Towers of colour for the adventurous gardener
Some of my most favourite architectural plants are the giant Echium (from the Greek
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Quince has a mellifluous ring when mouthed from the lips. I never savored a quince until I came to Tasmania, but when my taste buds acquainted themselves with one, I was seduced. Just as the Chinese celebrated the peaches of immortality consumed every one thousand years by the deities, the ancient Europeans embraced quinces,
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Posted at 7pm on 04/30/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Blogosphere Trivia, Ideas, Editorials, etc., Plants