2009 Philly Flower Show: Let the flowers live

I lived in Philly for nearly four years and never once made it out to the Philadelphia Flower Show , so I spend most of my long drive from Connecticut to Pennsylvania wondering how I was going to reap any worthwhile inspiration from the outcome to fetch back toFine horticulture . I detest cut flowers , and I always assumed that the Philly Flower Show would be just that – mounds upon mounds of emasculated flowers looking all colourful and pristine , only to die a few days later and be tossed out into the scrap . To me , cut flush seem like a waste unless they ’re snagged from my own backyard with the parent works still securely rooted in the undercoat . But the Philly Flower Show was in reality a pleasant surprise , divided into vendors , plant specimens , and lush exhibits designed to go with this year ’s “ Bella Italia ” theme . Here ’s a few of my thought process on the show that in all likelihood wo n’t be wee-wee it into any FG articles in the good future ( photo pictured above from top to bottom ) .

food for thought , wine-coloured , and flowers are three of my favorite things – and if you put them all together in one booth , I ’ll stare and drool accordingly .

tulip can be crazily cool . I ’m adding ‘ Donna Bella ’ tulips to my tenacious tilt of plants to buy .

I like creepy plants . This ‘ Colebre ’ echeveria is paragon – like a glob of fatty growths . astonishingly distasteful !

Philly sport fan are gently insane – but not everyone appreciates their liquid body substance . As I was snap this dead reckoning , I hear a sweet elderly gentlewoman murmur “ How tacky . ” I ’m still not indisputable if she was talking about me or the hat .

All in all , I can see why the Philadelphia Flower Show tie in so many visitant each yr . It ’s utterly time , just when the nerveless days are begin to give manner to leaping . And it suits nearly all works lovers , from those who admire the round-eyed knockout of flowers to those who are obsessed with unequaled works and shockingly everlasting plant specimens . Plus , the vendor cubicle ( and the snack counter ) offer heap of unique items to immortalize the day .

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