tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post9154624424116258153..comments2023-10-05T13:28:44.932+02:00Comments on The Island of the Voices: Heather and FolkloreDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-34818929215227510692010-10-05T14:34:56.148+02:002010-10-05T14:34:56.148+02:00the heather in the container photos is beautiful, ...the heather in the container photos is beautiful, i would like to have it in my yard or in the house. I have seen lots of purple heather, but never this gorgeous pink. if i had room i would go buy some to plant. do you have any on your balcony? thanks for the info on heather, i like learning all these things. just hope the old senior memory will hang on the what i learnMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-20886290340803587602010-10-05T10:03:33.861+02:002010-10-05T10:03:33.861+02:00PS. I forgot to add: In Sweden each province is re...PS. I forgot to add: In Sweden each province is represented by a flower or plant, and heather is the province flower of Västergötland, where I live. [I added that sentence to the end of the post today.]<br /><br />I can't say that we have exactly the equivalent of the Scottish moors down here in the south west - at least not nowadays. But it's still a common plant here. It also grows far up in the north of Sweden - the fells, or mountain area.<br /><br />I too find it beautiful and that's why I'm struggling to understand why it came to be connected to negative superstitions here, when it isn't in Britain.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-39074478784816218422010-10-05T02:25:07.449+02:002010-10-05T02:25:07.449+02:00I love the street decoration, as well, so, so char...I love the street decoration, as well, so, so charming! And I love the garden center shot, outstanding color with all those rows of heather! I loved the strange information. When I think of heather, I think that it grows on the English moors. And in the Gothic romance novels, the beleagured heroine was always running around on the moors, likely as not in a rainstorm and with her nightgown on.Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-32941837905804797222010-10-05T01:26:37.246+02:002010-10-05T01:26:37.246+02:00The moors covered in heather here are so beautiful...The moors covered in heather here are so beautiful I cannot understand any attribute other than a good one being attached to it.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com