Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/November" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>November</span></a> 27, 1970<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Karl Forster, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Breeder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breeder</span></a>, died.</p><p>At 18, he took over his family's Berlin nursery, which was a mess. </p><p>Karl <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Streamlined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streamlined</span></a> the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> by <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Simplifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simplifying</span></a> his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> inventory. He was especially drawn to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Tough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tough</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LowMaintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowMaintenance</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Hardy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Perennials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perennials</span></a>. </p><p>Karl used 3 factors to determine whether a plant would be sold in his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nursery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nursery</span></a>: <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beauty</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a>, & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Endurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Endurance</span></a>.</p><p>Karl once wrote,<br>"A <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> without <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Phlox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phlox</span></a> is not only a sheer mistake but a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sin</span></a> against <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Summer</span></a>."</p>