Scenic Roots Home and Garden Center, Route 6A, Sandwich

Scenic Roots Home and Garden Center Displys

So when I picked up Mom this morning she told me she was out of Rootone. That's a powder that she dips hydrangea cuttings in before she sticks them in the ground. She has four long rows of hydrangea plants that she started from cuttings. When she sees one she likes, she asks if she can take a cutting. She is more than amenable to swapping cuttings as well. (I hope Monsanto never tries to outlaw this practice. They'll have to arrest half of the 80+ year-old gardeners that I know.)

Anyways we ended up at the Scenic Roots Home and Garden Center. Scenic Roots is a play on Scenic Route. That's a special designation for roads like Route 6A that is protected by special legislation. (We don't stay cute and quaint without a lot of work.)

It seems that Mom must have had her Rootone for a long time, because they don't make it anymore. Howwever, the nice man at the counter fixed us up with another brand. Mom went home and spent the morning in the hydrangea garden.