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Post by Geranium on May 11, 2013 5:13:24 GMT
I went to the bedding plant place yesterday so I could make a start on revamping my containers. It's huge greenhouses with so many plants in them it it looks like a rainbow! They only open from Easter for about 3 months if that and their prices are amazingly low - £1.50 for a Pelargonium, £2 for a box of 6 Cosmos or Nicotiana.  I shall have to make another trip when the Narcissi in a few of my containers die off. I've given up getting mail order plug plants and growing them on - it's much easier to get them from this 'warehouse' and cheaper, too. |
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Post by Rosie on May 13, 2013 7:45:25 GMT
I bought a chinese witch hazle, it's got lovely deep red leaves and pink flowres ;D
Even got pink flowers ;D ;D
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Post by Lou78W on May 13, 2013 15:41:47 GMT
When I was away at the weekend (Dumfries and Galloway)....we visited Logan Botanical...(.amongst other lush gardens  and I bought a pot of auricular primula. There are 3 colours in the one pot, which means I have 3 plants.....all for the princely sum of £4.20.....a bargain or wot!! ;D |
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Post by Cherry on May 13, 2013 16:14:18 GMT
I used to live in Galloway Lou. I hope you went to Cally Gardens which is Alan Gray's favourite nursery. Logan is good and also Threave Gardens at Castle Douglas. I lived near New Galloway on the River Ken.
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Post by Rosie on May 13, 2013 19:00:48 GMT
How many places did you live in Scotland Cherry? I have only ever been in Aberdeenshire...it's enough ;D ;D
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Post by Lou78W on May 13, 2013 20:37:36 GMT
I used to live in Galloway Lou. I hope you went to Cally Gardens which is Alan Gray's favourite nursery. Logan is good and also Threave Gardens at Castle Douglas. I lived near New Galloway on the River Ken. Didn't go to Cally.....We had a very good visit to Threave , gardens and house. Our Head Gardener at The Alnwick Garden gave us a conducted tour. He ran the House and the Garden for many years before he came to us 5 years ago. It was his first visit back since he left, so it was a bit of a "sentimental journey" for him. They made us very welcome. He actually came from Kirkcudbright and we visited Broughton House and Garden. We started off with a visit to Houghton Hall Garden Centre near Carlisle.....Pippa Greenwood was supposed to be there promoting veg growing, but she was late and we couldn't wait. We had a "special" visit to Charles Jencks Garden at Portrack House, Holywood."The Garden of Cosmic Speculation." It opens only one day a year under the Scottish Garden Scheme, but through our Head Gardener's contacts.....we were allowed to visit with a tour by the head gardener there. Unfortunately it tipped down with rain the whole afternoon.....but I managed to get some photos......an interesting place!! Our last visit was to Glenwan Gardens at Dunragit, by Stranraer. Now that is a Wonderful Garden!!!....If it were mine, I would never leave it. |
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Post by Geranium on May 14, 2013 6:27:50 GMT
That sounds wonderful - glad you enjoyed it.  I went back to the bedding plant place and bought another trolley-load of 'pretties'. |
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Post by Geranium on May 17, 2013 4:54:45 GMT
I needed larger container plants, so I went to the GC. They had red Osteos - a wonderful vibrant colour - but they wouldn't have fitted in with my colour scheme.  The freeby plant this time was a lovely healthy Hosta! ;D |
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Post by peony on May 17, 2013 8:22:40 GMT
Called into Morrisons yesterday and bought Polemonium caeruleum reduced from £2 to £1, and Clematis 'Carnaby' for £2 |
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Post by Cherry on May 17, 2013 9:21:15 GMT
Peony I think Morrisons are great for plants. The clematis they are selling at, I think, £5.99 are just fabulous, with lots of flower buds.
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2013 14:35:33 GMT
i was in morrisons this morning and always browse through their plants.
After that i was Aldi and I bought a pack of 4 fuchsias. Swingtime which is a really good one.
I lost all my fuchsias but hope to start up a collection again and also coleus. They had some lovely looking cacus plants at Aldi too if you like that sort of thing.
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Post by Cherry on May 18, 2013 19:13:20 GMT
We had a visitor yesterday who wanted Swingtime, so I must tell him to visit Aldi. We don't have one here.
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2013 22:36:34 GMT
We had a visitor yesterday who wanted Swingtime, so I must tell him to visit Aldi. We don't have one here. I only saw two varietis on display cherry, Swingtime and Dark Eyes. Both excellent. |
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Post by Geranium on May 19, 2013 5:52:37 GMT
Yesterday I went to the best plant fair I've ever been to! It was at Yarlington House near Wincanton - quite a journey for me, but well worth it. I found some great plants - one I'd been looking for since I found the first one three years ago...Thermopsis lanceolata. Unusual plants: Impatiens omeiana (probably rather tender, but I could over-winter it) Primula polyneura Plus very good sized pots of Persicaria bistorta 'Superba', Geranium cantabrigiense 'Westray', Chaerophyllum hirsutum 'Roseum' and a Baptisia australis. I also found a small Rodgersia and a Filpendula rubra. On the way home I collected the two ordered Stylophorum lasiocarpum and an Achillea 'Terracotta'. I found an Anisodontea there as well - perfect to fill a space in front of the obelisk. I hope there won't be any need for last minute dashes to fill any more 'gaps'. I have a few 'spare' lime green Nicotiana grown from seed which are great as fillers. |
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Post by sweetpea on May 19, 2013 9:14:13 GMT
Try saying all that lot without your teeth in  I couldn't manage it with them in |
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and I bought a pot of auricular primula. There are 3 colours in the one pot, which means I have 3 plants.....all for the princely sum of £4.20.....a bargain or wot!! ;D
