the ides of march are upon us

when i was younger i would hear that saying and think it was 'the eyes of march' and think- who the heck is watching me?
ah youth.
anyways this has been a crazy month- and as i type this i realize i must be allergic to something because i have a rash all over the back of my hand and arm. strange... maybe its fragrance from a foreign laundry detergent. im so snobby about some things and my laundry detergent is one of them. i only use wisk- which is a little on the expensive side but i try to get it on sale. one time at my moms house she bought about 20 bottles of it when it went on a really good sale and that summer i had a party at my moms house and people were like whoa what the hell is UP with the bazmillion laundry detergents?
ok back to the crazy month- it should start to get back to normal now that expo is over at work- things should calm down, but i have to admit it was great to get a full day of overtime- and the energy was so fresh and new that i really didnt mind being there ALL. DAY. on my day off. or the getting up freakishly early. OK now im lying- i waaaaaaaaaaaay minded that part. spring is coming and i love working at the nursery when spring springs. everything is so good-smelly and new and fresh, and there is so much more work to do.
I learned something botani-horticuri-planty today. The Unmaster Gardener's Tip #1: Hydrangea's do not bloom on new stalks. (remember i am probably using all the wrong terminology but hopefully my point will shine through) So when you cut back or prune a hydrangea, try to only prune about a third of the plant, and try to do it as symetrically and evenly as possible, so that next year you dont jsut have a big chunk with no blooms. And the branches that you do trim, trim all the way back, almost to the ground.
Slowly but surely i am learning! i have worked at the nursery a year and 4 months now, and know about probably 15 plants we carry with certainty. I am better at listening and remembering latin plant names, and i can sometimes not only understand a question a customer asks, but answer it! Dont worry, true gardeners of the world, i dont ever guess! if i dont know the answer 100% i find someone who does.
PS Unmaster Gardener's Tip #2: That clematis vine that looks dead isnt! Every year the brown becomes green and it blooms beautiful purple or white flowers.
or maybe thats a camellia- i always get those two confused.