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by **bill cobbett** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:17 pm

Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

by **Oracle** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:24 pm

bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ...

Were they from M&S?

by **bill cobbett** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:29 pm

Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ... Were they from M&S?

.... from Mr Cobbett Senior's (my old man) tree here in North London. :lol:

(also very fond of artichokes

)

by **Oracle** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:36 pm

bill cobbett wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ... Were they from M&S?

.... from Mr Cobbett Senior's (my old man) tree here in North London.

(also very fond of artichokes )

Phew!

Only, I was drawn to some, today in fact, in M&S, and immediately repelled by their origins ... nasty little (stolen) blighters!

Funny how they ripen in London (my brother boasted a few in days past :roll:

) but they stay as hard as bullets anywhere else ....

BTW ... I can grow some mean specimens of artichokes ... but never pick them as they are too stunning for the pot!

by **denizaksulu** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:42 pm

Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ... Were they from M&S?

.... from Mr Cobbett Senior's (my old man) tree here in North London.

(also very fond of artichokes )

Phew!

Only, I was drawn to some, today in fact, in M&S, and immediately repelled by their origins ... nasty little (stolen) blighters!

Funny how they ripen in London (my brother boasted a few in days past ) but they stay as hard as bullets anywhere else ....

BTW ... I can grow some mean specimens of artichokes ... but never pick them as they are too stunning for the pot!

Are you trying to say that you can not stuff artichokes? Shame on you O. Had you been capable, I would have invited myself over.

by **Oracle** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:59 pm

denizaksulu wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ... Were they from M&S?

.... from Mr Cobbett Senior's (my old man) tree here in North London.

(also very fond of artichokes )

Phew!

Only, I was drawn to some, today in fact, in M&S, and immediately repelled by their origins ... nasty little (stolen) blighters!

Funny how they ripen in London (my brother boasted a few in days past ) but they stay as hard as bullets anywhere else ....

BTW ... I can grow some mean specimens of artichokes ... but never pick them as they are too stunning for the pot!

Are you trying to say that you can not stuff artichokes? Shame on you O. Had you been capable, I would have invited myself over.

No Deniz, I wouldn't stuff artichokes, given a choice!

I like the soft whit fleshy nibble as you peel each petal ... I don't actually like them cooked. Just raw. But, my (one) annually returning, faithful specimen is so tall and gangly and gorgeous, I have not picked its flowers in some 10 years now.

by **denizaksulu** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:12 am

Oracle wrote:
denizaksulu wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Favourite flower ? Must be figs. A flower in reverse I guess and a suitably radical choice. Just had a couple. Very nice, def my favourite flower.

Reh ... Were they from M&S?

.... from Mr Cobbett Senior's (my old man) tree here in North London.

(also very fond of artichokes )

Phew!

Only, I was drawn to some, today in fact, in M&S, and immediately repelled by their origins ... nasty little (stolen) blighters!

Funny how they ripen in London (my brother boasted a few in days past ) but they stay as hard as bullets anywhere else ....

BTW ... I can grow some mean specimens of artichokes ... but never pick them as they are too stunning for the pot!

Are you trying to say that you can not stuff artichokes? Shame on you O. Had you been capable, I would have invited myself over.

No Deniz, I wouldn't stuff artichokes, given a choice!

I like the soft whit fleshy nibble as you peel each petal ... I don't actually like them cooked. Just raw. But, my (one) annually returning, faithful specimen is so tall and gangly and gorgeous, I have not picked its flowers in some 10 years now.

The do have gorgoeus pink>purple flowers. I liked them raw to when picked fresh. We also picked off the young silvery green central shoot and ate them after the 'skin' was removed. Just like 'gavulia'.

by **Floda** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:15 am

My favourite flower is of such truly perfect form,

I scarce can do it justice by revealing just it's name,

pure grace and beauty, sweet of scent so soft and warm

so out of place one wonders oh from whence such beauty came.

Midst tangled vines and grasping weeds it stands alone

whilst golden sunlight bathes it's leaves in summer's glow,

the bloom, majestic emblem seated on a shining throne

beyond and far above the struggling mass below.

And so it is with flowers and their ugly foes

who would destroy the grace which they could never be,

among the tangled vines stands 'Oracle the Rose'

but weedy forum members are too blind to see.

Daniel. X :wink: