Before I started gardening, I thought I was fulfilled.
However, my Experiments with Plants directly and indirectly filled voids that I hadn't even recognised, lifting my happiness to a higher level.
This is a blog about a garden near London, England, and how it is changing my approach to life.
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Wordless Wednesday : Chameleon Broccolis (01 JUN 2011)
My oh my, Your Choisya looks just like mine! I love the golden variety. And your purple and burgundy effects are a perfect complement! P.S. Had such fun in London... wish I could visit more often. Alice aka Bay Area Tendrils
Donna - The romanesco broccoli on the seed packet were lime green with pointed florets. I haven't eaten one yet, but the pigeons, slugs and bees have enjoyed them.
Thanks Giga - If I had eaten them, I wouldn't have seen them flowering.
Thanks Alice - I think the broccoli which transformed from bright purple buds to bright yellow flowers was my favourite. It's interesting to see London through the eyes of visitors.
One - I took these photos to show how my broccoli are playing tricks on me. It seems that every time I look at them they are pretending to be something else. Your photos of critters are beginning to cure my insect phobia.
hi b-a-g, I like the juxtapositioning of the broccoli with an assortment of companion plants and how they meld together. For a moment there, assumed you had moved the broccoli each time to photograph against a different backdrop like people do with teddies on a world tour.
Laura - So glad you see it too (and you even managed to find a long word to describe it!), maybe I'm not going crazy after all .. There were actually four different broccoli with chameleon-like tendencies pictured here. Tulip and choisya were one broccoli in early and late stages.
Christine - After seeing slug traces (polite word for slime) all over them, I didn't find them so appetising! ... so I let them bloom instead. The bees love the bright yellow flowers.
Proof of what every child knows--that broccoli is much better looked at than eaten. One of my co-workers was just walking past my desk as I was looking at the "tulip" broccoli and was stopped dead in his tracks by how beautiful it is.
Stacy - Romanesco broccoli is supposed to have a nutty flavour. When I sowed them, I imagined various dishes I could cook with them. Alas it was not to be, but yes - they are beautiful.
Donna - I don't know because when they were good to harvest I couldn't cut them after growing them for almost a year (and there were snail traces as well which put me off) ... Romanesco broccoli is a cross between cauliflower and broccoli. I think that's why the seeds weren't true. I'm guessing they all taste different, depending on how close they are to broccoli or cauliflower.
Hi, just stumbled in here from Janet/Plantalicious - loved reading about your romanesco cauliflowers and the recipes. I grew these last year, sowed late on a whim in July. They grew without any input from me and I had several perfectly formed heads in the spring and yes, they were lime green, just as on the packet! Beginners luck, I guess!
Thanks for visiting Caro - I was wondering if anyone checked out the recipes. Guess you need them with romanesco growing in abundance! I am adding a link to your post as proof that it is possible to grow beautiful romanesco in London : http://urbanvegpatch.blogspot.com/search/label/cauliflower
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Tasty? I only know the green ones.
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My oh my,
Your Choisya looks just like mine! I love the golden variety.
And your purple and burgundy effects are a perfect complement!
P.S.
Had such fun in London... wish I could visit more often.
Alice
aka Bay Area Tendrils
I truly enjoy your photos! I wish I have something like that to show off. Perhaps I could if I stop chasing critters and focus on growing... :)
Donna - The romanesco broccoli on the seed packet were lime green with pointed florets. I haven't eaten one yet, but the pigeons, slugs and bees have enjoyed them.
Thanks Giga - If I had eaten them, I wouldn't have seen them flowering.
Thanks Alice - I think the broccoli which transformed from bright purple buds to bright yellow flowers was my favourite.
It's interesting to see London through the eyes of visitors.
One - I took these photos to show how my broccoli are playing tricks on me. It seems that every time I look at them they are pretending to be something else.
Your photos of critters are beginning to cure my insect phobia.
hi b-a-g, I like the juxtapositioning of the broccoli with an assortment of companion plants and how they meld together. For a moment there, assumed you had moved the broccoli each time to photograph against a different backdrop like people do with teddies on a world tour.
Laura - So glad you see it too (and you even managed to find a long word to describe it!), maybe I'm not going crazy after all ..
There were actually four different broccoli with chameleon-like tendencies pictured here. Tulip and choisya were one broccoli in early and late stages.
I love your photographs! Really nice blog.
Wonderful photographs! Make me want to pick and eat :)
Thanks ozhene - I enjoyed your foxgloves post.
Christine - After seeing slug traces (polite word for slime) all over them, I didn't find them so appetising! ... so I let them bloom instead. The bees love the bright yellow flowers.
Proof of what every child knows--that broccoli is much better looked at than eaten. One of my co-workers was just walking past my desk as I was looking at the "tulip" broccoli and was stopped dead in his tracks by how beautiful it is.
Stacy - Romanesco broccoli is supposed to have a nutty flavour. When I sowed them, I imagined various dishes I could cook with them. Alas it was not to be, but yes - they are beautiful.
I had no idea there were so many colors...do they all taste the same? lovely colors...
Donna - I don't know because when they were good to harvest I couldn't cut them after growing them for almost a year (and there were snail traces as well which put me off) ... Romanesco broccoli is a cross between cauliflower and broccoli. I think that's why the seeds weren't true. I'm guessing they all taste different, depending on how close they are to broccoli or cauliflower.
Hi, just stumbled in here from Janet/Plantalicious - loved reading about your romanesco cauliflowers and the recipes. I grew these last year, sowed late on a whim in July. They grew without any input from me and I had several perfectly formed heads in the spring and yes, they were lime green, just as on the packet! Beginners luck, I guess!
Thanks for visiting Caro - I was wondering if anyone checked out the recipes. Guess you need them with romanesco growing in abundance!
I am adding a link to your post as proof that it is possible to grow beautiful romanesco in London :
http://urbanvegpatch.blogspot.com/search/label/cauliflower
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