Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

blossom really is one of my favourites, but the cheery blossom i so pretty...but the smell, the unbelievably intoxicating scent is just amazing.

We planted a cherry tree a few years back, but this is the first year with the scent;)

Tis the one thing that makes the winter worth surviving through:)

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

We planted a cherry tree a few years back, but this is the first year with the scent;)

Tis the one thing that makes the winter worth surviving through:)

Isn't it wonderful?

But I do love winter, bar the mud. I love icey sparkly roads and open fires and everything, but this time of year....nature wise as opposed to the calendar, does feel special. Another favourite, the horse chestnut candles...I was pointing out the young candles starting to my friends at the weekends: my favourite trees of all. And the bluebells are bountiful like he snowdrops were this year....i have a small bunch...not frmthe wild but from under own trees, and the smell is incredible...and the cowslips...funny little flowers....:o I love all this...new ness.

GDB2222

LIR, I've never really understood the appeal of wet rooms. I've used one and hated it. You have a shower in the morning, then later on you want to go to the loo or whatever. You can't walk in wearing shoes because the floor's all wet and you'll leave muddy footprints, not just in the wetroom but on the carpet when you come out. Your clothes get wet, etc. The only way they seem to work is if you strip off completely before you go in, which is a bit much if you just want to brush your teeth!

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

LIR, I've never really understood the appeal of wet rooms. I've used one and hated it. You have a shower in the morning, then later on you want to go to the loo or whatever. You can't walk in wearing shoes because the floor's all wet and you'll leave muddy footprints, not just in the wetroom but on the carpet when you come out. Your clothes get wet, etc. The only way they seem to work is if you strip off completely before you go in, which is a bit much if you just want to brush your teeth!

That's cos the wet rooms you've used have probably been poorly designed: like my one in halls of uni.

Wet rooms can be bigger than a cupboard, the shower need not be showering you while you sit on the loo. They might even have tiled dividing walls, some are curved like shells. My feeling is, in situations like for my parents a wet room is not space saving ...I envisage it as a large room, large enough to wheel a chair in, withough having to negotiate shower trays ets. perhaps with a bench...but it also need not look like a hospital bathroom..but they should be designed so that you can walk in to loo/sink without getting wet. when I used to go to conferences with DH in the heady pre crunch days we used a couple of amazing wet rooms in hotels. :DOne in Verona stands out, and dh liked one he used in Stokholm so much he took photos of it!

But they can slide into smaller spaces, just less luxurious. In the setting I was talking about specifically with my dad the bathroom could be as large as 10 by 12 feet....but it probably will not be!

morag1202

lostinrates wrote: »

but the cheery blossom i so pretty...but the smell, the unbelievably intoxicating scent is just amazing.

atishoo :eek: give me my magnolia any day of the week

silvercar

also forgot to say congratulations to any ne who has a cherry tree. In the buzz of chicks and weekend plans I didn't really acknowledge the sings triumphant burst into the cherry trees. Thorn blossom really is one of my favourites, but the cheery blossom i so pretty...but the smell, the unbelievably intoxicating scent is just amazing.

Our cherry tree has lost all its blossom by the weekend

OH wants it removed because it has a big root that is at ground level rather than buried. He says its wrecking the grass. It is causing a slight mound then valley effect, but I don't want to lose the tree. The fact that the blossom only lasted 8 days adds weight to his case.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Our cherry tree has lost all its blossom by the weekend

OH wants it removed because it has a big root that is at ground level rather than buried. He says its wrecking the grass. It is causing a slight mound then valley effect, but I don't want to lose the tree. The fact that the blossom only lasted 8 days adds weight to his case.

but what about the cherries?

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

but what about the cherries?

Its a cherry blossom tree; never produced cherries.

We did plant a two year old cherry fruit tree last year, so could get some cherries off that in a couple of years.

New gardener (:o) has over pruned the apple tree this year, so I don't think we are getting any apples either!

Should be plenty of plums and pears, and some sharp fruit that look like greengages but are more yellowy than green.

lemonjelly

I Planted a cherry blossom tree last year.

This year is the first year it will flower! (insert excited smiley!)

carolt

We got a free cherry blossom tree from a packet of cereal IIRC, when my oldest was born (she was a Millenium baby - I think that was why they were giving away trees).

We planted it in a pot, and it was always the same height as her. We've taken it from house to house, in successively bigger pots, since she was born. As we can't plant it in the ground until we buy a place of our own, (well, not unless we want to leave it behind, which we don't), its growth is restricted, meaning it's still about the same height as my DD.

I chose a cherry tree for her as it's my favourite tree - I love the blossom, too, lir.

The younger too have an apple and pear tree respectively, also in pots.

When we get our own house, we shall plant our trees...

Along with a magnolia for my OH - his favourite tree, too, morag.