The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong.

Specifically, man enough to admit that a gardening game show/podcast ain’t the best idea in the world (but it WILL be revisited in the future).

There was not one response to my idea from last Wednesday, so time for a reboot. I still have that $100 gift card burning a hole in my pocket and I need to give it away to one of you. So here’s the deal.

Simply leave a comment on this post, along with your email address, telling me the one plant you would like to acquire from Santa Rosa Gardens and I will pick a random winner from all of those who comment. A few additional details:

  • The contest will run from now until Sunday night, February 23rd at 9:00 PM
  • The winner will be announced on the blog later that night 
  • The winner will receive the gift card via email directly from Santa Rosa Gardens
  • Only those in the United States are eligible

So let’s try this again, shall we?         

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24 Responses

  1. How about a list: muhly grass (thanks to your cheerleading efforts on its’ behalf), lacecap hydrangea, mints, perennials, bananas for hubby, and a baptisia.

  2. I just made my shopping list–one of every hellebore, please, plus the ‘Snow Queen’ and ‘Blue Billow’ hydrangeas. OK, you can close the giveaway now! 🙂 Sorry the game show didn’t work out. 🙁

  3. I would really love to have about 15 of the Panicum Virgatum Northwind ornamental grasses! So beautiful and hardy to create a room divider in the backyard.

  8. heh heh, I never heard of Santa Rosa Gardens before, and your post made me go look at their site. Their prices seemed pretty good compared to let’s say Bluestone, and I made a big list of plants. I admit the podcast thing made me a little afraid to post. Pick one though? That’s hard. I would like to try Helleborus Winter Magic Double Fashion under the dogwood tree right in front of my house. I enjoy your blog John, and get disappointed when there are no new posts, so keep them coming. My email will be linked from my account.

  10. PS: I’d be happy to participate in a podcast. I’ve been specializing recently in deer-resistant zone 6 perennials for both sun and shade that don’t mind clay soil, with an inscreasing emphasis on drought-resistant natives.

  11. I volunteer at a local high school, working in the school’s greenhouse and gardens, and the kids have been asking me about growing some carnivorous plants. There is no money in the school budget for purchases of this sort, and while I have spent money out of pocket for this sort of thing before, these plants are expensive. I have an old aquarium we can convert into pitcher plant housing, and it would be so much fun if we could fill it with a few Sarracenias. Sue

  13. Hi I would love to get Panicum virgatum Hot Rod. This switch grass looks like it has great early coloring. I have Cheyenne Sky switch grass which looks great with all its different colors especially in late summer. Thanks, Jenny

  15. Hey John,

    I have been enjoying your blog for a while and always just read the email and never visit the website and comment (although I have had good intentions. I am a landscape designer living and working in the rural Catskills in upstate New York . Our village is called Andes. This post pushed me over the edge so I had to comment. I am currently working as a gardener at a hacienda in “the Andes” this winter and our internet access is so slow that I did not peruse much of the offerings of Santa Rosa but it looks great. I work in a zone 4 environment so I bet there is not that much that I could use from them but I love sedums and picked Sedum Lemon Ball as my humble choice.

    Mel: mel@zone4landscapes.com

  19. Oh boy!- Hard choice to pick just ONE, after having made a list of plants to possibly
    replace after harsh winter damage, so far. I would love to try Amsonia hubrichtii ‘Hubricht’s Blue Star. John, you have me sold on yours, that you have featured!! — Will give my email if I happen to win. OK?

  20. I’m excited about trying several of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) varieties: Prairie Sky, Hot Rod, Ruby Ribbons, and Cloud Nine, for starters. Also I’d love to try some of the little bluestem varieties!

  21. the double white hellebore. any of the fine list of tiarellas. a snow queen hydrangea. Thanks for bringing Santa Rosa Gardens to my attention!

  22. I notice nobody seems to be able to limit themselves to ONE. *I* can. Black Adder agastache. Not mentioning the good price on G. Rozanne, the tiarellas, the agapanthus, or the nepeta Blue Lagoon,,,

  23. Oh my goodness–first choice would be Helleborus ‘Winter Magic Double Fashion’–so pretty. Thanks for the opportunity! Hurry Spring!

  24. This is a ‘lust for the most’ contest so I have to say Muhlenbergia capillaris’ Pink Cloud’. It is so awesome, I just have to try to grow it. I don’t think my chances are high, but just suppose. Last time I tried it, I did a fall planting and winter wetness got it. This time a spring planting in a spot where a pennisetum has been successful, just may work. Thanks for making me aware of Santa Rosa, will have to order from them, they have some nice stuff; now on to carex.

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