tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post135320355869730049..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Gillyflowersalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-71148233051064713792009-06-15T04:48:44.482+01:002009-06-15T04:48:44.482+01:00Only you, MrsM, could do so much with a simple flo...Only you, MrsM, could do so much with a simple flower.<br />Hope by now you have crawled out the other side of your long week.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956873259908320109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-3348266632643247512009-06-13T15:33:50.261+01:002009-06-13T15:33:50.261+01:00great post... i never knew gillyflowers were pinks...great post... i never knew gillyflowers were pinks... or carnations... they are underrated i feel and so very pretty.<br />have a lovely weekend.<br /> ginny xxginny farquharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09444750944117972493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-33512749343070803972009-06-12T11:13:40.809+01:002009-06-12T11:13:40.809+01:00I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Cornish...I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Cornish gillyflower which is a very old traditional variety of apple believed to date from the 17th century. It is a delicious dessert apple with a distinctive flavour.When ours ripen this year, and we have had a good set of fruit I will be tasting it to see if it is reminiscent of cloves. Something I hadn't thought about before.Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-24010738248552022009-06-11T23:12:04.419+01:002009-06-11T23:12:04.419+01:00They really DO smell like cloves!
Gorgeous, as usu...They really DO smell like cloves!<br />Gorgeous, as usual. :)carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-24991469929202581492009-06-10T13:59:18.206+01:002009-06-10T13:59:18.206+01:00My mum always calls them pinks, but I had no idea ...My mum always calls them pinks, but I had no idea they were also Shakespeare's gillyflowers!<br /><br />Off to find Alison Uttley now. I'm currently reading a book about Mary Queen of Scots and am hungry for more. Also have just got two books on Jane Boleyn out of the library so am about to overdose on the Elizabethan era once again.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-51957532973798337942009-06-10T11:56:06.655+01:002009-06-10T11:56:06.655+01:00expect Gerard de Depardieu to heave into sight (si...expect Gerard de Depardieu to heave into sight (site ?) with a backbreaking load of water for his pet carnation project.<br /><br />Would not have had a problem with water in the UK of courseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-55606980285995314242009-06-10T09:05:48.699+01:002009-06-10T09:05:48.699+01:00Nothing like a bit of colourful streaking to brigh...Nothing like a bit of colourful streaking to brighten your day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-42828462265624566872009-06-09T17:25:54.248+01:002009-06-09T17:25:54.248+01:00I have pinks in my garden, too! They're bloomi...I have pinks in my garden, too! They're blooming (also amongst the roses) and I brought some in to work, and they've perfumed the whole office. I love them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-48322045641731116792009-06-09T08:01:31.606+01:002009-06-09T08:01:31.606+01:00I so love the smell of them, though it is sopme ti...I so love the smell of them, though it is sopme time since I smelled it. they seem to be a disappearing treat around ere.<br /><br />i hate the bloated carnations in the flower shops, especially when some loon has tinted them blue. Frightful!<br />And they have no smell!fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-41482304030543283832009-06-09T00:20:40.028+01:002009-06-09T00:20:40.028+01:00I can smell it. As soon as I saw it.
Our previous...I can smell it. As soon as I saw it. <br />Our previous house had a tiny garden with a border of teeny ones down the path.<br />The book is one of my favourites from childhood. It took me a long time as an adult to re-discover it.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-78497222846115480392009-06-08T18:34:37.596+01:002009-06-08T18:34:37.596+01:00I have lots of these, and other old varieties grow...I have lots of these, and other old varieties growing amongst the roses. My favourite is Lace Monarch.<br /><br />You might enjoy this picture of some of the ones I grow alongside my roses in a Posy<br /><br />http://scattymare.blogspot.com/2008/06/posy-from-my-garden-roses-and-pinks.html<br /><br />Hope you have a good weekZoƫhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838367166662822058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-4997634000358440482009-06-08T12:53:35.154+01:002009-06-08T12:53:35.154+01:00Such pretty flowers. I always prefer them when the...Such pretty flowers. I always prefer them when they have different edges and middles (if that makes sense). One of my favourites ever were some apricot and pink ones bought by the lovely. So pretty *swoons a little*<br /><br />Good luck with the final moderation - sounds like its as tense your end as it is ours!<br />xxxRhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957030609161576246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-88693989791117816932009-06-08T11:39:50.874+01:002009-06-08T11:39:50.874+01:00Such beautiful photos. I always wondered what a gi...Such beautiful photos. I always wondered what a gillyflower was, and now I know! Best wishes for the week ahead. Will be thinking of you. K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-61288761089025677412009-06-08T10:20:00.233+01:002009-06-08T10:20:00.233+01:00It is such an underestimated flower nowadays, the ...It is such an underestimated flower nowadays, the carnation that used to fill all of our grandmothers' terraces here. I LOVE the scent and when I see one I immediately go and smell it. YUM.<br />All teh best for the week.<br />PaolaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-47692189557193848332009-06-08T09:49:13.155+01:002009-06-08T09:49:13.155+01:00Alice I do love your flowers; I have no fresh flow...Alice I do love your flowers; I have no fresh flowers at home today but now I feel as if I have.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-66800115925035466822009-06-08T08:55:15.351+01:002009-06-08T08:55:15.351+01:00I am so glad that you like Alison Uttley's Tra...I am so glad that you like Alison Uttley's Traveller in Time, one of my favourites. She is best known for her children's books (the Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig series) but her reflections on country life and being brought up at Castle Top Farm in Derbyshire will long live in the memory. I still have on my shelves The Country Child and Ambush of Young Days (a Christmas gift from my mother inThomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-10793685143490617732009-06-08T08:06:33.413+01:002009-06-08T08:06:33.413+01:00Such pretty frilled edges. I hope you have a good ...Such pretty frilled edges. I hope you have a good week Alice.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-24878186688249791932009-06-08T07:55:54.788+01:002009-06-08T07:55:54.788+01:00I bought an 'old-fashioned' pink a couple ...I bought an 'old-fashioned' pink a couple of weeks ago at my local nursery. It is so strongly scented, it drifts inside my conservatory door and fills me with memories of my great-grandmother who had a garden full of them.dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-46522081983959672422009-06-08T07:46:35.436+01:002009-06-08T07:46:35.436+01:00Good luck for the week.
I love the scent of carn...Good luck for the week. <br /><br />I love the scent of carnations, but (as I'm sure I've told you before) they hold horrible exam related memories for both of us. Mind you, the pink edged, highly scented ones could probably sneak in under Mr DC's radar ...dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-34171955797784957262009-06-08T07:35:05.120+01:002009-06-08T07:35:05.120+01:00Make sure your floaties are blown up well and push...Make sure your floaties are blown up well and pushed tightly around your arms.trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-91271770608715336752009-06-08T07:23:36.325+01:002009-06-08T07:23:36.325+01:00We'll all be there on the other side Alice, en...We'll all be there on the other side Alice, encouraging you with a warm towel ready. My mum's absolute favourites are pinks, sadly never had much luck growing them myselfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-88283700316609083482009-06-08T02:29:20.513+01:002009-06-08T02:29:20.513+01:00Love these flowers! I love the pink edges :)
Hope ...Love these flowers! I love the pink edges :)<br />Hope you have a good week! We have only three days of school left and then it is SUMMER :)Spruce Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200376095414151703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-3377000488067337472009-06-08T02:22:06.945+01:002009-06-08T02:22:06.945+01:00And now I need to figure out why the heck we crazy...And now I need to figure out why the heck we crazy Yanks refer to them as carnations...<br /><br />(Best of luck with your tricky week!)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.com