On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:57:58 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

~Dave12/12/03 9:51

~
~ On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:39:22 +0000, Kay Easton
~ wrote:
~
~ In article , Dave
~ writes
~ is there any thing i can use to stop the water in the flower vases
~ from freezing at a grave. All the solutions Ive thoiught of would
~ kill the flowers. Thanks in advance Dave
~
~ Sugar? ISTR that's why parsnips get sweeter after a frost.
~
~ But you will also have to make sure that whatever you're putting in the
~ flower vase isn't going to be affected by the frost - ie if the water in
~ the vase freezes, then so will the water in the flowers themselves.
~ So really its not worth buying cut flowers in the winter then, trouble
~ is they wont allow me to use artificial flowers. Problem is I always
~ promised my late wife that I would always have flowers at her grave,
~ so I suppose its just a case of buying them more often in the winter.
~ Problem with the water freezing though is that I cant remove the dead
~ flowers,as the water is frozen, doesnt affect the vases though as they
~ are metal.
~
~Would you be allowed to plant something that would take the winter weather?

That's what I was thinking. Can you plant bulbs around the plot, and
put things like iris unguicularis in for now, followed by snowdrops,
eranthis, iris reticulata, crocuses, early to late daffs, (possibly
not muscarii :-) tulips, ixias, freesias, anemones, er... lilies,
gladioli, autumn crocus, colchicum... that might just cover all
seasons.

Failing that, plant something like a winter viburnum at home and take
flowering sprigs of it up to the cemetery.

Or find some pots which will slip into the top of the vase, and plant
a succession of those up with bulbs or annuals etc, so you can go up
and switch pots every now and again, using the water as a reservoir to
keep them damp in summer via a piece of capillary matting or
something.


--
jane

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