I also love that chair you posted on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 11:27! The fabric looks as if it could be barkcloth (which I love) altho I wouldn't have thought that would be the best wearing fabric for upholstery. Just an idea I'm throwing out for your own chairs - if you think you may use them in the same room you might use the paisley on one and the large floral on the other with the houndstooth on both in the same places. Perhaps also use the opposite larger scale fabric in a less obtrusive place on each to tie them together more. Perhaps choose a solid color for the 3rd fabric on each especially for welting. IMO the paisley and the large floral are too much the same scale so don't work as well together. I think this is a case where there are so many choices it's difficult to decide which is best. What you might do is take a picture of the fabrics flat, print them out, also print out pics of the chairs, then cut out pieces like a jigsaw puzzle and try various combos to see which you like. Probably possible to do this on your computer but I'm not that computer savvy.

#1 is Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis cv. 'Arizona Snowcap' ssp = subspecies cv = cultivar (cultivated variation) #3 is Echeveria something or other. Hard to say so young but Perle von Nurnberg is possible if it turns purple in the sun. Brad

I have 2 x Abraham Derby, 2 x Golden Celebration (unfortunately they both suffer badly from black spot in my garden), 2 x Sharifa Asma, 3 x Desdemona (purchased bare root a few weeks ago and currently in pots waiting for me to dig their permanent homes, 7 x St. Swithun (I bought one as a climber in 2012 and, when I cut it back two years ago I tried my hand at taking cuttings of some of the pruned wood - about 20 cuttings all grew). I gave away most of them but kept 6, which I'm growing as shrubs - so far, so good. I also have more than 100 Queen of Sweden, which I grow as a hedge around the lawn. Fortunately, the Queen of Sweden is very healthy and trouble free for me and I do love her flowers, which also last well as a cut flower and look great when they go in a vase with English lavender. I think that in future I'm going to concentrate more on old Tea Roses as they seem to be much more disease free for me and, thankfully, don't need pruning.

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