tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post815689446084218905..comments2023-10-17T15:55:47.102+00:00Comments on The Inelegant Gardener: Malvern - the floral marqueeHappyMouffetardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-90158166564614058262009-05-13T19:43:00.000+00:002009-05-13T19:43:00.000+00:00Lucy - I've only ever seen bits of it, and not the...Lucy - I've only ever seen bits of it, and not the bonsai bits.<br /><br />VP - yes, they're stunning staged like that.<br /><br />Gail - the peony reminded me of a sorbet. I love rudbeckias too.<br /><br />Arabella - it was your birthday treat - I don't think you should have been restrained!<br /><br />anna - thank you. I only hope I don't do my usual and leave the poor plants to wither away in a corner somewhere before they've grown large enough to plant out.<br /><br />EG - I'm thinking of going to Tatton, so I can make up for my restraint!<br /><br />PG - I wish I had succumbed to it too.<br /><br />EB - I love your description of peonies.<br /><br />Frances - good to hear that the geums might be able to cope with my ham-fisted propagation attempts.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-58501022865023958632009-05-12T08:37:00.000+00:002009-05-12T08:37:00.000+00:00Have you seen the film 'Karate Kid' - where the ca...Have you seen the film 'Karate Kid' - where the caretaker invites a young teenager to follow his imagination in trimming a bonsai tree? I don't like bonsai except in a morbid kind of way (though I agree your example is very pretty) but, in the film, watching the boy begin snipping the plant is as frightening as the fight scenes.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-22597080738259573472009-05-11T23:12:00.000+00:002009-05-11T23:12:00.000+00:00Hi Happy, great choices and you were very discipl...Hi Happy, great choices and you were very disciplined. I have been toying with the idea of auriculas after reading about them on the UK blogs. I even tried to order some from a recommended site, but they could not send them to the US. I have germinated some from seed however. :-) I have also decided to collect Geums and have five or six, including Tango Boris. They do seem to divided with ease. The tulips were superb. How fun.<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-4545576629424125642009-05-11T20:46:00.000+00:002009-05-11T20:46:00.000+00:00That peony picture is exquisite. It looks like a p...That peony picture is exquisite. It looks like a painting. Peonies seems both erotically sensuous and sweetly romantic, all at once, to me.EBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405771860220362327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-6225570351597170102009-05-11T20:28:00.000+00:002009-05-11T20:28:00.000+00:00I dont like auriclas either but thought the displa...I dont like auriclas either but thought the display was interesting. I also loved the pleiones but think you would have to have a number to make the display look good and at £6 each that could be expensive.<br /><br />Succumbed to the AngelicaHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-61570179039460146302009-05-11T20:06:00.000+00:002009-05-11T20:06:00.000+00:00Be careful - that satisfied feeling of showing res...Be careful - that satisfied feeling of showing restraint is often followed by a uncontrollable urge to buy the next plant you see!easygardenerhttp://greenforks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-29108510934226206362009-05-11T19:47:00.000+00:002009-05-11T19:47:00.000+00:00Enjoyed your photos. I missed out on seeing that l...Enjoyed your photos. I missed out on seeing that lovely peony somehow. Well done on displaying admirable self restraint and on doing the splits :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-55769125968398329342009-05-11T16:07:00.000+00:002009-05-11T16:07:00.000+00:00Eek! I don't think I was very restrained. I bough...Eek! I don't think I was very restrained. I bought some Little Princess tulips purely because J-AS had a pretty picture of them on his blog and that was just the beginning of a lot of impulse buys. I nearly had to go an fill up my purse at the cash card machine!<br /><br />That angelica looks lovely - I wish I had bought that too.Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-89908599592920095942009-05-11T15:43:00.000+00:002009-05-11T15:43:00.000+00:00Some plants are delicious and I have to agree wit...Some plants are delicious and I have to agree with you...peonies are often exactly so! I have never understood the obsession with auriculas...but then others might not like my screaming yellow (their description) rudbeckias! gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-1138946069091195262009-05-11T14:24:00.000+00:002009-05-11T14:24:00.000+00:00Well done, HM - very well restrained. Those Pleiom...Well done, HM - very well restrained. Those Pleiomes were a revelation weren't they?VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.com