Some of you recall (with your eyes rolling) how I much I loathe the whole idea of geographic confusion. Or, when otherwise smart people (I am being charitable here) do stupid things.
Someone took a swipe at me a couple months ago about my post on Saguaro Canyon, the development in West Boise, where perfectly lovely saguaro cactus went to die and where now they have tied down the remaining SW desert plants to keep them from uprooting themselves and going back home to AZ and NM where they belong. Allow me to share this little picture essay with you, gentle readers, and then YOU tell ME what you think of the whole shebang.
I mean really, how can the residents of this neighborhood allow these ropes to stay on these trees and plants????????Why hasn’t someone cut the ropes off and FIRED the landscape company who left them there? Anyone?
I showed these photos to several local horticulture experts and they were last seen and heard running screaming off into the sunset………..
I wonder if I would get arrested for sneaking over to that ‘hood and liberating those trees?
4 responses so far ↓
1 bill/prairie point // May 4, 2008 at 6:49 am
I have never been to Idaho, but this is not the vegetation I would have expected to see. I am not sure what I would expect, except for potatoes.
Do they have to tie them down to prevent them from being stolen? They must be really in demand there.
2 Loretta // May 4, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Whew - what did these poor plants do to be place under arrest? LOL! I can’t imagine anyone is trying to steal them, more like trying to cut them down since they have “failed to thrive”?
Thanks for the gardening suggestions. I will look for the Rozanne geranium (I am a blue, pink, and white gardening gal - so pedestrian, I know, but reminds me of the Cape).
3 Teri // May 8, 2008 at 4:42 pm
When I saw the name of this sub division, I just rolled my eyes, but I didn’t venture in……..did they really plant a Saguaro cactus? Unbelievable!
4 Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com // May 13, 2008 at 6:48 am
Hi, Mary Ann, So I’m missing something here. First, are you saying the folks in Idaho have SW envy? It’s ironic, since one of the issues in AZ is the number of folks who come in and want their East Coast plants, so native is not exactly in vogue with some. And are they tying them down to keep them from being stolen, or from falling over? Because in AZ you see a lot of plants being staked. It’s very common to see old saguaro staked up with lots of wooden stakes, and it’s kind of charming, as it says, “You’re old, but we love you and we are going to stand by you as long as you are here.”
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