tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post6629190327254056322..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Chocolate (plants) for Valentine's DayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-90845273658409140962008-02-17T18:15:00.000-04:002008-02-17T18:15:00.000-04:00Hi Jodi, sorry I did not see this post before or I...Hi Jodi, sorry I did not see this post before or I would have mentioned it in my Garden Rant post. The nursery I wrote about does carry a lot of these plants. I do think that a strong contrast nearby is the only way to handle the dark-foliaged ones.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-13278107575437692562008-02-15T23:25:00.000-04:002008-02-15T23:25:00.000-04:00Clever idea! Last year I planted a "Chocolate Dro...Clever idea! Last year I planted a "Chocolate Drop Coleus" in a pot on the deck. It went "ballistic!" (I loved it!). My post of Oct. 1, 2007.<BR/><BR/>What will you do this year? :-)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-36446849043315506572008-02-15T20:14:00.000-04:002008-02-15T20:14:00.000-04:00Jodi I am sold on the idea. Now I need to find a ...Jodi I am sold on the idea. Now I need to find a corner in the garden for my chocolate factory. I love that Rodgersia the foliage is magnificentRusty in Miamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269773686173984184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-9365514341609670122008-02-15T17:38:00.000-04:002008-02-15T17:38:00.000-04:00I'm glad to hear that the Eupatorium isn't invasiv...I'm glad to hear that the Eupatorium isn't invasive. I had to get rid of the straight species because of its excessive seeding. Maybe this 1 will work for me. I'd like to try that yummy Geranium. I killed another dark leaved form, 'Elizabeth Ann.' Maybe this 1 will do better.<BR/>And Jodi, I got these dark chocolates that are made to be eaten with red wine. According to the label, differentMr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-45814914353863981692008-02-15T17:36:00.000-04:002008-02-15T17:36:00.000-04:00Now that is decadent chocolate for sure. I don't r...Now that is decadent chocolate for sure. I don't really have enough room for theme gardens, I hope that changes some day.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-73518432423645469052008-02-15T15:11:00.000-04:002008-02-15T15:11:00.000-04:00imagine an edible chocolate garden . . happy valen...imagine an edible chocolate garden . . <BR/>happy valentines to you!clairesgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-78671664210215937632008-02-15T12:39:00.000-04:002008-02-15T12:39:00.000-04:00Hi Jodi,I love your blog! On Valentine's Day I alw...Hi Jodi,<BR/>I love your blog! On Valentine's Day I always treat myself to dark chocolate. Thank you for your comment on my blog. If you ever do get to Fairfax; consider a visit to Goochland (about 1 1/2 hour drive).<BR/>Thanks, LouisaLouisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849500216083701870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-56475160701312402352008-02-15T09:52:00.000-04:002008-02-15T09:52:00.000-04:00Jodi, I loved the Chocolate post! Best of all that...Jodi, I loved the Chocolate post! Best of all that Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' has been giving me CRS all week and now I finally know it's name. Too bad I didn't take my own photo of it as I have dozens of them all over the place.<BR/><BR/>Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day.Melanie Chopayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985844123815086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-65861871915143404692008-02-15T08:02:00.000-04:002008-02-15T08:02:00.000-04:00Yummy, choccies and wine, just what the doctor ord...Yummy, choccies and wine, just what the doctor ordered! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Love that foliage on the Corydalis and the cranesbill too. With foliage like that, who needs flowers? <BR/><BR/>I was waiting for the chocolate cosmos to pop up on your post. What a pity you've lost it. I found one two years ago and I love both the colour of the flowers and that wonderful chocolate-y scent. Divine! <BR/><BR/>I Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-4568135175540033992008-02-15T03:01:00.000-04:002008-02-15T03:01:00.000-04:00Thats one form of chocolate one can indulge in wit...Thats one form of chocolate one can indulge in with any guilt. I love your chocolate garden. Sounds yummy.Whyitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243528765489096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-16149907992950354182008-02-14T23:12:00.000-04:002008-02-14T23:12:00.000-04:00beautiful plants....especially the HeucherasMy fav...beautiful plants....especially the Heucheras<BR/>My favorite chocolate smelling flower is Berlandiera lyrata-an insignificant yellow daisy but it smells more "chocolately" than Chocolate Cosmos.And its hardier.<BR/>And my favorite "wine flower is Callirhoe involucrata- one of its common names is winecups!Nancy Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291751479483600003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-60701396616589163442008-02-14T21:38:00.000-04:002008-02-14T21:38:00.000-04:00Sorry I've been so slow about responding to commen...Sorry I've been so slow about responding to comments lately. Between deadlines, reading blogs and leaving comments there, and oh yes, storms and internet interruptions, it's been a bizarre week. I'm supposed to be working right now, but thought I'd update a bit. <BR/><BR/>Chookie...if I meet too many more Australian bloggers with awesome plants and climates, I might have to move therre! ChocolateAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-50561630548655317312008-02-14T21:12:00.000-04:002008-02-14T21:12:00.000-04:00I was eating chocolate when I read this, really. L...I was eating chocolate when I read this, really. Lots of good ideas here!<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-65490388319580656722008-02-14T20:49:00.000-04:002008-02-14T20:49:00.000-04:00Okay, I now have grown my wishlist exponentially.....Okay, I now have grown my wishlist exponentially... lol. I especially adore that 'Espresso' geranium, Jodi. Lovely foliage!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-69412085915068129942008-02-14T20:32:00.000-04:002008-02-14T20:32:00.000-04:00Jodi. I am toying with the idea of "theme" gardens...Jodi. I am toying with the idea of "theme" gardens and yours is a great one. I loved all the pictures and the names. Do you have anything mixed in with these to offset or showcaes the dark colors? Or maybe you do it rocks, statues, etc. Any way a Great Valentine Post!beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-77732940507973361572008-02-14T20:12:00.000-04:002008-02-14T20:12:00.000-04:00Okay... now I GOTTA have some of those foxgloves! ...Okay... now I GOTTA have some of those foxgloves! They are gorgeous!!!!! <BR/><BR/>I just put in a new bareroot rose called Hot Cocoa (have been wanting it for some time now). I also have a scented geranium that's chocolate.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever used cocoa mulch in your garden? It makes the whole garden smell like hot chocolate when you dampen it because its the hulls of cocoa beans. So Cindy Garber Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543940998038589239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-62165551073960684572008-02-14T18:41:00.000-04:002008-02-14T18:41:00.000-04:00That map looks downright scary. Very colourful tho...That map looks downright scary. Very colourful though. <BR/><BR/>I love your chocolate garden - the flowers are all lovely. I especially like the 'Espresso' Geranium and the Rodgersia.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979577122006222781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-19142820763105174662008-02-14T18:27:00.000-04:002008-02-14T18:27:00.000-04:00Delicious eye candy. I love the color and texture ...Delicious eye candy. I love the color and texture of the Rodgersia. I have a chocolate vine. It's a slow grower (here anyway). I bought it for the name, hoping my wife would take some interest in the garden. Even chocolate in the garden doesn't help.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-26962721956953354982008-02-14T18:18:00.000-04:002008-02-14T18:18:00.000-04:00So many chocolate plants--I am surprised! Better ...So many chocolate plants--I am surprised! Better a plant any day than a box of candy, right?<BR/><BR/>Aren't you glad we saved some of that storm for you? We had 8 inches of snow before the rain started here.<BR/><BR/>You know layanne, me, Giddy, from Garden Gnomes, and you usually get the same storms. Must be the jet stream path.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-56823849651163167072008-02-14T17:18:00.000-04:002008-02-14T17:18:00.000-04:00What a great blog you have, it's my first time her...What a great blog you have, it's my first time here! I love chocolate too.. just have some in my mouth this very minute, a gift from my hubby. That's a lovely idea, the chocolate and wine garden, sounds sinful!<BR/>I had "sooty" myself for several years, but it seems to have disappeared these last 2 years. Must get more someday, they were beautiful and unique flowers.Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143805751885131535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-82025991953391604972008-02-14T15:52:00.000-04:002008-02-14T15:52:00.000-04:00Ah - love the looking forward pics - I love winter...Ah - love the looking forward pics - I love winter but looking forward to some flowers pretty soon. I have some of the same plants and I can't wait until they poke their heads up above ground again.dlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518006230881878861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-22257351639511152602008-02-14T15:27:00.000-04:002008-02-14T15:27:00.000-04:00Hi Jodi !Happy Valentine's Day (Hubby's Birthday t...Hi Jodi !<BR/>Happy Valentine's Day (Hubby's Birthday too) made a birthday cake that is more icing than cake .. go figure .. who knew Angel Food ? cake would sink under so much icing .. haha<BR/>One of the posters mentioned that site I love as well chocolateflower farm .. amazing how many "chocolate" theme plants there are .. I have a few the same as you .. planted Sweet William "Sooty" just thisCanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-71900344474021909972008-02-14T15:23:00.000-04:002008-02-14T15:23:00.000-04:00Yummy! I'll have to send Kara here to read this, ...Yummy! I'll have to send Kara here to read this, because she's putting in a chocolate garden this spring. After looking at all your goodies, that sounds like a great idea to me, too! I used to have Joe Pye Weed 'Chocolate' but it didn't survive the winter after I'd planted it. I'm not sure why since the species ones are native here, but oh well.<BR/>I love that Rodgersia! Great texture!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-59912056037364619872008-02-14T13:08:00.000-04:002008-02-14T13:08:00.000-04:00Oh... Jodi, I love this post :-DPlant names are ju...Oh... Jodi, I love this post :-D<BR/><BR/>Plant names are just wonderful aren't they especially with the heucheras. I've a few tasty varieties here too :-D<BR/><BR/>I am thinking about adding cosmos myself this year and planting it through some ornamental grasses. It is very difficult to pick a favourite from your fantastic selection of plants above! My pick is the 'Milk Chocolate' Digitalis - I Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956905954971466579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-46404033881481962472008-02-14T12:34:00.000-04:002008-02-14T12:34:00.000-04:00I said hell with the fire last night and went to b...I said hell with the fire last night and went to bed early even though we are having temps hovering around zero (F). This morning I was sorry. The house temp dropped to 43 F and my better half wasn't too happy with me. Having to take a shower in the cold wasn't her idea of a romantic start to Valentine's Day.<BR/><BR/>Good thing I stopped by here this morning and got the hint - some real dark WiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.com