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Of Magic Rings and Flowers
Fri Feb 06 2004

I have been reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and trying to adjust to the differences in the story from the movie. And at one point was fascinated to find that Frodo changed from the movie figure, to another kind of character in my mind's eye. And now he is being shaped by Tolkien. He really was a master story teller wasn't he, If he can override a three movie mental imprint of a character?!

It was so nice out this afternoon, that I spent a while in the garden trimming the rosemary bush and pulling weeds around it. I also planted a row of sweet peas along the fence. I love those flowers. I hope I get lots and lots of different colors this year. For some reason last year even though I planted assorted colors, I got mostly pink and lavender. Part of their charm is that they not only smell heavenly, they come in an array of colors. I pulled up several feverfew plants that reseeded themselves. Anybody want a few feverfew plants? I have enough to share! Come on over and get some. Now's the time.

And I noticed that one sweet william plant has turned into six! Now that is good news. They are such great plants. The flowers grow in ready made bouquets.

I got my seed order in the mail the other day, so I am ready to start some plants indoors. I have a packet of old fashioned pansies that I have never grown from seed. I hope I can get them to grow. You should see the seeds. They are smaller than a ticks!

Here's a picture:

[album 65561 Pansies old.jpg]


Aren't they sweet? You know, God didn't have to make flowers. He could have made all plants green. Green leaves, green flowers, green stems, green stamens, green pistals, green frogs and jello.......... wait a minute, get those OUT of here!

Anyhow, flowers must be food for the soul. I hope mine grow strong and bloom fine, and fill the air will fragrance.



12 Comments
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    We really must get to the bottom of this frog jello thing you've got going here!

    And it's very cruel of you to boast about flowers when we have yet another ice storm due within the next twelve hours.
  • From:
    JumpingJellyfish (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    I was working yesterday and we had to throw out about 50 plants because we didn't have room for the ones that were looking droopy. I felt soooo bad for them. They were still alive, just a little neglected. We had beautiful Orange tree plants that smelled wonderful! Not only did God make green plants, he also made them in diffrent colors of green. I think that's a beautiful thing too.
  • From:
    Hellcat (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    Those are Beautiful Pansies!

    I can't wait till spring, I have my whole garden all drawn out already!

    Good luck with your seeds!!

    (I usually don't have very good luck with seeds but I'm learning day by day)
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    I do dearly love sweet peas. I've been tempted to plant some outside my patio, but stringing strings for them to climb is a little beyond me.

    And pansies. Those beautiful pansy faces. I did grow a bowl of them on my patio on year, and they did fairly well, but gee! I need a yard!

    Shalom
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    I love Sweet Peas, and try to plant them every year. Between the fragrance of sweet peas and heliotrope, I could be in heaven! If only I had more locations in my yard to plant them.
    Alli
  • From:
    RealmOfRachel (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    As ever I'm deeply envious of your garden, I wish I had a green thumb it's a rare talent you have there, I can't even keep plastic flowers. I set them too close to the cooker and they melted.
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    Heliotrope is a smallish perinnial(might be annual in warm climates, not sure on that) plant that grows to about 20" high. Clusters of deep purple flowers, with purpleish green foliage. The fragrance is a strong spicy vanilla scent. I always try to plant it under the windows that get most of the sun in the summer, and the fragrance drifts into the house as the evenings cool down. It is WONDERFUL!
    Here is a site so you can take a look at it:
    http://www.buyplantsonline.com/shop/searchresults.asp?ProdStock=BP039

    I live in the Pacific NW, and have never had success growing it from seed (even when starting it indoors) so I transplant what I can find at any nursery in the area. I think I would have more success starting them indoors if I had a grow light. They like warm weather, and are not even to be found around here until late June or early July.

    I've only gotten the Dwarf Marine type, but have read about other strains that get bigger and vary a bit in appearance.

    I strongly recommend these, they are beautiful.
    Alli
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    i hope we get to see some shots of your garden when they all begin blooming :)
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Feb 05 2004
    I found better pictures:
    http://www.em.ca/garden/ann_heliotrope1.html

    Alli
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2004
    I love flowers, too. Thye're just so colourful and festive. Love those ones in the pic in particular. Glad you're enjoying The Lord of the Rings independently to the films. ;-)
  • From:
    Thubten (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2004
    Pansies are darlings. I swear they are looking at us with their bright open faces.
    I'm sad about my garden going to wrack and ruin, since I am unable to do much physically anymore. And with the water restrictions, the hose is not to be used and i can't carry buckets, boo hoo.
    But it's nice to hear how your garden grows. I'll live vicariously @>---;----
    love from jenny
  • From:
    Yarngirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Feb 07 2004
    While I was excited to see some snow today, finally a little dusting to make me remember my childhood, flowers!!! I tried to grow sweetpeas one time with no luck. Everything else grew and grew but the sweetpeas did not. Maybe that will be my goal for this years garden, to have a patch of sweet peas.

    Julie