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Your eight 'Desert Island Discs' plants

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140
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Like the Desert Island Discs programme - but with plants image

Which eight plants would you choose for your Paradise Island - all things being equal - take it as read that you have perfect growing conditions - and they don't have to be practical edible plants either, unless you want them to be.

And as with the radio programme, you can choose one book to take with you too...

 


Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Yes, I'm pondering .......... I may be some time ........ it's all very well coming up with the idea for the thread, but ......... image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    I will start with: Lupins, Delphiniums, Dahlias and Cannas. Picking only four more may prove too difficult.

    Great thread Dove.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Can't have grasses Verdun, too many species. Cheating as usual!

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    Sorry Doc but i'm with Verdun i would take Briza maxima, as too the other seven mmmmm could take a while

  • Flowerlover3Flowerlover3 Posts: 219

    Verdun, donut deliciosa sounds good, can I have a cutting?imageimage

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I'm assuming there are coconuts already, to hang the hammock on. I wouldn't have any grasses for the snakes to hide in. Other than pansyfaces list, I would add in papaya and breadfruit, and even the much maligned durian fruit. It's ok in the fresh air.

     

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,032

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    Roses, Clematis, Sweet Peas, Dahlias, Petunias, Geraniums, Penstemon, perennial Salvias - especially the one in the photo that I've forgotten the name of, it's been coming up every year, covered in bees, last for ages. If we can only have 1 of each sort I'll have to think again. Shame I couldn't get Sweet Williams and Delphiniums in and Runner Beans and Tomatoes.

    Book - Gone With the Wind, because it's so long it keeps me going for ages.

     

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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