To his credit, Merlin has taken care to ensure the burning ones are safely separated from everything else. He doesn't want his entire garden turned to ash should fire start acting like it should, after all! But in the mean time it's a very interesting curiosity.

Merlin glances up from his work when he's addressed, raising an eyebrow slightly at the newcomer.

"It's still rather sparse," he says. He's not even being modest; it continues to mildly frustrate him that his usual influence over flowers and such seems to have no effect here.