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Need flower identification posters
Hi all,
This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc). I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others. In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . |
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from pierrot contains these words: Hi all, This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. Books would be so much better than posters or pdf files. They contain far more information in a convenient portable format. It's difficult to carry posters around a garden or park, and unroll them to match a picture or description to an ID. IMO the best-value books for all kinds of plant ID are the photographic-plants series by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.They're easy for beginners to navigate round but also very useful when you become more knowledgeable. Cost around 15 pounds each but superb vale for money. In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private advisory service. Janet |
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-- X-No-Archive "pierrot" wrote in message news Hi all, This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc). I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others. In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . -- pierrot why not simply buy a copy of the RHS 'gardeners encyclopaedia of flowers and plants'. I got mine secondhand and find it essential for identifying things. |
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"pierrot" wrote in message news Hi all, This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc). I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others. The problem with posters is that they're not portable, and so aren't much use for identifying plants "in the field" so to speak. I.e. out of doors. At a guess, posters aimed at children are educational in a wider sense, as well as being colourful and stimulting. And so alongside posters of flowers and maybe trees, you might also find posters of tigers, elephants, whales or whatever. In other words they're produced for an entirely different purpose to what you had in mind. The only charts you're likely to find are botanical charts or family trees of the plant species, genera, families, classes etc, but they're quite complex and not really of much help with identification. michael adams .... In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . -- pierrot |
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message from pierrot [...] In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private advisory service. Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons you probably understand. -- Mike. |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... Janet Baraclough wrote: The message from pierrot [...] In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . This is a newsgroup for gardening discussions, not a private advisory service. Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons you probably understand. -- Mike. Mike, this person asked for help, no flaming you prat, we should help each other, not try to be a smart arse like you, now go into your garden and crawl back under your stone. we are here to help newcommers not blast them like you. To be honest all Mike grows is a shadow of himself "weeds" If you ask most of the time people will help on here best wishes john l |
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In message , pierrot
writes Hi all, This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc). I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others. In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . There's a quarter of million (give or take a lot) species of flowering plants, and quite possibly a comparable number of cultivars, some exceedingly divergent from the wild type. You're not going to get a useful poster of general utility - only ones applying to relatively small groups of plants. I like the Philips & Rix books, mentioned elsethread, but the best portable single volume work for identifying garden plants that I know of is Michael Wright's "The Complete Handbook of Garden Plants". -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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flack writes "Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... Perhaps a bit abrupt, there, Janet. But, Pierrot, if you do want to ask a question here, you really should at least write down the name of the group! As Janet says, this is a "place" for open discussions: you will sometimes get an email reply if it's appropriate, but it would be a mistake to expect it. Remember that email is private, and many of us don't want to give our addresses to people we don't know, for reasons you probably understand. Mike, this person asked for help, no flaming That was a flame??! you prat, we should help each other, Perhaps we should. I look forward to seeing the first bit of help from you. -- Kay |
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On 27/1/06 20:37, in article ,
" wrote: snip Perhaps we should. I look forward to seeing the first bit of help from you. This person is posting from the area of Newcastle on Tyne. I don't think we have any regular posters from there, do we? So it's probably another plonkee of about 12 who got a computer for Christmas! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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STAY CALM EVERYONE.
For what should be a calm inducing hobby; this is a bizarrely hostile newsgroup. "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 27/1/06 20:37, in article , " wrote: snip Perhaps we should. I look forward to seeing the first bit of help from you. This person is posting from the area of Newcastle on Tyne. I don't think we have any regular posters from there, do we? So it's probably another plonkee of about 12 who got a computer for Christmas! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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from "Des Higgins" contains these words: STAY CALM EVERYONE. For what should be a calm inducing hobby; Gardeners are almost always energetic, determined and down to earth. Weilding godlike powers of creativity, life and death in our own backyard, together with having such a dazzling array of choice in every seed catalogue, eventually makes us highly opinionated. I can't imagine how you got gardening mixed up with chanting OM or stamp collecting. this is a bizarrely hostile newsgroup. That suggests you have very little experience of other newsgroups. This one is notably tame, gentle, clean, restrained etc. But only because the participants are so good at weeding, cutting, burning and pest control. Janet |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Des Higgins" contains these words: STAY CALM EVERYONE. For what should be a calm inducing hobby; Gardeners are almost always energetic, determined and down to earth. Weilding godlike powers of creativity, life and death in our own backyard, together with having such a dazzling array of choice in every seed catalogue, eventually makes us highly opinionated. I can't imagine how you got gardening mixed up with chanting OM or stamp collecting. Buddhist urban legend goes: if you want to get wise, get a garden. A few hours of digging or planting is worth twice that of chanting. this is a bizarrely hostile newsgroup. That suggests you have very little experience of other newsgroups. This one is notably tame, gentle, clean, restrained etc. But only because the participants are so good at weeding, cutting, burning and pest control. It is actually medium hostile. Compared to the big crazy groups it is indeed placid but what is odd is how most posters here are not trollers or undergrad stoned students or loonies and yet you get these tetchy outbursts and insane crossposting efforts. I find it bizarre seeing as almost everyone who regularly posts here is pretty normal and helpful. Anyway, do stay calm all. Janet |
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Des Higgins writes
I find it bizarre seeing as almost everyone who regularly posts here is pretty normal and helpful. The key is the 'almost'. -- Kay |
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I can't believe the general response to this seemingly innocent posting.
There are many different ways of learning.....maybe a poster on a frequently seen wall (or maybe the door of the loo) is not such a crazy idea. When my son was learning plant ID's for his RHS course he put labels up all over the house and it worked really well. Good luck Pierrot! Sue -- Derby, England. Don't try to email me using "REPLY" as the email address is NoSpam. Our email address is "thewoodies2 at ntlworld dot com" "pierrot" wrote in message news Hi all, This is my first message on this forum. I am presently teaching myself horticulture (will go on a proper course later in the year) and wanted to know where could I purchase posters or charts of flowers/plants/shrubs identification. The one I saw on the net addressed mostly kids; posters of wild flowers and not garden grown plants (and flowers, shrubs, etc). I'd be also happy to be given addresses of sites that have charts and 'posters' (they'd be smaller than A3 obviously to fit on a computer screen) to download in PDF format or others. In advance many thanks PS: I tend to visit forums for a question then forgot which forum I asked wich question. Please email me at: . -- pierrot |
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On 30/1/06 21:30, in article ,
"Sue" wrote: I can't believe the general response to this seemingly innocent posting. There are many different ways of learning.....maybe a poster on a frequently seen wall (or maybe the door of the loo) is not such a crazy idea. When my son was learning plant ID's for his RHS course he put labels up all over the house and it worked really well. Good luck Pierrot! I think the problem most people seem to be addressing is that posters aren't exactly easy to carry about, unroll and hold up in windy conditions on gardening sites or in botanic gardens etc. Books would answer his need better and one book, such as e.g. the RHS encyclopaedia would cover most needs for those at the start of a career in horticulture. Coming back here with plant descriptions and locations could be another useful source, too..... -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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