Then he or she sees it, an ad picturing beautiful
orangish-red trumpet flowers growing neatly on a quaint little trellis. Seated
next to this perfectly per portioned picture of perfection is the water colored
lady and her water colored husband enjoying a cool lemonade while watching the
Humming birds flit about. The ad speaks of “easy to grow”, “profusely
blooming”, “envy of the neighborhood”.
After being
released from their Dental Bestial they begin their search for this
over-inflated magnification of plant potential. Surprisingly they find it
rather quickly, and quite modestly price.
All the way
home they envision the spot where it is to be planted. They see, through their
mind’s eye, hundreds of humming birds cheering them on from the fence as they
emerge from the garage with a shovel in one hand and their pot of dreams in the
other……..
Let’s
fast-forward five years into the future. The plant has not only taken over the “quaint”
little trellis but also the side of the house, the patio, and the patio
furniture.
This plant? The trumpet vine. It
can grow to forty feet, and it can explode its seed an additional four yards;
with every one growing no matter where it lands; cracks in the cement, eave
troughs, the lawn….. anywhere. It didn’t take long to figure out why it was so
cheap.
This plant needs plenty of space;
if you don’t have, you might not want it. Most who get one wished they hadn’t.
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