As a botanist, of course, I have been fascinated by gardening for as long as I can remember. But it is not only the mysteries of plants that amaze me, but also the colorful and often puzzling human behaviors in the horticultural world.
Steeped in centuries of accepted wisdom, many of the “rules” of gardening have been repeated so often that they seem like indisputable truths. This shows that many of the scientific trials are largely baseless in practice, so following them is unnecessary at best and can lead to inferior results at worst. There is a nature.
A classic example is the long-held thought that:
