tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post4830809879573938304..comments2024-03-23T20:10:59.775+00:00Comments on greentapestry : Plants That Die DisgracefullyAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-59542457479491228192011-12-01T13:56:06.150+00:002011-12-01T13:56:06.150+00:00We are in that period of soggy brown dampness that...We are in that period of soggy brown dampness that makes the idea of frost and snow very attractive!easygardenerhttp://greenforks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-13557206568351982242011-11-25T12:33:12.460+00:002011-11-25T12:33:12.460+00:00Remember the blog meme we had going around a coupl...Remember the blog meme we had going around a couple of years ago about beauty in the dying garden? I can't remember the phrase at the moment describing it, but it made me look at November's garden very differently. And a famous photographer named Freeman Patterson took a stunning photograph of fading hosta leaves that he described as reminding him of his mother's aged hands. It's in his book called The Garden, and I should scan it and share it. Lovely post as always.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-89233288006905679112011-11-24T13:23:54.986+00:002011-11-24T13:23:54.986+00:00You are so right, some plants have a wonderful aut...You are so right, some plants have a wonderful autumn, and others just wet slimy mess to clear away.<br /><br />We have some of the former and far too many of the latter!Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-25006023102614381172011-11-22T19:35:16.542+00:002011-11-22T19:35:16.542+00:00Cannas always look splendid following a frost, nic...Cannas always look splendid following a frost, nice and slimy much like a hosta can.Rob (ourfrenchgarden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-3644648484470113922011-11-22T08:05:11.085+00:002011-11-22T08:05:11.085+00:00Anna, just wanted to pop by to say Hello and say t...<i>Anna,</i> just wanted to pop by to say Hello and say thanks for all the comments and chat we have exchanged over the last five years. :-)<br /><br />In this post, I think wellywoman has hit the nail on the head (lol) – frost looks good on dying plants but soggy and wet is a different picture indeed. I agree with you on your clematis.<br /><br />Name and shame in my garden? Has to be another climber - golden hop. The difference is though it is out of sight from my windows and it gets cut to the ground each winter. Lucky me :-)Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956905954971466579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-10823532284608365312011-11-22T04:47:37.931+00:002011-11-22T04:47:37.931+00:00Hi Anna, You're so right about the Solomon'...Hi Anna, You're so right about the Solomon's Seal. Ditto for my garden. Hostas are another plant that looks disgusting in the throes of death. At least in my garden. Great post!GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-66276167221372395282011-11-21T17:11:21.410+00:002011-11-21T17:11:21.410+00:00one of the best titled posts I've seen in ages...one of the best titled posts I've seen in ages, Anna. Made me smile :) but see what you mean about the necrotic chocolate leaves. My hostas were promising and then went into slimy yellow wilt modeLaura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-11006491808908580312011-11-21T14:36:13.077+00:002011-11-21T14:36:13.077+00:00The geranium has some wonderful autumn foliage, wh...The geranium has some wonderful autumn foliage, which can't be said for the other two. There isn't much in my garden which offers anything in the way of autumn splendour, apart from the blueberry which has wonderful red leaves before they drop.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-46564110925532553752011-11-21T14:17:51.482+00:002011-11-21T14:17:51.482+00:00Great post that made me smile. I've just been ...Great post that made me smile. I've just been reading this month's garden Illustrated magazine which shows plants covered in frost looking beautiful and then I look out on my soggy, damp garden. I have an area planted up with grasses and prairie style plants which all the design books say you should leave through winter so that they provide structure and so they can catch the frost. Unfortunately the days where they look beautiful over winter can probably be counted on one hand.It might work somewhere with drier winters but here in Wales they just look forlorn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-90872430956930278722011-11-21T03:56:01.840+00:002011-11-21T03:56:01.840+00:00My solomons seal was a beautiful golden before pas...My solomons seal was a beautiful golden before passing. I admit, however, I like even brown leaves in a shriveled state. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-78902420820332358982011-11-20T19:32:36.075+00:002011-11-20T19:32:36.075+00:00I agree with the Clematis but my solomons seal is ...I agree with the Clematis but my solomons seal is quite attractive, veyr buttery yellow which I really like.<br /><br />I suppose its a matter of tasteHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-3465181111256960782011-11-20T17:52:30.214+00:002011-11-20T17:52:30.214+00:00That clematis does look disgusting! Though the lon...That clematis does look disgusting! Though the long flowering season sounds alluring and I assume that makes up for it many fold. And as for alluring - that geranium is quite something!Esther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-15406019544603971862011-11-20T17:03:37.277+00:002011-11-20T17:03:37.277+00:00I have to admit liking the way the hardy geranium ...I have to admit liking the way the hardy geranium goes out. Probably it's the colors that appeal to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com