tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4709680570863456641..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: A Thistle?Graham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-52883856263447968052012-11-16T21:10:06.583+00:002012-11-16T21:10:06.583+00:00That simply looks like an artichoke, a type of thi...That simply looks like an artichoke, a type of thistle but many people wouldn't know it because most of them get eaten before they have a chance to bloom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248748147821202129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79712385762615527872012-11-16T21:08:29.398+00:002012-11-16T21:08:29.398+00:00That looks like an Artichoke - a type of thistle b...That looks like an Artichoke - a type of thistle but most get eaten before they bloom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248748147821202129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10861378377835052852009-09-30T08:47:21.131+01:002009-09-30T08:47:21.131+01:00I have decided that I am really losing the plot. ...I have decided that I am really losing the plot. I was convinced that I saw them at Bramall Hall. But these were the ones I photographed in your garden. I have just checked the original photograph date. Oh dear. Old age cometh not alone!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32990835971223182692009-09-29T11:36:45.403+01:002009-09-29T11:36:45.403+01:00They are lovely, very much like the huge ones in o...They are lovely, very much like the huge ones in our garden, which of course you photographed also.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094673007292207584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-20366572739354128552009-09-29T05:15:04.635+01:002009-09-29T05:15:04.635+01:00Now THAT is a thistle!!! ;^)
Before I read Heathe...Now THAT is a thistle!!! ;^)<br />Before I read Heather's comment, I was thinking that the base looks like a pine cone.<br />;^)<br />Beautiful.Cynthia L. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13626090956828108370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-49224290742831040752009-09-28T20:31:46.107+01:002009-09-28T20:31:46.107+01:00I erroneously posted this on Eagleton Book Notes a...I erroneously posted this on Eagleton Book Notes and my niece Helen pointed out my error and also posted:<br /><br />They look like globe artichokes (still a type of thistle). We saw them at Bicton Park and they also have them in Otter Nurseries.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-81320363136975477612009-09-28T20:24:38.997+01:002009-09-28T20:24:38.997+01:00A friend of mine bought a house a few years ago. S...A friend of mine bought a house a few years ago. She bought it in the winter so did not know what was in the garden. The next summer in one of her flowerbeds there was some kind of thistle plant that grew as high as the house - 3 or 4 metres at least!DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80407247230150085852009-09-28T18:48:30.639+01:002009-09-28T18:48:30.639+01:00Hmmm...it almost looks like a mix between a pine c...Hmmm...it almost looks like a mix between a pine cone and a thistle, doesn't it? What a neat find, GB. <br /><br />Hope you're well, enjoying your time with John and family. <br /><br />Love to you, dear treasure of a friend ♥Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693495698843336789noreply@blogger.com