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Mechanics of plant shopping...
Sep 5, 2007 | 7:39 AM PST
Tags: impulse , golden thyme , Scharfe Mauerpferref 'chocolate ball' , Scharfe Mauerpferref , plant shopping

Arrrrrgh !!! No !!! How could they do it to me ?!?

*Flashback* I notice new plants at the local supermarket ! I love cheap stuff, so I check them out at once. I don't know most of them, but they look darn pretty. I try to memorise their names and look them up online. I learned that impulse purchases of plants that I know absolutely nothing about isn't worth it.

*Flashback 2* Am back at the store. Of course I had forgotten the names, so I didn't look them up. A chocolate-coloured sedum strikes my fancy. At least I know that Succulents will survive and thrive in my garden. Minutes later I am the proud owner of a Scharfe Mauerpferref 'chocolate ball'. I note the name of that gorgeus gold-green plant.

*Back to the present* Back in the store again. I found ot that the gorgeous plant is a golden thyme, it has a fantastic flavour, is easy to grow, is evergreen, and it's cheap. BTW did I mention it was gorgeous ?

and then...

Arrrrrgh !!! No !!! How could they do it to me ?!?

There were no golden Thymes left ! None at all !!!

Maybe impulse purchases of plants that I know absolutely nothing about is absolutely worth it...