Garden Thugs for Someone You Dislike
If you really don’t like someone give them a wild running bamboo plant, that’s my advice.If a friend asks for some and you gave them some they will hate you for it in a year or two. Some folks call them “thugs of the plant world”, some call them “spite plants”, I like to think of them as plants that are by their nature invasive or die easily or somehow bring pain to the recipient. And before you ask, no I’ve never given nor gotten them as presents. Have you ever heard of a plant called a Jerusalem Artichoke or a Stachy or a Prairie Radish? These are some of the common names for the tallish green perennial with a white, edible root that is really quite tasty … in moderation. I brought one plant from my Mom’s farm, planted it in an open area and have been fighting them ever since. Nothing can kill these things … If the stem breaks when the plant is yanked out, the root simply sends up another plant. This plant also flowers, and reseeds itself and neither drought, raging lawnmower...