tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post4391479718622180414..comments2024-03-27T16:19:02.195+00:00Comments on Feltabulous: A Floriferous postEllie Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-4197583519020698652013-06-18T10:11:38.689+01:002013-06-18T10:11:38.689+01:00Dear Gillian
Thank you. I don't think I was a...Dear Gillian<br />Thank you. I don't think I was a head gardener in a past life, judging from the mess in my garden - no head gardener worth his salt would allow that! I think my love of plant names was instilled by my granny who used to collect me from the bus and walk the two miles or so back home, telling me the names of all the wild flowers, shrubs and trees we passed. My love of journals/diaries also extends to gardening and I do write the names of the plants in the journal. Other than that, I think I have a good memory for things I am interested in/obsessed by!<br />My white poppies have just opened today which I am really pleased by because they were looking as though they would go all mushy in the buds, due to the rain and not enough sun. I'll post a photo.<br />Best wishes<br />EllieEllie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-79384415942629953512013-06-17T23:34:49.628+01:002013-06-17T23:34:49.628+01:00You are so good at knowing all the names of your p...You are so good at knowing all the names of your plants, Ellie! Were you a head gardener in a past life?? We have some poppies just on the cusp of opening and I'm dying to see them fully flower. xGillian Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080123177116154219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-90798131788607036652013-06-17T20:36:48.319+01:002013-06-17T20:36:48.319+01:00Dear Toffeeapple
Thank you. I love the way the ga...Dear Toffeeapple<br />Thank you. I love the way the garden can throw surprises at you. Your huge red poppy sounds wonderful. I don't have much red in my garden, although later on, my Penstemon Garnet and Clematis Rouge Cardinal may help. I really would love to have a bigger garden so that I could give the plants more room. As the raised borders are pretty full, I have used containers all over the place too, wherever I can squash them in, (much to Chris' distress when he falls over them while trying to walk/sidle/edge very cautiously down the path!)<br />Best wishes<br />Ellie Ellie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-9237761802413832312013-06-17T18:02:10.009+01:002013-06-17T18:02:10.009+01:00My garden is a tiny rectangle but I do love the th...My garden is a tiny rectangle but I do love the things in it. Today I was startled, when I opened my blinds, to see, behind my glorious Irises, a huge red Poppy. I was expecting it to be the large pink as the red one was frozen last year; but a seed must have popped to a different place and it has please me so much.<br /><br />Your flowers are rather fabulous aren't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-38985048696367619302013-06-17T10:26:46.230+01:002013-06-17T10:26:46.230+01:00Dear Mirjam
Thank you. The rose in particular sme...Dear Mirjam<br />Thank you. The rose in particular smells wonderful! As I replied to Joy, I'm not sure that my garden is that impressive in real life; small and messy is the best description, but in photographs, it can look lovely! However, I love it and enjoy spending time out in it.<br />Best wishes<br />Ellie<br />Ellie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-11089036846973565442013-06-17T10:23:45.983+01:002013-06-17T10:23:45.983+01:00Dear Joy
Thank you. I have to focus on individual...Dear Joy<br />Thank you. I have to focus on individual plants because my garden is small and rather unkempt and it would take about two minutes to look around! I have crammed it with plants, being completely obsessive about them, and so I usually can find something flowering away happily to look at. I do write the names down (the obsessive thing again!) as I have a garden journal (sadly neglected and needing serious updating for most of this year) and if I have forgotten what the plant is called, a look on the internet usually helps me to find it again.<br />Your garden is a really young one - I have been messing about with mine for 20 years (that is so hard to believe - we have been here for 20 years!)<br />Best wishes and enjoy your gardening too.<br />EllieEllie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437259693600577503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-15238721557908831712013-06-17T09:47:17.384+01:002013-06-17T09:47:17.384+01:00I love your garden Ellie, wish I could see it in r...I love your garden Ellie, wish I could see it in real life and smell those pretty flowers! Love from Mirjam.Stinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039359552904890806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535765080722557710.post-57094263500610739852013-06-17T07:29:48.848+01:002013-06-17T07:29:48.848+01:00Oh, Ellie, I was about to do a blog post about wha...Oh, Ellie, I was about to do a blog post about what is flowering in my garden at the moment, but its not very much compared to yours! However, I've only been here for a year, so it will no doubt improve with time. I think I would love to visit your garden, and you remember all the names, too (or do you write them down).<br />Joy xxjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288268403388265748noreply@blogger.com