There are worse obsessions, and yes spouses deserve a hand clap. My wife doesn't mind so much since I "attempt" to keep it reasonable and have many plants that fruit and herbs. The jelly palm is ideal for me:) lol.

I agee.. Here's to the spouses that have to put up with all of us!!!

Especially mine when I call him when I'm out of town and ask him if he would check the temp of the greenhouse at 11:00 at night!! LOL....

To all of the spouses....CHEERS!!! And to all of the Veterans...past, present future....THANK YOU!!!!

Laura in VB

I take care of the wife's plants (and improve their health) and that buys me a lot of good will. Hey, plants beat saloons.

But what do you do once your significant other starts buying plants?! A week ago, I had to fight off riding home from the garden center with a seven foot weeping cherry in the back seat.

Guest rooms turned into plant nurseries

Plants outside their zone that need extra care

Artificial plants to mimic those that won't grow in this zone

UPS shipments of boxes as tall as the house

Gardening books and magazines wherever you turn

Insects imported from far reaches of the country

'Can I borrow your truck?'

Trips to obscure nurseries, "just to see what they have ... "

"I have to buy a big one, as I won't live long enough to see the small specimen grow"

"Come look at this guy's garden online!"

Yeah, I guess we spouses and partners do put up with a lot

lol @alexanderphd, haha nailed it for me,
"wait to you see what i got on sale"
"it was on clearance"
'come on just one more honey"
"it wont die this time,i know what im doin"

I liked especially...

Insects imported from far reaches of the country

Trips to obscure nurseries, "just to see what they have ... "

It could be worse. Just saw a story in the news about a man who has spent years collecting beer cans. And by collecting, I mean, ALL the interior walls of the house are lined (floor to ceiling) with beer cans.

PS., Is it my imagination or do most of the palm nuts on this forum tend to be male.

I wrote an article about that male thing years ago for our local palm journal, since our southern California society (back then about 800 members) was about 95% male... Still not sure I understand why. Rose societies here in So Cal are about 40% male, orchid societies 60% male, bamboo society 50% male, cycad society 90% male, cactus and succulent society 50% male... what is it about palms and cycads that is so masculine? No one could come up with a good reason, though the most sited guesses were large size of plants and lack of flowers (worth noting at least).

A Freudian might suggest the symbolic meaning of those phallic center spears of emergent growth and any male grower's anxiety over losing one.--But what did Freud know. It is interesting!