tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post304329771182014489..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: FAVOURITE FLOWERS No 3Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-54668266335087835622015-08-31T18:23:41.403+08:002015-08-31T18:23:41.403+08:00Hari OM
that's possible - I guess pinks grew w...Hari OM<br />that's possible - I guess pinks grew well in soggy British gardens! YxxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-62686293578075476162015-08-31T14:01:31.346+08:002015-08-31T14:01:31.346+08:00They were of course more of an old fashioned plant...They were of course more of an old fashioned plant I guess. Nowadays are probably grown in hot houses for the florist trade.<br />I too grow native plants and trees but also frangipani and a few miniature roses all in pots.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-70501259201208073542015-08-31T13:59:49.078+08:002015-08-31T13:59:49.078+08:00I wonder why we had so little do with pinks which ...I wonder why we had so little do with pinks which are also very lovely. Maybe they don't do so well in WA? xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-832503446644243872015-08-31T13:59:06.965+08:002015-08-31T13:59:06.965+08:00That is so wonderful about the carnations and your...That is so wonderful about the carnations and your dad.<br />Some people seem to have great success growing them and others not so much. I have friends who grow them in pots and they seem to do well.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-41862142986150780192015-08-31T13:58:10.619+08:002015-08-31T13:58:10.619+08:00You rarely see pinks being grown here for some rea...You rarely see pinks being grown here for some reason. They too are beautiful but I can't remember the last time I saw any cultivation.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-78972026544721009812015-08-31T13:57:32.749+08:002015-08-31T13:57:32.749+08:00Difficult not to love them for their beauty alone ...Difficult not to love them for their beauty alone and their glorious perfume.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-46806043657835457032015-08-28T00:33:27.907+08:002015-08-28T00:33:27.907+08:00One of my mum's favourites too. I'm a nat...One of my mum's favourites too. I'm a native plant lover through and through, with grevilleas being my all-time favourite, but I can see the beauty in the carnation. Gorgeous colours. Tezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968504091315232161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-85192897586573758022015-08-27T17:57:41.317+08:002015-08-27T17:57:41.317+08:00Hari OM
Every one a winner! Like EC though, in our...Hari OM<br />Every one a winner! Like EC though, in our family, pinks were the favoured variety. Gorgeous! YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-73213790176640087152015-08-27T14:08:21.116+08:002015-08-27T14:08:21.116+08:00My dad loved carnations, he tried to grow them eve...My dad loved carnations, he tried to grow them every place we lived and was never successful. When he died, I put a huge bunch of carnations in his hands in the coffin, so he could have them with him forever. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-21287768658682844432015-08-27T07:08:42.135+08:002015-08-27T07:08:42.135+08:00Pretty things - but I have a weakness for their sm...Pretty things - but I have a weakness for their smaller, more fragrant cousins, the pinks.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-38535951085459503212015-08-27T05:41:47.480+08:002015-08-27T05:41:47.480+08:00The were my mom's favourites as well.The were my mom's favourites as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com