![]() Barnum and his circus side shows and Robert Ripley (Believe It or Not!) rich, and reached its ultimate botanical expression in “Little Shop of Horrors,” a comedy featuring Audrey, a carnivorous plant that is nourished from human blood. In truth, a plant does not have to be beautiful, necessarily, to grab our attention. There is an undeniable attraction to exotic plants and people will wait in long lines just to take a look at something strange. Certainly, if your gardening horizon stops at the edge of a patio or a balcony, plants of small stature are worth a second look. You see such wonders and your horticultural horizons broaden to where you think just about anything is possible with plants. It’s always a revelation the first time you set eyes on a small or dwarfed version of a familiar plant, be it a miniature rose bush, a dwarf ‘Mugo’ pine tree (Pinus mugo mugo), a ‘Pix Zee’ peach tree, ‘Pixie’ snapdragons, or a dwarf dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Miss Grace’), which stays under 10 feet tall, a diminutive stature indeed if you’re a redwood. ![]() Or maybe it’s the laziness in me that appreciates a small plant since it will not require as much maintenance as larger versions of the same species. Their diminutive and delicate charms impart a sense of well-being while their consumption of resources dwarfs that found among larger specimens.Īnd so, on any occasion when I happen to cross paths with a dwarf or compact plant cultivar, I can’t help thinking “small is beautiful.” Maybe it’s just the surprise that stimulates my aesthetic appreciation. These words are most apt when introducing the phenomenon of botanical dwarfs. Schumacher, would lead to “the maximum amount of well being with the minimum amount of consumption.” The lifestyle encouraged by the author, E.F. “Small is Beautful” was a best-selling collection of essays on economics written in 1973.
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