If you ask the “King of Succulents” Johnny Tai how his plants are doing, do it gently.
The 80-year-old Richmond, B.C., gardener hasn’t recovered yet from what he calls the “crime scene” he found in two greenhouses one morning in mid-January — thousands of dead and dying plants, thanks to a sudden cold snap and snowfall.
“I don’t even want to talk about it.
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