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The show must go on

The show must go on
In the 18th century every large country house would have had an auricular theatre to display these gorgeous small flowers they also demonstrated the skill of the gardeners in growing these temperamental plants, but times change and they went out of fashion and the theatres were removed, but fortunately at Calke Abbey nothing changed and nothing was ever thrown away it is now thought to be the only original theatre remaining. For many years the display was set up by a specialist nursery but they are now grown at Calke. I think a lot of them are 'garden' types which are less demanding than the 'show' types.I failed miserably when I tried growing the 'show' types

Nouchetdu38, Leo W, Christa1004, xenophora and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Lovely floral image.
18 months ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Das sind ja ein paar schon richtig schön erblüht lieber Peter,die Auswahl ist groß :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
18 months ago.
 Stephan Fey
Stephan Fey club
Very nice!
18 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Great presentation…
18 months ago.
 elvigiadelosamaneceres.com
elvigiadelosamanecer… club
Bonita escalera.
18 months ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Your title suits this beautiful picture very well Peter.
Thanks also for the information.
18 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
yes every year
18 months ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
A flower nursery;-))
17 months ago.

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