Comments on: The Mandrakes Bloom Again… http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/ Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-46269 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:46:32 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-46269 Thank you, Marie---mandrake was famous for many hundreds of years, but a lot of visitors know the plant from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. It never seems to stop accumulating lore. Thank you, Marie—mandrake was famous for many hundreds of years, but a lot of visitors know the plant from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. It never seems to stop accumulating lore.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-46268 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:41:58 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-46268 Hi, Ann--- I'd like to do a post on another species of mandrake, <em>Mandragora autumnalis</em>, when it comes into bloom in November/December. Hi, Ann—

I’d like to do a post on another species of mandrake, Mandragora autumnalis, when it comes into bloom in November/December.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-46267 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:37:09 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-46267 Dear Amy, Thank you for your kind words, and I am of course writing for you! A number of contemporary garden types and features can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and I would be interested to know if your feeling for the period informs your designs. Deirdre Dear Amy,

Thank you for your kind words, and I am of course writing for you! A number of contemporary garden types and features can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and I would be interested to know if your feeling for the period informs your designs.

Deirdre

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-46265 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:18:05 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-46265 It is sometimes hard to post every week in early spring, but I really enjoy doing it, and there will certainly be more. Thanks for the words of encouragement, Deirdre It is sometimes hard to post every week in early spring, but I really enjoy doing it, and there will certainly be more. Thanks for the words of encouragement,

Deirdre

]]> By: zhiyan-le http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-45638 zhiyan-le Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:40:42 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-45638 beautiful plant, beautiful cloister, and beautiful article. hope for more. beautiful plant, beautiful cloister, and beautiful article.
hope for more.

]]> By: Amy Mullen http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-45379 Amy Mullen Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:41:53 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-45379 I have just found your blog, and I am so thrilled. As a garden designer with an affection for the Middle Ages, I feel as if you're writing just for me! Thank you for your excellently researched and engagingly written entries. I have just found your blog, and I am so thrilled. As a garden designer with an affection for the Middle Ages, I feel as if you’re writing just for me! Thank you for your excellently researched and engagingly written entries.

]]> By: Ann Cannon http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-45196 Ann Cannon Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:42:44 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-45196 This was such an interesting piece. So well-written! Again, thanks for the information. This was such an interesting piece. So well-written! Again, thanks for the information.

]]> By: Marie N. http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2012/03/23/the-mandrakes-bloom-again/comment-page-1/#comment-45185 Marie N. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:58:50 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8733#comment-45185 Great article!!!! Truly magical in both plant and writing. This one I really enjoyed. I remember the plant well from the Harry Potter movies.... what fun! Great article!!!! Truly magical in both plant and writing. This one I really enjoyed. I remember the plant well from the Harry Potter movies…. what fun!

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