Comments on: Garden Designers Roundtable – Confessions of a Flower Hater

By: noel

noel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:04:42 +0000

aloha,

i’m also a foliage freak and we are fortunate to be blessed with many amazing plants here in hawaii…i love how you presented your topic well and the photos and combinations are breathtaking…i especially love succulents and tropical combinations which i also have an affinity for.

i’m new to reading your blog and its beautiful!

By: Aubree Cherie

Aubree Cherie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:05:33 +0000

Such beautiful photos!!! I LOVE your comparison of flowers to a varsity cheer leading squad, I couldn’t agree more. I also prefer the unique textures of the plants themselves as opposed to the flowers. Grand post!

Also, I’m new to your blog, but I’m sure I’ll be back soon!

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:30:10 +0000

When you have as much color and texture that you have, you don’t need flowers. Everything looks so lush.

By: germinatrix

germinatrix — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:07:26 +0000

OMG!!!
I can’t POSSIBLY answer everybody’s comment this time around! I am just so pleased that everybody enjoyed my foray into foliage! I hope that the fact that I STILL see the world through the prism of highschool won’t be held against me. I was a Goth Drama Geek, so you know where I was in the scheme of things.
Thanks SO MUCH for commenting, Michelle D., Kate, Summer, Loree, Jean, Bren, April, Carolyn, Susan, Christina, Pam, Scott, Kerry, Kari, Debbie, Kim, Aerelonian, Willi, Angela, Denise, Jenny, Shirley, Debra, Jocelyn, Andrew, Rebecca, and Joseph!!!!
XOXOXOXO!

By: Michelle D.

Michelle D. — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:06:07 +0000

Ivette,
Definitely the best of the crop.
Beautifully presented photos with well structured prose specific to the images.
It was analogous to reading a well published and edited garden magazine.
Totally enjoyable.

By: kate

kate — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:24:22 +0000

I am wowed by the photographs and the vast array of succulents that grow outdoors there. Here, I grow them indoors and drag them out in the summer. I love both leaves and flowers.

By: Summer

Summer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:53:03 +0000

… A flower is just a modified leaf, y’know… I guess I’ve never thought of myself as being a flower or leaf person, but my first plants were houseplants so that would be leaves. In any case, I was never a cheerleader.

Great pics and great links!

By: Loree/danger garden

Loree/danger garden — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:04:14 +0000

I first read this post yesterday, but as I so often find myself doing when I visit your blog Germi I had to “walk away” as I was overwhelmed with the beauty and found I was speechless! Your images are just absolutely stunning! Of course you know I agree with every word you wrote…so true!!!! And the part about the cheerleaders very funny! Thanks for a great post.

By: Jean Prescott

Jean Prescott — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:50:06 +0000

And where would flashy flowers be without lovely leaves’ photosynthesizing their little hearts out? I wanna be on your squad, Germi…with the leaves.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:37:09 +0000

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