philly flower show
Mar. 9th, 2025 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twoelevenon friday, we went to the philly flower show with S and her family. the show has flowers and plants in all sorts of arrangements, not just in isolation. a few examples:
a replica wildflower garden with a spring:
the whole thing is 15-20' on a side. there were a lot of other replica and garden fantasy set-ups like it. they're constructed for the show and then torn down.
also table settings with flowers, this one for thematically prepared for (edgar allan) poe and (tu)pac:
there was also one in a vaguely lovecraftian style, complete with tentacles, but my photos weren't so great.
a little bonsai:
the placard may be hard to read; it says the tree was started in 1929.
about half of the convention center, where the flower show was held, was a sales floor. i indulged, with a little help from dïe überblønde. the two bags of bulbs on the top row were her idea -- i was ambivalent about the glads, but she liked them, so i'll make 'em grow -- and the stuff in the bottom row was mine. the red and white dahlias are to replace the one i may have killed while drying it, and the purple and white one is a replacement for one that was killed by drought. (and a bit more, since each bag has two tubers.) i'm pleased to have finally found climbing nasturtiums.
yes, dïe überblønde wanted two different kinds of red and white dahlias. i have the sense not to object, since anything that gets her more interested in the gardens is good. she's even willing to help me expand one of my beds to hold all the new dahlias. i'll have to figure out where the glads go, but they don't take up that much space.
a replica wildflower garden with a spring:
the whole thing is 15-20' on a side. there were a lot of other replica and garden fantasy set-ups like it. they're constructed for the show and then torn down.
also table settings with flowers, this one for thematically prepared for (edgar allan) poe and (tu)pac:
there was also one in a vaguely lovecraftian style, complete with tentacles, but my photos weren't so great.
a little bonsai:
the placard may be hard to read; it says the tree was started in 1929.
about half of the convention center, where the flower show was held, was a sales floor. i indulged, with a little help from dïe überblønde. the two bags of bulbs on the top row were her idea -- i was ambivalent about the glads, but she liked them, so i'll make 'em grow -- and the stuff in the bottom row was mine. the red and white dahlias are to replace the one i may have killed while drying it, and the purple and white one is a replacement for one that was killed by drought. (and a bit more, since each bag has two tubers.) i'm pleased to have finally found climbing nasturtiums.
yes, dïe überblønde wanted two different kinds of red and white dahlias. i have the sense not to object, since anything that gets her more interested in the gardens is good. she's even willing to help me expand one of my beds to hold all the new dahlias. i'll have to figure out where the glads go, but they don't take up that much space.