Nursery FAQ and Quotes

A concerned customer texted this question to a salesman last Thursday: 
"The leaves are falling off my tree. What should I do?"

Answer:  "It's called fall, and it's OK."

Sign from gift shop: 
"GARDENING
cheaper than therapy
and you get tomatoes"

Young tree expert's reply to customer: 
"The best time to plant is gonna be now."

Customer: "To go by our front porch, do you have a five-foot tree that won't grow more than two feet?"

Salesperson: "No, ma'am, but you can prune these to control the size."

Bush info sign: "... often used for boarders and hedges."

Customer: "How fast will this tree grow?"

Salesman Ned, pointing to sign: "Growth rate is moderate, which is relative – maybe one foot per year."

Customer, holding sample from home: "What's eating these leaves?"

Salesperson inspecting with worried look: "Have you seen any bugs?"

Q: "Which flowers will look pretty all year long and come back every year?"

A: [Here's a perennial clue from a favorite source:]

http://www.monrovia.com/?s=Daylilies

"... as a single specimen, small group planting, sheared into topiary, or in containers. Starburst® Red Evergreen Daylily: Everything gardeners love about daylilies with the bonus of evergreen foliage and spectacular blooms recurring [reblooming] throughout the season ..."

"Plant Savvy Newsletter | February 3, 2016

Finally! As the garden wakes from winter slumber, it’s time to treat yourself to a few special, lavish, luxe, romantic plants that set your heart aflutter ..."

(There's a sales pitch for you.  Can't wait till spring!)

Recently I was reading in the cozy company breakroom and found some good advice:

"It's what personal-productivity guru David Allen calls GSA, or 'gnawing sense of anxiety.'  ...  There are few occasions when you have the energy, the tools, and the time needed to work on your highest-priority items.  Sometimes the most appropriate thing to do, if you have 10 free minutes, is to water your plants."  – David Beardsley, writer based in Cambridge, MA; Fast Company, April 1998, p.66, "Don't Manage Time, Manage Yourself"

And on your "18th Birthday" – thanks, Google, for helping me through the nursery Q & A since last March.  Your millions of results are not always true and correct, but I love you!

Google defines ruck as "a tightly packed crowd of people."