coast crab

Y'all, I must be some kind of freak.

I had this plant a few years ago and threw it away because I thought it was so damn ugly. Yea, it bloomed - and looked like a big yellow artichoke. I didn't find it any more cold hardy than anything else I was growing. I don't know, maybe I had it in too much shade...

Anyway, a couple of months ago I bought a nice one at Lowe's. Call it a weak moment of bananas dot org peer presure. It's okay, but I still ain't feelin the love. Am I missing something, or is there something wrong with me? Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that tissue culture has made something really rare and special common place, but gosh what an over rated plant.

Someone convince me I'm wrong.

R

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