She can be heard on both Morning Edition and Weekend Edition Saturday . The woman, Mary Notas, was completely obsessed with plants and I was a willing acolyte. I was also fascinated by the names of plants. Once I started growing things, I was a goner.
Thump shrub out of pot.
Finally, I garden to belong, in this case, to a universe of Plant Nerds. A little botanic Latin and a willingness to crawl on your knees, and you, too, can belong. I can't go there. Specifically, one of the E. characias ssp. Succulent blue-green foliage, alien chartreuse flower heads, and a shape that moves like a slinky through the garden, boing, boing, boing.