What no mention of the Alpine Garden Society Gold medal winning display. http://alpinegardensociety.net/stoppress/… +/143 and more photos at http://alpinegardensociety.net/stoppress/… hing+Touches/142 Or look at the show gardens on the RHS site at http://rhs.org.uk/chelsea/2007/… Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, sometime AGS CFS labourer. My those railway (road) sleepers (ties) were heavy. > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On > Behalf Of Theladygardens@aol.com > Sent: 30 May 2007 8:15 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Chelsea flower show > > I have planted many alliums in my garden but there is not enough chill hours > to keep them coming back. > I do have a nice stand of what was given to me called "drumstick alliums". > They have come back and even increased here in zone 9. I'll share some with > Chad. > A bit of garden humor, my husband wasn't very fond of them BUT, now that he > is an avid beekeeper, he likes everything the bees like and is anticipating > those "bee balls" blooming soon. They did indeed look like purple balls > covered in bees. I had many plants he wasn't fond of but when he sees the bees > all over them his preferences change fast and they have become desirable > plants. > Every year I say I am going to the Chelsea flower show and then get so busy > in my own garden I forget all about it. This year I did go to the National > Iris Convention but my own garden was in such lush gorgeous bloom I had many > moments of wondering what I was doing at the National Convention. > Carolyn in zone 9 > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com/. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/