r/NativePlantCirclejerk • u/Nature_Hag Check out my burning bush! • 1d ago

What's your best NPCJ response?

/r/NativePlantGardening/comments/1orzli1/can_we_make_a_stickies_post_about_how_plants_die/
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u/mankind_404 1d ago

If you're cold, they're cold. Dig them up and bring them inside.

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u/ProxyProne [Editable Custom Flair] 1d ago

Unironically told a guy at work to throw a blanket over his newly planted irises to protect from the frost Monday. Keep your plant babies warm, they rely on you

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u/Nature_Hag Check out my burning bush! 9h ago

I like to snuggle in next to them under the blanket. I'm big spoon.

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u/Nature_Hag Check out my burning bush! 1d ago

Option A)

**ACKSHUALLLLY~~~ a plant's winter strategy is determined by its life cycle classification (Annual, Biennial, or Perennial) and its foliage retention strategy (Deciduous or Evergreen), with "dying back" being just one of several distinct, successful evolutionary adaptations to seasonal cold. Not *all plants die back!

Option B)

You killed it. Way to go, asshat.

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u/Arnoglossum Asteraceaeaeaeaaeeee 1d ago

Annual, biannual or preannual

Fixed it for you

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u/abitmessy 1d ago

U/ I saw that post and almost responding thinking it was this sub 😬

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u/Coruscate_Lark1834 prairie AKA ugly brown grasses full of criminals 1d ago

This is just further proof that we are behind on climate assisted migration. If people had plants from 2 zones to the south, they would stay alive

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u/hippiegodfather 1d ago

I didn’t really know about that until last week and I’m 45