Frisky Erica carnea

LOL, LOL.
Brilliant :-))))))))

Sounds like the old men fighting in the garden centre have enough Testosterone. They don't need Erica's!

!!! Well i Heather lol Never lol:)

OH dear Jacque!!!!!!!!!!

I Know :) but im in Shock Paul lol :)

LOL!! Never was keen on heather meself....no way am I having it in my garden!! (wink ;)

LOL
Actually, nor me !

il be ok iv 6 plants but dont tell any 1 Di lol :D

Oh no, the old men will be stampeding your garden Jacque !!!

No shortage of Erica carnea round here if anyone wants any!!! I must say that I don't fancy eating or drinking it; I would still be picking bits out of my teeth long after any effects had passed. Very romantic.

LOL

lol good thing My Gates Bolt is placed @ 6ft them Lousie lol :)

Perhaps I could start a rumour that Japanese Anemones have such qualities as well! Then perhaps blokes would come ripping it out by the roots from my garden! It would save me having to clear some of it every autumn!!(where it has spread and swamped lots of other plants over the summer!)

LOL yes very Romantic Bulbh:) lol

I'd be terribly annoyed if anyone picked the flowers off any of my plants, whatever they wanted them for! After I'd read that article, I had to go and clean off the mascara that had run from crying with laughter...

Great Idea Paul lol :)

Shhhh....my hubby wants to know why I'm laughing....LOL. If I tell him he'll dig up the front garden (again) and have a mass planting.....

Oh, I couldn't be bothered. I'd rather look at the flowers!!!!

My garden is full of them.... ladies, please make an orderly queue, and no pushing at the front :o))))))))

I think you'll find it's the men who want the flowers, bluespruce, not the ladies!

You're in for a busy week then ;-)

I think he means he's taken it and waiting for the visitors !!!

Oh god, that never occurred to me, Louise! I can be really dense at times...

I know Bamboo. You can be first in the queue if you like, if you can cope with the jealous rivalry :0)

You're not wrong there Louise.

Queue? I've never had to queue, more the other way around, see no reason to change the habit of a lifetime now...;-))

Hands off my erica carnea I like it where it is, in the garden. Most unattractive thought Mr MB make sure you brush your teeth well tonight.

lol great, very funny, dont let baz know heheh :o))

Do u think itl really work? I mean Spruce ud never have to work again ;) lol

One way to find out Jacque! - can I put you on the list as well ? :0))

Is it me who has to eat it !! Oh well its got 2be better than my Rice Pudding lol :)

Amazing what you find on GoYpedia Heathers :o)

Jacque, No, it's me. you just have to enjoy the results. :0)))

Lol :))) I can feel one of my headaches coming on ;)

di - take a tablet - you're soon be in the mood ?

Lol....think I'll go and read up on conifers instead :))

Thats good then Spruce didnt fancy the chewy bits lol :) O Di i hear that Heather is good 4 headaches to lol:)

Di, never thought I'd say it.. that's the wrong decision :0))

Jacque, I've had sooo many PMs, not sure I can cope - was yours in there somewhere ? :0)

Cant cope !!! u best stay off that heather then lol :)

just with the PMs

Well that certainly woke everyone up, didn't it.. lol

Hate to put a damper on things but this was first published 10/15/2007
"The story of the "Viagra" plant comes from England and was an April fool's hoax published by the newspaper, The Independent. The story, which got lots of Internet mileage, goes like this: a 55-year-old furniture restorer who liked to make teas from different plants got an unexpected effect when he brewed up an infusion with blooms from winter-flowering heather. In its April 1, 2007 report The Independent quoted the fellow as saying that the effect was so immediate - and obvious - that he "had to stay in my potting shed for an hour or so before I could decently walk down the street." Sorry

Got my attention , Bamboo.

Don't be sorry, Drc, first time I've heard it, great urban myth, but it's b....y funny as stories go, so worth reporting on, I thought

Back to the conifers Bluespruce...;)

Or maybe its a heathland myth....

Hi Bamboo well it made me laugh when I first heard it and still does so thanks for that as we could do with a laugh on here lately.

I remember when i was a child people used to tie bunches of Heather to fronts of their Cars??? & Gypsiess used to sell it @ our Doors? Now im Confussed :(

We certainly could, everyone seems to be pretty uptight - I never realised it was a hoax, but you sort of have to guess it must be - I will confess to being very relieved that it's not true, viagra causes enough trouble without any extra help from something else....;-)))

I'm relaxed - and cool as a cucumber :0))

White heather is sold by Gypsies for good luck, outside Selfridges in Oxford street was a good site wonder if it still is?
April fool jokes are often very good in the press remember Dimbleby's Spaghetti Tree?

:) Rrrrrrrrr White Heathers lucky u say Dr ! Iv White&Pink Heathers so iv best of both worlds :)

Thanks for the laugh Bamboo :)) Hubby's sulking now though...;)

PS. I have a great Gypsy Fortune Teller's outfit for our Halloween Party...that should cheer him up! ;))

Transparent harem pants, Crazydi?

he.he.he.he.....there's no fool like an old fool!!! had a good laugh at this blog! :))))))))

Thanks, Bamboo! ..... Just exactly what we all needed....:-))

Bamboo....that would be telling! :))

Tee hee - have fun anyway;-))

LMAO!! that was just so funny! Hoax or not, its brilliant!!

Now you`ve been and gone and spoilt it for me,I was going to plant loads next to where hubby parks the car and also offer to fill his flask up on a daily basis,he likes his tea that strong he`d never notice a diifferent taste, wont bother now. (sigh)......

Aww! Shame, LL!

Lincslass, that made me chuckle !

Just read this, Bamboo and absolutely hooting with maniacal laughter...luckily nobody can hear me....or they would be sending for the men-in-white-coats - (again)!!!
GOY is back to normal....GREAT..thanks Bamboo!!!

Hilarious !! Shame it's a myth Bluespruce !! Better luck next time !! LOL

Never had this Erica Carnea in my garden. Perhaps why not much activity round here. What was that about Japanese anemones??????

I wonder if this is why it's called "carnea"? Because it used to be tied onto car bonnet handles, of course! Remember, as a child, we used to have it tied there when we went on hols. :-))

A hoax?...damn, I've just brewed hubby a cuppa....he he

lol Dorjac, very dry humour there! Never mind Lincslass and Potty, sorry you're disappointed;-) Shame its a hoax, but the flaw was obvious - no allotmenteer would be crazy enough to brew tea from various plants that he knew nothing about, surely - but I've had a good laugh not just from the story itself, but also all your comments. And I've never heard of tying heather onto cars, or bonnets, come to that, was it for luck?

Sure was Bamboo....WAY back in the good old days when AA men used to salute on their motor-likes etc.....up here certainly we always had a bunch of heather tied to the grille of the car..an y es supposedly for luck....maybe of course just when we crossed over the border into England......EEEEK!!

lol - perhaps there was more superstition around in those days - I know there are still "pockets of resistance" but I think most people are less superstitious now.

I remember the Swiss spaghetti tree April Fools - I was amazed at just how many folk were taken in!

I'm learning! You lot are incorrigible.:))

Of course Ponty :-))

David - you're right! When I was a child, we went to Scotland on a family holiday - and we picked a bunch of heather for the front of the car! I think it was because we saw lots of other cars with them. :-))

Bamboo - I'm not at all sure that they aren't still - you still see people throw a tiny pinch of salt over their shoulder, and as for ladders in the streets! When did you see anyone walk under one, however awkward it would be to have to get round it?

Horseshoes above doors? Upside down, of course. They may be old, though, I suppose.

Don't know about everyone else, but I always make a point of walking under ladders, Spritz - unless I can see a loose paintpot at the top of them, that is!

I got married in Marylebone London and as my dad walked me to the ceremony a very blackened chimney sweep appeared in front of us he wished me luck and doffed his hat my dad told me it meant I would be lucky in a long marriage well its 32 years on 5th November.

Thanks, Spritz! Yes, this was in the mid 60s, roadside "entrepreneurs" even tried to sell sprigs of heather to tourists, and the "done thing" was to tie them with attached ribbons to car bonnet handles, or radiator grilles, if you didn't have a "handle", lol!). Of course, my Dad, being not just a Scot, but a Fifer to the core, soon learned that we could drive for miles and pick our own for free!!! Nowadays, I liken this to driving 30 miles between all the supermarkets to buy all my groceries at the cheapest "we beat them" advertised prices - ignoring the cost in fuel!!

Must say, last time I saw lucky white heather sprigs, with unidentifiable tartan bow, was outside Harrods, by a non-English speaker, in August 2008!!!

If anyone really wants some, e-mail will be supplied upon request. :-D

From my own observations I would say that white heather is becoming more common on the hills. Perhaps because people don't pick it anymore?

I have just caught up with this hilarious blog!

Guess what I put on my photos recently..............!!

Must go and make the tea.................

Funny thing this I heard the same story about bramble roots,my address is !!!!!!!!!