The GGW Plant Pick of The Month for November is roses. I know, I know. Roses can be so boring: the same old, same old. Over the past 10 years, so many exuberant, hardy and easy to care for vines, perennials and bushes have come on to the marketplace. So why bother with roses, specimens that are known to be fussy, disease prone and often difficult to maintain?
This is how I see it. It’s kind of like that old family recipe that gets handed down from generation to generation. For me, it’s my grandmother’s deep dish apple pie. When I was younger, I thoroughly enjoyed spending any amount of time it took to make this delectable dish. But over the years, as I got busier and simple pie recipes and luscious already made apple pies were at my disposal, with great ease (and maybe a bit of relief), I walked away from this old time, deep dish, sour cream apple pie recipe. But now, especially now, somehow this recipe has more meaning to me than ever before. Yes, it still takes time and patience to make. And often it doesn’t turn out the way I had envisioned it would. But no other apple pie can take its place, much like no other flower can take the place of a rose. [galle Continue Reading →
