ruby wedding anniversary

[Anonymous]

help. whilst dwelling on my approaching 40th birthday i realised that its my mum and dads ruby wedding anniversary in July. I cannot think of a present. any ideas?

cant do a holiday as dad had a brain tumour and doesnt like being away from home. they enjoy the garden, thought about a tree but it seems a bit of a strange gift.

any ideas please

[lynw]

help. whilst dwelling on my approaching 40th birthday i realised that its my mum and dads ruby wedding anniversary in July. I cannot think of a present. any ideas?

cant do a holiday as dad had a brain tumour and doesnt like being away from home. they enjoy the garden, thought about a tree but it seems a bit of a strange gift.

any ideas please

I think a trees a fab idea if they like gardening.

Ive always got my mum plants rather than flowers for her birthday. Was practical - she has no room for ornaments, has pretty much all she needs/wants in the house so the plants give her something to grow and nurture.

Plus her garden is now made up of the past 10 years worth of birthday/christmas presents - all different plants, different colours. How many other presents last as long or give as much pleasure over the years?

failing that, persuade the ecosse posse to do a garden makeover :P :lol:

[Richie]

A Garden bench, to sit on and admire there garden. and a tree

[Spiderman]

A tree is a great idea i think. When we were kids (me about 7 bro about 11) My mum bought 2 cherry tress and planted them in the garden for us. We were really excited to have our own trees, and the fact they produced cherries mean that every year it was a bit of a competition to see whos tree was the best.

And no we didnt have huge garden, just your average london garden. 1 of them died years later but the other is still there.

How about a Ruby then? Ok, i'll shut up now.

[northwind]

A tree's a really nice gift... Hard to wrap though.

[Quedos]

No laughing............


How about a funky love seat. Its like two seat placed side by side by facing opposite directions with the middle arms taken out (have i lost you yet) :oops:
simpler version is the jack and jill with the table in the middle.

Then again a tree's a great idea esp if it produces edible stuff.

[Dicky Ticker]

Not quite a tree but a nice rose or shrub,plus a nice family meal together and tell them how much they mean to you as a mum and dad. The later is so corny but its something we seldom or never do and it means so much

[CoolGirl]

I got my folks a nice Wedgwood tea service for their 40th - plain white china with a gold band.

[Lissa]

I think the tree idea is a lovely one :D

Don't know whether this site will give you a few ideas!

http://mkn.co.uk/tree/

[Anonymous]

thanx lissa. ill have a wee look later. i fancy getting them a japanese maple it only grows to about 5ft by 5ft. our neighbour used to have one and in autumn it goes the most beautiful deep red (ruby) colour.

also organising a surprise meal for them with my aunts and uncles in a nice hotel in Pitlochry :lol:

[K]

Trees rock, they're cool, they make awsome gifts and the planet could do with more of em.

Yeah yeah, I'm a tree hugging hippy, but I like guns too! :wink:

Maples are a good choice. Acer palmatum 'Dissectum atropurpureum' is a very beautiful variety. Very fine, deeply cut red/purple leave that start in spring a bright red and tun a fantastic orange in autum. Keep out of strong winds though as the leaves are somewhat delicate and can get burned by the wind easily.

Acer palmatum 'Kagiri Nishiki' is another slightly hardier one. Blueish green leaves with a pale cream border to them. Turn bright red in autumn and are pinkish in spring.

Acer palmatum 'Katsura' starts off a lovely peach colour in spring, pale green in summer and turning gold/orange in autumn. Also has a nice shape to it. The variant 'Kiyohime' is another that has a tendency to grow horizontally rather than upright. Makes for a very nice 'weeping' effect and a naturally compact tree if space is an issue.


Depending on how good/keen gardeners they are you could get them a bonsai tree if space is an issue.

[Anonymous]

wow K you certainly know your plants 8)

[K]

Just trees.

Otherwise it's grass or not grass. Grass being in the middle and hit with a strimmer/mower - 'Not Grass' lives on the edges of the garden, is usually big n bushy and gets hit with loppers/pruning shears! :oops: