Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Though it was a Camelia.
Flower id
- Thread starter Cuchilo
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Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
@Ganymede is spot on there.
During the 2nd world war Mrs Daves grandad was a market gardener in the Tamar valley and he'd grow these. He would pick a load daily, stick them in a suitcase and send them up to London on the train from Plymouth where they'd adorn the big posh houses.
A nice little earner during the war!
During the 2nd world war Mrs Daves grandad was a market gardener in the Tamar valley and he'd grow these. He would pick a load daily, stick them in a suitcase and send them up to London on the train from Plymouth where they'd adorn the big posh houses.
A nice little earner during the war!
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
My mother and I compete gently with each other in growing these. It is that time of year when you sometimes get a random extra bloom on something - I had a Welsh poppy (the yellow kind) come out last week too.
@Dave 123 - these are the most fab cut flowers. Nice scheme of grandad-in-law! My mum-in-law was given a little strip of land in the war by her farmer dad, and she grew wallflowers, bunched them up in October and took them round the district with her milk round (a churn on a cart!). She made a killing as most people were not thinking about growing flowers, and there's nothing like wallflowers planted in the autumn to give you a bit of optimism about the Spring. Canny woman, my MiL.
@Dave 123 - these are the most fab cut flowers. Nice scheme of grandad-in-law! My mum-in-law was given a little strip of land in the war by her farmer dad, and she grew wallflowers, bunched them up in October and took them round the district with her milk round (a churn on a cart!). She made a killing as most people were not thinking about growing flowers, and there's nothing like wallflowers planted in the autumn to give you a bit of optimism about the Spring. Canny woman, my MiL.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Easytigers
Guru
That's the first thing that popped into my head! I'd stay clear if I was you!
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar.
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
No, it is magenta.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
You mean poncy pink?
You calling my flower a ponce ?
I thought it was a cabbage but then i thought no one would put a cabbage in a bouquet of flowers
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Sadly it's quite common.I thought it was a cabbage but then i thought no one would put a cabbage in a bouquet of flowers
