I've just ordered three fuchsias in two-litre pots from a nursery in Scotland, for£6 each plus delivery. The RHS was offering the same plants, same size pots, for £15 each. Can this be justified?
You can justify any cost if enough people are willing to pay it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That's true. I try and find nurseries that do free post and packing, although that's becoming rarer these days which l suppose is to be expected. You pays your money and you takes your choice. (Glad you managed to find that book @wild edges ).
Some people are either time-pressured or just don't know about nurseries so take the easy route via Crocus or the RHS etc. Those organisations have to pay the staff that order, receive, care for and package those plants in the meantime. Simples.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The nursery I bought my Christmas tree from has a huge poly tunnel with fuschias only, they are all in 6” pots (whatever that is in Lts) all for £5.00 each. Fatal for me, like a kid in a sweet shop. I bought three. They will yield several cutting in the spring so I’ll have lots.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Grrr, people who ring the doorbell AND knock on the door.......l have had that three times this morning. They know the doorbell rings, they can hear it. Knocking is going to make no difference. Sorry, it just drives me mad. Off for cuppa and a cheese scone, and next time someone does it, they can ...off ski.
Lyn - I understand. There's a fuchsia sweet shop at our April plant fair and they do very well on our north facing terrace. All resting quietly in the polytunnel, just waiting for cuttings to be taken and potting on.
Really not got room for any more...........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Yes, l could take the door off, that'd stop their nonsense ! Cheese scone is going down well anyway. I love a plant fair, OH always asks how many boxes to put in car boot, answer is as many as will fit, of course.
@AnniD My mother is deaf and has a little sign she hangs on her front door which says "Please knock and ring"!
I had the opposite problem this morning when a parcel delivery arrived and the driver knocked with his hand on the front door (not for the first time) which isn't loud enough to hear in most of the house. We don't have a knocker but do have a doorbell. OK, it isn't white so blends in with the door frame but it is in the obvious place for a doorbell. Anyway, today OH managed to get to the door in time to point out the doorbell and he says he hadn't noticed it but will use it in future!
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(Glad you managed to find that book @wild edges ).
Lyn - I understand. There's a fuchsia sweet shop at our April plant fair and they do very well on our north facing terrace. All resting quietly in the polytunnel, just waiting for cuttings to be taken and potting on.
Really not got room for any more...........
I love a plant fair, OH always asks how many boxes to put in car boot, answer is as many as will fit, of course.
I had the opposite problem this morning when a parcel delivery arrived and the driver knocked with his hand on the front door (not for the first time) which isn't loud enough to hear in most of the house. We don't have a knocker but do have a doorbell. OK, it isn't white so blends in with the door frame but it is in the obvious place for a doorbell. Anyway, today OH managed to get to the door in time to point out the doorbell and he says he hadn't noticed it but will use it in future!