I am really struggling to understand this now. I love a good argument, but this is so blinking obvious. Without using proper names, we cannot understand what each other is talking about........ simples. My Geranium is wilting, what should I do? Is it a Geranium or a Pelargonium? Will my poppy die after flowering? Is it Papaver orientalis, or Papaver somniferum?
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Busy - I'm coming across all sorts of plants here that I could never have dreamed of growing in my Belgian garden and need the correct botanical names to look up their cultivation requirements and where I can source them on the rare occasions someone doesn't offer me a cutting or seeds. gardeners here are very generous with their knowledge and their plants.
Common names vary from region to region, let alone country to country and there are gardeners who've moved here form other parts of France let alone other parts of Europe.
MMM are you sure your echinops is the Veitch's Blue form because, if not, the RHS also lists echinops' common names as Blue Hedgehog or Globe Flower? or could it be the Ruthenian form? or bannaticus?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Ah, that explains why I've only just discovered what this is about ....
None so blind ... I suppose it's surprising there's not more of this sort of thing about, we are living in an age of anti-intellectualism after all ...
Guys, please stop arguing over a thistle and gardeners' pride. It's like arguing about washing up water. It's too hot for any such bad temperedness, though I know it's Saturday. All of you are bright and experienced. We know. Time to move on.
MMM, the cat scarer seems to be working very well, though the battery just ran out, which seems quite soon. I will try the mains plug that came with it. I'm very happy so far. I think the winter will be the very telling time, when I am not out in the garden so much and there is less planty ground cover. March usually reveals the garden to be one large cat toilet and there's often a horrid spring clean up that needs doing before any planting can be done. eerrgg. So, thanks for the tip.
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In the sticks near Peterborough
My Geranium is wilting, what should I do?
Is it a Geranium or a Pelargonium?
Will my poppy die after flowering?
Is it Papaver orientalis, or Papaver somniferum?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Common names vary from region to region, let alone country to country and there are gardeners who've moved here form other parts of France let alone other parts of Europe.
MMM are you sure your echinops is the Veitch's Blue form because, if not, the RHS also lists echinops' common names as Blue Hedgehog or Globe Flower? or could it be the Ruthenian form? or bannaticus?
None so blind ... I suppose it's surprising there's not more of this sort of thing about, we are living in an age of anti-intellectualism after all ...
"... I find that anti-intellectualism is linked to voters’ support for candidates and political movements that are skeptical of expertise. I also find that it is associated with opposition to policy-relevant scientific consensus on human-caused climate change and the safety of nuclear power....
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2017/08/30/had-enough-of-experts-anti-intellectualism-is-linked-to-voters-support-for-movements-that-are-skeptical-of-expertise/
It'll all lead to our children's children's children having to reinvent the wheel ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In the sticks near Peterborough