Whats your latest plant purchase?

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 5, 2012 10:18:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Oct 5, 2012 10:18:34 GMT Yes I've got a few forming seeds but could do with a bit more good weather to get them ripening, doesn't look too good for the weekend though!
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Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 5, 2012 11:02:28 GMT

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Post by grindle on Oct 5, 2012 11:02:28 GMT

Oct 4, 2012 12:10:38 GMT Lou78W said:

I've been buying some seeds. Chiltern's had a 25% offer as they have now moved back "down south"..

Ricinus communis 'Impala'
Schizanthus grahamii
Asclepias syriaca
Calendula officinalis "neon"
Dahlia "Starlight" dwarf mixed
Fuchsia boliviana

you've got some interesting ones there, I've tried growing asclepias before, but they never seem to survive the winter, shame as the bees love them

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 5, 2012 16:02:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Oct 5, 2012 16:02:56 GMT I grew them years ago....but kept them in the greenhouse
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Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 5, 2012 22:03:41 GMT

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Oct 5, 2012 10:18:34 GMT steve said:

Yes I've got a few forming seeds but could do with a bit more good weather to get them ripening, doesn't look too good for the weekend though!

I have one in the polytunnel now Steve, i want to protect that seed head

, i have more outside that aren't forming seed heads at all.

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Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 5, 2012 23:34:17 GMT

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Post by jrae on Oct 5, 2012 23:34:17 GMT

I was able to buy some asclepias at a garden show last year, however they have never set seed in our wet weather, just keeps on blooming which is good I think for our bees.

My latest plant purchase hmmm a couple more mandevillas white ones and white bouganvilleas

I don't have the white kinds so when I drove by a plant sale I hauled off all of it.

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 6, 2012 5:22:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Oct 6, 2012 5:22:40 GMT I tried an Asclepias two years ago, but it didn't survive the winter. My greenhouse gets so full that I couldn't take it under glass... Calendula 'Neon' is a great colour, Lou. I've grown that. I found a photo of it.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 6, 2012 7:57:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Oct 6, 2012 7:57:34 GMT Yummy....that does look nice.....thanks Geranium ;D
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Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 6, 2012 8:12:14 GMT

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Oct 5, 2012 23:34:17 GMT @jrae said:

I was able to buy some asclepias at a garden show last year, however they have never set seed in our wet weather, just keeps on blooming which is good I think for our bees.

My latest plant purchase hmmm a couple more mandevillas white ones and white bouganvilleas

I don't have the white kinds so when I drove by a plant sale I hauled off all of it.

I've taken a couple in the greenhouse to give them a bit more time Rosie

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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 7, 2012 6:17:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Oct 7, 2012 6:17:09 GMT Two packs of very dark blue Hyacinths ('Peter Stuyvesant') - 12 bulbs.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 7, 2012 7:28:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Oct 7, 2012 7:28:08 GMT I'm sending you some yellow ones Geranium ;D
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Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 7, 2012 14:16:01 GMT

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Post by Rosie on Oct 7, 2012 14:16:01 GMT

Oct 6, 2012 8:12:14 GMT steve said:

Oct 5, 2012 23:34:17 GMT @jrae said:

I was able to buy some asclepias at a garden show last year, however they have never set seed in our wet weather, just keeps on blooming which is good I think for our bees.

My latest plant purchase hmmm a couple more mandevillas white ones and white bouganvilleas

I don't have the white kinds so when I drove by a plant sale I hauled off all of it.

I've taken a couple in the greenhouse to give them a bit more time Rosie

I will have to get Graham to lift the pot inside, it's too heavy for me

Men are SO useful at times ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 9, 2012 5:21:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Oct 9, 2012 5:21:26 GMT Oct 7, 2012 7:28:08 GMT Lou78W said: I'm sending you some yellow ones Geranium ;D Are you? How kind! Indoor or outdoor ones?

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 9, 2012 6:36:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Oct 9, 2012 6:36:33 GMT They are outdoor ones
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 9, 2012 6:46:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Oct 9, 2012 6:46:15 GMT

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Whats your latest plant purchase? Oct 9, 2012 15:53:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Oct 9, 2012 15:53:44 GMT Bought a peony Bowl of Beauty from B&Q half price.
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