Friday, February 6, 2009

Gardening guide plants close up




Yellow  flowers

Yellow flowers



The queen lotus of all most likely is the white lotus blossom.

Like all other lotus seen so far, white lotus most of the time is all alone in a pond - all in white, sometimes together with pink lotus in same pond. White lotus blossom and pink lotus blossom are of same blossom size and blossom type, while the other lotus colors have a different blossom structure. Later more details by photography rather than words.
In album Lotus flower photo - Lotus blossom images - Lotus pond photos

Yellow flower with background out of focus

Yellow flower with background out of focus


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Lotus ponds in Cambodia are rich in life and vegetation besides the beautiful lotus flowers. Later I'll show you s ome of the vegetation and floating grass in typical Cambodian lotus ponds.
In album Lotus flower photo - Lotus blossom images - Lotus pond photos
Filming the 10th anniversary show at Tatton Park has been a real treat for the team. Huge crowds turned up for the filming of our closing piece to camera featuring Joe Swift, Carol Klein and Rachel de Thame. It only took 18 takes for our esteemed talent to trip the light fantastic up Chris Beardsaw's garden and sample some '10th anniversary Tatton' cupcakes which were given out to all children under 15 who visited the show. Remember, kids go free! 'Have a go Joe' had a go at making a 'lunkie' also known as a 'smoot'. The crowds loved his attempt at thatching. He was offered a stick in the rural crafts marquee but as he quipped, he's hopefully not going to need that for sometime yet! Joe also went all artistic as he turned his hand to willow sculpting when he made two ears for a hare. Carol was at home in the floral marquee where of course she used to be an exhibitor. She was amazed by the high standard of the plants, in fact she's convinced that this year was the highest standard she's ever seen. Her highlights were the Hampshire carnivorous plants and Southfields nursery stands both of which won gold medals. Carol was also a bit partial to the perennials in the marquee which were fabulous this year due to the weather conditions having been particularly good in helping them get to peak performance at the right time. Rachel's enjoyed a blooming good time in the BFA marquee where eight of Britain's top florists competed for the title of 'Florist of the year'. She was on the sidelines as the competitors had to complete a surprise challenge, they had to create a floral masterpiece with a random selection of blooms, bits and bobs.
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