Time is a measurement of change, Max, so enjoy watching them grow. Andrew
On 26 June 2014 13:21, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, no one ever knows, Max. But when we look at potential houses to buy
> now, we find ourselves seeking
> mature gardens, established trees.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Jun 25th, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Saplings
> >
> > In the park this winter morning
> > tall saplings in pots waiting,
> > two gardeners digging holes.
> >
> > The young one I congratulate -
> > 'Good to see a machine isn't
> > doing this work for you - yet.'
> >
> > He grins, leans on his shovel,
> > or is it a spade? 'How many?'
> > 'Five we're planting here, ten there.'
> >
> > I read the label - Tilia
> > cordata - 'new to me', I say.
> > Then the fine print - it's a Linden.
> >
> > Yellow-green flowers in spring -
> > autumn deciduous. Linden
> > I claim to know, at least know of.
> >
> > Didn't Grinling Gibbons carve
> > flowers leaves and fruit from linden? -
> > that never fade, wither or fall.
> >
> > How fast does it grow? how tall?
> > 'Seven metres', I read out. 'Ah,
> > I shan't live to see them that tall.'
> >
> > He smiles - 'you never know, never know.'
> > Spring flowerings? - a few - maybe,
> > you never know.
> >
>
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Andrew
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