First order nearly arrived

thy · Post by **thy** » Mar 27, 2008 7:13 pm

Ok, they are in the country, but at my hostafriends place and i am going to pick them up tomorrow

here they are

Razors Edge
Clovely
Split Decissions

You all know the NAME behind them

Kent · Post by **Kent** » Mar 27, 2008 11:07 pm

Oh my...I have a groupie!!!

!!!

Thanks Pia

Kent

JoshS · Post by **JoshS** » Mar 28, 2008 11:06 am

I think you have more than one groupie, Kent ;P

largosmom · Post by **largosmom** » Mar 28, 2008 8:30 pm

thy · Post by **thy** » Mar 29, 2008 8:20 am

I'm sure he have many

Small and just nearly unfurled, can wait to see them during the summer

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Mar 29, 2008 10:41 am

I was going to reply exactly the same thing as Josh.
I have Clovely on the way, got Dancing Queen last year, and Ringtail I think will be next.
Linda P

Hostahaveum · Post by **Hostahaveum** » Mar 29, 2008 12:49 pm

I agree , Kent needs to make up some t-shirts like the rock stars

All us groupies could wear them at hosta events

That goes for Chris too , he could put 2-3 biz cards in each order & when people ask where do you get such great plants we could give them out! You know people get a following for being the best at what they do

grdnnkd · Post by **grdnnkd** » Apr 08, 2008 12:46 pm

Guess I'm not Kent's only groupie (really it's more my wife that likes the waves and piecrusts).

We got Ringtail last year and have Dancing Queen, Clovelly and Split Descision on order for this year.

Need to get Little Hobber sometime too. My son Calvin calls his tiger "Little Hobber". He even thinks that the Calvin and Hobbes books are about him.......too funny (we never thought of that when he was named).

jgh · Post by **jgh** » Apr 08, 2008 2:09 pm

With Clovelly in wholesale from Walters Gardens, I think we should see a lot of them in nurseries this year. I ordered some - I guess that (quite small) royalty check Kent gets makes me a Kent groupie, too!

Just last Sunday I met with a small group of world travelers who will be joining us for part of our July trip to Peru. Discussing previous travels, one looked at another and said "what was the name of that little village (in Devon, England)?" The reply was "Clovelly."

I didn't know! My friends have been to - and enjoyed - Clovelly. Googling it corrected my spelling... not "Clo - lovely" as I imagined it, but "Clo - vel - ly." Still haven't found a definitive guide to pronouncing it.

I found this description at
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles04/europe1.shtml

Searching England for a place where time has stood still, I found it at Clovelly. Here lingers in the low, thatched cottages, and upon the ancient street, much of that quality of life that dominated England centuries ago. The life of today comes and looks in upon it as at a play, but passes on, leaving no impress. In season the tourist toils up and down the single steep street that springs from the sea, and he takes his tea in the still little parlor of some fisherman's home opened as a tea room six months in the year. But the tourist is, after all, but an incident in the village life, not a factor in its development, for that life still retains the definite impress of those " large, free days of Elizabeth."
...
The town has no parallel anywhere, and when you have seen it you have seen something different, something no other land can show, but not only is it unique; it is conceded to be the most beautiful place in England. One writer sums up the consensus of opinion as follows: " Clovelly is the most exquisite town in England . . . elsewhere there is nothing like it . . . a scene more beautiful could not have been devised by the wit of man deliberately set to produce what is picturesque. . . . The village has grown along lines of perfect beauty. . . . Here is nothing, absolutely nothing, commonplace or ugly."

and I copied a picture from this site - give the photographer his due... click on the link for another picture from up the hill...
http://www.harphampix.com/v2/document.php?id=6475

Kent · Post by **Kent** » Apr 08, 2008 4:16 pm

Yes it is pronounced Clo-vell-lee

Here is a shot I took from the web...it really is a beautiful little fishing village. I remember riding donkeys up and down the main road in the sixties and playing with a little monkey that a roadside photo vendor used as a live prop to sell photos to tourists. I remember it as such a beautiful and magical place but...

I don't think I ever want to go back and visit again!

I remeber having such a passionate rememberance of the Roman ruins of Bath England from a childhood visit and then after a return visit in my late twenties thinking "what on earth was I so impressed with"

I certainly don't want to chance clouding such fond childhood memories of a place I love with an adult perspective again!

Cheers,
Kent

barbara · Post by **barbara** » Apr 08, 2008 7:04 pm

I need a t-shirt! great idea. Kent , let me know when its in the mail

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Apr 08, 2008 11:54 pm

Totally off the Hosta topic;
But could you imagine the GT Snow Racer, flying down over that run!

As an adult I'm sure that I could come up with some really facinating memories!

Great pictures!
Izzy