RE: Nasturtiums - a happy accident

Sounds wonderful, Louise, and how wonderful to have cultivated the love of
gardening your daughter.  Wish I could see a picture!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b

For mine is a little old-fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louise [l*@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:45 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Nasturtiums - a happy accident
> 
> 
> 
> We've just been on holiday to France.  We weren't very
> impressed by people's front gardens that we saw (I don't
> think they go in much for gardening, certainly in the area
> we were visiting).  However, just along from our campsite,
> there was a hedge with nasturtiums growing up through it.  I
> thought this was so lovely, that I stopped the car to show
> my 12 year old daughter - she loves gardening and takes a
> very active part in planning and working in our garden here
> at home.  We thought we might have a go at this next year.
> We got back from holiday on Saturday and have had 3 days of
> solid, very heavy rain so we've not been able to look at the
> details of our garden.  This morning the sun came out, I
> looked down the garden while I was having my breakfast and
> in the top of the hedge at the end (8 or 9 feet up) were
> some lovely little yellow flowers.  Yes, you've guessed it.
> The nasturtiums that my 12 year old planted in the spring in
> the border at the base of the hedge had grown up through it
> while we were away.  It looks great.
> 
> Louise in southern England
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