GEUM TOFFEE APPLES....sigh

Can you eat them?

Very pretty

Nice...they look so good mass planted. Have you sent the email BA?

Oh very pretty, there were lots of geums werent there, i think i will have to get me one(or 3) from GW Live, your getting me into them! :^)

very nice indeed..great colour

Lovely name, there was some nice ones there wasn't there. PL got some lovely orange ones.

Mmm toffee apples!!

Sticki..I might have known!:-) Thanks Cinders:-) I haven't yet Pimp, I'll let you know what happens when I do:-)

they shouldnt call them names like that should they??

Hi Daylily\o/ that was my plan :-) Skip, I have at least 16 different types, possibly a teeny bit obsessed, unfortunately I have a small garden:-)
Willi I got a beautiful orange one which you will see on my blog when done (if you want to), really large, but delicate flowers :-) Pixi...see above comment to Sticki lol:-)

pixi and i think alike!!!

Sticki, you could have a themed foodie garden like a GOY member in Scotland has a pirate themed one:-)

I've gone off cake...well passion fruit cake anyway...don't know why:-)

ah, yes David, shame he doesnt seem to be on here much anymore, that was a great idea.

ok start me off ~ toffee apples
heurchera tiramisu?

Ba it was the fork that was the problem mostly!!!

You didn't try the cake!:-)

ooooh I like those. Nice name too! Key Lime Pie Heuchera for Sticki?

Key Lime and Poppy seed loaf

Yield 1 x 20cm (8") cake or 1 x 22cm x 12.5cm (9"x5") loaf

Ingredients
6 key limes, zested and juiced
150g (0.75c) granulated sugar
85ml (0.33c) milk
145g (1c +2Tbsp) cake flour
1tsp (5ml) baking powder
0.5tsp (2.5ml) bicarbonate of soda
25g (45ml/3Tbsp) custard powder
a pinch of table salt
55g (0.25c) butter, softened
1Tbsp (15ml) flavourless oil
3 egg yolks
2Tbsp (30ml) poppy seeds
3 egg whites, whipped to stiff peaks

Method
Preheat oven to 350F(180C). Butter and sugar a loaf or round cake pan.

Rub the lime zest into the sugar and set aside.

Mix the lime juice and milk in a measuring jug and let sit at least 15 minutes.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarb, custard powder and salt. Set aside.

Cream together the butter, oil and lime sugar. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next one. Mix in the flour mixture and curdled milk in the usual fashion (dry-wet-dry-wet-dry), scraping down the bowl after incorporating each wet addition. Mix in the poppy seeds. Fold in the egg whites in thirds: quickly stir in the the first third to lighten the batter slightly; fold in the next third not as quickly, and lightly fold in the final third so as not to lose the foamy nature, but not allowing streaks of white to remain in the batter.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake 35-45 minutes or until the top is golden, springs to the touch and an inserted wooden skewer escapes cleanly

got this off the web ages ago.

Lots of heucheras Poppy...erm....marmalade...erm..I'll let you think of the others...sharpen the old brain:-)

Good grief, a recipe suddenly appeared between Poppy's comment and my answer! Oooooh that looks good Pimp:-)

oooh yummy thanks pimms that looks really lovely ~ are you making some for tea and please can we all come round?

I don't have enough cutlery sticky...

i can bring some!!!!!

Beaut Geum Ba....we love them don't we....:)))

Pimp, whatever you do, don't buy any plastic cutlery:-)

Janey, I bought 5 new ones and I'm going to order some toffee apples too. There will be a lot on my Malvern blog:-)

oh good, when will it be appearing BA??

Good question ST. Come on BA, when will we be seeing it? Im really getting into geums, got mine planted today - yay!

I've put part 1 on tonight:-)

Oh great, thanks Ba!

Sticki, it wasn`t the fork ......didn`t break mine, she (you know who) just isn`t a lady, no breeding I`m afraid.
Ba loved the Geums, looks as if you`ll soon be holding the National collection.!!

Very nice! Maybe it'll be widely available soon... ;-)

Ignoring the imputation of my breeding and fork skills Stroller, I wouldn't mind if I had a bigger garden:-)

Spritz, is this the one you meant as the apricot one?:-)

Nooooo.....it's the 2nd 'new geum' in your blog.

Got you, El Wano:-)

A gorgeous peachy shade, it is lovely.

We don't have any at all and now I have seen how pretty they are I shall heve to find a space to pop one in!

now stroller you certainly have a point there!! Although there was further trouble with a fork on the chocolate cake i seem to remember!!

Wildrose, that's how we all start, just one more plant lol. There are such wonderful gardens and plants on here it can't help but inspire . In 2010 I was inspired to have a makeover of my little back garden after seeing so many lovely ones on here...be warned:-)