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Y You’re onto everything sir. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on March 20, 2012 at 6:01 AM
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Re: Re: i do like Freesias and these are very pretty. The carnation Competition
LOL...tell that Patrick and Arthur too that you need your pretty flowers to satisfy all the friends here on Blogit.
posted by
Kabu
on March 19, 2012 at 2:14 PM
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Stunning, CCT!
Such a rich blend of colors and just the right size it seems. 
posted by
Katray2
on March 19, 2012 at 11:47 AM
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Re: CCT
Naut it is a hybrid freesia bred for size, I wanted some kind of flower to keep the old birds happy the L,S,Bs . In case I require resuscitation. Same old jokes I'm afraid.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 19, 2012 at 8:58 AM
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Lion I imagine you have a little country garden lots of foliage and perennial flowers and you do not have to worry about cats scratching your seedbed, I wish I could do the same, but having been a grower for a long time, the old bug keeps biting
posted by
C_C_T
on March 19, 2012 at 8:51 AM
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CCT
I don't recognize that flower as a freesia, I just recognize it as a red flower. But I do like it...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 19, 2012 at 6:55 AM
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Gosh your gardening sounds a lot more pressured than mine :P
posted by
lionreign
on March 19, 2012 at 5:28 AM
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Sam, yes you will have to get a move on, Archie won the cup last year with my flowers, but he does help out sometimes so he thinks he is entitled to claim them and keep the cup of course, incidentally I have never seen it.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 19, 2012 at 12:11 AM
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Re: Lovely flower. Fresia, you say?
Pat your mum had an eye for the possibility of getting something to grow. People were always looking for little sprigs to grow and usually giving one another a root of an admired plant. I expect you would soon pick up a trick or two if you try, I seem to remember that you have a garden.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 19, 2012 at 12:07 AM
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Thank you F S there is a lot of rubbish talked these days, but of course it is now commercialised.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 18, 2012 at 11:59 PM
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Taps you have good sons, I know some who do not bother to visit, let alone think of flowers. Yes it is a problem with scent. I watch people walking away from the flower seller and sticking their nose into the flowers and carrying on with a blank expression. I have just ordered some bulbs the same flowers but supposed to be scented, we shall see.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 18, 2012 at 11:57 PM
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Adnohr I think the problem is that once flowers depended on the scent to attract the bees for pollination. Many of these new varieties do not need seductive enchantment as they are produced from cell tissue. Well I never bother to exhibit, but Archie having won every bowls cup for miles, has now set his sights on flower power.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 18, 2012 at 11:51 PM
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Re: i do like Freesias and these are very pretty. The carnation Competition
Kabu thank you dear, these are only a diversion and they expect they will be fighting for the cut flowers up the road, Patrick came down he could not believe they were real, I had to grumble at him because he started pinching them thinking they were plastic.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 18, 2012 at 11:44 PM
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Jay always remember to wipe the pollen off your nose afterwards. Thank you.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 18, 2012 at 11:41 PM
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They are pretty, but I am like you. The first thing I do when I see an open bloom is stick my nose in and take a whiff...Checking for bees first of course. I hate smelling them.
posted by
UtahJay
on March 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM
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i do like Freesias and these are very pretty. The carnation Competition
reminds me of Mrs Minerva...that fabulous heartbreaking old movie.
nice to come home and read your post Matey.
posted by
Kabu
on March 18, 2012 at 6:39 PM
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Ah - that's their name! Like TAPS, anytime I have received flowers there have been a couple of these in the bouquet. I find hothouse flowers, except carnations, have hardly any scent at all. And yes, Sam is right - you have a good heart wanting to help the competition...and it's probably NOT a good idea!
posted by
adnohr
on March 18, 2012 at 6:21 PM
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Beautiful color! Every time I receive flowers for special occasions, there is always a variety of freesias mixed in with them. But, I haven't noticed much of a scent. I'll watch for that. Knowing FL son, he will probably be sending a floral arrangement for Easter and Mother's Day. (I think he feel badly for not traveling to visit more often than he does, but he has his hands full where he is.)
posted by
TAPS.
on March 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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As someone who knows practically nothing about gardening I find it interesting to read about the process.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 18, 2012 at 4:08 PM
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Lovely flower. Fresia, you say?
I miss the days when flowers had scent. I'd never be a competitive gardner -- seem to have a dark thumb rather than a green one like my mother had. She could pick up a stick, sit in in water and turn it into some gorgeous blooming thing.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 18, 2012 at 9:32 AM
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I'm with Archie, do not help the competition! lol But, I do admire your good heart though! What a beauty this one is, too! You have reminded me that I need to get in touch with my son because I need compost for my flower beds and he is the one with the truck! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM
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