What they don't tell you...

When you go to the nursery to buy plants, they don't tell you everything. For example, they don't tell you, "The deer will eat that one," or "That native shrub spreads by underground runners." No, you find out the hard way, because even the garden websites don't tell you everything. Because if they tell you which roses the deer likes best, then you won't need to buy Liquid Fence to spray on the antique roses, and the impatiens (stopped planting those years ago), and the cut-leaf coneflowers (which are glorious and worth the trouble).