The fact that rosemary is part of the same group of plants as sage is, I think, going to be easy to remember as they both need Mediterranean-type conditions and the flower shape is so similar.Â
We’re all used to the fact that roses, peaches, cherries, strawberries, apples, alchemilla etc etc etc are all in the same family.Â
The discoveries arising  from gene sequencing etc are  absolutely fascinating 😊Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"Parsley, Sage, Saaaaaage and Thyme" doesn't work does it?
they're all "common names" so Parsley , sage , rosemary and thyme can stay  I'd agree that  "Petroselinum, salvia , rosmarinus and thymus" was never likely to be a hit.
It's very tiresome when the botanists keep changing plant names. When I was doing plant IDs at horticultural college, the names of the bamboos kept changing and it was hard to keep up. Some of them have stuck in my brain forever though...  ...just wish I was as good at remembering the names of my new neighbours.    (Though Jim & Geraldine are pretty memorable, especially as Jim reminds us strongly - in appearance, not by saying "No no no no no yes" - of the character of the same name in Vicar of Dibley...)
Forecast says it'll be dry until 4pm, but my eyes tell me it's been raining persistently for the last hour and a half... hmph. Was planning to build a compost bin from pallets today, since Hubby has gone out to meet a fellow model railway enthusiast, but plans will have to be changed, I think. At least I have a nice big shed to work in, and after some serious work with a hairdryer on Saturday, it's dry. We've moved all the things we can carry from the garage to the shed, leaving heaviest boxes etc for the burly builders, who will be starting to demolish the garage on Wednesday, all being well.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
OH has helped me move most of the containerised plants into the cosiest corner of the terrace for the winter and swept up leaves etc. and pulled a big splinter out of my finger. I’ve cut the flowered stems of the Euphorbia mellifera back ... much later than they should’ve been done but OH has been using them to draw from. It’ll be fine ... won’t it? 😀/😦
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
After my last post when I said baby grandson was playing on his mat things disintegrated! Poor baby has a cold, refused all food since yesterday, howled most of the morning, couldn't sleep as there was a builder in the bathroom making a heck of a racket and baby kept rubbing his ear. Daughter came back from work, I went home and baby has been to the Doc. But I don't have news yet as daughter is meeting her other two from school.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Oh dear poor little poppet @Busy-Lizzie ... is it an ear infection? Son had them from an early age and even now, in his 40s one ear gives him trouble ... he may be having an op next year... Hope little one is bright and happy again very soon.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Poor grandma and baby - there's nothing worse than a little baby with a cold and earache. Talking of aches, my hips aren't half aching today - too much sitting in the car on long journeys lately methinks - or is the damp weather? I've had 2 neurofens and 2 paracetamols since lunchtime and they aren't working today.
@Liriodendron, lucky you with a big new shed to work in, I could have done with one today to pot up the bulbs in! I've just had a light-bulb moment, would it be feasible to erect a cover over my outside potting table I wonder?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
 I'd agree that  "Petroselinum, salvia , rosmarinus and thymus" was never likely to be a hit.
It's very tiresome when the botanists keep changing plant names. When I was doing plant IDs at horticultural college, the names of the bamboos kept changing and it was hard to keep up. Some of them have stuck in my brain forever though...Â
Forecast says it'll be dry until 4pm, but my eyes tell me it's been raining persistently for the last hour and a half... hmph. Was planning to build a compost bin from pallets today, since Hubby has gone out to meet a fellow model railway enthusiast, but plans will have to be changed, I think. At least I have a nice big shed to work in, and after some serious work with a hairdryer on Saturday, it's dry. We've moved all the things we can carry from the garage to the shed, leaving heaviest boxes etc for the burly builders, who will be starting to demolish the garage on Wednesday, all being well.
OH has helped me move most of the containerised plants into the cosiest corner of the terrace for the winter and swept up leaves etc. and pulled a big splinter out of my finger. I’ve cut the flowered stems of the Euphorbia mellifera back ... much later than they should’ve been done but OH has been using them to draw from. It’ll be fine ... won’t it? 😀/😦
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope little one is bright and happy again very soon.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Liriodendron, lucky you with a big new shed to work in, I could have done with one today to pot up the bulbs in! I've just had a light-bulb moment, would it be feasible to erect a cover over my outside potting table I wonder?