The Naming of Flower Groups
Steven Hart (Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:52:09 PDT)
Love it Judy, A little story :)
There I was strolling through the garden day dreaming about what an
elephant flock's manure could do for my dry mountain top.
Past a drift of freesias I breathed their sweet perfume & follow a painted
pallet of zephyranthes edging the path, with a sparkle of geissorhiza
dancing in the sunlight like little bright coloured florescent mirrors,
over by the pond their is a rush of water iris & behind them a dance of
flinders lily & hidden in the shadows there is a lush of Caldwell & Amazon
lilies who's bright white blooms highlight a dense of pink amarcrinums.. A
powder of Japanese iris gently move by the water & a cascade of dark blue
grape hyacinth are bursting their autumn buds. A hide of powder blue scilla
spring up amongst the rock garden, around the corner a supernova of Aztec
lilies explode into an inferno of clay fired red...
What a nice story you can design with group names of bulbs :)
On 15 August 2015 at 07:10, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote:
Rubbing her hands together with glee - I enjoy this sort of thing. Good
suggestions, and interesting that more than one person suggested them. My
take on bouquet and / or posy is that they are non-specific as to the
contents. While "flock" might refer to chickens or sheep it does have
limits. Flock of elephants, anyone?
Yes, venery is hunting but we still have a clowder of cats and a kindle of
kittens.
I see this as an open field opportunity for us to create group names for
some of our favorite bulbs.
How about - a chilling of snowdrops
Judy in sunny, summery New jersey
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