Now for a good story…from many years ago when I had a nursery in Wakefield Nelson growing plants; I raised from seed some low growing Campanula plants. One looked to have different foliage and growth from the rest and when it flowered, the flowers were also a different shape and form. It was a beautiful little plant so I selected the plant to propagate and named it after my Mum: Campanula `Betty Mae`.
As I moved house subsequently I would move the plant or progeny from it to my new home. Then in 2004 I moved to Brisbane, and rented my present home for 7 years. On my return to the property the plants I had here had died, and as far as I knew the plant was lost forever.
Today out of the blue I got a phone call from a nurseryman in Christchurch, wanting information about the plant, as he had been given a slip of it from a lady in Nelson who had gotten some from me all those years ago.
He still has the plant and is propagating it, and has promised to bring a plant up to me some time.
Imagine how happy I am!!!
Wow I thought it was lost forever; and all I had is a photo of it.
One of the great things about gardening and flowers is the sharing, and how many memories that can bring.