Yes - there's always one or perhaps a million and one in the heather's case - they seem to be in all the G.C's here (all three of them) - they are a novelty which doesn't appeal to me or other "serious" gardeners but I admit they are a talking point. The succulents will need to be kept indoors if they are to survive the winter, with little or no watering.
I haven't see the sparkly Kalanchoes Aym...but Christmas is nearing so let's all be on the look out for (and avoidance of) glittery, sparkly plant destructions
Remember the cacti that had bright artificial flowers attached to them? The spray painted echeverias are just another step forward. Wonder if they come from Holland?
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
I've been inspired. I'm out to halfords to buy some acrylic lacquer as I have quite a few flowers that need 'perking up'. I could be like a cross between Alan Titchmarsh and Rolf Harris.
I'm old , bordering in crumbly - but I still have my uses.
I can remember in the 50s or 60s before plastic got a bad press. It was an AMAZING invention -a bit like the most recent Apple gadget. An amazing thing only more life- changing
Anyway, you used to get plastic flowers free with washing powder. This was before you realised they were naff.
When consumers started to suspect the naffdom of plastic daffs, they gave you a plastic bowl free with washing powder. I think maybe the plastic bowls had flowers on them.
My mother absolutely loved plastic flowers and always had a vase or two of them in the home. My parents had an amazing garden full of real flowers but she was always buying plastic flowers - I am not saying my mother was strange but she did have some weird habits and that was certainly one of them!
My mum is a product of the 60s/70s trends (her era) and she still has plastic flowers, an astroturf lawn and eats mostly out of tins and packets (and has margarine rather than butter).
I imagined a crib out of Disney's sleeping beauty. It would be gauzy and floaty. Santa brought me a plastic crib that my doll wouldn't fit in. I hated anything plastic after that and I wasn't too impressed with Santa either. I also went off dolls.
Deadly serious. I would rather do without than have a plastic imitation. I would rather have a patch of weeds,than astroturf.
However, I have come to accept that some plastics have practical rather than aesthetic uses .e.g. clingfilm, storage boxes etc etc. These are acceptable.
I am sure many of you will also remember the introduction of plastic in the home. My first plastic toys were probably dolls - before that we had pot (china) dolls, wooden bricks, metal cars lead farm animals etc. etc. My Dad clung onto the old ways whilst mum embraced plastic, tinned food, frozen fish fingers - us children found it all quite amusing at the time.
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Yes - there's always one or perhaps a million and one in the heather's case - they seem to be in all the G.C's here (all three of them) - they are a novelty which doesn't appeal to me or other "serious" gardeners but I admit they are a talking point. The succulents will need to be kept indoors if they are to survive the winter, with little or no watering.
I haven't see the sparkly Kalanchoes Aym...but Christmas is nearing so let's all be on the look out for (and avoidance of) glittery, sparkly plant destructions
Remember the cacti that had bright artificial flowers attached to them? The spray painted echeverias are just another step forward. Wonder if they come from Holland?
I've been inspired. I'm out to halfords to buy some acrylic lacquer as I have quite a few flowers that need 'perking up'. I could be like a cross between Alan Titchmarsh and Rolf Harris.
I'm old , bordering in crumbly - but I still have my uses.
I can remember in the 50s or 60s before plastic got a bad press. It was an AMAZING invention -a bit like the most recent Apple gadget. An amazing thing only more life- changing
Anyway, you used to get plastic flowers free with washing powder. This was before you realised they were naff.
When consumers started to suspect the naffdom of plastic daffs, they gave you a plastic bowl free with washing powder. I think maybe the plastic bowls had flowers on them.
My mother absolutely loved plastic flowers and always had a vase or two of them in the home. My parents had an amazing garden full of real flowers but she was always buying plastic flowers - I am not saying my mother was strange but she did have some weird habits and that was certainly one of them!
My mum is a product of the 60s/70s trends (her era) and she still has plastic flowers, an astroturf lawn and eats mostly out of tins and packets (and has margarine rather than butter).
I rebelled and grow veg.
I imagined a crib out of Disney's sleeping beauty. It would be gauzy and floaty. Santa brought me a plastic crib that my doll wouldn't fit in. I hated anything plastic after that and I wasn't too impressed with Santa either. I also went off dolls.
I was traumatized by plastic
Deadly serious. I would rather do without than have a plastic imitation. I would rather have a patch of weeds,than astroturf.
However, I have come to accept that some plastics have practical rather than aesthetic uses .e.g. clingfilm, storage boxes etc etc. These are acceptable.
I am sure many of you will also remember the introduction of plastic in the home. My first plastic toys were probably dolls - before that we had pot (china) dolls, wooden bricks, metal cars lead farm animals etc. etc. My Dad clung onto the old ways whilst mum embraced plastic, tinned food, frozen fish fingers - us children found it all quite amusing at the time.