{"id":4201,"date":"2010-03-31T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T13:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2010-04-01T08:52:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T12:52:28","slug":"flower-by-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4201","title":{"rendered":"Flower by Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got these pretty little snowdrops from my friend Kathy Purdy of Cold Climate Gardening<\/a>. Kathy has had a blog longer than anyone I know of, and if you are looking for info on gardening, you should check out her place. I had admired snowdrops for a long time, but had never planted any until Kathy gave me these. I always imagine though, that they were put together by a group – a committee – each with their own idea of what ought to be included.
\n“I think they should be snowy white.”
\n“But not all white – lets put some faint lines on the petals.”
\n“You never see green on the petals of a flower – lets put some green here at the tips of these inner\u00a0parts.”
\n“I like the idea of a little cap sort of thing at the top – like a finial.”
\n“And lets make it hang upside down – we are going to call it a “drop” after all – it should be upside down like a drop.”
\n“But give the stem right there at the curve a little fancy thing, to balance the flower.”
\n“And lets make them bloom really early, just when people are beginning to think spring will never<\/em><\/strong> come.”
\n“Ok – what do you think everyone? Are we done?”<\/p>\n

“Perfect!”
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