I've been thinking about dwarves lately. Not as in Snow White and the Seven, but dwarf plants. Yes, they really exist, but how many times have we been fooled by them?

When you go to a garden center and buy a plant that's labeled "dwarf crabapple," what do you expect? I think a 4-foot tree, when mature, is what we'd all guess.

Many people are surprised, years later, after planting that "dwarf" Sargent's crabapple in a patio bed that measures 4 feet long by 3 feet wide. The danged plant just won't fit in that patio bed any longer. It's combing people's hair at parties and poking them in the ...

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