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  Cat Fereday June 6, 2009 at 8:50pm

  I once noticed Felicity Kendall planting house plants into a border on an episode of Rosemary and Thyme. Midsomer Murders is best for glorious gardens.
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  Sustainable Land Management June 6, 2009 at 10:53pm

  I can't possibly say on here what my tree id lecturer said we should do to remember all the native trees alphabetically; but it works and no one complains.
  
  When bored nothing beats a bit of plant id, particularly if there is no forlorn dogs nearby to tickle, trouble is you may not get something and wake up at a god earthly hour shouting out Acacia baileyana
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  Linda Laxton June 12, 2009 at 9:10am

  all the time. I can go one better. When I see a landscape I identify where it is by the wild plants in the scene. I started doing this some 30 years ago when in an episode of columbo I spotted a plant growing on the beach in alegedly california which only grows around the atlantic. Unfortunately I have been hooked ever since. Even worse I spotted a native plant I had not seen in the wild in an episode of Morse ( you can see what my veiwing preferences are) and spent two weeks holiday that summer tracking the location just for a photo. I could have saved my time if only I knew what the future would bring as twelve years later I was asked to help propagate the species as it was endangered.
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  pete June 12, 2009 at 10:33am

  Hello Linda, sounds like you could put some of us straight!
  
  "When I see a landscape I identify where it is by the wild plants in the scene".
  
  I'd love to be able to do that - good to see you on LJN.
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  Shelley Barnes June 12, 2009 at 2:54pm

  wow Linda- thats impressive.
  i like identifying plants etc on TV, but also wine- i used to be in the wine trade before going into horticulture, and i love to name the champagne brand or whisky or whatever, when i've only had a small glimpse at the bottle!!
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  Sarah Russell June 12, 2009 at 5:44pm

  I once got very cross when watching the Beatrix Potter film because the plants in her cottage garden were completely out of season!! Bright red flowers in an early spring garden with daffodils. It was at that point that I realised I should get out more.....
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  Classic Gardens June 12, 2009 at 6:03pm

  I always look for plants that are in flower.
  
  for example a drama thats ment to be set in spring had autumn joy flowering in the back ground lol sad i know but my wife seemed to thing it was quite cool