The Funniest Nursery Plant Listing

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:53 pm

At first glance everything looks fine.
Then...

I suggest you scroll DOWN to the end of page 1 and read it UP TO THE TOP, plant by plant.
Some of the descriptions are downright...well...hilarious.

http://www.shadydealsnursery.com/

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:41 pm

Barb,
I've been busy and so just now had a chance to check out this new nursery you "recommended." Hilarious!
W has been asking me to find this "Clitoria" for a while; now I know where to order one.

--E

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:37 am

Holy cow that cracked me up!

I love the directions and plant descriptions.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:27 pm

That IS funny Erik.
Jim, the directions are the icing on the cake!

Hey folks, let's post our favorites from their list:

I think this is mine: Camellia 'Parker Bowles' $13.95
Companion plant for Juniperus horizontalis 'Prince of Wales'. Very hard to explain appeal.

Nope, it's this one:
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Showers' $3.00 per day rental

Nope, it's this one:
'Moron' $15.00
If you want things seedless, thornless, classless, and clueless.

In case anyone is wondering, this is the creative work of the staff at Plant Delights Nursery (aka Tony Advent's crew).
I can only imagine the fun they had doing this...over several bottles of wine no doubt.

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:59 pm

Nope, this is my fav:

Poisonous Plants (with reversible cover saying The Salad Garden on the other side. A great gift for in-laws.)

Seinfeld would be proud of the creators of Shady Deals Nursery authors.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:29 pm

LOL-this one cracked me up!

Xeriscaping with Ferns

I had to post this on EPS-

Thanks Barb-

PS

I may post this on a few other sites as well for fun-
getting to be that time of year!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:33 pm

that's a good one too.

Or: shade gardening with cactus

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:52 pm

lucky1 wrote: that's a good one too.

Or: shade gardening with cactus

another..........

"Native Plants You Have No Chance With"

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:47 pm

Jim,
I'm glad you have such a good a sense of humor.
In that spirit, how about ordering:

NEW! Gunnera manicata 'Jerry Garcia' (Gratefully Dead Gunnera) $35.99
We thought we would get by without trying another gunnera, but heard this selection was tougher and more tolerant of adverse conditions. Although it's been wildly popular, we quickly filed this away in our album of been there, killed that.

--Erik

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:28 am

Yea,I skipped over that one,just to early to laugh at the dead

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:12 pm

I'm sorry for being insensitive.

--Erik

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:42 pm

I was just kidding Erik but I did skip it,not quite ready to
throw in the towel on gonorrhea,I mean Gunnera just yet

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:44 pm