digression from chipping to Flocon de neige

[Martin Baxendale]

All of which leads straight back to 'Flocon de Neige'.

Yes, Anthony, but I was just pointing out that 'Godfrey Owen' has the same basic floral arrangement of 6 and 6. I wasn't saying one is better than the other. I wonder if the abberant inner occurred genetically in the original seedling/clump or is the result of rapid twin scaling?

[Anthony Darby]

It's not one I have seen, but I suppose having 6 outers makes it a good true double.

[Anthony Darby]

I knew there would be an anther.

[Maggi Young]

Anthony - send chocolate - knew there would be an anther, indeed 

Surely the point about double flowers is that they are ALL abberrant..... so is it not the case that the chances are that 'Flocon de Neige' will also throw "faulty" parts on occasion ?
As good a  reason for sticking to single flowers as I've heard in a while!

[Anthony Darby]

Wouldn't a clump of 'Flocon de Neige' be a 'Ballon de Neige'?

[Maggi Young]

Wouldn't a clump of 'Flocon de Neige' be a 'Ballon de Neige'?

Could be ......... but I favour 'La Fête des Neiges'....that has a nice ring to it!! 


P.S. Anyone wanting to register 'La  Fête des Neiges' as a name, please PM me to discover my chocolate preferences, or, send a large cheque to the SRGC.

[mark smyth]

Maggi it's the neatness of many doubles that people like

[Anthony Darby]

Absolutely Mark. Your pic of 'Flocon de Neige' is the best I have seen and it illustrates it well.

[Maggi Young]

But that's the whole point, Mark, so many doubles are not reliably "neat" they have stray sticky-out bits!
If they were resolutely neat and chubby I wouldn't have a problem with them......how could I  

[mark smyth]

At the Gala maybe I can find you a perfect double

[Maggi Young]

At the Gala maybe I can find you a perfect double

AARGH! 

[Anthony Darby]

My son, during tea at the kitchen table, turned to me and said 'you've got some gravy on your chin, Dad'. I wiped my chin. He then said, 'no; three chins further down'!

[David Nicholson]

Glad to see others get roundly abused by their children

[Maggi Young]

Glad to see others get roundly abused by their children

Nowadays, I suppose we should just be pleased they can count well enough for that sort of comment, and are not afraid of the consequences   


P.S. Ian says a beard is helpful in such gravy situations, Anthony, which is why he  lets me keep mine 

[Brian Ellis]

At the Gala maybe I can find you a perfect double

A doppelgänger - also a good name for a flora pleno