Give me some curb appeal or I'll break your legs

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littlek wrote:

Lord Ellpus wrote:
A little piece of lawn between the street (I think you mean the road, that cars drive on) and the sidewalk (I think you mean the pavement for pedestrian traffic) is usually called a verge, or grass verge.

How old is that term? Is that where the expression comes from .... "Penelope was on the verge of selling off all worldly possessions and joining the circus."?

One definition of "verge"
A noun

a grass border along a road

╚object; physical object
╚artifact; artefact
╚strip; slip
╚edge; margin
╚border
╚verge

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boomerang wrote:

I want some of those spikey things you have growing. What are those?.........

Oh, sorry Boomer.....I have just noticed this. I have been SO busy, hijacking your thread, I missed it completely.

I think you are talking about my Crocosmia. (Used to be called Montbretia)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/238.shtml

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Oooh, I want some!

Happy from zone 5 to zone 9! (I'm 5-6.)

And full sun to part shade!

Found more info about them here:

http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=104

(Do yours get those flowers, LordE? If so, what color?)

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sozobe wrote:

Oooh, I want some!

(Do yours get those flowers, LordE? If so, what color?)

Unfortunately Soz, mine are the "old" variety that are shocking orange. I don't mind brighter "shocking" colours in the front, but I look disapprovingly towards the clump I have in the back garden. Not subtle at all.

I'm thinking of ordering some of the red ones though, they look great.

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Give me some curb appeal or I'll break your legs

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