Primsong
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Themed gardening and collecting |
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I haven't a clue where to post this -
One of the odd interests I have on the side is Tolkien's works, and so a friend sent me a link to this brief article - (I couldn't believe this - but now I want one...no, I want both! LOL!)
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HOBBIT AND GOLLUM JADE PLANTS
Hobbit and Gollum aren’t just from Middle Earth. They’re also dwarf jade plants. Both stand on their tip-toes at about 2 to 3 feet, but Hobbit has tubular leaves that curl back and a trunk that thickens with age. Gollum has an added feature: tubular leaves with suction cup-like tips at the ends - perfect for grabbing precious rings. Drought tolerant and hardy to 25 degrees, you won’t have to speak Elvish or travel to Mordor to grow these plants.
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She found this note at the archives for the Garden Compass - Add some Red Hobbit columbine, some Blue Hobbit sea holly, a few Loth Lorien daffodils and you're well on your way to a Middle-earth garden. 
Have any of you also picked up 'themes' along the way that tie in with other interests? I remember someone doing a 'booze' garden with whiskey/rum/brandy named plants?
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toni
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Prim, guess I will have to start searching for all of those plants too. I don't have a LOTR themed garden but have thought about it.
Also, it was me looking for plants with any kind of booze in the name. I have yet to find one that can be planted in the Jose Cuervo pitcher I have tho.
I was going to design a Harry Potter garden for Lisa, but since they have sold their house and are now living in a townhome without a yard I won't be doing that for her. But I think next spring I will make her a potted garden for their balcony.
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lexxivexx
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That's so awesome! The Hobbit and LOTR were my first "real books" growing up. There needs to be a white wizard plant!
I wonder how one would go about a Beatles themed garden?
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Droopy
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"The Lord of the Rings" was my very first book in English. I bought it when I was 15, and have read it a lot of times since. I'd love to have a "Middle Earth"-corner.
lexxivexx - I'd use their song titles, starting with spring flowers from their first album and end it with Colchicum autumnale, with lots of summer flowers in between.
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Frank
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| lexxivexx wrote: | | I wonder how one would go about a Beatles themed garden? |
I'd start by including this plant Lexxi, have a look at the cultivar listed at the end of its name:
http://www.robsplants.com/plants/CarexCaryo.php
Have four of them in a row and call them John, Paul, George and Ringo respectively.
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lexxivexx
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That's it, I have to start a Beatle theme next year! When I'm a fancy home-owner I'll top it off with a gently Weeping Willow.
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cajunbelle
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I don't have a themed garden yet, but I plan on doing several. I want an angel garden, I have several angel statues and plan on adding more, so I want plants with angel in the name to go in it. I also want to do a fairy garden, one day I may have the time and money to accomplish these things.
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