Lyle"
wrote:

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Why is it that otherwise almost-rational people, such as me, dislike
the things? Is it just the way they're planted, do you think? I
suspect I could like them in certain situations, but can't visualize.

Mike.


I think from my pov it's because they're all-too-often planted in small
gardens in suburban locations and so, in my mind, are forever associated
with that. But that said, I just don't find anything beautiful in them at
all, not one single thing and I've felt like that since I was a child. I
don't think I've ever expressed my dislike to my children but my younger
daughter has just bought a house in this village and has 'inherited' two
Pampas grass and wants to wage all-out war on them! She might be able to
get one out but the other is in her back garden, slap up against the fence
on one side and a wall above a terrace on the other and with no access for
a
min-digger, unless we take the farmer's fence down. Hmmmmm....... ;-))
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