Gardening in Our Area

Just like humans, some plants just don't get along together

By LAVERLE McCANDLESS

Contributor

“They tell us that plants are perishable, soulless creatures, that only man is immortal, but this, I think, is something that we know very nearly nothing about.” John Muir

How many of you have seen the series on PBS about the National Parks? John Muir was one naturalist who was featured. He is a very interesting man, sometimes a bit off the wall but still quite interesting.

This quote above gives us much to think about. Plants are part of nature and we gardeners are always interested in plants of each...