I find the grounds-keeping practices of some office buildings abhorrent. Case in point, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building near my office. Beautiful mums were planted in the late summer/early fall, but as soon as they started looking a little bit peaked, the plants were dug up and thrown in trash bags. I assume that these plants went to the landfill, considering their internment in trash bags.
A couple of weeks ago, tulips appeared where the mums used to be. I doubt that the tulips were planted as bulbs, considering how fast they appeared (and that I didn’t see any baby tulip leaves). I wonder what will happen to the tulips when they are past their prime? And how much money is HUD putting in to reworking their landscape every season?
This kind of thing infuriates me. I see it at the University just down the street–new petunias every spring. Why not put in perennials?
–Kate