Enivea

When I wrote about the Pink Petunias, it was in a lighthearted manner.

But deeper down, I will confess to my bias against-

STANDARD WHITE ICEBERG ROSES
BOX HEDGES
PETUNIAS

The reason is quite simply this: they are environmentally unsound.

When I lived closer to the city, and on the country outskirts, I watched as acre after acre of formerly prime market garden land was turned into suburbs of deserts. Too many people followed the latest trend in gardening and planted those noted above.

Row after row after row of houses had these. What diversity of life can these plants offer? Very very little. And without the diversity of life, we are lost.
The so-called gardens in these suburbs have very little in common with the suburbs of the 1950’s, which supplied families with an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables and flowers. And I might add, these homes (not houses) also had a rainwater tank, often raised up on a concrete form which provided a cool retreat in the summer. Who needed air-conditioning then?

Now before you respond and tell me all about the wonders of the plants I have denigrated, just consider them as examples of the paucity of diversity when combined in the manner I have described. So really, it is not plants at fault at all, is it?

Next time you decide to put in a plant, please consider what it offers to all who share this planet, and see what a difference a little thought can make.