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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 496551" data-attributes="member: 1246">THE REAL MEANING OF PLANT CATALOG TERMINOLOGY........&nbsp;&quot;A favorite of birds&quot; means to avoid planting near cars, sidewalks, or clotheslines.&nbsp;&quot;Grows more beautiful each year&quot; means &quot;Looks like roadkill for the foreseeable future.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;Zone 5 with protection&quot; is a variation on the phrase &quot;Russian roulette.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;May require support&quot; means your daughter&#039;s engineering degree will finally pay off.&nbsp;&quot;Moisture-loving&quot; plants are ideal for landscaping all your bogs and swamps.&nbsp;&quot;Carefree&quot; refers more to the plant&#039;s attitude than to your workload.&nbsp;&quot;Vigorous&quot; is code for &quot;has a compulsion to take over the world.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;Grandma&#039;s Favorite&quot; -- until she discovered free-flowering, disease-resistant hybrids. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 496551, member: 1246"] [FONT=Times New Roman]THE REAL MEANING OF PLANT CATALOG TERMINOLOGY........[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"A favorite of birds" means to avoid planting near cars, sidewalks, or clotheslines.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Grows more beautiful each year" means "Looks like roadkill for the foreseeable future."[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Zone 5 with protection" is a variation on the phrase "Russian roulette."[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"May require support" means your daughter's engineering degree will finally pay off.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Moisture-loving" plants are ideal for landscaping all your bogs and swamps.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Carefree" refers more to the plant's attitude than to your workload.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Vigorous" is code for "has a compulsion to take over the world."[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"Grandma's Favorite" -- until she discovered free-flowering, disease-resistant hybrids. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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