I've never quite taken to her - I can imagine my old mare snorting at her - which is my prime source for character judgements. She is quite competent but I tend to feel she smatters her commentaries with botanical names not to inform the listener about the plant but to awe you with her astounding knowledge. I think she's quite difficult to work with too.
Probably doesn’t suffer fools gladly. 😃 and as someone who has spent a large part of my life with horses, I suggest that relying on them for sound character judgement is a mistake. 🤣
This forum is peppered with queries where we have to ascertain which plant is being referred to because the questioner has used a plant’s common name rather than its binomial one.
Using the binomial name is not showing off ... it’s just good practice and avoids confusion.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know someone who has met Carol K as part of a filming segment for GW. She said she was completely lovely 😍🥰.
Apparently she changes completely from softly spoken and gentle when the camera is not rolling, to loud and fizzy when it is ..... but I expect that is common for many of those we see on our screens - they have a TV persona.
But certainly not “difficult to work with” in my second hand, but personal experience.
I think that anyone who is ‘awed’ by a ‘competent’ woman doing a professional job needs to move themselves gently into the 21st century ... I say ‘gently’ because they will doubtless meet other things they find awe inspiring when they arrive. 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No first hand experience of Carol either but I have seen her hanging about with camera crews and fellow gardeners at Tatton and at Chelsea FS and being very relaxed, chatty and laughing a lot. I've no idea why anyone would think she's difficult.
As for using the correct botanical names for plants it's common sense because they cross regional and national divides. If I want to buy a particular plant I need it's proper name to be sure of it's ID or I met, for example, end up with a blousy Spanish specimen that could be pink or white instead of the delicate blue one that's native to the UK and the northern and western coasts of France and into Belgium.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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She is quite competent but I tend to feel she smatters her commentaries with botanical names not to inform the listener about the plant but to awe you with her astounding knowledge. I think she's quite difficult to work with too.
This forum is peppered with queries where we have to ascertain which plant is being referred to because the questioner has used a plant’s common name rather than its binomial one.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As for using the correct botanical names for plants it's common sense because they cross regional and national divides. If I want to buy a particular plant I need it's proper name to be sure of it's ID or I met, for example, end up with a blousy Spanish specimen that could be pink or white instead of the delicate blue one that's native to the UK and the northern and western coasts of France and into Belgium.