Your eight 'Desert Island Discs' plants
Dovefromabove
Central Norfolk UKPosts: 48,992 ✭
Like the Desert Island Discs programme - but with plants 
Which eight plants would you choose for your Paradise Island - all things being equal - take it as read that you have perfect growing conditions - and they don't have to be practical edible plants either, unless you want them to be.
And as with the radio programme, you can choose one book to take with you too...
"...tea and toasted buttered currant buns, can't compensate for lack of sun because the summer's all gone..." Autumn Almanac - Ray Davies
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Yes, I'm pondering .......... I may be some time ........ it's all very well coming up with the idea for the thread, but .........
I will start with: Lupins, Delphiniums, Dahlias and Cannas. Picking only four more may prove too difficult.
Great thread Dove.
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.
Can't have grasses Verdun, too many species. Cheating as usual!
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.
Sorry Doc but i'm with Verdun i would take Briza maxima, as too the other seven mmmmm could take a while
Bananas, apricots, pineapples, peaches, passion fruit, plums, raspberries and strawberries.
And any book on how to make a hammock.
Verdun, donut deliciosa sounds good, can I have a cutting?
I'm assuming there are coconuts already, to hang the hammock on. I wouldn't have any grasses for the snakes to hide in. Other than pansyfaces list, I would add in papaya and breadfruit, and even the much maligned durian fruit. It's ok in the fresh air.