For those of you unfortunate enough to have not attended a Chelsea flower show, well, how unfortunate indeed! Nothing really compares. It actually isn't all about flowers, but flowers are a very big part of the show. The display gardens are indeed very impressive, but the flower displays by plant producers are something to behold. How so many flowers of so many varieties could be gotten to flower all at once in such numbers that displays could be maintained for a week was quite amazing. TPP remembers strawberry and pepper displays, as well as an all moss, all the time (walls, roof, furniture) exhibit, but mostly it was flowers. Well, congratulations to the tubers because for the first time they won the gold medal award! Indeed, the only place you might see a more colorful display of potatoes would be just about any farmers' market in Bolivia or Peru. Actually what impressed TPP the most is the remarkable uniformity of the size and shape of the tubers, which is not what you would see in S. America where size, shape, and color of potatoes is quite diverse.
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