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Though some plantsmen are willing to sell anything that is different in order to appeal to the instant gardener, others throw up their hands at the onslaught of impatient novices. "They use perennials like annual bedding plants, taking them up every year and cutting them in half and resetting them," recounts Connecticut Nurseryman Fred McGourty in horror. "That is the highest-maintenance form of gardening there can be, but they can't wait for the four years for the plants to grow together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paradise Found: America Returns to the Garden | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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