Thanks for resurrecting this one PP. Reading back has been a good giggle on a wet and gloomy morning.
Missed it first time round, gave up a bit when I got locked out and couldn't log back in last autumn (stupid computer/stupid kitty)
Lots of my "made up" names for the dahlia tubers I dug up from my mixed seed packet were food themed and included, cream egg, butterscotch and vimto. Kind of a say what you see approach.
I have a clematis princess Diana and it's a cracker - healthy, free flowering, grows well whatever the weather throws at it. There's another called prince Charles which I couldn't have bought even had it been attractive. Blekitny Atoll (now called Blue Angel) is so much better.
I admit to hesitating a bit over hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky but the label has long gone so I can't tell which is Vanille Fraise and which is PW now. Both gorgeous plants which is what counts in the end.
That geum borisii looks gorgeous doesn't it. Apparently it's named after Boris III of Bulgaria who accompanied a plant hunter on expeditions.
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)."
The flowers on the borisii look as though they have been lit up from within. I'm not the biggest geum fan in the world but they stood out from quite a distance. I might just lose the label as you say obelixx. Needs must...
Lots of my "made up" names for the dahlia tubers I dug up from my mixed seed packet were food themed and included, cream egg, butterscotch and vimto. Kind of a say what you see approach.
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Some rose names seem to tempt fate.
Thanks for resurrecting this one PP. Reading back has been a good giggle on a wet and gloomy morning.
Missed it first time round, gave up a bit when I got locked out and couldn't log back in last autumn (stupid computer/stupid kitty)
Lots of my "made up" names for the dahlia tubers I dug up from my mixed seed packet were food themed and included, cream egg, butterscotch and vimto. Kind of a say what you see approach.
I once knew an engineering manager at a factory I worked at called Dick Card. I know pp will appreciate that one.
Really? Why's that then?
Anyone for Crocismia Twilight Fairy Gold? Its a lovely dwarf variety but oh that name! Not of course to be beaten by my Aster Kylie. oh the shame.
I have a clematis princess Diana and it's a cracker - healthy, free flowering, grows well whatever the weather throws at it. There's another called prince Charles which I couldn't have bought even had it been attractive. Blekitny Atoll (now called Blue Angel) is so much better.
I admit to hesitating a bit over hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky but the label has long gone so I can't tell which is Vanille Fraise and which is PW now. Both gorgeous plants which is what counts in the end.
That geum borisii looks gorgeous doesn't it. Apparently it's named after Boris III of Bulgaria who accompanied a plant hunter on expeditions.
Did you pretend you were buying them for "a friend" KOG?
The flowers on the borisii look as though they have been lit up from within. I'm not the biggest geum fan in the world but they stood out from quite a distance. I might just lose the label as you say obelixx. Needs must...
PP - I shall buy seeds from seedaholics and see what different colours I get in the mix - and then can label them how I like.
A la Kitty. Sounds like an excellent plan!