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Oct 19, 2012 6:07 PM CST
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Name: Ann
TN
Butterflies I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies Hummingbirder Ponds
The following URL is a blog about deciding whether or not to buy another plant. HILARIOUS!

http://www.greensparrowgardens...
Ann (farmerbell); TN
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Oct 19, 2012 6:21 PM CST
Name: kimbar rise
beaverton mi
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Clematis Daylilies Region: Michigan Roses
Seed Starter Enjoys or suffers cold winters
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Oct 19, 2012 7:12 PM CST
Name: Mona
Guntown, Ms (Zone 7b)
I love nature & everything outdoors
Daylilies Dog Lover
Oh yes, been there and done most of these, but I did get a few new ideas!

I have Michele holding some plants for me until Spring. I may just need her to grow them and pollenate them and then mail me the seeds. Seeds do not take up as much room as grown plants. Hmmmmmm, I just came up with a great idea Big Grin
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Oct 19, 2012 7:12 PM CST
Name: Susie
Leonard, Minnesota (Zone 3b)
Annuals Herbs Heucheras Canning and food preservation Irises Lilies
Region: Minnesota Native Plants and Wildflowers Peonies Sedums Seed Starter Vegetable Grower
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Oct 19, 2012 7:33 PM CST
Name: Michele
Cantonment, FL zone 8b
Seller of Garden Stuff Region: United States of America I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dragonflies Pollen collector Garden Ideas: Level 2
Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Hummingbirder Region: Florida Daylilies Container Gardener Butterflies
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www.pensacoladaylilyclub.com
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Oct 19, 2012 7:39 PM CST
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious!
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Oct 19, 2012 8:19 PM CST
Name: Laura Eiras
Huntsville, AL (Zone 7b)
Cat Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies Ferns Hostas Lilies
Region: Alabama Enjoys or suffers hot summers
I have posted this before, but it was awhile ago. It certainly fits the thread. Enjoy.

The following was sent to me by Kim King (Kingsbirdhouse on the LA).
Quoting:
CHAD

Charlie Harper, MG 2004

One of the benefits of the Master Gardener Fall Gardening Symposium, sponsored by Hancock County, was learning the technical name for the problem I have with buying plants. Dr. Laura Deeter introduced this important bit of information to the class.

It's CHAD - 'Compulsive Horticultural Acquisition Disorder'. Typical symptoms are 1.) impulse buying of any new plant encountered, 2.) buying it without having even the vaguest idea of where you are going to plant it, 3.) putting new plants in willy-nilly into the most convenient, available spot in the garden, 4.) eventually filling every available empty space, resulting in unmanageable overcrowding, and 5.) losing the lawn to 'bed creep', as beds are expanded in an attempt to relieve the overcrowding, while making space for new acquisitions. Other symptoms may include 'new plant envy', 'gardener's resentment', financial exhaustion, and a number of specific addictive behaviors, including hostaholicism, hemeroholicism, etc. Though not discussed, it appears that eventual loss of bladder and bowel control may presage the onset of insanity. No cure was offered.

As I suspected, it is widespread among gardeners, especially Master Gardeners. I don't feel so badly now. At least I know I'm not alone.
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Oct 19, 2012 8:22 PM CST
Name: Laura Eiras
Huntsville, AL (Zone 7b)
Cat Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies Ferns Hostas Lilies
Region: Alabama Enjoys or suffers hot summers
And in that same vein here is a poem that I wrote several years ago:

A Hemaholic, yes I am
I will not look I know I can.
I can resist she’s said before
And then just goes and buys some more.

I must stop, this can’t go on
Or I must sell my own firstborn.
The yard just shrinks from year to year
As fans go here and here and here.

“It’s just too much!” I have to shout
As beds creep out and out and out.
The grass is gone there is no more
Just paths to wander and explore.
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Oct 19, 2012 8:27 PM CST
Name: shirlee
southeast (Zone 6b)
Daylilies Hybridizer Seed Starter Pollen collector Garden Photography Garden Ideas: Level 1
Butterflies Birds Dragonflies Canning and food preservation Herbs Vegetable Grower
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Oct 20, 2012 7:24 AM CST
Name: Jan
Hustisford, WI
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Daylilies Dog Lover Irises Region: United States of America
Region: Wisconsin
OH MY GOODNESS.... I have bed creep!!! Is it fatal????? expensive????? habit forming?????
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Oct 20, 2012 8:10 AM CST
Name: Juli
Ohio (Zone 6a)
Region: United States of America Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener Daylilies Garden Photography Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Dog Lover Cat Lover Garden Ideas: Master Level
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Good to see some humor here!

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I am guilty of buying plants, only to have to wander aimlessly around looking for a spot to put it. Not just daylilies....

Whistling
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Oct 20, 2012 8:28 AM CST
Name: Teresa Felty Barrow
South central KY (Zone 6b)
SONGBIRD GARDENS
Birds Hummingbirder Hybridizer Irises Lilies Peonies
Sempervivums Plant and/or Seed Trader Region: United States of America Vegetable Grower Hostas Heucheras
Laura, I love your poem lol. Yes, I have CHAD! Well, we took a wkend over to the ST Louis Botanical garden and now I have new ideas and plants I need for next yr! Where does it end? Oh, well I enjoy all the beauty!
Bee Kind, make the world a better place.
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Oct 20, 2012 11:26 AM CST
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
We are co-dependent enablers, all. nodding
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Oct 20, 2012 12:35 PM CST
Name: Laura Eiras
Huntsville, AL (Zone 7b)
Cat Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies Ferns Hostas Lilies
Region: Alabama Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Yes!
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Oct 20, 2012 1:39 PM CST
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Product of enablement from the Green Amber website. Big Grin

"...even those who simply want to have a reason for planting something else (as in the I'm-trying-to-find-a-way-to-justify-buying-just-one-more-plant people? You know who you are! LOL)"
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Oct 21, 2012 6:13 AM CST
Name: Dot or Dorothy Parker
Fort Worth TX (Zone 8a)
Birds Region: Texas Enjoys or suffers hot summers Pollen collector Lilies Irises
Daylilies I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Container Gardener Cat Lover Butterflies Plant and/or Seed Trader
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Oct 21, 2012 6:40 PM CST

Amaryllis Roses Lilies Irises Hibiscus Daylilies
Container Gardener Cat Lover Bulbs Butterflies Birds Annuals
This thread is so hilarious !! I will soon be acting out my "bed creep" diagnosis by connecting and expanding two beds in the backyard. Where else will I fit the daylilies that I ordered last spring?! I bought a bag of 25 dutch iris bulbs at Wal-Mart just yesterday when I was really there for cat litter. I knit too, and have much more yarn than necessary as well. Happy gardening everyone! Smiling
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Oct 21, 2012 7:27 PM CST
Name: Kim W
Md (Zone 6a)
More daylilies!!!!
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Pollen collector Cat Lover Daylilies Plant and/or Seed Trader
Hostas Echinacea Garden Art Region: Northeast US Region: United States of America
I had this happen this morning! I spent the day trying desperately to find a place to tuck in the 15 plants I came home from Lilyhemmer with, plus the 5 that arrived Friday before I left to go to Lilyhemmer. Yes I did manage to fit those 20 plants into the 3 designated spots I had left, as well as stuffing some into areas that I needed a shoe horn to get them into. Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
It's my cats world, I'm just here to open the cans.
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Oct 21, 2012 7:29 PM CST
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Oct 21, 2012 7:48 PM CST

Amaryllis Roses Lilies Irises Hibiscus Daylilies
Container Gardener Cat Lover Bulbs Butterflies Birds Annuals
Never fear- there are much worse addictions than this! Thumbs up

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