Can pedants corner also be about 'things' ?

[mersea208]

Anyone's teeth itch if they see a conifer in a hanging basket? I mean the clue is in the title. wtaf.

What title?

A conifer? a tiny one i presume

Do you mean that only plants that hang down should be in a hanging basket?

I think that it is the basket itself that is hanging, so you can put anything into the basket and it is still "hanging".

No, only specific types of pedantry are allowed in pedants' corner.

The clue is in the title 'hanging' basket ie plants should hang. There is no place for conifers (large or small) in hanging baskets, they should be in tubs, troughs or in the ground. Also, if the plants in the baskets are dead, take the basket down. Deal with it. Rant over. Shall I start a hanging basket police force?

I didnt think all plants hung down though, some are small flowers that are planted upside down aren't they? Could just stuff a few conifers in but pointing downwards?

Mersea, I had strawberry plants in a hanging basket this summer and neglected them after picking the fruit (the 'new baby' excuse). They died back completely but now are growing again and there is now one tiny red strawberry.

So bring it on, Hanging Basket Police!

I disagree - I think that the basket is hanging, not the plants.

Cyclamen are upright and are used regularly in hanging baskets. It is the basket that hangs from the wall, not necessarily the flowers, though trailing lobelia always look good; also it would depend on how tall the conifer was for me to notice it as being wrong.

You're wrong OP. A hanging basket is so called because it hangs, not because the plants should (although of course they can).

So... Please leave pedants corner?!

I agree. It's the basket itself which hangs not the plants.

Although I also agree that mini conifers look odd in hanging baskets.

And Busy Lizzies never help with the weeding as they are always otherwise occupied.

I know, I started a sentence with 'and'.

And it is perfectly fine to start a sentence with "and."

And 'because'. Because grammar rules do change. Sometimes.

Foxgloves are too small to provide decent gloves for foxes, even if foxes wanted to wear gloves, which they don't.

Snapdragons don't snap and nor do they have fiery breath.

Honesty tells some terrible fibs...

And to answer OP's question in the title thread, apparently it can. And it seems there are a few gardener pedants out there.

Oh I agree that Pedants' Corner can definitely be about things.

I just disagree that everything contained within a hanging basket must itself be "hanging" :o

I wonder if this should have ben posted in Pendants' Corner? As far as I'm aware, it's the baskets that hang, not necessarily the contents.

Pedants' Corner must have an apostrophe. I don't know about conifers.

@ Pendants' Corner

kelpeed! A great pendants' corner post about hanging and non-hanging 'things'.