Quoting Jennifer Compton <[log in to unmask]>:
> i have never opened a chrysanthemum
> do you mean - open it - as a chrysanthemum opens?
>
> but if you are doing the opening - then how do you let the plant of your
> affection open as it should?
> I somtimes strip the petal protection from a californian poppy or an iris -
> just to see what colour it will be
>
> and it always seems to discourage the plant and make a blossom of less than
> perfection
>
> regards - jen
Yes, like the proverbial helping a butterfly out of the chrysalis...
By the way, my wife named our new house 'Iris', got a ceramic artist to make a
plaque showing blue irises, the word IRIS on a scroll, and a female face
resembling the old images of Iris Murdoch whose The Black Prince was being read
at the time of finding the house...and now the plaque is on the front of the
house high up, where few people look...
Max
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