tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post3440904357742622023..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Help! Help! Get the Petals Off Of Me!!!Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-69354917156112164062008-04-06T12:43:00.000-05:002008-04-06T12:43:00.000-05:00James--Thanks for stopping in! Boy, there is nothi...James--Thanks for stopping in! Boy, there is nothing that cheeses me more these days than coneflowers not looking like coneflowers; I think they're a very interesting and unique plant, and now they're either looking like others or, in the case of 'Doubledecker,' looking like they need to be put down. I don't think Pollan can save us--we have to stop buying this junk.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-40323520382067955202008-04-06T10:05:00.000-05:002008-04-06T10:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for speaking the truth at last. Some really...Thanks for speaking the truth at last. Some really monster cone flowers have come out in the last three or four years, and the American "horticultural industry" promotes them like crazy. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Here we have yet another face of industrial agriculture (get them Michael Pollan).James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-76221550594884904082008-04-03T14:29:00.000-05:002008-04-03T14:29:00.000-05:00Kylee--Oh you can like them if you want. If we had...Kylee--Oh you can like them if you want. If we had a monoculture of people, or plants, life would stink. And just because you're wrong doesn't make you any less of a person. :) At least you don't have double decker!Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-54394669993841272982008-04-03T12:27:00.000-05:002008-04-03T12:27:00.000-05:00Yes, I'm sure! I like the frilly edges. And I li...Yes, I'm sure! I like the frilly edges. And I like many of the other new ones, too! So there! :-p<BR/><BR/>I will say that 'Double Decker' doesn't do anything for me. It looks diseased to me.Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-64925429769266663002008-04-03T11:28:00.000-05:002008-04-03T11:28:00.000-05:00Kim, you're right, of course. But I was leaving th...Kim, you're right, of course. But I was leaving the most obvious out, assuming everyone was very familiar with that most awful, awful flower. Maybe a post is needed anyway. I can't believe anyone buys double decker, but they do. I've not seen it here in NE, which surprise me, since we are coneflowerville.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-34980199443461462492008-04-02T19:41:00.000-05:002008-04-02T19:41:00.000-05:00Benjamin, this has been a great public service ind...Benjamin, this has been a great public service indeed... but you missed one. If 'Fancy Frills' is trying to escape its ugly tutu, then 'Double Decker' needs to fidget its way out of its silly, outsized petal hat!<BR/><BR/>The only thing I like about 'Double Decker' is its alternate name: 'Doppelganger.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53633830438926138592008-04-01T07:39:00.000-05:002008-04-01T07:39:00.000-05:00I have to agree some with Nancy, the photo of the...I have to agree some with Nancy, the photo of the mutilated flower is terrific! I like the petals but on a cosmos or some other annual, what have they done to our coneflower?<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29661434694924007302008-03-31T22:07:00.000-05:002008-03-31T22:07:00.000-05:00but i did scroll down-the flowers are what catches...but i did scroll down-the flowers are what catches my eye since i am a gardener. i see you are not happy with the breeding of these coneflowers-but i am not following the sponsorship comment. maybe i am a bit dense-are those three the breeders of these coneflowers?tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-8467570128924831142008-03-31T22:02:00.000-05:002008-03-31T22:02:00.000-05:00Tina--Oh my no. Sarcasm is the name of the game--i...Tina--Oh my no. Sarcasm is the name of the game--if you scroll down and look at the other awful coneflower cultivars, you'll see what I mean.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-12694953765300516992008-03-31T20:30:00.000-05:002008-03-31T20:30:00.000-05:00did those three companies REALLY sponsor you?did those three companies REALLY sponsor you?tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-75737439964077130832008-03-31T13:58:00.000-05:002008-03-31T13:58:00.000-05:00MMD--Sorry, I can't promise that at all. I do prom...MMD--Sorry, I can't promise that at all. I do promise not to use the word "meal." I can not more strongly detest the sound of that word. There are others, but life is short.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-22010538588130816032008-03-31T13:40:00.000-05:002008-03-31T13:40:00.000-05:00You can make up any words you want if you promise ...You can make up any words you want if you promise not use "normalcy" in any posts. :^) Better living through science?Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-58429994867055839942008-03-31T11:41:00.000-05:002008-03-31T11:41:00.000-05:00Kylee--Really? Are you sure?GG--Well shoot, I hope...Kylee--Really? Are you sure?<BR/>GG--Well shoot, I hope that's just the screen setting being not right, but on my screen it sure does look pepto. <BR/>Nancy--I don't know, I think it's a strane looking coneflower. I'm a coneflower purist--I've chosen this flower with which to get my undies in a bunch.<BR/>Mr. Franklin--Yes, indeed. Wal-Mart belongs up there for sure. Lord I despise that place.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-64879608173838671912008-03-31T09:15:00.000-05:002008-03-31T09:15:00.000-05:00Ha! What a classic post!!! But I think you forgot ...Ha! What a classic post!!! But I think you forgot to list some of your sponsors, like Monsanto and Wal-Mart. Don't hurt their feelings, now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-1057935138158931592008-03-30T19:16:00.000-05:002008-03-30T19:16:00.000-05:00Benjamin, I have a bottle of pepto bismol sitting ...Benjamin, I have a bottle of pepto bismol sitting here. I just held it up to my computer screen, and guess what. . . It's the exact same color as Fancy Frills.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-24864854292547060902008-03-30T18:20:00.000-05:002008-03-30T18:20:00.000-05:00I have almost purchased this so many times. Now y...I have almost purchased this so many times. Now you make me wish I had.Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.com