tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post2964526937653560394..comments2023-09-22T10:44:28.687+02:00Comments on Britta's Gardening in High Heels: Garden Boors? Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-22727557619091368532013-09-15T15:59:54.508+02:002013-09-15T15:59:54.508+02:00Dear Susan,
wow: I just looked up Colocasia - now...Dear Susan, <br />wow: I just looked up Colocasia - now I understand why they are called Elephant Ears! And when I read that they are members of the Araceae, I wonder whether they are not poisonous too - we have a tiny, weeny member of that family in our woods, and children are kept far from it... But even if not poisonous, it is very spacious -- very well for a jungle, but not for a garden of normal dimensions. Seems to have been a Danaer present. Feeling very well on the compost, I believe - feeding and growing. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-3817184372671378412013-09-15T15:51:50.812+02:002013-09-15T15:51:50.812+02:00Dear Susan,
haha: of course the bamboo is rustlin...Dear Susan, <br />haha: of course the bamboo is rustling in my garden with his beautiful leaves, in a very pictorial way :-) <br />You are right about the adoring spouses - in Germany we have a saying: 'Every pot finds its lid', so maybe it is true adoration? I was stunned once by seeing such a display - am still stupefied - but then I thought: luck for him... Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-25776629229873029682013-09-11T04:53:24.593+02:002013-09-11T04:53:24.593+02:00Britta... Plant love is truly in the eye of the be...Britta... Plant love is truly in the eye of the beholder. A young friend gave me a bucket filled with Colocasia, commonly called Elephant Ears. I thought them quite attractive and since we had just built our home all garden offerings were welcomed. Little did I know that 25 years later I would still be fighting the elephant ear battle! They are so invasive and while they are lovely, lush, leafy plants... They will take over the garden! We even yank them out, throw in the compost pile and guess what? They take hold and grow through the clippings and such. I even noticed there is one growing under a stand of pine trees in the vacant lot next door. Did I say elephant ears are tenacious little suckers? :-) Happy gardening.. To your own taste!Susan ~ Southern Fascinationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142703709659442785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-70792464851793704692013-09-10T20:24:24.311+02:002013-09-10T20:24:24.311+02:00Have you ever noticed that even the most obnoxious...Have you ever noticed that even the most obnoxious loud-mouthed boor at the party often has a girl friend or spouse hanging onto his every word with adoration? Same for your garden boors. It doesn't matter what others have to say about the plants in your garden. If YOU love them, that's all that matters. Your garden is meant to feed your soul and pleasure your senses, so you do it however you darned well see fit. (You might want to leave the bamboo plants out, though...)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-10111796798446312972013-09-09T09:30:19.770+02:002013-09-09T09:30:19.770+02:00Dear Pondside,
thank you! Yes - everything is rel...Dear Pondside, <br />thank you! Yes - everything is relative (I adore dandelion :-) <br />Scotch Broom - in Scotland: so lovely! A feast for the eyes. Here they sell purple loosestrife in garden centers - I have seen whole borders of brooks disappear (makes me think of another post-theme). We had a neighbour who secretly chopped off the head of a plant in my new garden - I was angry, but in that case he was right, though I would have wished he had asked and informed me - I was a greenhorn and didn't know the danger of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), that grew there wild. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598734714936173813.post-68252050688405827752013-09-08T18:53:02.596+02:002013-09-08T18:53:02.596+02:00You ARE witty!
Garden Boors in one climate are Gar...You ARE witty!<br />Garden Boors in one climate are Garden Lovelies in another. Butterfly Bush is abhorred here, treasured elsewhere - same thing with Scotch Broom, Loosestrife and others. I love English Ivy but there is quite a movement to get rid of all of it on the island. We can't even whisper the word Morning Glory here for fear of neighbours with flamethrowers (well, that may be a wee bit of an exaggeration!). Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.com