The garden surprises me
I was taken a-back on my trip to the washing line last week when I spied strange cauliflower like growths emerging from rhubarb patch. I have grown rhubarb many times but have never witnessed it flower before.
A quick google revealed that flowering rhubarb was not to be encouraged so I stopped admiring them whilst hanging out the washing and cut them off sharply, in their prime.
And now I can admire them indoors, their strange stately posture rather pleases me, other members of the family were less than entranced and wondered why I was displaying cauliflower in vases, "for my blog?" - they supposed.
I was taken a-back on my trip to the washing line last week when I spied strange cauliflower like growths emerging from rhubarb patch. I have grown rhubarb many times but have never witnessed it flower before.
A quick google revealed that flowering rhubarb was not to be encouraged so I stopped admiring them whilst hanging out the washing and cut them off sharply, in their prime.
And now I can admire them indoors, their strange stately posture rather pleases me, other members of the family were less than entranced and wondered why I was displaying cauliflower in vases, "for my blog?" - they supposed.
Comments
so glad to read that you shd cut rhubarb flowers, as I was wondering what to do about mine. And now I know, so thank you
Joanna
englishkitchen.tumble.com
so glad to read that you shd cut rhubarb flowers, as I was wondering what to do about mine. And now I know, so thank you
Joanna
englishkitchen.tumble.com
Nina x
We live and learn.
They are very pretty flowers in a strange kind of way - I didn't know it flowered but then have never grown rhubarb.
Hope that you ge a good crop now,
Btw have you been to Halfpenny House Haberdashery in Needham Market yet? Well worth a visit!