116 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM A BOTANIST’S ROOTS Don’t tell anyone, but Jenn isn’t a fan of succulents and air plants. “I can’t clip you, I can’t harvest from you,” she shakes her head critically at a stand of the aforementioned plants (because due to their popularity, she still stocks them). “It’s like watching a pot boil. It’s not as interactive as something like roses, salvias— juicy, yummy perennial flowers.” A plant she adores? “I’m so in love with lavender: how it grows so minimally, but has such an abundance that you can harvest from. That is such a gratifying plant to work with.” Jenn notes that lav-
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