One thing about the rookie thing,
I have been growing plants for about 35 years or more.
So being a rookie gardener
no I am not, several years ago I wouldn't have a hosta in my yard because all I ever saw were the green ones with the white edge, and everybody around here had the same one "boring"
I had a difficult area around some trees to mow, so I started looking for some shade plants.
Guess what I found? Hosta's lots and lots of hosta's different leaf, size, colors, than anything I had ever seen before.
So I got me some, they had names but I didn't bother with any of that. Just planted them gave them some fertilizer and water.
Basic gardening, the same thing I do with any of the other plants I grew through the years.
The beauty of the first Hosta's growing here, led me to buy more, and as a relative newcomer to Hosta's I knew that I needed to learn even more, hence a Hosta rookie was
born.
The quest began in earnest about three years ago, I joined a Hosta group which quickly put me in my proper place as a hosta grower. Attitude central for the chosen few.
The one good thing that I did get out of it was learning about the Hallson forum.
I found a home that welcomed the novice to the pro with with the same enthusiasm, plus it covers so many different interest.
So if I am a rookie or not really doesn't matter that much anymore because like each of you I am a grower, a lover of plants, or as most people think of us a "green thumb"
One last thought on my journey as a rookie.
I found out about box stores, my then favorite neighborhood nursery where I got my first case of the dreaded Virus X (I was just there last week and they had lots of sick plants, and didn't want to talk about it either) I learned to label the plants with an ID tag, I still am growing a lot of plants that I don't have a clue as to who they are.
So maybe I have advanced a little, but I think there is a long road to travel before I kick off the training wheels
