oh yeah this is fun--
There are two separate issues here.
One is the celebration week that is being billed as it is this year and the other is the associated contest(s).
Who here grows daylilies for the foliage? daffs? tulips? amaryllis? iris? roses? anyone ???? seriously
zuzu said:
I have to confess I don't see the problem. Taking rose week as an example, if rose week in February worked well for the past two years, how can moving it to May exclude anyone?
People are not excluded; it is the roses that bloom in June, July, September, and October of 2015 that are excluded--i.e. mine!
It really does not matter when the plant weeks are scheduled to celebrate the plants, talk about them, and share info and photos.
This year, however, it has been promoted as it has and I am merely pointing out that it doesn't work that way for me because my plants cannot be pigeonholed into peaking accordingly. Whatever--I can still celebrate them both before and after their show!! But I would prefer that it not be 'sold' to me as the bankrupt idea that it is i.e. to celebrate my plants as they are peaking when they are not.
It really does matter that the photo contests--which are actually photo contests--are scheduled prior to bloom time for several of the plants that I grow because I am clearly excluded from entering the (hopefully) great photos that I have yet to take.
So, for for the first seven plant weeks and associated photo contests from Amaryllis in Jan. to Peonies in May I am SOL on the opportunity to take the new and improved photos (that I intend to take this year) in 6/7 of the plant categories in time for the contests. Frankly, I resent that.
