I climbed up a steep slope

[alpacinou]

Is this correct and natural?

I climbed up a steep slope, scattered with trees. I found myself in a tulip-carpeted plateau, a red lake of drooping flowers nestling between soaring mountains.

 

[jutfrank]

I have an issue with tulip-carpeted. Tulips grow tall enough that if you're in a field of them, it's not going to seem like a carpet because they come up at least to knee-height. A carpet is something that's under foot. You can use the metaphor of a carpet with flowers that grow very close to the ground, but not with tulips.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

1. Here's another comma issue: Which is scattered with trees — you or the slope?

2. Tulips don't droop until they're dying.

3. When being figurative, lake isn't as natural (at least to me) as sea.

 

[alpacinou]

I have an issue with tulip-carpeted. Tulips grow tall enough that if you're in a field of them, it's not going to seem like a carpet because they come up at least to knee-height. A carpet is something that's under foot. You can use the metaphor of a carpet with flowers that grow very close to the ground, but not with tulips.

I did google "flowers that close to ground" and could not fine examples.

Do you know any?

 

[emsr2d2]

I did google "flowers that close to ground" and could not [STRIKE]fine[/STRIKE] find any examples.

Do you know any?

The phrase in quotes doesn't make sense. Did you mean "flowers that grow close to the ground"? Tulips don't grow close to the ground at all.

 

[alpacinou]

The phrase in quotes doesn't make sense. Did you mean "flowers that grow close to the ground"? Tulips don't grow close to the ground at all.

Yes. I need the name of a few flowers that grow close to the ground.

 

[emsr2d2]

Google "ground cover plants".

 

[alpacinou]

According this page, lavender are ground cover:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/g32440508/best-ground-cover-plants/

Is this okay?

I climbed up a steep slope scattered with trees. I found myself in a lavender-carpeted plateau, a purple sea of fragrant flowers nestling between soaring mountains.

 

[Tarheel]

According this page, lavender ground cover:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/g32440508/best-ground-cover-plants/

Is this okay?

I climbed up a steep slope scattered with trees. I found myself on a lavender-carpeted plateau, a purple sea of fragrant flowers nestling between soaring mountains.

Well, you don't need up with climbed. Also, if it's a steep slope there won't be any trees growing on it. And trees don't scatter.

I do like the soaring mountains part.

 

[alpacinou]

Well, you don't need up with climbed. Also, if it's a steep slope there won't be any trees growing on it. And trees don't scatter.

I do like the soaring mountains part.

Some trees do grow on steep slopes. What can I use instead of scatter? Is the rest okay?

I climbed a steep slope scattered with trees. I found myself on a lavender-carpeted plateau, a purple sea of fragrant flowers nestling between soaring mountains.

 

[Tarheel]

Grammatically, it's fine.